Josh Schneider. Clarion, $14.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-547-83814-4
Dana’s supercilious, selfish demeanor makes it clear that her behavior on her birthday is no different from her modus operandi on the other 364 days of the year. Imagine her surprise, then, when her most put-upon peer gives her a very large white...
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Josh Schneider. Clarion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-00270-8
Schneider is on a roll. Following a Geisel Award for Tales for Very Picky Eaters and a hilarious tale of just deserts in The Meanest Birthday Girl, he upends the classic monster-under-the-bed story. During the day, Arnold loves pretending to be a...
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Josh Schneider. Clarion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-14228-2
Schneider (Bedtime Monsters) continues to show a remarkable talent for bringing uncommon humor and psychological depth to ordinary situations. In this case, the treasured doll of the title meets with an “accident” at the hands (or rather jaws) of...
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Josh Schneider. Clarion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-33924-8
A boy named Fred is too busy to fall asleep in this bedtime-book send-up from the always hilarious Schneider (Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover). In ironic lilting verse, Schneider describes one somnolent scene after another as birds and beasts
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Josh Schneider. Clarion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-80125-7
When an “extremely annoying howl” wafts through Jimmy’s house, he springs into action: this is a job for his superhero alter ego, Kid Amazing. After taking a secret elevator to his high-tech underground lair—depicted in an elaborate cutaway...
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Josh Schneider. Clarion, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-328-49013-1
Ultrabot, a gigantic, rust-colored robot with a barrel-shaped torso and a spindly antenna, lives with its human professor in a “top-secret laboratory on Primrose Lane.” When the professor arranges a playdate for Ultrabot with someone called Becky,...
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