Jamie Lee Curtis, Author Lectorum Publications $19.99 (0p) ISBN 978-84-95040-94-7
PreS-K-In this charming and smoothly translated tale, a four-year-old compares her current life with that of her infancy, touching on such topics as her beds, her activities, her foods, her behavior, and her modes of transportation. The humorous
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator , illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-028761-0
The dynamic duo behind Today I Feel Silly
returns for another lively, emotionally reassuring picture book. This time out, Curtis looks to the source of what makes children (of all ages) feel comfortable in their own skin. Cornell pictures the perky
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator , illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-008095-2
The creative team behind Today I Feel Silly
amiably addresses the challenges of being a five-year-old—especially the pesky problem of learning self-control. In the story's wry opening, the narrator observes, "It's hard to be five.
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator , illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-075346-7
This circuitous tale from the creators of It's Hard to Be Five
opens with a series of questions: "Is there really/ a human race?/ Is it going on now all over the place?/ When did it start?/ Who said, 'Ready, Set, Go'?/ Did it start
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator Joanna Cotler Books $16.99 (36p) ISBN 978-0-06-027980-6
This far-fetched tale by the creators of Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day may well raise youngsters' spirits as verse and art muse fancifully on the possible fates of wayward balloons. Cornell casts the balloons in human roles as...
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Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell, HarperCollins/Cotler, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-029016-0
Longtime collaborators Curtis and Cornell deliver a tonic for every mother who's ever felt underappreciated; their shock-headed narrator ascribes powers nothing short of godlike to mommy dearest. "She lit up the sun, so bright and so round./ She...
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-021078-6
Actress Curtis and illustrator Cornell ( Earl's Too Cool for Me ) evoke a healthy child's proud sense of self in this exuberant picture book. The narrator, a girl who prefaces almost every statement with ``When I was little,'' delightedly lists all...
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator HarperTrophy $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443423-2
A ``winsome, upbeat work,'' said PW, whose collaborators ``evoke a healthy child's proud sense of self.'' Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator Joanna Cotler Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-024528-3
Actress Curtis's return engagement amply confirms the promise shown in her debut picture book (When I Was Little). A sweet and sunny look at adoption, the story is framed as a much-loved and clearly much-requested family tale, and rings true from...
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Author, Laura Cornell, Illustrator Joanna Cotler Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-024560-3
Fans of Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little may be disappointed in this third offering from the talented duo, which looks at the wide range of human emotions. A dynamic girl describes a different ""feeling"" per day--13 in
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Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler, $16.99 (32p), ISBN 978-0-06-144155-4
Curtis and Cornell use the occasion of their 10th collaboration to take readers on a journey through the firsts in the life of a fabulously pigtailed, snaggle-toothed girl named Frankie. Curtis sums it up nicely: "Some firsts just happen./ Some come
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Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell. Workman, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7611-8011-1
Frequent collaborators Curtis and Cornell ask kids to contemplate what they would bring if they had to move to another country. “How would you know/ in this case what to pack/ and that once you had left/ there’d be no coming back,” a teacher says to
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Karl Stevens, and Russell Goldman. Titan Comics, $29.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-78773-913-0
Oscar-winning actor and screenwriter Curtis teams up with filmmaker Goldman and artist Stevens (Penny) for an environmental horror story with ambitions as vast as the Southwestern sky. The desert town of Catch Creek is built around Cobalt Energy,...
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. Philomel, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-52704-7
Giddy expectation fills the pages of this anticipatory holiday bonanza from previous collaborators Curtis and Cornell (Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born). After a birthday eve yields to present-opening, the title’s brown-skinned, freckle-nosed
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Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell. Feiwel and Friends, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-13827-9
The obsession all began, the narrator explains, with a birthday gift: “Mom is old-fashioned. She likes things hand sewn. To make her more modern, we bought a smartphone.” In their characteristic style, Curtis and Cornell (This Is Me) stretch this...
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