Laurie Friedman. Lerner/Darby Creek, $17.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4677-0925-5
In this witty and empathic first book in Friedman’s Mostly Miserable Life of April Sinclair series, 13-year-old April is endlessly irritated by her younger sisters, May and June, as well as her ever-embarrassing parents. April is mortified when her...
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Laurie Friedman, illus. by Lynne Avril. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-8873-9
There’s trouble brewing in Ruby Valentine’s third picture book as rivalry erupts between her pet cockatoo, Lovebird, and her new cat, Sweetie Pie. While Ruby snuggles up with Sweetie Pie in bed, Lovebird plots to concoct the perfect Valentine’s Day...
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Laurie Friedman, illus. by Kathryn Durst. Carolrhoda, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4677-9261-5
Mary Christmas wishes that the other members of the her family were a bit less fanatical during the holidays: her parents and siblings pick a tree so big that it shoots through the roof of their house, they short-circuit the neighborhood with their...
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Lisa Jahn-Clough, Illustrator , illus. by Lisa Jahn-Clough. Dial $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2562-1
"Jed loved his crib./ It felt just right./ Till his family surprised him/ with a big bed one night," begins this humorous tale of a first rite of passage. For Jed, the idea of leaving his cozy crib is far from appealing. With a roly-poly...
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Lynne Cravath, Illustrator , illus. by Lynne Avril Cravath. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-899-3
The eponymous heroine learns the real meaning of a certain February holiday in this fluffy tale. Ruby Valentine (a resident of Heartland and owner of a cockatoo named Lovebird) has her epiphany after devoting a week to making a wagonload of heart-sha
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Tamara Schmitz, Illustrator , illus. by Tamara Schmitz. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57505-538-1
Spinning a spry variation on a familiar theme, Friedman launches a series starring a spunky eight-year-old who is not happy about her family's impending move. Mallory makes a determined attempt to avoid the inevitable, reciting for her patient...
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Tamara Schmitz, Illustrator Ediciones Lerner $5.95 (175p) ISBN 978-0-7613-3904-5
Grade 3-7-In this sequel to Mallory on the Move (Carolrhoda, 2004), Mallory McDonald starts third grade at a new school in a new town, away from her best friend and her old life. To make matters worse, her mother is the new music teacher. To top it...
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Teresa Murfin, Illustrator , illus. by Teresa Murfin. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-751-4
I'm Simon Lester Henry Strauss,/ and I'm not afraid of this haunted house!" boasts this tale's tour guide as other boys and girls shiver and flail. "My friends all scream, 'Come on! Let's run!'/ But I march inside....
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Teresa Murfin, Illustrator , illus. by Teresa Murfin. Lerner/Carolrhoda $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8225-7983-0
An ebullient young host named Percy assures readers that he's a “Thanksgiving Pro,” and that “when it comes to turkey day,/ there's nothing I don't know.” His “simple rules” include putting on...
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Laurie Friedman, illus. by Teresa Murfin. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-6070-4
Percy, the self-assured host from Thanksgiving Rules, returns with some guidelines for starting school on the right foot. Unlike the previous book, though, these rules are all about "what not to do." Thus, Percy explains rules like don't be late,...
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Laurie Friedman, illus. by Lynne Avril, Lerner/Carolrhoda, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-4213-7
In Ruby's second outing, she and her cockatoo, Lovebird, prepare for their Valentine's Day party. But when a snowstorm interferes, Ruby sobs and eats ice cream in her bathrobe. Lovebird suggests, "If no one can make it here,/ let's take the party...
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Laurie B. Friedman, Author, Sharon Watts, Illustrator , illus. by Sharon Watts. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-599-2
To the growing list of pint-size fictional fashionistas, add Isabella Ashley Parker McBride. Watts (Emily Goes Wild
) endows redheaded Isabella with "a style all her own"—she's comically soigné no matter what the occasion....
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