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Marjorie Priceman
In the age of Mapquest and global-positioning systems, I still love the Rand McNally road atlas. The whole, crazy country is contained between its two covers. The strange place names and geographical quirks, the weirdly shaped states–as well as the orderly square ones. The fact that you can plot a trip from here to anywhere and get there eventually.
Picture books, I think, can be a thrifty form of travel. Without leaving the house you can cross a continent, venture out to sea (or under it), go back in time or into space. How to Make a Cherry Pie and See... Read More
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For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone
Selected by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Hardcover
Illus. in full color. "These nonsense verses combine the domestic and the gross, deadpan and slapstick, with a lilting rhythm and satisfying rhyme. The poets are well-known contemporaries including Prelutsky, Silverstein, Kuskin, Lobel, Viorst, and many more. The design is ebullient. Start or end story hour with these verses, and kids... Read More
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How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.
Written by Marjorie Priceman
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Trade Paperback
Fancy a slice of cherry pie? Let's get started. . . . What, no bowl? No pie pan? No pot holders?
Join our young baker (and her little dog!) as they travel the United States—from New Hampshire to Hawaii, from Alaska to Texas—in search of the coal, cotton, clay, and granite they... Read More
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How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.
Written by Marjorie Priceman
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
eBook
IN THIS EXUBERANT companion story to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, our young baker sets her sights on a cherry pie. She heads off on a round-the-U.S.A. journey to find all the materials she needs to stock her kitchen: New Mexico for clay (mixing bowl), Washington... Read More
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Written by Marjorie Priceman
Trade Paperback
Illus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest... Read More
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Written by Marjorie Priceman
eBook
Illus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest... Read More
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Cold Snap
Written by Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Hardcover
It's snowy cold in the town of Toby Mills. The thermometer is sinking toward zero, and the icicle hanging from the nose of General Toby's statue is growing closer to the ground. The newspaper headline reads "COLD SNAP!" The people of the town are losing hope—and the feeling in their toes—until... Read More
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Paris in the Spring with Picasso
Written by Joan Yolleck
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Hardcover
This evocative portrait of the artists that made Paris tick in the early 20th century is a perfect introduction to the world of contemporary art and literature . . . and to Paris!
On any day of the week, if you cross Paris’s Luxembourg Gardens, you will come to a... Read More
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