Books by Jamie Michalak and Complete Book Reviews

Jamie Michalak, illus. by Kelly Murphy. Candlewick, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0394-3
In this Night at the Museum–leaning picture book, an intrepid gray mouse, dressed in a red turtleneck sweater and utility belt, uses her nocturnal prowl to scour a big-city museum for treasures—which readers will recognize as things left behind by...
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Jamie Michalak, illus. by Bob Kolar. Candlewick, $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9559-0
Frank, a hot dog, insists that he just wants to be left alone at his woodsy campsite so he can write his secret thoughts in his secret notebook. “No peeking at my words, owl,” he tells a bird, who clearly has no interest in what Frank is writing....
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Jamie Michalak, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz. Candlewick, $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6278-3
When a group of "noisy short people" (aka schoolchildren) arrives at Safari World, Sparky the turtle and Joe the giraffe take an immediate interest. With Sparky riding on Joe's head, they peer through the window of the kids' school bus—and...
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Jamie Michalak and Debbi Michiko Florence, illus. by Yuko Jones. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-31387-6
Employing the 13-course structure of a traditional kaiseki meal, Michalak and Florence profile Japanese American chef Niki Nakayama, whose Los Angeles restaurant N/Naka holds two Michelin stars. In 13 “Bites,” the duo follows Nakayama through food-ce
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Jamie Michalak, illus. by Matt Myers. Candlewick, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5362-3119-9
Hazel, a tiny brown and gray terrier, feels large and in charge at the start of this generous familial work. Michalak (the Dakota Crumb series), writing from the dog’s perspective, and Myers (The World’s Longest Licorice Rope), working in signature-
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