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Bantam of the Opera by Mary Jane Auch6/30/2023 ![]() Who better than a chicken who loves to read to “hatch” an unputdownable plot. “On the first day of spring,” she begins, “my teacher gave to me, a garden to water carefully.” By the end, the kids are fully involved, all of them enthusiastically visualized by artist Carey Armstrong-Ellis in his multimedia illustrations. Ages 4 to 8.ĭeborah Lee Rose adapts a familiar tune from Christmas to a counting book for spring. ![]() The Twelve Days of Springtime: A School Counting Book. Toklas, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Basket the poodle – and a mute bear in a chair – enliven what becomes a party to end all parties. Jonah Winter offers an affectionate interpretation of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), whose experimental writing was regarded as avant-garde in its day, made somewhat accessible here in what amounts to a clever play on words. Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude. Splendid quotations on each page to complement Gary Kelley’s richly textured paintings. Roosevelt, but this nicely researched narrative takes in the full sweep of her eventful life. ![]() Most of the world, of course, knows Roosevelt from her years as the wife of President Franklin D. and Abraham Lincoln – with a penetrating profile of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). ![]() ![]() Ages 6 to 12.Ĭaldecott Honor author Doreen Rappaport takes on another larger-than-life figure – her previous subjects have included Martin Luther King Jr. Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt. ![]()
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