Mercer Mayer, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-054813-6
In typically zany Mayer fashion, an intrepid girl confronts a resident nightmare with delightfully unexpected results. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Mercer Mayer, Author Golden Books $17.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-307-16840-5
Fans of Little Critter will be in hog heaven here with Mayer's latest outing, a series of half a dozen escapades featuring the furry hero, all thoughtfully designed for beginning readers. The stories are culled from the pages of everyday life, and...
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Mercer Mayer, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $13.95 (43p) ISBN 978-0-02-765361-8
Mayer offers a lavishly illustrated prose retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper, who rid Hamelin of its rats only to lure away its children as well when denied a promised payment. The medieval details in the pictures make this Hamelin a grim,...
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Mercer Mayer, Author Marshall Cavendish Children's Books $18.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5054-2
After a decade-long absence, Mayer returns to picture books, using computer-generated graphics to illustrate an original tale set in long-ago Japan. When the emperor's daughter, Shibumi, discovers the poverty-stricken world beyond her garden walls,...
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Mercer Mayer. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2316-3
You know the story. Boy wants pet; boy can’t have pet; boy magically finds dinosaur; dinosaur wreaks havoc; boy magically makes dinosaur go away. There’s nothing wrong with a familiar premise if an author finds new life in it, and for kids who haven’
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Mercer Mayer, Marshall Cavendish, $16.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5812-8
A young octopus has a string of narrow escapes in this wordless romp involving a rowdy animal cast, which Mayer (the Little Critter books) portrays with humorous exaggeration in brassy, paneled digital cartoons. The inanity begins after the electric-
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Mercer Mayer, Author HarperFestival $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-053963-4
Little Critter finds out he is Just Big Enough in Mercer Mayer's latest. When the big kids won't let him play football and they take all the cupcakes, Little Critter tries vegetables, exercise and even a growing machine to spur his growth-before he...
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Mercer Mayer. Thomas Nelson, $9.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-4003-2247-3
Mayer’s Little Critter returns in a new series based on religious themes, beginning with honesty. The book’s narrative and illustrative style remains consistent with that of Mayer’s many previous titles featuring his furry, overalls-clad hero. Full-
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Mercer Mayer. HarperFestival, $4.99 paper (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-147811-6
Mayer’s bestselling Little Critter is celebrating his 40th anniversary in 2015, and he’s causing some good-natured mischief as Thanksgiving approaches. The text is as straightforward as it gets, but it works well enough as a foil to the humor in...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator . Dial $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3147-9
Mayer's (the Little Critter books; There's a Nightmare in My Closet
) little mouse, a furry fellow inspired by the "Little Drummer Boy" carol, is the runt of his very large family. The little mouse is given a tiny acorn drum so that...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Brighter Child $5.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-57768-387-2
Spring brings a refreshing return of old favorites. In The Wizard Comes to Town by Mercer Mayer, originally published in 1973, a stranger rents a room at Bertha Beggs's boarding house. Things quickly go awry, from rainstorms in the parlor to...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Brighter Child $15 (48p) ISBN 978-1-57768-388-9
Spring brings a refreshing return of old favorites. In The Wizard Comes to Town by Mercer Mayer, originally published in 1973, a stranger rents a room at Bertha Beggs's boarding house. Things quickly go awry, from rainstorms in the parlor to...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Brighter Child $15 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57768-686-6
If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer, reissued on the occasion of the book's 35th anniversary, chronicles the wistful desires of a boy in need of bully protection. ""If I had a gorilla, I'd take him to school. Then the big kids wouldn't pick on me...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (46p) ISBN 978-0-689-71113-8
A richly illustrated version of a classic fairy tale. All ages. (May)
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Brighter Child $3.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-57768-803-7
And Mercer Mayer's Little Critter stars in six new additions to McGraw-Hill's First Readers series: in level 1 (PreK-K), Play Ball and Snow Day; level 2 (K-1) The Mixed-Up Morning and A Yummy Lunch; level 3 (grades 1-2), Surprise! and Our Friend...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator, McGraw-Hill Childrens Publishing, Manufactured by Brighter Child $15 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57768-687-3
If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer, reissued on the occasion of the book's 35th anniversary, chronicles the wistful desires of a boy in need of bully protection. ""If I had a gorilla, I'd take him to school. Then the big kids wouldn't pick on me...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator, McGraw-Hill Childrens Publishing, Manufactured by Brighter Child $15 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57768-689-7
If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer, reissued on the occasion of the book's 35th anniversary, chronicles the wistful desires of a boy in need of bully protection. ""If I had a gorilla, I'd take him to school. Then the big kids wouldn't pick on me...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator, McGraw-Hill Childrens Publishing, Manufactured by Brighter Child $15 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57768-688-0
If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer, reissued on the occasion of the book's 35th anniversary, chronicles the wistful desires of a boy in need of bully protection. ""If I had a gorilla, I'd take him to school. Then the big kids wouldn't pick on me...
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Mercer Mayer, Author, Diane Dawson Hearn, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-765180-5
Whinnie the Dragon has fallen in love with Alfred the Knight. But poor Whinnie's love is unrequited. In fact, Alfred goes so far as to whack Whinnie with his sword every chance he gets. With the help of a friendly wizard, whose magic potion comes in
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Marianna Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Author, Mercer Mayer, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-71151-0
Lovely paintingsfull of life and glowing colorsmake this a superb version of the classic story. All ages. (September)
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