Birthday Happy, Contrary Mary


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When the little mouse, Contrary Mary, appears to be unhappy at her most unusual birthday party, her father knows just what to do to get her to laugh.




The Parents Party Book


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Offers advice on planning and hosting children's parties, covering such topics as invitations, activities, decorations, food, favors, and safety.




Time for a Story


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A collection of stories from various authors.




Contrary Mary


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Contrary Mary the mouse decides one day to do the opposite of what she is supposed to do, but when her mother does the same, Mary has a change of heart.




A to Zoo


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Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's oicture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.







Forthcoming Books


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Contemporary Authors


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These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors entries. A softcover cumulative index is published twice per year (included in subscription).




All Wrapped Up!


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Through hundreds of eye-popping reproductions, All Wrapped Up! celebrates gift wrapthat most ephemeral of paper productsfrom the groovy 1960s. The modest palette and conventional patterns of the previous decade eventually yielded to the riotous colors, op art, and psychedelic visions that defined the late '60s, charting a course through the entire spectrum of mid-century graphic design and commercial illustration. Popular imagery of cute animals, adorable children, barbecue iconography for dad, funky florals, and Santas of every stripe grace these pages. A thoughfully wrapped present is a gift in itself, and All Wrapped Up! is the perfect package to celebrate the popular designs of the most visually exuberant decade of all.