Christopher Raschka
1) In the city
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Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate pigeons as colorful, chatty denizens of the city.
4) Yo! Yes?
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young rabbit explores the world using his five senses. If you are a bunny, try a taste, take a gander, snuffle a sniff, relish a sound, and share a hug. Everything around is waiting. If you are a boy, or a girl, or a dog, or a kitty do like our friend Bunny. And enjoy.
8) Ring! Yo?
Author
Publisher
DK Ink
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In a telephone conversation--of which the reader at first only hears one side--two friends, one black and one white, have a disagreement and then make up.
10) Meow
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this story--told almost entirely in the cat's meows--a young girl steps on her cat Marigold's tail, the hurt cat runs for cover, and after an apology, all is forgiven.
11) The magic flute
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Retells the story of the Mozart opera, in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light.
12) Side by side
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Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt ode to the physical and emotional roles of father and child.
"King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of these things and more in Chris Raschka's tribute to this familial pair. Each stanza presents three scenarios in which the father and child's roles are subtly balanced. With minimal text and maximum emotion, the book encapsulates Raschka's own passion and nostalgia for being a father...
13) Give and take
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In his apple orchard, a farmer meets a little man named Take and follows his advice, which does not turn out well, and the next day meets a little man named Give, whose advice is just as bad.
14) Otter and odder
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Otter falls in love with his food source, a fish named Myrtle, he must decide whether to follow the way of the otter or the way of his heart.
15) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A puddle sits despairingly as she is trampled on by humans and animals alike until something miraculous happens that makes her feel worthwhile.
19) Skin again
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Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
All over the world, people express their love for their children through endearments, such as "sweetie pie" or "peanut." "Little Treasures" offers a wealth of endearments in 14 languages for parents to share with their own beloved poppet and petit chou.
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