Books by Marjorie Priceman and Complete Book Reviews

Mary Ann Hoberman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-36731-8
A proud and amiable pooch discovers there's some truth to the saying ""the more the merrier"" when he tires of being alone in his house filled with ""one of each thing."" The dog, named Oliver Tolliver, lives ""in a little old tumbledown house of...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author . Knopf $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-679-88993-9
A day in the life of a mixed-up inventor becomes an introduction to color combinations and tricks of the eye in this zany picture book. Priceman (Emmeline at the Circus) gives characteristic zing to the concept at hand, beginning with the book's
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Marjorie Priceman, Author Dragonfly Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-679-88083-7
Singling out the ""offbeat nostalgia"" of the ""energetic"" watercolors in this tale of a round-the-world grocery trip, PW called Priceman ""a master of whimsy."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Marjorie Priceman, Author Megan Tingley Books $14.7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-71227-9
With characteristic verve, Priceman (One of Each) turns the Scottish folk song about the marriage of a frog and a mouse into a zingy picture book. In this rendition, the action takes place not in the countryside but in contemporary Manhattan....
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator , paper engineering by Bruce Foster. S&S/Little Simon $19.95 (14p) ISBN 978-0-689-83116-4
Priceman (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin) reconceives the story of the smooth-tongued wolf and his gullible visitor in three dimensions, in this addition to the Classic Collectible Pop-Ups series. Warmly colored in scarlets and magentas, accented with...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-84670-0
Priceman's feline alter ego gives readers an account of her accomplishments throughout all of her lives, from Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to 1913 New Orleans. In a starred review, PW wrote, "This beguiling spoof is the cat's meow."...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator . Millbrook/Roaring Brook $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1525-4
Priceman's (Emeline at the Circus) exuberant art crowns a story of a princess who learns to eat her vegetables. The opening spread sets up the premise: the otherwise perfect Princess Nicki scowls as a plump lady-in-waiting wearing wimple and...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator . Atheneum/ Schwartz $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82642-9
Priceman (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin ) offers a hilarious account of the world's first hot-air balloon flight in 1783 at Versailles. Opening with an amusing reportage ("The amateur inventors Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier are ready to test an...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator . Knopf $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-81255-2
Priceman (How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World ) fires up the oven for another fanciful baking–cum–geography lesson. Her aspiring young pastry chef, jaunty pinafore and straw hat in place, embarks on a nationwide search for...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-81135-7
Clio (aka Marjorie Priceman) purports to be a cat; this witty ""journal"" documents her accomplishments and many adventures in nine far-flung lives. Launching her reminiscences in Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C., Clio subsequently touches down in such...
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Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (40p) ISBN 978-0-679-87685-4
Step right up to one of Priceman's (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin; Dancin' in the Kitchen) most intriguing picture books. Ms. Splinter leads her second-grade class on a field trip to the circus for what she calls a ""great learning experience."" Ms....
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Majorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-679-83705-3
A yen to bake sends a girl on a worldwide shopping spree to gather ingredients for that favorite all-American treat, apple pie. Priceman ( The Tiny, Tiny Boy and the Big, Big Cow ) is a master of whimsy (the chicken chosen to lay the eggs, for...
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Amy MacDonald, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-65744-7
In PW 's words, ``The pandemonium caused by Rachel's `tiny little blister' is a joy to hear--and behold. MacDonald's sparkling tale has the exceptional virtue of making her verse seem effortless. Priceman's harumscarum drawings run riot over the...
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