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32 pp.
| Holt
| April, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9312-4$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
In this purposeful book, smells that help lead a search-and-rescue dog to a lost child are described in cloyingly sweet language ("You smell like wonderful cinnamon cookie smiles..."). Back pages have facts about dogs' noses and brief, helpful information on what children should do if they're lost. Morgan's illustrations paint a strangely rosy picture of getting lost in the woods.
32 pp.
| Hyperion
| April, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-7868-0560-9$$15.99
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LibraryISBN 0-7868-2484-0$$16.49
(3)
PS
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
Gentle watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations feature eleven baby animals, including puppies, piglets, and beetles, and their parents while a gently repetitive text describes an aspect of each baby's auditory environment ("What the tadpole hears--Burp, burp, burp"). The final spread shows several human toddlers jamming to guitar music as the text exclaims: "What the baby hears--I love you!"
(4)
PS
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
Two children walk quietly through woods and meadows to visit their friend Wyatt at his farmhouse, where they all noisily play with numerous animals. At the end of a happy day, their parents drive the visitors "the sleepy way home." Both the slight story and pastel illustrations are nostalgic; the sounds will read aloud well, though they're not part of the rhythm of the text.
32 pp.
| National
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-7922-3441-3$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
Compiled here are ten tales of how zoo veterinarians have treated sick animals, from the titular tiger to a gorilla with a cold to a tortoise with a broken leg. Several stiff watercolor illustrations accompany each story, and though the individual tales are blandly, even condescendingly, told, collectively they offer an interesting glimpse into the work of these perhaps unfamiliar professionals.
22 pp.
| January, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-694-01037-5 1970
(3)
PS
Harper Growing Tree series.
This book enumerates where various animals sleep, before describing a child's bedroom and bedtime rituals in comparison. Everything about this book is soothing: the gently rhyming text, rich with alliteration and assonance; the soft, cool-toned watercolor illustrations, new to this edition; even the rounded corners of the pages. A mellifluous choice for bedtime reading.
(4)
K-3
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series.
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
A girl learns from her brother about how puppies develop in utero, then watches them grow after they are born. A page at the end of the book gives ideas on making scrapbooks and on other ways to learn about dogs. Simple watercolors focus on the puppies and the children's affection for them, but both the text and pictures are somewhat bland.