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GREEN

Green
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Seeger
Author's First Name: 
Laura Vaccaro
Illustrator's First Name: 
Laura Vaccaro
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Seeger
Publisher: 
Neal Porter
Publication Date: 
2012

Clever die-cuts reveal textured greens varying from sea turtles to peas to firefly glows to faded and even “never” (stop sign) or “not” green (snowscape with red barn). Green surprises by supplying objects with their own particular shade.

OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Messner
Author's First Name: 
Kate
Illustrator's First Name: 
Christopher Silas
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Neal
Publisher: 
Chronicle
Publication Date: 
2011

As a father and daughter ski through a snow-blanketed woodland observing squirrels, foxes, and hares, cutaway views give readers a window into a fascinating hidden animal kingdom under the snow that scientists call the subnivean zone. There the mice, chipmunks, and bumblebees sleep.

KING JACK AND THE DRAGON

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bently
Author's First Name: 
Peter
Illustrator's First Name: 
Helen
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Oxenbury
Publisher: 
Dial
Publication Date: 
2011

A trio of pint-sized knights, a bouncy rhyming text, and gloriously detailed illustrations add up to a tale of fearsome beasts, fabulous feasts, and backyard bravery.

STARS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Ray
Author's First Name: 
Mary Lyn
Illustrator's First Name: 
Marla
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Frazee
Publisher: 
Beach Lane
Publication Date: 
2011

A host of children celebrate the beauty of stars both as far-off wonders and as earthly tokens of hope and companionship in their daily lives. Simple vignettes alternate with panoramas, amplifying and echoing the poetic text.

GRANDPA GREEN

Cover of Grandpa Green
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Smith
Author's First Name: 
Lane
Illustrator's First Name: 
Smith
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Lane
Publisher: 
Roaring Brook
Publication Date: 
2011

A young boy learns about the past through the topiary his grandfather planted and lovingly shaped over a lifetime. Brush and ink outlines create the human figures while watercolor, oil paint, and digital paint contour the foliage in this multi-layered tale.
 

RED SLED

Red Sled
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Judge
Author's First Name: 
Lita
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2011

A winter moon and a snowy hill form the serene backdrop for this almost wordless tale of a bear who co-opts a child’s sled and takes his animal friends on a wild midnight ride . . . only to have the sled’s owner join them in the end.

MOUSE & LION

Mouse hiding under leaves
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Burkert
Author's First Name: 
Rand
Illustrator's First Name: 
Nancy Ekholm
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Burkert
Publisher: 
Michael di Capua
Publication Date: 
2011

Delicately detailed watercolors on luxuriously thick cream-colored paper reveal a brave little mouse’s encounter with a fearsome feline in this retelling of Aesop’s famous fable. Generous use of white space lets readers focus on and delight in the world as this tiny hero sees it.

BONE DOG

Bone Dog
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Rohmann
Author's First Name: 
Eric
Publisher: 
Roaring Brook
Publication Date: 
2011

Ella, Gus’s elderly dog, promises Gus that she will always be with him, but after she dies, Gus spends a lonely Halloween cavorting with skeletons in the cemetery. Gus’s reappearance is part of the night’s spooky but endearing magic. Firm horizontals and thickly outlined figures keep the story grounded.

THE TWINS' BLANKET

twins' blanket
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Yum
Author's First Name: 
Hyewon
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2011

The twins have always shared their bed and blanket, but now it is time for something new. Colorful mixed-media illustrations set against ample white space and ingenious use of the gutter illustrate this story of growing up separate but the same.

GOYANGI MEANS CAT

Goyangi Means Cat
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
McDonnell
Author's First Name: 
Christine
Illustrator's First Name: 
Steve
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Johnson
Publisher: 
Viking
Publication Date: 
2011

Collage, muted acrylics, and oil paints create patterns reflecting the Eastern and Western worlds of an adopted Korean child. Bonding with “goyangi,” the cat in her new house, she weeps when it goes missing. Its return helps her accept that both she and Goyangi are home.

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