Tedd Arnold, Author Scholastic $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-91820-6
With a name like ""Huggly,"" the humorous hero of Arnold's Huggly Gets Dressed proves none too fearsome, even if he is ""The Monster Under the Bed."" From the moment he emerges from beneath a ""people child's"" red blanket, the green-skinned, yellow-
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Tedd Arnold. Cartwheel, $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-66277-2
Arnold’s big-eyed hero’s 16th outing is a Christmas tale, and over this book’s three chapters Fly Guy learns what Christmas is all about (“Prezentzz!”), sends Santa careening into the Christmas tree with some well-placed karate moves (“Fly Guy saw a
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Tedd Arnold. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-31615-6
Buzz and Fly Guy’s enormous bug eyes loom all the larger in Arnold’s picture book spinoff. Harkening back to the pet-adoption theme of Hi! Fly Guy (2005), the first title in the author’s bestselling early chapter book series, this story brings Buzz...
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Tedd Arnold. Holiday House, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2404-7
In a comically offbeat story about acceptance from Arnold (the Fly Guy books), a small girl hungers for one thing alone: “Little Gert loved eating dirt./ The worms all idolized her.... Way back when Gert was just a squirt,/ The earth would tantalize
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Tedd Arnold, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0985-0
Using appealingly chunky, medieval characters, Arnold tells of a hapless hero whose poor memory gets him into constant trouble; according to PW , ``the short text, with numerous whimsical verses, moves along at a bouncy pace.'' Ages 4-8. (May)
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books for Young Readers $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0038-3
""If I've told you once, I've told you a million times, no jumping on the bed,'' Walter's father admonishes. ``One day it'll crash right through the floor.'' Like all young children, Walter is unable to resistand, to his astonishment, he finds his...
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Tedd Arnold, Author Cartwheel Books $8.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-91819-0
Huggly is a pudgy, somewhat klutzy, googly-eyed, altogether unfrightening monster who lives under the bed of a ""people child."" One night Huggly bumps his head on the boy's bureau, becomes intrigued by the clothes inside and gamely tackles the...
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1010-8
When young Norman, assistant to the town's respected signmaker, paints a few unorthodox signs of his own, he generates hilarious havoc in this larky picture book. For this lad's handiwork--unlike his mentor's, which conveys such sensible information
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2040-4
In this humorously askew look at the body, belly-button lint leads a five-year-old boy to believe he's falling apart. ""I stared at it, amazed, and wondered,/ What's this all about?/ But then I understood. It was/ My stuffing coming out!"" Each...
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books for Young Readers $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1417-5
For fans of Parts, Tedd Arnold returns with More Parts, continuing the theme of twisted idioms that strike fear in the heart of the uninitiated child. For example, when Dad asks his son to ""Please give him a hand!"" the bug-eyed boy is shown ...
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1581-3
Arnold follows No Jumping on the Bed! with another open-ended, goofy tale of unforeseen consequences featuring brothers Walter and William. As Walter helps William fill the bathtub, their mother cautions, ``Leave the faucet on another minute, then...
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Tedd Arnold, Author . Dial/Sleuth $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3020-5
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n this dark and consistently gripping mystery—Arnold's (Parts
) first foray into YA territory—14-year-old Todd Anthony whets readers' appetites with “a list of possible first lines,” beginning with “A dead...
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Tedd Arnold, Author Dial Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1313-0
There's something decidedly odd about Wilma: at breakfast, her parents are startled by their offspring's request to ``Pass the bugs''; later, she shocks her teacher by snagging a ``tasty little fly'' with her long pink tongue. Most noticeably,...
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Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, and Mitch Weiss, illus. by Tedd Arnold. Holiday House, $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3566-1
Arnold (the Fly Guy series) teams up with the husband-and-wife storytelling/performing duo of Hamilton and Weiss for a trio of silly, sleep-centric tales drawn from the rich folkloric tradition of the fool (a detailed opening note delineates the...
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Mark Buehner, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056430-3
Following No Jumping on the Bed! Arnold tells ""another open-ended, goofy tale of unforeseen consequences, featuring brothers Walter and William,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Dec.)
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Ted Arnold, Author Dial Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0485-5
In Arnold's first book since No Jumping on the Bed! , young Ollie's forgetfulness gets him into a lot of trouble. When his mother sends him to the market, he repeats loudly, ``A joint of beef, a wedge of cheese, a loaf of bread, too, if you please.''
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Ted Arnold, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056097-8
PW's starred review cheered the ""hilarious havoc in this larky picture book,"" in which a mischievous assistant puts up a few signs of his own, like ""No School Today"" and ""Stop: Ants Crossing."" Ages 4-8. (June)
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Ted Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055839-5
Is Walter jumping or dreaming when he crashes down through all the apartments below? ""A takeoff on a familiar and usually idle warning, this [story] should be a hit with anyone who has battled over jumping on the bed,"" said PW. Ages 3-7. (May)
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator . Dial $16.99 (28p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2696-3
Arnold (Hi! Fly Guy) concocts a good-twin/bad-twin rivalry in this tale of rooster princes and a dispute over the royal throne. In the setup, a hen-nursemaid recalls the story to two yellow chicks, promising a riddle before its resolution. As the...
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Dial Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3044-1
Tedd Arnold's 1987 cautionary tale, No Jumping on the Bed! returns as a board book. When Walter refuses to heed his father's titular warning, he and his bed end up crashing ""down and down"" through neighbors' apartments. PW noted, ""textual puns...
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-10994-9
Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name; the nose-picking heroine's large, plastic ""googley"" eyes protrude from the cover. Arnold's wry take on the campfire favorite is that Miss Bogan, who could be considered freakish ("
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Dial Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2938-4
The bug-eyed boy from Parts and More Parts is back in Even More Parts: Idioms from Head to Toe by Tedd Arnold as he frets about more figures of speech. With a toy superhero, tank and dinosaur, he illustrates the wackiness of many expressions taken...
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $6.99 (28p) ISBN 978-0-439-52465-0
Five Ugly Monsters by Tedd Arnold counts down in a board-book variation of the classic rhyme that traditionally features monkeys: ""Five ugly monsters/ jumping on the bed./ One fell off and/ bumped its head./ Called for the doctor and the doctor
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator . Scholastic/Cartwheel $5.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-439-63903-3
A fly went flying," opens Arnold's (Parts
) brief, playful tale, structured in three chapters. At the same time, "A boy went walking." The winged fellow is looking for food and the boy is searching for a critter for the upcoming...
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Tedd Arnold, Author, Andrew Shachat, Illustrator Dial Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1012-2
This fable with classic overtones employs sensory imagery and spatial concepts to transport the reader to the land and culture of the simple people. Balmy winds and lush vegetation allow the inhabitants to live in joy and leisure, singing songs and...
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