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Books with author Christopher Raschka

  • A Poke In The I: A Collection Of Concrete Poems

    Paul B. Janeczko, Christopher Raschka

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 3, 2005)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Thirty concrete poems by various authors are accompanied by Chris Raschka's provocative collages of watercolor and torn paper design. A picture book perfect for use with older students/poets.
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  • Can't Sleep

    Christopher Raschka

    Library Binding (Orchard Books, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Unable to fall asleep, a young dog squirms in bed while listening to his family members settle down for the night, and by the gentle light of the moon, he is finally able to float away into dreamland.
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  • The Blushful Hippopotamus

    Christopher Raschka

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, Sept. 1, 1996)
    Despite his older sister's bullying, young Roosevelt learns to appreciate his good qualities, with the help of his trusty friend Lombard, a bird who perches himself on the top of Roosevelt's head.
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  • New York is English, Chattanooga is Creek

    Chris Raschka

    Hardcover (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, Oct. 1, 2005)
    Suppose you are a CITY. Yes, you, looking at this book. Who named you SANTA FE, or PORTLAND, or TOMBSTONE, or whatever your name is? This book invites you to a big party with lots and lots of relatives, near and far, from all over tha nation. These relatives will be glad to meet YOU!
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  • Farmy Farm

    Chris Raschka

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, Oct. 1, 2011)
    Come on the farm with the horse, dog, cow, cat, pig, duck, and sheep for some touch-and-feel fun in a brand-new felt board book!FARMY FARM is a board book.FARMY FARM is a felt book.FARMY FARM is both.The book features sturdy, touch-and-feel felt pages paired with a fun rhyming text and animal sounds by Caldecott Award winner Chris Raschka."Ducky Duck, how about a snack?Ducky Duck, now you say Quack!"
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  • Little Black Crow

    Chris Raschka

    Hardcover (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, Aug. 31, 2010)
    Picture a sky as big as all outdoors, a fence disappearing over a hill, a crow then appearing, a boy looking up, watching, wondering. Not much more than a moment but the meetinglofts a rush of childhood questions—27 in all—inspiring answers as big as all outdoors. Caldecott medalist Chris Raschka, himself the boy perhaps,has created a book in the sparest language against the simplest setting, to inspire in any young listener the wonder of wondering.
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  • Simple Gifts

    Christopher Raschka

    Paperback (Live Oak Media, Jan. 1, 2003)
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  • The Magic Flute

    Chris Raschka

    eBook (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug. 13, 2019)
    From Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Chris Raschka comes a gorgeously illustrated retelling of Mozart’s classic opera, The Magic Flute.The Magic Flute is the favorite choice of many opera lovers. But ask any of them to tell you the rambunctious, mystical, and downright oddball story of the opera and no two tellers will agree. Enter Chris Raschka, an opera goer himself. His stunning version of the original plot and the otherworldly events which inspired Mozart’s glorious music showcases his interpretation from the storytelling front curtain at the start, to the radiant finale at the end. Readers will be exclaiming, Bravo!
  • Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

    Christopher Raschka

    (Live Oak Media, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.
  • Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

    Christopher Raschka

    (Live Oak Media, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.
  • Give and Take

    Chris Raschka

    language (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug. 26, 2014)
    A clever story of greed and goodness, and the art of finding the in-between, from two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka, creator of the New York Times bestselling A Ball for Daisy.Watch the farmer’s ear. Now watch the two small, clever fellows in pointy hats whispering into it, first one, then the other. Give and Take. They cannot agree. Listen now to the farmer talk back—and, in this story of apples, pumpkins, pigs, and a final surprise, he just might get the better of both of them.
  • Sluggy Slug

    Chris Raschka

    Hardcover (Hyperion, March 1, 2000)
    Sluggy Slug will not go because he is sluggy.
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