Tammi Sauer, illus. by Troy Cummings. Sterling, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4549-1609-3
It’s a common enough problem: ask for a kitten, receive a lion instead. Luckily, Sauer (Mary Had a Little Glam) has readers covered in this step-by-step guide to a singular pet, which adopts the dry tone of an owner’s manual. Countering that deadpan
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Michael Slack. Harcourt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-547-85285-0
In Sauer’s bighearted tale, two fine, finned friends discover that conventional wisdom isn’t always to be trusted. Nugget the minnow and Fang the shark have palled around forever in the deep ocean. But when it’s time for Nugget to go to school, Fang
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Dan Krall. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59990-466-5
Sauer (Me Want Pet!) and Krall (Absolutely Beastly Children) hang their story of three big-cheeked chipmunks on a longstanding truism about the zoo: most of the time, the animals aren’t doing anything interesting. Cutesy, Blinky, and Bob envy the (un
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Goro Fujita. Sterling, $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4549-1129-6
It’s best-friendship at first contact after a flying saucer crashes outside a boy’s house, and a Little Green Man with a white jumpsuit and a snaggletoothed smile emerges. In second-person narration that has an understated tenderness, Sauer (Nugget...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Angie Rozelaar. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-227894-4
Nothing brings buddies together—or potentially splits them up—like cake. In this good-natured friendship tale, Rabbit, Porcupine, and Moose are the best of pals, fitting comfortably into their respective roles. “I’m good at being the boss,” says...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Dave Mottram. Doubleday, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5247-1929-6
Wordy Birdy is the definition of a flibbertigibbet, and she’s not a little narcissistic (“Do you think there’s an award for Bird of the Year?”). Above all, she’s a terrible listener. But Wordy Birdy’s patient friends—Squirrel, Rabbit, and Raccoon—sti
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Tammi Sauer, Author, Dan Santat, Illustrator , illus. by Dan Santat. Sterling $14.95 (36p) ISBN 978-1-4027-5366-4
Move over, Susan Boyle: the next talent-that-comes-out-of nowhere is a pair of chickens named Marge and Lola. They're determined to win tickets to see a performance of their idol, Elvis Poultry. But they'll have to place first in the...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Dan Santat. Sterling, $14.95 (36p) ISBN 978-1-4027-7837-7
Picking up where Chicken Dance (2009) left off, this sequel finds talented hens Marge and Lola heading out on tour as backup singers for their idol, Elvis Poultry. Stage fright proves to be an ongoing problem—“The chickens trembled. They fanned...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Scott Magoon, S&S/Wiseman, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-6110-9
The familiar saga of a child who doesn't fit the norm is given a twist in this story about monster Bernadette, who looks the part and "caused mayhem of all kinds," but who also has a penchant for flowers, kittens, and group hugs. Bernadette's...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Jeff Mack, S&S/Wiseman, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8522-8
Mr. Duck enjoys solitude and follows a strict routine in his pond. "At precisely 8:01, he would glide across the perfectly still water," flanked by hand-painted signs that read "No Visitors Welcome" and "Don't Even Think About It." Everything...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Bob Shea. S&S/Wiseman, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0810-4
In this Stone Age comedy, Sauer (Mr. Duck Means Business) and Shea (I’m a Shark) imagine a child with a demand as old as time. Cave Boy begs his parents for an animal companion, but Mama sends Cave Boy’s woolly mammoth away (“He too big. Where he...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Joe Berger. Harcourt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-206599-7
Viola Louise Hassenfeffer is no idle princess: “She spent her time karate-chopping, diving into the moat, and skateboarding up and down the drawbridge.” But she also wants to make her parents happy by being prim and proper, so when she’s invited to...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Ross Burach. Doubleday, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-18135-5
After a toothy gray wolf arrives in Bunnyville—“land of a thousand bunnies”—a quick-witted white rabbit springs to action trying to persuade the wolf that there are “no bunnies here!” First, with a carrot atop its head, the rabbit declares the wolf...
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Joren Cull. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-3387-4027-1
In a riotous picture book, Sauer (No Bunnies Here!) tips a hat to Jan Brett’s The Mitten and the Ukrainian folktale that inspired it, while illustrator Cull contributes pictures that employ the flat, bright vibe of Cartoon Network settings....
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Tammi Sauer, illus. by Fernando Martin. S&S/Wiseman, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5344-9603-3
After moving from an apartment, narrator Mia’s new home is “A house! Five rooms. Eleven windows. And a whole lot of promise,” Sauer writes. Because “a house has been Mama’s dream for so long,” living there has grown into Mia’s dream too. And since...
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