"I have a gigantic head
with long, pointy teeth,
and a great load roar.
I'm a huge ferocious hunter.
I am . . .
a tyrannosaurus."
A little boy pretends to be different dinosaurus--and even a baby dinosaur just hatching from his shell--until his mother joins him with a snack and plays the role of mother dinosaur.
TRICYCLE PRESS
July 2011
ISBN: 978-1-58246-413-8
Trim Size: 8x8 40 pages
$12.99
Available from Random House
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace
This evocative collection of poems illustrated by beautiful handmade quilts explores peace in all it's various and sometimes surprising forms: from peace at home to peace on a worldwide scale to peace within oneself. Pondering the meaning of peace and its fleeting nature, this book compels each of us to discover and act upon peace ourselve
Henry Holt
March 29,2011
ISBN: 978-0-8-50-8996-7
Hardcover 32 pages 9 1/2 x 11
$16.99
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In spare text and vibrant illustrations, a little boy pretends to be a bulldozer, a crane, a dump truck, and a roller. Finally, he imagines his father is a flatbed truck that delivers him to the couch for a quiet moment.
TRICYCLE PRESS
January 2010
ISBN: 978-1-58246-306-3
Trim Size: 8x8 40 pages
$12.99
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Charlotte Zolotow Awards: Highly Recommended
Kirkus Reviews: Best Children's Books of
2010
Pennsylvania Center for the Book: Baker's Dozen --13 Best Books for Family Literacy, 2011
Take cloth and buttons and thread. Add a classic nursery rhyme and a counting game. Stitch them together and what do you have? A patchwork of numbers and fun!
With bold and beautiful quilted illustrations, author-illustrator Anna Grossnickle Hines has created a read-aloud that's sure to become a cozy household favorite.
HARCOURT TRADE PUBLISHERS
May 2008
ISBN: 9780152063054
Trim Size: 10 x 11 32 pages
$16.00
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Imagine the lights on a Christmas tree, the northern lights, a candle in a window on a winter night, a warm fire, a walkway lined with farolitos, a lit menorah, moonlight on snow . . . Now imagine sitting down and designing and then stitching original quilts that capture all of these winter lights. Anna has done just that, sometimes spending more that four hundred hours per quilt (see "Solstice"), sometimes using over 8,450 triangles of fabric per quilt (see "Star Catcher"), and all in all using more that eleven miles of thread. The resulting fifteen creations serve as breathtaking illustrations to sixteen poems about the allure of light during the dark months. There is nothing as warming and sustaining in the gloom of winter as a glimpse of light--except perhaps the snug embrace of a hand-sewn quilt. Includes an illustrated note on the making of the quilts.
Greenwillow Books October 2005
Tr 0-06-000817-2 $16.99 Tr ISBN 13: 978-0-06-000817-8
Lb 0-06-000818-0 $17.89 Lb ISBN 13: 978-0-06-000818-5
Three of the quilts were accepted and shown at the Road to California Quilt Show, January 2006.
Bank Street Best Books List for 2005
Winter Lights Reviews
STARS from Kirkus, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly and School Library Journal!
Winter Lights Activity Guide from HarperCollins: PDF Download
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Winner of the 2001 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children's Poetry!
Nineteen handmade quilts grace the pages of this collection of seasonal
poems. Taking inspiration from the magic that is winter, spring, summer, and
fall, and stitching together varied forms of poetry (including haiku) with
something entirely her own, Anna Grossnickle Hines presents her vision of
nature's year-round drama. The author learned to quilt from her mother,
and her talent and enthusiasm for the traditional craft are evident on every
glorious page. A fascinating note on the making of the quilts is included.
Greenwillow Books, March 2001
Paperback 0-06-055960-8 $6.99
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children's Poetry 2002
Junior Library Guild Selection
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Poetry and Folklore 2001
Society of Illustrator's Original Art Show, October 2001
NCTE Notable Children's Books 2002
Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee for 2002-2003
Texas Bluebonnet Awrds master List 2002-2003
Oregon's Beverly Cleary children's Choice Award Nominee for 2004
Miniature Quilts, pattern for "To Each His Own", Issue 52, 2001
American Quilter, "Quilts in a Children's Book, The Making of PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS AND QUILTS" Winter 2002
Reviews STARS from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publisher's Weekly!
Things To Do: Including quilt patterns for fabric and paper.
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The illustrations "capture the circumscribed world of the preschooler while celebrating the joys to be found in daily events...Corey has parents who share household tasks to make his life, as well as theirs, not only secure but also fun. The book conveys the kind of marital respect which can exist within today's family with charm and vitality." Horn Book 9/86.
Children's Choice, IRA/CBC.
Junior Literary Guild Selection.
Book-of-the-Month Club.
Trumpet Book Club.
Clarion 1986
ISBN 0-89919-388-9 $13.95;
Paperback 0-89919-794-9 $5.95
CarryAlong Book and Cassette 0-395-51998-5 $7.95
Board Book 0-395-98036-4
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