Lynn M. Munsinger, Author, Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Little Simon $6.99 (22p) ISBN 978-0-689-85973-1
In Laura Numeroff's What Daddies Do Best, an abridged version of the popular What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, a hefty papa hippo helps junior ride a bicycle, a furry orange fox holds his son when the cub feels...
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Laura Numeroff, illus. by Dan Andreasen, Abrams, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-8959-7
This banal paean to friendship introduces two good-natured, nearly indistinguishable bears who enjoy doing everything together. Andreasen's (The Treasure Bath) digitally colored pen and ink art echoes the old-fashioned tenor of Numeroff's (the If...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Nate Evans, Joint Author, Tim Bowers, Illustrator , illus. by Tim Bowers. Dutton $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47130-1
Canine police officer Sherman Crunchley has no desire to take a bite out of crime. And he really doesn't want to fill his father's shoes as police chief, even though it's a family tradition. Given the elder Crunchley's imminent...
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Laura Numeroff, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Chronicle, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-6601-9
The team behind What Brothers Do Best/What Sisters Do Best turns its attention to four-legged family members, making it clear that puppies do certain things very well: for example, chasing a ball, learning how to sit, digging holes, and making...
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Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, Abrams, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-9765-3
In the third adventure starring the Jellybeans, so named because they are "all different but [get] along great," they head to Camp Pook-A-Wow, where Emily happily takes dance classes, Bitsy makes macaroni necklaces, and Anna contentedly reads under...
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Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0259-5
Cinderella gets a peppy makeover in this pony tale from the trio behind the Jellybeans series. Ponyella has an idyllic life until two mean-spirited ponies move onto the farm. While Plumpkin and Bun Bun snicker at her, Ponyella is forced to pull a...
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Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Abrams, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0171-9
Cooperation and a minor case of artist’s block are at the center of the fourth picture book starring these animal friends, which highlights artistically talented pig Bitsy (the four friends are primarily defined by their interests, and the previous...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Nate Evans, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator , illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Abrams $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-9352-5
A heavy-handed message about how individuality and teamwork aren't mutually exclusive threatens to sink this promising girl-power story by the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
and her co-author on Sherman Crunchley
. But Munsinger's
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Nate Evans, Author, Lynn Munsinger, Illustrator , illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Abrams $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-8412-7
In the second Jellybeans book, Anna and her friends Emily, Nicole, and Bitsy remain, like the candies, “different flavors [that] go well together.” When their class has a Book Bonanza, book-loving Anna is excited, but her friends'...
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Laura Numeroff, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. HMH Books, $9.99 (20p) ISBN 978-0-547-40206-2
Frequent collaborators Numeroff and Munsinger team up to show a flock of anthropomorphic lambs at work, at play, and at rest, aided by a bevy of interactive components. Numeroff's verse doesn't skip a beat ("Outdoor lambs,/ Indoor lambs,/ Lambs on...
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Laura Numeroff, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-40205-5
Cooper is a small kangaroo who can’t get to sleep. When mama kangaroo responds with her own pastiche of “Rock-a-bye Baby” (“There’s a pig sailing/ in a small boat/ Going so slowly/ Floating along”), Cooper realizes he’s onto a delaying tactic and...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Wendy Schlessel Harpham, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $12 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84526-0
Cuddly animal characters lay it on the line in the opening note of The Hope Tree: Kids Talk About Breast Cancer by Laura Numeroff and Dr. Wendy Harpham, illus. by David McPhail: ""Once a week we play games and talk about movies, our families,...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Barney Saltzberg, Author, Salvatore Murdocca, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82944-4
When Chez Stew runs out of its specialty, a woman and her white poodle take off with their waiter in search of the desired dish. PW said, ""This stew has flavor enough to sate an appetite for a good romp."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $6.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-689-84700-4
Laura Numeroff's What Grandmas Do Best and What Grandpas Do Best, both illus. by Lynn Munsinger, return in miniature gift editions. Unlike the two-titles-in-one original, Grandma and Grandpa get separate treatment in these two distinct books. ...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84825-4
In another ode to family togetherness, What Aunts Do Best/What Uncles Do Best by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, offers a back-to-back homage to first aunts, then uncles, engaging in the same activities (playing the piano, going to the
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1160-6
A host of reissued titles are back to greet a new generation of readers. Laura Numeroff's Beatrice Doesn't Want To (1981) returns with new illustrations by Lynn Munsinger. In this tale, Henry must take his obstinate sister to the library as he works
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-80552-3
This companion to the immensely likable What Mommies Do Best/ What Daddies Do Best is another two-in-one book: after finishing ""What Grandmas Do Best,"" readers can flip the book over to find ""What Grandpas Do Best."" Again, Numeroff's...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Little Simon $6.99 (22p) ISBN 978-0-689-85659-4
Just in time for Mother's Day, What Mommies Do Best by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, appears in a board book format, abridged from the bestselling hardcover. Five adorable mother-child animal pairs depict the loving things they do ...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator HarperFestival $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-694-70105-6
Actor Jason Alexander reads Laura Numeroff's story in the If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Book and Tape set, which includes a paper-over-board mini-book edition, illus. by Felicia Bond, and music by Sarah Weeks ""Mouse's Twelve Days of...
