David Shannon, Author . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-05023-4
Shannon serves up a sunny blend of humor and action in this delightful tale of a Duck who spies a red bicycle one day and gets "a wild idea." Sure enough, in no time flat, he's tooling around the farmyard. A succession of his barnyard...
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David Shannon, Author . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-49025-2
Though one must attend Advanced Fairy School to become a "Permanent fairy," young Alice has earned her stripes as a "Temporary fairy," wielding a wand and a colorful imagination to brighten her days. Kids will instantly connect to...
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David Shannon, Author . Scholastic/Blue Sky $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-49029-0
Even the most unreasonable child will concede that Spencer, Shannon's young hero, has too much of a good thing. But what's a kid to do? The toys just keep coming: from well-wishers, from birthday party hosts, from fast food joints, even...
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David Shannon, Scholastic/Blue Sky, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-14311-0
The beloved, boisterous, shark-toothed star of Shannon's No, David! and other books is sooo ready for Christmas. But as is his wont, David lets his enthusiasm run wild, earning him reprimands from his offstage mother. He can't resist snooping for...
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David Shannon, Author Blue Sky Press (AZ) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-48087-1
He's b-a-a-a-c-k! And better than ever. The rascal first unleashed in No, David! returns to wreak havoc in the classroom. Whether he's goofing off at the blackboard (""Sit down, David!""), cutting in line at the cafeteria (""Wait your turn, David!"")
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David Shannon, Author Scholastic $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-93002-4
In this boisterous exploration of naughtiness, Shannon (How Georgie Radbourne Saved Baseball) lobs one visual zinger after another as David, a little dickens, careens from one unruly deed to the next--coloring on the walls, tracking mud all over the
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David Shannon, Author Scholastic en Espanol $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-07918-1
PreSchool-2-Using the distinctive style that earned him a Caldecott Honor for No, David! (Blue Sky Press, 1998; Spanish ed.: Everest 2003), Shannon recounts the story of Spencer, a boy who not only owns too many toys, but also whose collection...
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David Shannon, Author Scholastic $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-590-47410-8
The Big Brother of this dystopian tale is Boss, a former baseball star so embittered by a run of bad luck that he vows to outlaw baseball forever. Amassing piles of money, buying control of the media and declaring himself head of the country, he...
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David Shannon, Author Blue Sky Press (AZ) $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-439-68882-6
Original board books and sturdy editions for smallest hands top the shelves this winter. Fans of David Shannon's No, David! will clamor for two original Diaper David Books: Oops! and Oh, David! The first title introduces David's first words,...
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David Shannon. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-14313-4
Shannon offers young head lice victims and the grownups who love them a much-needed source of levity and empathy. His itchy redheaded hero can’t help imagining the worst—which is right up Shannon’s alley (his always expressive hand-lettering is...
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David Shannon. Blue Sky, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-61941-7
The star of 2002’s Duck on a Bike decides that the tractor is next on his transportation bucket list, and he invites all of his barnyard friends to join his joyride. When the motorized pile-on reaches the local diner, the humans lunching there are...
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David Shannon, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-05022-7
That irrepressible fellow with the Charlie Brown head is back, trailing a whole new slew of disasters in his wake. In this follow-up to No, David!
and David Goes to School, Shannon finally lets David get a word in edgewise—as in "No! It
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David Shannon, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-49027-6
Judging from his picture-book repertoire,Shannon (No, David!
) knows well how exuberant types tend to get into trouble. His buoyant new work keeps the streak going, this time depicting the spunky, yet ever-so-natural behavior of a family...
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David Shannon, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-92997-4
On this disturbing book's striking dust jacket, a miserable Betty-Boop-like girl, completely covered with bright bands of color, lies in bed with a thermometer dangling from her mouth. The rainbow-hued victim is Camilla Cream, sent home from school...
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David Shannon, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-05021-0
Raindrops set off a chain reaction of temper tantrums, but a sudden break in the clouds makes the bad moods melt. A series of isolated vignettes begins with a noisy, muddy dog that aggravates its owner, so ""the man yelled at the dog and woke up the
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David Shannon, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-439-68881-9
Original board books and sturdy editions for smallest hands top the shelves this winter. Fans of David Shannon's No, David! will clamor for two original Diaper David Books: Oops! and Oh, David! The first title introduces David's first words,...
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David Shannon. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-14312-7
The heroes of most picture books are furry and adorable. Not Shannon’s (Too Many Toys!) trout Jangles, who lunges out of a spread with his gold eye gleaming, fins tense, underslung jaw studded with dozens and dozens of fishing lures and hooks: “They
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David Shannon. Blue Sky, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-61943-1
Shannon (Duck on a Tractor) humorously advocates slowing down to appreciate the small things in life in this bee-themed fable. Bizzy Mizz Lizzie, an overscheduled bee, is “just about the busiest, buzziest bee anyone had ever seen.” She earns solid...
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David Shannon. Norton, $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-324-00344-1
Mr. Nogginbody is a jauntier and more surreal version of Humpty Dumpty: his bowler hat, collar, and tie are stacked together at the top of his ovoid body, above his marvelously expressive face. Thrilled to discover that a hammer can fix a nail that’s
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David Shannon. Blue Sky, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-338-25101-2
There’s a classic Onion headline, “Dog Experiences Best Day of His Life for 400th Consecutive Day.” One such dog is certainly Roy, a sturdy, uninhibited white pooch with black patches, pointy ears, and a gleam in his tiny eyes. Roy’s raison d’être...
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David Shannon. Viking, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5933-5227-4
Maximilian Midas is a gold-obsessed, repp-tie-wearing redhead who presents as white; with a “touch/ For raking in the dough,” he pooh-poohs parental love and sells sips of lemonade at market price on the hottest days. When “plucky neighbor girl”...
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