Nonny Hogrogian
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Description
Nonny Hogrogian (born May 7, 1932) is an Armenian-American writer and illustrator, known best for children's picture books. She has won two annual Caldecott Medals for U.S. children's book illustrations. Since childhood she prefers folk and fairy tales, poetry, fantasy and stories.
Books
The tiger of Turkestan
Grandmother's advice to Little Tiger is to become unique.
Apples!
Surveys the history, cultivation, and uses of apples and describes the different kinds.
The cat who loved to sing
A cat who loves to sing trades one thing for another until he finally gains a mandolin.
Billy-Goat Well-Fed Friends Pb
To avoid being eaten by their owners, a group of farm animals searches for a new home.
The devil with the three golden hairs
A boy born to a poor couple receives the hand of the king's daughter in marriage, but in order to keep his bride, the boy must bring the king three golden hairs from the head of the devil.
Carrot Cake
The rabbit newlyweds set up housekeeping and learn something important about living together.
Handmade secret hiding places
Simple instructions accompanied by illustrations for building a variety of hide-outs including a cardboard box house and a lean-to.
Rooster brother
A clever boy continually frustrates three bandits who stole his rooster.
The hermit and Harry and me
When the grumpy hermit in the tree rejects her offer of friendship, a girl finds it can be offered more rewardingly elsewhere.
One I love, two I love,
A selection of Mother Goose rhymes about love and marriage.
Cool cat
Cool Cat's neighborhood isn't so cool. It's barren and brown, littered with rusty cans and broken bottles. No problem. With an old paint box, a troop of helpful animals, and lots of imagination, Cool Cat turns the world around him into a Rousseau-style masterpiece. An enchanting story of resourcefulness and positive thinking.
The Dog writes on the window with his nose and other poems
Twenty-two brief poems by a variety of American poets.
One fine day
Giving up his high-flying career as an attorney to work in his family's California vineyard was one of the best things Jason Bryant ever did. The other was falling in love with beautiful bookstore owner Sara Minton. Jason knows that Sara loves him, which makes her refusal to marry him even more frustrating. Why does Sara keep saying she'll be able to marry him 'one day'? Whatever her secret is, Jason is sure he can cope. But not knowing the truth is tearing him apart.Six years ago Sara was at her lowest ebb, until Aminatu's Daughters--a secret organization that helps women and children in jeopardy--gave her life purpose again. Now Sara faces an impossible choice between the man she adores and her dangerous but rewarding work. And as Sara's very safety comes under threat, she and Jason must risk everything to claim a future together...
Noah's Ark
After a dream about a zoo with nothing but empty cages marked "Extinct," Noah builds an ark to save the animals from the deadly pollution of the world.
The Thirteen days of yule
This Scottish version of an old nursery rhyme is similar to but older than "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
Cinderella
"Fabletown's top agent must stop illegal trafficking in supernatural artifacts. But can Cindy foil the dark plot before Fabletown is exposed to the mundy world?" -- from publisher's web site.
The Contest
Rosy, a poor, eleven-year-old, half-Mohawk girl from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada enters an Anne of Green Gables look-alike contest in hopes of winning a set of Anne books, and gains a new friend and deeper understanding of Anne's character.