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Children's and Teen: 0 - 2 years old


Cover art for OVER UNDER
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 8, 2005
by Marthe Jocelyn, illustrated by Tom Slaughter

"With just enough extraneous detail to keep it from being pedantic, this will inspire plenty of repeat visits as it enriches younger viewers' verbal and visual vocabularies. (Picture book. 2-4)"
Slaughter explores more concepts with the same supersaturated colors and cut-paper, predominantly animal, forms that make One Some Many (2004) and 1 2 3: A Counting Book (2003) such toddlers' delights. Read full book review >
Cover art for LITTLE CLOUD
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 6, 1996
by Eric Carle, illustrated by Eric Carle

"The result is a philosophical suggestion, scaled to a child's sensibility, as open to interpretation as the passing clouds. (Picture book. 2-6)"
A sophisticated idea deftly packed into a simple text. Read full book review >