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Winner of the 2011 Trailee Award! “I hear you cluckin’, Big Chicken!” That’s the simple refrain that Little Chicken repeats to his mama throughout a typical day. But Little Chicken can be distractable . . . and when he wanders off and gets lost, the day becomes anything but typical. With subtlety and humor, this More »

Sign up for my newsletter and get a free download for creative Get Ready for Kindergarten Month tips! Dexter already knows everything there is to know about kindergarten. His big sister, Jessie, told him all about it. So Dexter is not scared. Not even a little bit. But his stuffed dog, Rufus, is scared. Actually, More »

From the cow that doesn’t hop to the giraffe that doesn’t crawl, animals on brightly colored page after page offer up giggles galore and a delightfully silly look at the way some creatures do — and don’t — get around. When the time comes to guess who hops and flies and slithers and swims and More »

Dogs don’t hoot. Pigs don’t hoot. Horses don’t hoot. Owls don’t hoot. Owls don’t hoot? YES THEY DO! And so begins this funny follow-up to the popular Who Hops? An irresistible repetitive text and bold, bright images of animals combine in a book that is sure to have preschoolers hooting (and buzzing and quacking and More »

Mabel, the tooth fairy, hated brushing, and she hated flossing, and, well, you can imagine what happened to her choppers. It was disgusting. But then she came up with a plan to get her smile back . . . . With all the charm and sly humor that has made her a favorite of booksellers More »

Katie’s first middle grade novel! All her life, Addy’s heard stories about the McMahon family curse. Her mom says the stories are just jokes, but Addy isn’t so sure. In fact, she’s got evidence. Like the fact that her archenemy saw Addy shopping for a training bra with her mom. Or that Jonathan, her mom’s More »

Brussels sprouts–yuck! The dentist–blech! And worst of all . . . bedtime! That can really ruin a kid’s day. You have to stop playing and brush your teeth and put on your pj’s, and you just know your parents are going to have a big party as soon as you’re asleep. Aren’t they? The feisty More »

The feisty little girl from I Hate to Go to Bed! is back–and scared stiff! And who wouldn’t be? Snakes in her closet . . . monsters in the bushes . . . and you don’t even want to know what else! What’s a kid to do? Well, this girl has a plan–one that will More »

Everyone who is anyone in the barnyard is going to be at the party. But one blue ant didn’t get his invitation. No wonder he’s blue! How could his friends have forgotten him? Or have they? . . . You are cordially invited to join this bunch of animals for the wildest shindig of the More »