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140 pp.
| Viking
| November, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01279-4$14.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
In this sequel to The Doll Shop Downstairs, Anna and her family await the arrival of cousin Tania, fleeing Russia during WWI. When Tania arrives, she's as skittish as the stray cats in the neighborhood; caring for the cats helps her acclimate. McDonough's straightforward text and Maione's cheery All-of-a-Kind-Family-esque illustrations show the small details of one family's life during a turbulent time.
120 pp.
| Farrar
| August, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-374-30351-8$15.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Annie's grandma is waging a campaign to save their town's most venerable tree, which is scheduled to be chopped down to make way for a new community pool. At first she's embarrassed by Granny's stand, but Annie eventually comes around. Appealing black-and-white illustrations help keep the environmental-themed tale light.
32 pp.
| Simon
| February, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-3833-0$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Toe-tapping rhymes chart a day in the life of a princess. Though she has many costume changes, none of the outfits, rendered with a suitably frilly, cotton-candy-like frothiness, can compete with her "favorite clothes": her underwear, in which she romps (in private) at day's end. Beneath its focus on girly garments, the book has a feminist slant; this is no (stereo)typical princess.
118 pp.
| Viking
| September, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01091-2$14.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
When Anna's parents' New York doll repair business is affected by the WWI trade embargo with Germany, they must find creative ways to support the family. Issues of economic hardship, heritage, and social class are interwoven with themes of love and determination in this heartening story. An author's note describes the historical events on which the tale is based. Timeline. Glos.
104 pp.
| Farrar
| March, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-374-33487-1$15.95
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Oliver's overprotective parents insist on doing everything for him. As for letting him attend the third-grade sleepover? Fuggedaboudit. Drawn into opinionated classmate Crystal's orbit while working together on a solar system diorama, Oliver begins to assert himself. Mills's previous books for this age group have been stellar, and this one's no exception. Full-page pencil illustrations, one per chapter, add warmth and humor.
133 pp.
| Dial
| October, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3345-9$16.99
(3)
1-3
Sly the Sleuth series.
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Sly's latest trio of cases all require code-cracking, as she discovers while investigating a four-year-old who sings gibberish, a series of strange notes, and graffiti scrawled in the boys' bathroom. Elementary-school readers will find a lot to relate to here--from Sly's fears about being cut from the baseball team to her run-ins with a bossy classmate. Approachable sketches accompany the text.
184 pp.
| Candlewick
| February, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-2163-6$14.99
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Annie's mother has died and Annie must face life without her. She goes through the stages of grief while her father struggles to be both mother and father. The tone can get a bit syrupy, but homey ink-and-wash illustrations help keep the novel from slipping into bathos. Hest treads lightly but honestly through her difficult subject.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2007
128 pp.
| Dial
| April, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3119-6$16.99
(3)
1-3
Sly the Sleuth series.
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Sly the Sleuth investigates three new cases. As it turns out, the new mysteries all involve friends and food (fish-oil cookies, a wheat allergy, and disappearing oranges). The multiple strands in these quirky stories come together in a satisfying way, and silly wordplay abounds. Cheerful pen-and-ink illustrations accompany the stories.
92 pp.
| Dial
| March, 2005
|
TradeISBN 0-8037-2993-6$15.99
(3)
1-3
Sly the Sleuth series.
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Readers of the Cam Jansen series will be delighted to meet another energetic, confident girl sleuth. Sylvia, known as Sly, solves three short mysteries involving the pets in her neighborhood. The stories are easy to read and engaging, the pen-and-ink illustrations convey the light tone of the adventures, and Sly's first-person narration is convincing.
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
When four-year-old Russell decides that he wants to stay home from school like his baby sister, his mother treats him like a baby instead of a big boy, and soon he is clamoring to go to his classroom after all. The notion of acting like an infant again will amuse young listeners, and the drawings are executed with a light touch that suits the story, which was adapted from a chapter in Hurwitz's Rip-Roaring Russell.
32 pp.
| Lerner/Millbrook
| September, 2001
|
LibraryISBN 0-7613-1464-4$$22.90
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Heather Maione.
Tightly organized, this book traces the creative processes of a writer, a composer, a dancer, and a painter who find inspiration in the same morning subway ride in New York City. Pastel-colored illustrations sympathetically illustrate the simplistic trajectory of inspiration, creation, difficulty, and success for each of these nonstereotypical, artists, but the cast is a bit too purposefully diverse.
89 pp.
| HarperCollins
| July, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-688-17095-1$$15.95
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Heather Harms Maione.
Elisa's summer is a string of everyday adventures. During the first weeks, she misses her brother Russell who is at camp; when he returns, the whole family vacations in the country. Elisa continues to be a warm, likable little girl who grows in small, realistic ways. Maione's black-and-white line drawings, done in the style of Lillian Hoban, are consistent with the artwork of the earlier books.