52 Great Children's Books

By Lynn Gordon
Illustrations by Karen Johnson

3-1/2 x 2-15/16 in; Full-color illustrations, 52 boxed cards
Hardcover
Published in September, 1998
ISBN 0811821455
ISBN13 9780811821452

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Pick a card, any card. Want to make reading recommendations more interactive? Hand library users 52 Great Children's Books from the New York Public Library, a deck of cards by Lynn Gordon, illustrated by Karen Johnson, that offers tantalizing food for thought for anyone wishing to expand their reading or pick a bedtime story. The lively illustrated cards give a brief synopsis of some of the best-loved children's stories as selected by Julie Cummins, coordinator of children's services at the New York Public Library. The tempting card highlight books such as Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpiller ("One day a tiny caterpillar hatched from an egg and started to look for something to eat...") to Russell Hoban's Bread and Jam for Frances, in which "the difficult issue of a picky eater is explored and gently resolved."

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