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Eloise Breaks Some Eggs

Margaret McNamara, Author, Tammie Speer Lyon, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $3.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-87368-3

And for slightly older fans, two Ready-to-Read titles introduce readers to the heroine's tutor in Eloise Has a Lesson (""Philip says, What is five plus six?' I say, You do not know?' ""); and in Eloise Breaks Some Eggs, she cooks up a mess at her cooking lesson in the Plaza's kitchen. .
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Reviewed on: 01/01/2005

Release date: 12/01/2004

Genre: Children's

Paperback - 32 pages - 9780689873683

Prebound-Glued - 32 pages - 9781417740499

Prebound-Other - 24 pages - 9780606334754

Library Binding - 32 pages - 9781614794042

Hardcover - 32 pages - 9781481476805

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