Robert N. Munsch, Author , read by the author. The Children's Group $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-894502-70-2
This recording of 12 of picture-book author Munsch's most popular stories will likely prove a treat for his long-standing fans. However, the author's very high-energy storytelling style—featuring lots of guttural noises, bratty-soundin
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Annick Press $5.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55037-683-8
K-Gr 2-In these two new translations from the large body of Munsch's work, children are once again treated to a comic look at ordinary childhood experiences. In Algo bueno, a typical trip to the grocery store turns into a romp when young Tyya...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Annick Press $6.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55037-682-1
K-Gr 2-In these two new translations from the large body of Munsch's work, children are once again treated to a comic look at ordinary childhood experiences. In Algo bueno, a typical trip to the grocery store turns into a romp when young Tyya...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Scholastic $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-21101-7
The creators of The Paper Bag Princess here introduce a quick-witted heroine, Kristen, who notices that the newborn baby her dizzy parents proudly bring home isn't human at all. In on the silly joke, readers know that the couple, in their haste to...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Scholastic $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-21102-4
This slim, paper-over-board volume by the creators of The Paper Bag Princess and Alligator Baby gives some loose-tooth cliches a slapstick spin. When Andrew's wobbly, hurting tooth prevents him from eating an apple, his mother yanks at it futilely...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Scholastic $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-89600-9
Munsch and Martchenko (previously paired for The Paper Bag Princess and Alligator Baby) offer a snippet of a story about two squabbling kindergartners who have trouble sharing. When Amanda won't give Jeremiah the book she's looking at, he announces...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Michael Martchenko, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $11.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-590-89603-0
The creators of Alligator Baby and Andrew's Loose Tooth again rely on hyperbole to make the narrative and visuals tick in this slim one-joke tale. The paper-over-board volume stars Christopher, who makes two ""cookies"" out of red clay and gives one
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Eugenie Fernandes, Illustrator, Eugenie, Illustrator Scholastic $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-89012-0
Featuring a variety of voices, Munschs (Love You Forever) light, energetic paper-over-board book is well suited for reading aloud. Just after Jillian dons a brand-new ribbon dress, with pink and red ribbons flowing from under the bib-like collar,...
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Lea Daniel, Illustrator, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Scholastic $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-19258-3
The creators of Get Out of Bed! here offer a rather rootless tale about what happens when a boy, frustrated with his unruly tresses, yells, ""Hair, I hate you!"" The phrase becomes a refrain as Aaron's hair, its feelings hurt, jumps off his head and
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Lea Daniel, Illustrator, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-76977-8
Opening with a slice-of-life scenario--Amy stays up till the wee morning hours watching TV and then cannot wake up for school--this paper-over-board book by the author of Love You Forever takes a preposterous twist. Amy's brother, father and mother,
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Robert N. Munsch, Author, Janet Wilson, Author, Janet Wilson, Illustrator , illus. by Janet Wilson. Scholastic/Cartwheel $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-49031-3
Sentiment runs high in Munsch's (We Share Everything!
) carefully paced paper-over-board tale. It opens with deliberate mystery, as a child named Sarah, with a flower tucked behind her ear, awakens her sleeping father. When he protests, the...
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