Farrar Straus Giroux.Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Jane Cutler's deftly written Rose And Riley (0374363404, $15.00) includes engaging color drawings by Thomas F. Yezerski as it tells of a vole vole, name for a large number of mouselike rodents, related to the lemmings. Most range in length from 3 1-2 to 7 in. (9–18 cm) and have rounded bodies with gray or brown coats, blunt muzzles, small ears concealed in the long fur, and short tails. and a groundhog groundhog: see woodchuck. who are very good friends. Three easy-reader stories about run, parties and worry dolls provide young picture book readers with easy chapters of adventure. Lyn Rossiter McFalrnad's Mouse Went Out To Get A Snack (0374376727, $16.00) excels in zany illustrations by Jim McFarland and a whimsical story of a mouse whose appetite gets the most of him. It's the drawings which capture the fun side of a hungry mouse--and Lyn McFarland's equally whimsical text which reels 'em in and concludes with an unexpected hilarious result. Barbara Jean Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. and Alexis Deacon's Jitterbug jitterbug Dance variation of the two-step in which couples swing, balance, and twirl in standardized patterns to syncopated music in ⁴⁄₄ time. It originated in the U.S. in the mid 1930s and became internationally popular in the 1940s. Jam (0374336857, $16.00) provides a different kind of monster story: Bobo is a young monster afraid of what may be under his own bed: it could be a boy with frightening pink skin ready to scare him. Boo-Dad knows all about frightening bed creatures--and knows how to scare them away, but Bobo wants to find his own courage in this engaging monster tale. Uri Shulevitz's Travels Of Benjamin Of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela (t  dā`lä), d.1173, rabbi considered the first European to approach the borders of China, b. Tudela, Spain. : Through Three Continents In The 12th Century (0374377545, $17.00) is hard to easily peg: working from the original Hebrew and other source materials Noun 1. source materials - publications from which information is obtainedsource - a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story" , Shulevitz re- creates the story of 1159 traveler Benjamin of Tudela, who visited Rome, Jerusalem, Baghdad and more, over a hundred years before Marco Polo's more celebrated journeys. A first-person format brings a fictional eye to the story line: good reading skills required, but the 'you are there' atmosphere is compelling. |
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