CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 8, 2006
"Readers' imaginations will soar along with Nutmeg's as bursts of color transform her dreary world with promises of adventures, culinary and otherwise, to come. (Picture book. 6-8)"
Countering the raft of cautionary stories about the hazards of reckless wishing, this topsy-turvy tale suggests that sometimes the results are...delectable.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"No recipe, but still a mouthwatering crowd-pleaser, at Halloween or any other time. (Picture book. 6-8)"
A lad and his imperturbable grandma draw the attention of a pie-lovin' ghost in this comical country tale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"Olé! (Picture book. 6-8)"
A Southwestern cooking show spied through the farmhouse window inspires a rooster weary of the same-old same-old to plan a farmyard fiesta with filched garden tomatoes, chiles, cilantro and other produce.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2005
"Like Gladys's bananas, Anderson's story is simple comfort food, with eye-candy artwork providing a welcome dash of spice. (Picture book. 3-6)"
Gladys is a gorilla (never mind that she's purple, for there is more color on these pages than a harlequin's Technicolor dream coat).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2004
"A clever story about cultivation, in more ways than one. (Picture book. 4-7)"
Elsie lives a simple life on a small farm where she grows many vegetables, but growing cabbages is what she does best.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2002
"Equally charming are Karas's gouache, acrylic, and pencil illustrations, which are droll and wistful, the artist at his witty best. (Picture book. 3-7)"
Mr. McGreely builds a veritable gulag around his garden to keep the rabbits out—before he learns he can't, so he might as well join them.
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