Books by Melanie Walsh and Complete Book Reviews
Melanie Walsh, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-15077-9
In signature style, Melanie Walsh (Do Monkeys Tweet?, etc.) continues her exploration of the animal kingdom in My Beak, Your Beak. ""Dachshunds are long with little legs./ Dalmatians are tall and spotty. But/ they both love chasing sticks!"" My...
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Melanie Walsh, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-85081-7
This companion to Do Pigs Have Stripes? will likewise have children delighted to know the answers to such questions as ""Do little mice purr?"" (""No, cats purr""); in addition to shouting a resounding ""No!"" involved listeners can join in with the
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Melanie Walsh, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (15p) ISBN 978-0-395-73976-1
In this playful animal name-game, first-time picture book author Walsh poses obvious but entertaining questions and answers sure to elicit giggles from the preschool set. Each sequence requires two spreads: the first displays just a bit of a mystery
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Melanie Walsh, Author Candlewick Press (MA) $7.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2060-8
In Minnie and Her Baby Brother by Melanie Walsh, a three-year-old compares herself with the new baby in the family. Lift-the-flaps illustrate their differences (""I sleep in a new big-girl bed. My baby brother sleeps in my old crib"") as well as
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-15079-3
In signature style, Melanie Walsh (Do Monkeys Tweet?, etc.) continues her exploration of the animal kingdom in My Beak, Your Beak. ""Dachshunds are long with little legs./ Dalmatians are tall and spotty. But/ they both love chasing sticks!"" My...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1509-3
Melanie Walsh presents early concepts in two lift-the-flap board books. In What's There? children find that the cat is ""behind the door,"" a frog is ""under the lily pad"" and a moth is ""near the light bulb."" A lift of the flap in Big and...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1806-3
For babies, the Tiny Teether series by Melanie Walsh offers something to chew on: a removable water-filled teether attached to a shaped mini-board book. Colorful illustrations, bold design and simple sound words will capture kids' attention as...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1809-4
For babies, the Tiny Teether series by Melanie Walsh offers something to chew on: a removable water-filled teether attached to a shaped mini-board book. Colorful illustrations, bold design and simple sound words will capture kids' attention as...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1808-7
For babies, the Tiny Teether series by Melanie Walsh offers something to chew on: a removable water-filled teether attached to a shaped mini-board book. Colorful illustrations, bold design and simple sound words will capture kids' attention as...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1807-0
For babies, the Tiny Teether series by Melanie Walsh offers something to chew on: a removable water-filled teether attached to a shaped mini-board book. Colorful illustrations, bold design and simple sound words will capture kids' attention as...
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Melanie Walsh, Author, Melanie Walsh, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $8.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1669-4
More appear in Monster, Monster by Melanie Walsh. ""Come and play the monster game./ Which one is the monster?"" Readers pull down shadowy, amorphous flaps that appear against bright, saturated backgrounds to reveal the child (or animal) hiding...
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Melanie Walsh. Candlewick, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5869-4
Walsh addresses divorce from a playful angle in this interactive story with smudgy, inviting pictures that resemble finger-painting. Large flaps compare and contrast the time a sandy-haired girl spends with each of her parents. A turn of a flap...
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