Albert Whitman & Company.Albert Whitman & Company 6340 Oakton Street, Morton Grove Morton Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,408), Cook co., N of Chicago, NE Ill.; inc. 1895. It has research laboratories and plants that manufacture goods such as pumps, electrical equipment, and cosmetics. , IL 60053-2723 www.albertwhitman.com Kathi Ember's warm drawings enhance the story from Pat Miller, Substitute Groundhog groundhog: see woodchuck. (0807576433), telling of a young groundhog who gets sick the day before Groundhog Day Groundhog Day (February 2) In the U.S., the day that the groundhog predicts whether spring will be coming soon. If, on emerging from his hole, he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, spring is imminent. and is told by Dr. Owl to stay in bed. His search for a substitute groundhog leads to a new assessment of his many unique qualities to fit the job description in this fun story. Moira Rose Donohue's ALFIE THE APOSTROPHE apostrophe, figure of speech apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present. (0807502553, $16.95) tells of an apostrophe who longs to make it into the punctuation-mark talent show. There's lots of competition among the other punctuation marks--and to make things worse the show's director has mistaken Alfie for a comma! JoAnn Adinolfi's whimsical drawings enhance a fine story elementary-level readers will find both entertaining and educational. |
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