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SLENDER ELLA AND HER FAIRY HOGFATHER (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999,
ages 5-8, illus. by Sally Anne Lambert) is Ms. Sathre's most recent early
chapter book. Kirkus says "...Emerging readers will be delighted..."
From Booklist--"...will be popular both as a read-aloud picture
book and an easy reader." The Bulletin says "Sathre has a
chipper and breezy style that keeps this oinking along." Out of print. |
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ON GRANDPA'S FARM, Sathre's most recent picture book (Houghton Mifflin,
fall 1997, ages 3-8, illus. by Anne Hunter) is an American Bookseller
"Pick of the Lists." The reviewer says "This is a wonderful book for
a grandparent to share with a grandchild." Kirkus calls it "A quiet
paean to the eternal rhythms of country life." |
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LEROY POTTS MEETS THE McCROOKS, Ms. Sathre's first early chapter book
(Bantam Doubleday Dell, spring 1997, ages 5-8), received a Kirkus pointer.
"...Sathre and illustrator Barnes-Murphy gather their considerable wit
and trot out a tale that will flapdoodle and delight beginning readers."
Booklist
says "Readers will enjoy...the Wild West silliness about the fool who wins
in the end." Out of print. |
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THREE KIND MICE is a picture book written for kids ages 3-8. (Harcourt
Brace, 1997, illus. by Rodger Wilson) School Library Journal says
"...the easy vocabulary and the strong clues from the...action-packed pictures
make this a great choice for beginning readers." From Kirkus comes
"...playful rhymes...gleeful story..." Publishers Weekly calls it
"...a scrumptious choice for the preschool set. Currently
out of stock. |
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J.B. WIGGLEBOTTOM AND THE PARADE OF PETS, Ms. Sathre's first chapter
book/novel (ages 7-11, Atheneum 1993), was an American Bookseller "Pick
of the Lists," was on the Bank Street College "Best Books of 1993"
list and was nominated for the South Carolina 1995-96 Children's Book
Award. Booklist says "...A nicely paced story with realistically portrayed
characters and cliff- hanging chapters just right for reading aloud."
Out of print. |
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MOUSE CHASE, a picture book, (Harcourt Brace, 1995, ages 3-8, illus.
by Ward Schumaker) was an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."
Kirkus
calls it "...a lively mini adventure..." Publisher's Weekly
calls
it "...dynamic..." The Bulletin says "...a tense and elegantly presented
plot... this selection will stand up to the repeated thumbings it's bound
to receive." SLJ says "...a good read-aloud choice." A
Parents Magazine choice for Best Books of 1995. Out of print. |