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Tundra author Arlene Alda is an award-winning photographer and writer whose photographs have appeared in Life, Vogue, and People and in numerous galleries. She is the author of twelve children’s books including her most recent, The Book of ZZZs; Morning Glory Monday, illustrated by Maryann Kovalski; and her photographs are featured in 97 Orchard Street, New York, by Linda Granfield. A native New Yorker, Arlene Alda is the proud grandmother of seven. She lives on Long Island with her husband, actor Alan Alda.
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The Book of ZZZs
Written by Arlene Alda
Board | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts; Juvenile Nonfiction - Family; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals | 978-0-88776-906-1 (0-88776-906-3) | February 2009 | 8.99
Pigs and puppies, cats and meerkats, babies and grown-ups – all creatures sleep, but even so, sleep can take us by surprise.
With an artist’s eye, Arlene Alda has created a remarkably warm and intimate collection of images that capture the peace and magic of dreams. Young children will delight in... [read more]
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Did You Say Pears?
Written by Arlene Alda
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing; Juvenile Nonfiction - Readers - Beginner; Juvenile Nonfiction - Photography | 978-1-77049-278-3 (1-77049-278-X) | August 2011 | 8.99
“If horns played cool music, and pants were just clothes...”
Horn, pants, nails, trunk, pitcher — all words that can mean more than one thing. Arlene Alda has put together words and images in a delightful and witty book of photographs as inviting as a pair of juicy pears. Did You Say... [read more]
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Did You Say Pears?
Written by Arlene Alda
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing; Juvenile Nonfiction - Readers - Beginner; Juvenile Nonfiction - Photography | 978-0-88776-739-5 (0-88776-739-7) | January 2006 | 18.99
“If horns played cool music, and pants were just clothes...”
Horn, pants, nails, trunk, pitcher — all words that can mean more than one thing. Arlene Alda has put together words and images in a delightful and witty book of photographs as inviting as a pair of juicy pears. Did You Say... [read more]
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Except the Color Grey
Written by Arlene Alda
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Colors; Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Sense & Sensation | 978-1-77049-284-4 (1-77049-284-4) | August 2011 | 18.99
Arlene Alda has created several photo essays for very young readers, and this one, with its simple concept and clever presentation should sell as well as her very popular Did You Say Pears?
A clever look at colors for the very young... [read more]
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Hello, Good-bye
Written by Arlene Alda
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts; Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Opposites; Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Time | 978-0-88776-900-9 (0-88776-900-4) | March 2009 | 18.99
An opposites book like no other — from the inimitable Arlene Alda!
Author / photographer Arlene Alda is back with another delightful photo essay. This time she tackles the concept of opposites with her keen sense of humor and sharp eye. This slightly off-beat collection of images is fodder for the imagination... [read more]
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Here a Face, There a Face
Written by Arlene Alda
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts; Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Size & Shape | 978-0-88776-845-3 (0-88776-845-8) | March 2008 | 18.99
Author/photographer Arlene Alda has produced yet another brilliantly simple rhyming safari — this time in search of faces in unusual places. These faces are found on buildings, in trees, mailboxes, and fountains. Coy, funny, grumpy, comical, or sad, they are almost anywhere a child’s imagination wants to go. Whimsical text heightens... [read more]
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Iris Has a Virus
Written by Arlene Alda
Illustrated by Lisa Desimini
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Health & Medicine; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations | 978-0-88776-844-6 (0-88776-844-X) | September 2008 | 20.99
Iris finds out that having a stomach virus is exhausting, especially when her brother, Doug, lets her know that she always gets sick at the wrong time. The sibling rivalry and misunderstanding of what germs are when they are called bugs unfold in this lighthearted story of Iris’s ordinary illness and... [read more]
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Lulu's Piano Lesson
Written by Arlene Alda
Illustrated by Lisa Desimini
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Performing Arts; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience | 978-0-88776-930-6 (0-88776-930-6) | August 2010 | 18.99
Who wants to practice the piano? Certainly not Lulu. She'd rather listen to her swing squeak, the bell on her bike ring, or the apples thump as she climbs a tree. Even her shoes play a tip-tap tune as she runs on the sidewalk.
Before she knows it, it's Friday afternoon and... [read more]
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97 Orchard Street, New York
Written by Linda Granfield
Photographed by Arlene Alda
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States - State & Local; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States - 19th Century | 978-0-88776-580-3 (0-88776-580-7) | October 2001 | 16.99
Imagine growing up on Orchard Street in 1916. If you were a member of the large Confino family you’d be living in 325 square feet of space. The only fresh air and natural light would come from the two windows in the front room. No heat, no water, no bathtub, no... [read more]
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