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Out from Boneville
Smith, Jeff
2005 900156 From the Publisher After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures. The Washington Post - Douglas Wolk As his clean, fluid drawing style makes clear, Smith was an animator before he began Bone -- his images always suggest how his characters move in space -- and a lot of his best tricks are animators' tricks. (The imperturbable matriarch Gran'ma Ben has exactly two, nearly identical facial expressions, a sour grimace and a sour grin.) He has also picked up his knack for comedy from old animated cartoons. A pair of hairy, slavering "rat creatures" arguing about whether to stew their victim or bake him into a "light, fluffy quiche" (while he gets away) is pure Daffy Duck; that the creatures still seem terrifyingly menacing a few pages later says a lot about Smith's dramatic range. Publishers Weekly The nine-volume Bone graphic novel series was the toast of the comics world when it was published by Smith's own Cartoon Books beginning in the early 1990s; in this first volume of Scholastic's new edition, the original b&w art has been beautifully converted into color. Smith's epic concerns three blobby creatures who have stumbled into a valley full of monsters, magic, farmers, an exiled princess and a huge, cynical dragon. The story is something like a Chuck Jones version of The Lord of the Rings: hilarious and action-packed, but rarely losing track of its darker subtext about power and evil. This volume is the most lighthearted of the bunch, though, featuring some of the wittiest writing of any children's literature in recent memory-a few of Smith's gags are so delicious that he repeated them for the rest of the series. It also introduces the Bone cast's unforgettable supporting characters: the leathery, tough-as-nails, racing-cow-breeding Gran'ma Ben; the carnivorous but quiche-loving "rat creatures"; a spunky trio of baby opossums; and Ted the Bug, whose minimalist appearance (a tiny semicircle) exemplifies Smith's gift for less-is-more cartooning. The way his clear-lined, exaggerated characters contrast with their subtle, detailed backgrounds is a product of his background in animation, and so is his mastery of camera angles and choreography. This is first-class kid lit: exciting, funny, scary and resonant enough that it will stick with readers for a long time. (Feb.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. Meredith Ackroyd - Children's Literature When Fone Bone finds himself thrown out of Boneville with his cousins, he knows that he's in trouble, but he has no idea of the adventure that lies ahead of him. After a swarm of locusts and a fall down a cliff separate him from his cousins, Fone Bone finds himself in a forested valley peopled by unlikely friends and foes-laughing possum children, bickering rat creatures, a cigarette-smoking dragon, and the beautiful girl Thorn and her cow-racing grandma. When Fone Bone meets and secretly falls in love with Thorn, she promises to help him find his cousins at the spring fair. Before they can get there, they have a close call with the nefarious rat creatures that not only nearly does them in, but also reveals a glimpse of the sinister past of the rat creatures, their cloaked leader, and the valley that they threaten to overtake. With more than a little comedy and the help of the dragon, Fone Bone manages to reunite with his cousins, but it is clear that the rat creatures have more in store for them in the following volumes. Full of humor and sometimes scathing cultural commentary, Smith's first volume in the "BONE" series presents a novel-length feast for comic book lovers. Although the text itself is confined to the histrionics of the comic book genre, the illustrations are-at times-visually stunning and display a depth of story and detail that far outweighs the limited dialogue. 2003, Cartoon Books, Ages 12 up. Synopsis: In OUT FROM BONEVILLE, volume 1 of this.... Scholastic, Inc. 0-439-70640-8 / 9780439706407
Paperback Very Good Condition New York
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The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas
Smith, Jeff
1992 10017846 Another in the Frugal Gourmet series - we have several at this site! Now the Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas, a full color, as new book full of recipes and more that provide a history of the season's traditions along with these sumptuous recipes for the FEAST! Focusing on traditions and lore, theology and myth, from Advent preparations to a thoughtful meditation on everyone who played a part in the manger scene. OUTSTANDING full color drawings, artwork, icons, art prints, photographs. Long out-of-print. William Morrow and Company 0-688-09128-8 / 9780688091286
Hardcover w/book jacket NEW CONDITION New York
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THE FRUGAL GOURMET COOKS AMERICAN
Smith, Jeff
1987 000150 Hard Cover. As New/As New Book Jacket. First Edition. 6 x 9". Wonderful cooking advice from the famous Frugal Gourmet. A+ cookbook. 477 pages celebrate such American recipes as: turkey, tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, maple syrup, CHOCOLATE, cranberries and other ingredients that are stamped from their very beginnings as "strictly American" . .Add to this list the very special dishes fr om America's regional cuisines and you have a surprisingly rich and fascinating collection of eating experiences taht has reached greatness by its own path. More than 350 recipes in this entertaining chronicle of lore about the origins of the American table. See other books by the FRUGAL GOURMET at BooksR4U. William Morrow & Co 0688063470 / 9780688063474
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. This edition is Out of Print
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THE FRUGAL GOURMET COOKS THREE ANCIENT CUISINES: CHINA, GREECE, AND ROME
Smith, Jeff
1989 12109 From Publishers Weekly Having tackled cooking with wine ( The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine ) and American food ( The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American ), TV chef and Methodist minister Smith now cheerfully brings ancient Chinese, Greek and Roman cookery down to earth. Much of his Herculean effort, however, turns up fare that appears relatively modern. And though the "Frug" enthusiastically talks history ("Caligula and Cleopatra used to drink expensive pearls crushed and dissolved in vinegar"), his view is unfailingly vernacular ("Those Romans must have had wild dinner parties!"). Characteristically, Smith goes out of his way to make food accessible, sometimes too much so: crushed potato chips garnish a Chinese fish salad, and MSG is an optional ingredient in many Hong Kong dishes. Unusual ingredients, cooking terms and techniques are ably covered, and the recipes themselves make entertaining reading, rollicking with such Smithisms as "cut a chicken wing into 3 logical pieces" and "the end result will just blow your socks off!" William Morrow & Company 0-688-07589-4 / 9780688075897
Hardcover Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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THE FRUGAL GOURMET ON OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS : RECIPES YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN FROM YOUR GRANDMOTHER
Smith, Jeff, Cart, Chris (illustrator)
1990 1101011646 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Book Jacket. 6 x 9". In this exciting book, Jeff Smith rejoices in the fact that the concept of the 'melting pot' never did entirely work here in the USA. Traveling from one end of this land to the other, Jeff feasted at the tables spread by 35 ethnic traditions. He returned to his kitchen to prepare an array of dishes that entices us on every page. . This 539 page book will either remind you of the taste and smells of your grandmother's kitchen or lead you to rediscover what your parents nearly forgot as they adapted to the New World. . He gives you a complete glossary of cooking terms and ingredients that in itself is a tour of the culinary world. From cover to cover, Jeff's cookbook is a triumph of pasion and expertise and above all, the JOY of FOOD! .Book is in excellent conditon; jacket is worn around edges with slight tears on jacket spine. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1990 0688075908 / 9780688075903
Hard Cover Very Good - Some Shelf Wear Jacket in very good Condition Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. out of Print
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