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Books with author Petra Mathers

  • Sophie and Lou

    Petra Mathers

    Paperback (Trophy Pr, June 1, 1993)
    Shy Sophie, enticed by the dancing that she sees in the studio across the street, sets out to learn on her own
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  • Lottie's New Friend

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, April 1, 1999)
    Excellent Book
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  • A CAKE FOR HERBIE

    PETRA MATHERS

    Paperback (MCGRAW HILL SRA, March 15, 2008)
    None
  • Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the Absurd

    M.T. Anderson, Petra Mathers

    Paperback (Candlewick, March 8, 2016)
    In a brilliant performance worthy of the composer, M. T. Anderson and Petra Mathers present a picture-book biography of the singular Erik Satie.Throughout his life, Erik Satie wanted to make a new kind of music, a kind of music both very young and very old, very bold and very shy, that followed no rules but its own.At first glance, Erik Satie looked as normal as anyone else in Paris one hundred years ago. Beyond his shy smile, however, was a mind like no other. When Satie sat down at the piano to compose or play music, his tunes were strange and dreamlike, his melodies topsy-turvy and discordant. Many people hated his music. Few understood it. But to Erik Satie there was sense in nonsense, and the vibrant, surreal compositions of this eccentric man-child would go on to influence many artists.
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  • Sophie and Lou

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1991)
    Shy Sophie, enticed by the dancing that she sees in the studio across the street, sets out to learn on her own
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  • Lottie's New Beach Towel

    Petra Mathers

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, May 1, 2001)
    None
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  • Victor and Christabel

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Aug. 10, 1993)
    Victor, a lonely alligator who works as a guard at the museum, falls for Christabel, the unhappy subject of a mysterious painting, and sets out to unravel the enchantment that has trapped Christabel on canvas.
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  • Herbie's Secret Santa

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover
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  • Kisses from Rosa

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Random House Value Publishing, July 12, 1998)
    Illustrated in full color. When her mother becomes ill, young Rosa is sent off to stay at her Aunt Mookie's farm in the Black Forest of Germany. Although she misses her mother terribly, Rosa is quickly caught up in all the activity of farm life--from picking blueberries with Mrs. Schmidt to visiting the cows with Cousin Birgit. In between, she sends kiss-filled letters to Mami via Otto the mailman. And one day soon, she knows they will be together again. The illustrations in Petra Mathers's lovingly drawn memoir have irresistible folkloric charm. Here's a book straight from the heart--certain to strike a chord in anyone who's ever been homesick or separated from a loved one.
  • Lottie's New Beach Towel

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, July 5, 1999)
    None
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  • Maria Theresa

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Harpercollins, April 1, 1985)
    Maria Theresa, a city chicken, leaves her comfortable rooftop coop and finds her destiny when she joins Miss Lola and Esmeralda the cow in their circus egg-juggling act
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  • Theodor and Mr. Balbini

    Petra Mathers

    Hardcover (Harpercollins, Aug. 1, 1988)
    Soon after the kindly Mr. Balbini discovers that his dog Theodor can talk, he finds himself bullied by the demanding canine and yearns for a more traditional pet.
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