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32 pp.
| Holiday
| September, 2003
|
TradeISBN 0-8234-1605-4$$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Megan Lloyd
&
Megan Lloyd.
When Pip, orphaned in 1841, leaves his sisters in the local almshouse, he tries to earn enough money as an itinerate painter to rescue his siblings. Although he isn't successful, the canvases he sends to his sisters inspire the girls, who start a thriving Christmas wreath business and move out of the almshouse. Impressive illustrations capture the flavor of nineteenth-century paintings, giving the story a sense of time and place.
32 pp.
| Simon
| October, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-689-82665-6$$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Rosanne Litzinger.
When Rudie's babysitter, the "Chicken Soup Queen," gets the flu, he makes her the soup that so often cured him. He makes sure to include her secret ingredient, which is stirring in three very nice stories about the "soon-to-be soup eater." This loving relationship is told in lively prose accompanied by colorful cartoon-style illustrations. Recipes for chicken soup are found at the end of the book.