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The Borrowers Afield

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Mary Norton's Borrowers books join P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins novels in the Harcourt Brace Young Classics line of acclaimed children's fiction reissued in hardcover. All Harcourt Brace Young Classics have a uniform look while retaining the much-loved illustrations from the original editions. Together with forthcoming titles from Edward Eager, Elizabeth Enright, L. M. Boston, Eleanor Estes, and others, these books will form a children's library of unparalleled quality, beauty, and value.



Storybook Art

Children can enjoy their favorite storybook illustrators in a new way by imitating their art with the 100 engaging and simple art projects included in this celebration of children's book illustrators. Featured are famous and award-winning storybook illustrators from the 1930s to present--
Good Night Moon
's Clement Hurd,
Corduroy
's Don Freeman,
Olivia
's Ian Falconer, and more--along with biographical information, open-ended art projects, and portraits created by grade school children. Illustration techniques covered include painting, drawing, cutting and collage, and construction and crafts. Art projects include imitating Jackson Pollock in theJackson Piglet Wall Painting from
Olivia
and creating aPhoto Story from children's photos similar to
Sugaring Time
. An extensive resource guide of illustrator web sites, art materials, and supplies listed by project is provided, as well as complete book information... Storybook Art
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Harriet and the Promised Land

A picture book biography of Harriet Tubman. Colorful paintings accompany the rhyming text. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1968.
Harriet and the Promised Land
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