Karen Gray Ruelle
Author of Snow valentines
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The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust (2009) 265 copies
The Thanksgiving Beast Feast: A Harry & Emily Adventure (A Holiday House Reader, Level 2) (1999) 57 copies
The Monster in Harry's Backyard: A Harry & Emily Adventure (A Holiday House Reader, Level 2) (1999) 26 copies
Jump for Joy 3 copies
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Simple and sweet! A girl looking for a dog. A dog looking for a kid.
Text: I somehow felt that it needed another sentence or two to wrap it up. That aside, with the patterned repetition, it's a story children will delight in hearing (and reading) again and again.
Illustrations: Why does Joy imagine her dog as a dog while Jump imagines a kid as a tree? (Not consistent with his later imaginings.) And a few of the letters on the cover are a bit tricky to make out. But, wow! The illustrations overall are so cool. I love it when the font is stated (Avenir LT Std 55 Roman) and the art is explained. In part: "... Their black and white world is made from found textures and images from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries..."
I received this as a promo book and I'm happy to recommend it for ages 2 to 102.
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Text: I somehow felt that it needed another sentence or two to wrap it up. That aside, with the patterned repetition, it's a story children will delight in hearing (and reading) again and again.
Illustrations: Why does Joy imagine her dog as a dog while Jump imagines a kid as a tree? (Not consistent with his later imaginings.) And a few of the letters on the cover are a bit tricky to make out. But, wow! The illustrations overall are so cool. I love it when the font is stated (Avenir LT Std 55 Roman) and the art is explained. In part: "... Their black and white world is made from found textures and images from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries..."
I received this as a promo book and I'm happy to recommend it for ages 2 to 102.
#AstraBooksForYoungReaders… (more)
In 1942, as twelve-year-old Peter Feigl and his family tried to disappear inthe Southern Zone of France, his parents were arrested. They had been constantly on the run for years, as Hitler consolidated powerand overran Europe. Peter and his family fled from Germany to Czechoslovakia,then Austria, Belgium, and finally France. They were desperate to stay one step ahead of the Nazis and their concentration camps. But suddenly, Peter was alone: a spirited child coming of age in hiding during the worst war in modern history. This book follows his incredible journey for survival, and his efforts as a secret resistance fighter.… (more)
Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet during that perilous time, many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place--the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages, especially children.
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Striking illustrations made with brush and ink and collage (found textures and images from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries) elevate this story of a girl who wants a dog, and a dog who wants a kid, and their slow but inevitable coming together.… (more)