Kevin O'Malley, Author . Walker $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8756-9
When mild-looking Mr. Hatchery opens a volume of nursery rhymes, glum children mutter, "Boring." They don't anticipate his turning "Mary Had a Little Lamb" into an overwrought tale of an "egg-ceedingly large Humpty Dumpty"
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Kevin O'Malley, Author . Harcourt/Gulliver $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-216339-6
Generous measures of humor and empathy bring depth to this modest tale of a ladybug learning to fly. The drama unfolds in what appears to be a dense jungle packed with leafy obstacles. With his father counseling him, Little Buggy attempts to fly,...
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Leo enjoys his somewhat perilous night job working at a toy store; "This humorous tale of a misunderstood insect… offers a comical new perspective on micro-level R&D," said PW. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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Kevin O'Malley, Author . Harcourt/Gulliver $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-216550-5
In this sequel about the mixed-up feelings that accompany running away, O'Malley returns to the polished cartooning, bug-scale landscape and Greek-chorus narrative that made Little Buggy
a standout. As in the first book, the emotional action...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author . Walker $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8866-5
Young fans of irony-fortified humor will get a hoot out of O'Malley's snowy spoof. In a blinding blizzard—an evocative, icy watercolor swirl of purple, gray and green splattered with white blobs—the outerwear-swaddled hero...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author . Walker $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8924-2
O'Malley (Straight to the Pole)
comes out with a new seasonally appropriate adventure starring an obstinate protagonist. Rendered in semi-comic book style with digitally colored ink outlines and text balloons, the opening scenes portray a boy...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author Walker & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8718-7
Boy-rhino Bud Sweet-William really digs dirt. This aptly named young gardener precociously prunes the plastic ficus tree and saves scraps from the dinner table for his compost pile. His mother and father favor spotless suits and ""clip, spray, and...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author HarperCollins Publishers $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-13971-1
On a summery day, the heroine of this lackluster picture book visits Fantasy Park, where she and her family play putt-putt golf and pose for silly photos. They all wear T-shirts touting the ``Monster Coaster,'' but when they arrive at the main...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author Stewart, Tabori, & Chang $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55670-287-7
Singular and strikingly animated, this almost wordless picture book makes the most of an uncomplicated plot. As the drama unfolds, Bruno, a young, pinkish rhinoceros, proudly deems his arithmetic homework ``perfect.'' Suddenly, Bruno sneezes,...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author Stewart, Tabori, & Chang $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55670-260-0
More a new tale told in pictures than an illustrated version of the familiar folk song--``Froggy went a-courtin', he did ride, / Sword and pistol by his side''--this is a hepped-up '30s gangster story of crime and punishment. Froggy courts the...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, O'Malley, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-80098-6
Ignoring a ""No Fishing"" sign, a boy named Carl casts his line and reels in big trouble. Although this tale mimics the scheme and singsong meter of ""Mary Had a Little Lamb,"" the catch of the day is no docile sheep; instead, it's a peculiar orange
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Carol Heyer, Illustrator, Scott Goto, Illustrator , illus. by O'Malley, Carol Heyer and Scott Goto. Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8947-1
Three artists with distinct styles combine efforts for this rollicking story, which takes on the topic of gender differences with humor and insight. O'Malley's (Cinder Edna
) cartoon-like boy and girl, their words appearing in thought...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Patrick O'Brien, Illustrator , illus. by Patrick O'Brien. Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8935-8
Jurassic Park
meets Star Trek
meets Captain Nemo in this sci-fi comic about high-tech dinosaurs, which balances tongue-in-cheek cheesiness and earnest enthusiasm. After "a flash of light
races across the sky and disappears on the dark side of
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator . Albert Whitman $16.99 (31p) ISBN 978-0-8075-0504-5
Ordinary backpacks get humorous treatment in four brief stories, told in sequential art, that make good use of puns and tropes from comic books, TV and movies. The first story, “History Man,” is a tongue-in-cheek documentary about the
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator . Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-9684-4
The title of this cornball book offers a clue that a wealth of puns will be contained within, and O’Malley (Slugs in Love
) doesn’t miss a trick. Just about every pun imaginable about corn or chickens can be found in this story about...
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator Walker & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8628-9
Warning: this book may be addictive to children, or anyone who has ever attended summer camp. In a hilarious send-up of the horror genre, O'Malley brushes off the corniest, silliest, creakiest old chestnuts (remember the one about the ""Vindow Viper?
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator Walker & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8689-0
""Testing toys is hard work, and it can be downright dangerous for a cockroach,"" according to this humorous tale of a misunderstood insect. However, Leo Cockroach loves his job. By night, wearing pince-nez and toting a clipboard, the amiable fellow
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator Walker & Company $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-7568-9
""In a hilarious send-up of the horror genre, O'Malley brushes off the corniest, silliest, creakiest old chestnuts on the face of the planet and recycles them with pizzazz,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Nov.)
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Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator . Walker $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8844-3
In O'Malley's (Little Buggy) tale of Hellenic hoops, it's the Mortals versus the Gods on a modern-day basketball court. Two sportscasters calling the play-by-play wear coats and ties over togas; as they introduce the teams, the players
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Judy Finchler, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Author, Kevin O'Malley, Illustrator . Walker $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-9835-0
Something strange is going on with Miss Malarkey: she's giggling in the halls and singing to herself at school. The students in her class speculate on her malfunction—maybe she's “going to be in a movie” or “going...
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