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32 pp.
| North-South
| October, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-0-7358-2207-8$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Friederike Rave.
Anna lives someplace where it hasn't snowed for years. After seeing a white horse made from sugar ("or was it ice?") in a bakery window, she wishes for snow. Each of the delicate illustrations includes small patches of white (a pane of glass, a bedroom rug), echoing Anna's longing. A lack of clear cause-and-effect in the plot limits the story's success.
32 pp.
| Penguin/Minedition
| October, 2004
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TradeISBN 0-698-40003-8$14.99
(4)
PS
Translated by Charise Myngheer.
Illustrated by
Birte Muller.
A little girl who wonders what her teddy bear does while she's at school stays home and tries everything from pretending to be asleep to tempting him with honey to catch him at his games. Though the illustrations, punctuated with bold blocks of color, support the playfulness of this theme, the text, told in verse, is interrupted by awkward refrains between many of the stanzas.
(3)
K-3
Translated by Marianne Martens.
Illustrated by
Birte Muller.
Two ravens sitting in a tree grouse about winter, but a third longs to join the children below making snow angels. After the kids leave, his artless attempts earn his peers' derision, but the next day, the kids are convinced that a real angel has been there. Because Hächler doesn't sentimentalize, the story and close-ups of the guileless raven's clumsy maneuvers are unexpectedly moving.
32 pp.
| North-South/Neugebauer
| April, 2002
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TradeISBN 0-7358-1566-6$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-7358-1567-4$$15.88
(4)
K-3
Translated by J. Alison James.
Illustrated by
Nina Spranger.
Pablo, a former performing pig who enjoys his retirement in a small field at the edge of the city, narrowly escapes the butcher and finds a new home in a garden after his hut is bulldozed to make room for a development. Originally published in Switzerland, the sweet but slight text features an appealing character in an unlikely situation. Detailed watercolor illustrations capture both landscape and characters.