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Hans My HedgehogA classic tale of love and acceptance from the Brothers Grimm is beautifully rendered in this magical retelling.Hans is an unusual boy. Born a hedgehog...Read More -
The Secret-keeperIn the village of Maldinga, anyone troubled by a secret knows just where to take it -- by following the winding path through the woods to Kalli's...Read More
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Zimbio, January 25, 2012
...It ( Mass Market Paperback ) By MaryJanice Davidson Buy new : $10.71 151 used... Water Sings Blue ( Hardcover ) By Kate Coombs Buy new : $11.55 Related tags: childrens books (2...
Zimbio, January 24, 2012
...By Kate Coombs Buy new: $11.55 Related tags: childrens books(2), chronicle books(2), watercolor(2), poetry(2), coastal books, travel books, ocean...
New York Times, January 11, 2012
...99. (Picture book; ages 3 to 7) HANS MY HEDGEHOG A Tale From the Brothers Grimm Retold by Kate Coombs. Illustrated by John Nickle. 40 pp. Atheneum. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 5 to 8) This month seems to be the prickly animals turn, with two sweet...
School Library Journal, December 5, 2011
...the illustrator lives in the Shetland Islands. Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems is written but the illustrious Kate Coombs and illustrated by one Meilo So. In it we get some truly lovely works of poetry with lots of fun sounds (Gobble Gobble Slip Slap)...
The Enchanted Inkpot., September 12, 2011
...and the storage box common to both. Ellen's most recent book is Small Persons with Wings. FROM KATE COOMBS: I'm rewriting a manuscript called Cheating the Dog, about an inner-city Latino boy who is trying to get the gods of Los Angeles to heal his...
Book Aunt, July 29, 2011
...I just heard from my editor at Chronicle; apparently she is working on selecting the cover art for my very first poetry collection, Water Sings Blue (illustrated by Meilo So). Woo-hoo! It's coming out next February or March, just in time for National...
The Enchanted Inkpot., July 11, 2011
...art to be the perfect help in creating characters (Keely Parrack and Neil Gaiman, to name just two). Kate Coombs and Lena Coakley have trinkets and totems (little dragons and frogs and spiky hedgehogs for Kate, a little clay replica of a town that looks...
Carol's Corner, June 25, 2011
...Maybe that will be my Poetry Friday post next week (don't hold your breath!) Speaking of April, Kate Coombs, who is moving out of state next week, shares a packing villanelle inspired by one of April's posts! David Elzey has a semi found road sign poem...
Book Aunt, June 24, 2011
...Still working on moving out of state... Less than a week till M-day, when I actually leave town. In honor of the occasion, I thought I'd share a packing poem for Poetry Friday. This villanelle was inspired by a prompt April Halprin Wayland posted during...
The Miss Rumphius Effect, June 10, 2011
...of water now it spits? Come to Scotland, no delay. We had summer yesterday. Ice Cream Cone by Kate Coombs of Book Aunt Chocolate, vanilla, chocolate chip, run through the sun with a drip, drip, drip! Strawberry, bubble gum, peppermint stick, run through...
The Enchanted Inkpot., June 6, 2011
...is nothing about her that suggests Snow White. And yet in direct opposition to my view, fellow Inkie Kate Coombs says she thinks Swinton makes a perfect White Witch. Which just goes to show how subjective this whole topic can be. So chime in, readers:...
