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[Books illustrated by Arthur Dorros]
Fiction
Dorros, Arthur. Abuela. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. New York:
Dutton, 1991; 1. ed. en espanol New York: Dutton, 1995.
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl
imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights
of New York City.
Dorros, Arthur. Alligator Shoes. 1st ed. New York: E.P. Dutton,
1982.
An alligator with an interest in footwear spends the night
locked in a shoe store trying on the merchandise.
Dorros, Arthur. City Chicken. Illustrated by Henry Cole.
New York: HarperCollins, 2002.
Egged on by the cat next door, a chicken from the
city visits the country to see what she's been missing, and finds
that it's not "all it's cracked up to be."
Dorros, Arthur. The Fungus
That Ate My School.
Illustrated by David Catrow. 1st ed. New York: Scholastic, 2000.
While the students are home for spring vacation, the fungus
they are growing in their classroom grows and grows and takes over the
entire school.
Dorros, Arthur. Isla. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. 1st ed. New
York: Dutton,
1995; 1. ed. en espanol Dutton, 1995.
A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to
the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family
still lives.
Pretzels. 1st ed. New York: Greenwillow, 1981.
Includes three episodes about the ship "Bungle" and its
crew.
Radio Man = Don Radio : A Story in English and Spanish.
Translated by Sandra Dorros. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego
relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect
him to all the different places in which he lives.
Dorros, Arthur. Tonight Is Carnaval. Illustrated with arpilleras
sewn by the members of the Club de Madres Virgen del Carmen of Lima, Peru.
1st ed. New York: Dutton, 1991.
A family in South America eagerly prepares for the excitement
of Carnaval.
Dorros, Arthur. Por Fin Es Carnaval. Traducido por Sandra
Marulanda Dorros; ilustrado con arpilleras hechas por el Club de Madres
Virgen del Carmen, de Lima, Peru. 1. ed. New York: Dutton, 1991.
[Tonight Is Carnaval]
Dorros, Arthur. When the Pigs Took Over. Illustrated by Diane
Greenseid. 1st ed. New York: Dutton, 2002.
Don Carlos likes to do everything in a big way, but his idea
to serve lots of snails in his restaurant nearly destroys the whole
village.
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Nonfiction
Dorros, Arthur. Animal Tracks. New York: Scholastic, 1991.
Introduces the tracks and signs left by various animals,
including the raccoon, duck, frog, black bear, and human.
Dorros, Arthur. Las Huellas De Los Animales. Spanish ed.
Scholastic, 1993.
Dorros, Arthur. Ant Cities. 1st ed. New York:
Crowell, 1987.
Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain
their cities.
Dorros, Arthur.
Ciudades de Hormigas. Translated by Daniel Santacruz. 1st Spanish
ed. New York: Harper Arco Iris, 1995. [Ant Cities]
Dorros, Arthur. Elephant Families. 1st ed. New York:
HarperCollins, 1994.
Describes the unique qualities, status as an endangered
species, and familial behavior of elephants.
Dorros, Arthur. Feel the Wind. 1st ed. New York: Crowell, 1989.
Explains what causes wind and how it affects our environment.
Includes instructions for making a weathervane.
Dorros, Arthur. Follow the Water from Book to Ocean. 1st ed. New
York:
HarperCollins, 1991.
Explains how water flows from brooks, to streams, to rivers,
over waterfalls, through canyons and dams, to eventually reach the
ocean.
Dorros, Arthur. Me and My Shadow. New York: Scholastic, 1990.
Explains what shadows are, how and when they exist, and how
they reveal the size and shape of things around us.
Dorros, Arthur. Rain Forest Secrets. New York: Scholastic, 1990.
Describes the characteristics, various forms of plant and
animal life, and destruction of the world's rain forests.
Dorros, Arthur. Splish, Splash. Crowell, 1987.
Dorros, Arthur. Ten Go Tango. Illustrated by Emily Arnold
McCully. 1st ed. HarperCollins, 2000.
In this counting book, ten groups of animals indulge in
ten different dances, from one osprey dancing ballet to ten
flamingos doing the tango. Features pages that unfold into a
panorama.
Dorros,
Arthur. This Is My House. New York: Scholastic, 1992.
Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses
lived in by children all over the world. On each page "This is my
house" will appear in the appropriate native language.
Dorros, Arthur. Esta Es Mi Casa. Spanish ed. Scholastic,
1995.
Dorros, Arthur. A Tree Is Growing. Illustrated by S.D.
Schindler. New York: Scholastic, 1997.
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Books Illustrated by Arthur
Dorros
Branley, Franklyn M. What Makes Day and Night. Rev. ed. New
York: Harper Collins, 1986; Crowell, 1986.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. Charlie's House. 1st ed. New York: Crowell,
1983. [Fiction]
Wyler, Rose and Gerald Ames. Magic Secrets. Rev. ed. New York:
Harper & Row, 1990.
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