Elisha Cooper

• Aug-1997
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Nothing looks or sounds or smells like a good, old-fashioned country fair--and this one is no exception. There are tall canvas tents and a whirling Ferris wheel. There are pigs and cows and horses and rabbits. Sheep are being sheared and teams of oxe...

• Mar-1998
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If you think a ball game at a stadium is simply a matter of nine innings and a hot dog, you are in for a surprise. Come and join the players, coaches, vendors, reporters, umpires, groundskeepers, and fans, and find out what really happens before--and...

• Apr-1999
• / General Fiction
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It begins with an empty city lot and ends with a gleaming new building. But what happens in between? With his trademark sketch pad, watercolors, and sharp eye for atmosphere and detail, Elisha Cooper takes note of what goes on at a construction site ...

• Mar-2004
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Magic the cat isvery large, very round, and unable to make up his mind.

Magic the cat issort of silly,sort of sleepy, andstuck in one spot.

Look!Magic the catmay not be moving,but his imaginationhas taken flight.

• Sep-2005
• / General Fiction
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Acclaimed author-illustrator Elisha Cooper paints the quiet magic of a good-night walk as the neighborhood settles into itself at the end of the day.

As a child and parent walk down the block to the bay and turn to walk back home, evening fall...

• Jun-2006
• / General Fiction
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Award-winning author Elisha Cooper uses his renowned soft yet lively watercolors to celebrate the cherished act of visiting the beach. "Away to the beach Away to sand and salt water, to rolling dunes and pounding waves." A day at the beach supplies ...

• Sep-2006
• / General Fiction
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One autumn afternoon a bear cub disobeys his mother and his father and goes outside to play with his friends.

This bear cub, you see, does not want to go to sleep for the winter, or even for one minute. This bear cub has big ideas and big ...

• Mar-2008
• / General Fiction
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Elisha Cooper spent a year hanging out at a Chicago high school -- listening and sketching students. He followed eight kids, mostly seniors, through their entire year, and by telling their specific stories he gives us a more general picture of what ...

• Apr-2010
• / General Fiction
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Society of Illustrators 2006 Gold Medal recipient, Elisha Cooper, captures the smell, taste, and feel of the changing seasons on a farm. There is so much to look at and learn about on a farm - animals, tractors, crops, and barns. And children feed...

• Jun-2010
• / General Fiction
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Oh, no -- Beaver is lost! Will he ever find his way back home? In this nearly wordless picture book by Elisha Cooper, winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book award, a young beaver is accidentally separated from his family. Foll...

• Jun-2012
• / General Fiction
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Home isn't just where the heart is. Home is often where the dog is. And for this loyal dog -- who you will recognize if you have ever loved a dog -- home is where you are. ...

• Sep-2013
• / General Fiction
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A night train, a freight train, a high-speed train. Racing across the country, from coast to coast. All aboard! Climb aboard a red-striped Commuter Train in the East. Switch to a blue Passenger Train rolling through midwestern farmland. Then hop o...

• Aug-2015
• / General Fiction
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Explore the animal world, from aardvark to zebu! Discover hundreds of animals, great and small. Lion and lizard, whale and wombat. Learn one wild fact about each animal. (Did you know that gorillas yawn when they are nervous?) Look carefully, beca...

• Mar-2017
• / General Fiction
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There was a cat who lived alone. Until the day a new cat came... And so a story of friendship begins, following two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to go. And he doesn’t come back. "Big Cat, Li...

• Oct-2019
• / General Fiction
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Caldecott Honor winner Elisha Cooper invites readers to grab their oars and board a canoe down a river exploration filled with adventure and beauty.In Cooper's flowing prose and stunning watercolor scenes, readers can follow a traveler's trek down th...

• Apr-2021
• / General Fiction
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Good morning, good morning. It's time to wake up! Join a cat and puppy pair through their day-the ups of being fed and romping through grass, and the downs of days that are too short and things that don't go as planned-as they realize that...

• Apr-2024
• / General Fiction
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Emma is a big dog with a lot of little dreams.She dreams of a cool roll in the grass, a warm spring walk, and food, of course.Every day her dreams get bigger, and bigger, until one day...they all come true!A beautiful classic-in-the-making, Caldecott...

• Apr-2025
• / General Fiction
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A love letter to books, showing how many elements and people contribute to making something beautiful, from Caldecott honoree Elisha Cooper In this poetic and beautifully illustrated ode to creativity and the process of making books, Caldecott honore...