HarperCollins.HarperCollins 1350 Avenue of Americas, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10019-4703 www.harpercollinschildrens.com Scott Santoro's FARM-FRESH CATS (0060781785, $15.99) tells of an ordinary farm day--or so farmer Ray thinks. But instead of nice cabbage heads the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; - contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. See also: Cabbage poking up from the ground, there are nice cat heads ... and instead of picking cabbages weeks later, cats are picked. A comet causes chaos--and what will Farmer Ray do with all these cats? It's refreshing to see an unpredictable fantasy for picture book readers. David Gordon's HANSEL han·sel n. & v. Variant of handsel. AND DIESEL (0060581220, $15.99) offers a different kind of Grimm tale: here two machines set out to search for fuel in their junkyard--and face the Wicked Winch winch, mechanical device for hauling or lifting consisting essentially of a movable drum around which a cable is wound so that rotation of the drum produces a drawing force at the end of the cable. alone in the forest. How can two little lost trucks survive? Both are remarkable, innovative presentations. |
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