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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
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NY Times Childrens Books
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FANCY NANCY, by Jane O'Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. (HarperCollins, $15.99.) A glamour girl dresses her family up and takes them out on the town. (Ages 4 to 7) |
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THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW, by Norton Juster. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. (Michael di Capua/Hyperion, $15.95.) A girl senses a sort of magic in her grandparents' kitchen window. (Ages 2 and up) |
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OWEN AND MZEE, by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff with Paula Kahumbu. Photographs by Peter Greste. (Scholastic, $16.99.) The true story of the friendship between a baby hippo and a 130-year-old tortoise. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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ZEN SHORTS, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Scholastic, $16.95.) Stillwater the giant panda tells classic Zen tales to his young neighbors. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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CURIOUS GEORGE: THE MOVIE, by Jasmine Jones. (Houghton Mifflin, $9.99.) A picture book adaptation of the movie, based on Margret and H. A. Rey's classic stories. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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FAIRYOPOLIS: A FLOWER FAIRIES JOURNAL, written and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. (Warne, $19.99.) Fairies I have known; the 1923 sketchbook and diary of a supernaturalist. (Ages 8 and up) |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. (Candlewick, $26.99.) A pop-up dinosaur compendium. (Ages 5 and up) |
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A FAMILY OF POEMS, by Caroline Kennedy. Illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Hyperion, $19.95.) From Lewis Carroll to Langston Hughes, an anthology of children's verse. (Ages 9 to 12) |
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ROSA, by Nikki Giovanni. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. (Holt, $16.95.) The story of Rosa Parks's refusal to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955. (Ages 6 and up) |
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TAILS, written and illustrated by Matthew Van Fleet. Edited by Skip Skwarek. (Red Wagon/Harcourt, $12.95.) All about them: furry ones and rough ones, long ones and stumpy ones. (Ages 2 to 5) |
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