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Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-026683-7
These veteran collaborators don’t stray from the tried-and-true recipe for their If You Give... series in this addition, a buoyant, circular story in which a canine’s spiraling free association leads to a day’s worth of outdoor activities. As usual,
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator , illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-028328-5
In a rollicking romp, Numeroff and Bond send the energetic, exuberant star of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
(and his boy sidekick)
into the classroom. After pulling on his overalls, the diminutive character...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator , illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer $15.99 (28p) ISBN 978-0-06-028326-1
The perennially popular party theme, paired with the playfully persistent porcine star of If You Give a Pig a Pancake
, ensures that these collaborators' latest addition to the series (which began with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
) will be...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator , illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-028324-7
If you give an adorable gray kitten a supporting role in a popular series, he'll cry out for a lead—and thus, this latest entry from Numeroff and Bond, which features a cat that first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party
. Like its...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator, Felicia Bond, Author Laura Geringer Book $16.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-06-024405-7
In this sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , the complexities that can follow a simple act of kindness are played out with the same rampant silliness as in the previous book. The dilemma here is of a different dimension--a moose, after all, will
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator, Teresa Mlawer, Translator Rayo $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-623802-9
PreS-Gr 2-Although they still have great appeal to many (especially Bond's adorable illustrations), the very predictability and formulaic nature of Numeroff's mouse books spoil their enjoyment. Taking the creature to a movie precipitates a...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Joe Mathieu, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82030-4
With outlandish illustrations that playfully contradict the rhyming text, this sequel to Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers boldly asserts that ""pandas don't pole vault/ And camels don't sing/ And you won't find a chipmunk who'll ever be king,"" etc. Ages 4-8
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Joe Mathieu, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15 (40p) ISBN 978-0-671-79525-2
Despite the catchy canine title, Numeroff and Mathieu's picture book is not about Man's Best Friends. Rather, the author and illustrator work together to pull off what could be the antithesis of a nonsense rhyme--a verse that derives its kid-appeal...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Joe Mathieu, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-80874-6
""Mathieu's exuberant art sets off Numeroff's neatly veiled silliness"" in this ""antithesis of a nonsense rhyme--a verse that derives its kid-appeal by its apparent sensibleness,"" said PW. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-82530-9
A boy demonstrates the usefulness of a dime-store disguise. ""The lighthearted watercolor art, flooded with droll visual tidbits, will get the laughs here,"" said PW. Ages 4-6. (June)
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-80513-4
Less clever than some of her previous work, Numeroff's (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie; Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers) latest tale will still entertain fans. Kids will automatically warm up to her ingenuous narrator as he shows how a disguise is ""a very...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator , illus. by David McPhail. Abrams $15.95 (22p) ISBN 978-0-8109-5469-4
For the child who isn't easily fooled into sleep—and the parent who must outsmart him—comes a soothing story that gently coerces little ones into bed. "When you can't fall asleep,/ Then try counting sheep!/ But what do you do
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Teresa Mlawler, Translator, Felicia Bond, Illustrator Rayo $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-025438-4
PreS-Gr 2-Although the Spanish translation of the popular 1985 original fails to impart the same silliness that makes the English-language edition so popular, this is a title that people will probably want to own. The translation is competently...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Tim Bowers, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-80563-9
The title of Numeroff's (If You Give a Pig a Pancake) uneven collection of verse represents the first line of her opening poem, which goes on to speculate: ""Do lions use irons,/ Can chickens read Dickens,/ Do horses take courses,/ Can beavers be...
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Lynn Munsinger, Illustrator , illus. by Lynn Munsinger. Chronicle $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-6545-6
This lighthearted companion book to What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best
can be flipped over and read from either direction as brother and sister animals playfully engage with one another. On one side, a brother pig assists his piglet sibling (
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Sharleen Collicott, Author, Sharleen Collicott, Illustrator HarperCollins $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443520-8
Praising the ""humorous [and] intricately detailed"" art and the author's ""deadpan delivery,"" PW said this tale of three eccentric, highly domesticated hens offers ""off-the-wall fun."" Ages 3-7. (Feb.)
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Perry Nodelman, Author, Salvatore Murdocca, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-80571-4
This giddy and sometimes campy salute to stew gives new meaning to the term ""dinner theater."" Intent on sampling Chez Stew's specialty, a woman and her white poodle will not accept a waiter's polite refusals (""There is no more stew,/ I'm sorry to
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, Nate Evans, Illustrator , illus. by Nate Evans. HarperCollins/Geringer $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-623823-4
Numeroff and Evans provide a carefully and comically outlandish outline to the parameters of monster (aka pet) ownership. To illustrate their advice, they focus on one relationship between a boy and a monster, from the first step—the purchase
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Laura Joffe Numeroff, Author, James Bernardin, Illustrator , illus. by James Bernardin Abrams $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-0637-2
What child hasn’t indulged in the delicious treachery of wishing for different parents? The young narrator in this reverie considers how good some of his friends have it, with parents who are more lenient (Katie’s “let her watch TV
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