Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author Laurel Leaf Library $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-92654-2
With the author of How to Meet a Gorgeous Guy and I Saw Him First at the helm, this first book in the Sorority Sisters series is worth the read. Kim Adler has just moved to a ritzy Arizona suburb. Though she hasn't any particular interest in joining
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, John Himmelman, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-025496-4
Nicholas Joe doesn't want to go to bed while the rest of the world is still awake. So he flies on his sheets from house to house, tucking everyone else in. But he finds that adults have their excuses for not going to bed: one man begs for five...
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Mitchell Sharmat, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator , illus. by Denise Brunkus. Dell/Yearling $4.50 (80p) ISBN 978-0-440-42059-0
A slightly daffy rich kid narrates this inaugural title in a series starring Nate the Great's cousin. "Her first case involves friendship and is happily resolved," according to PW
. Ages 6-9. (May)
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator, Mitchell Sharmat, With Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $12.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-385-29722-6
This inaugural title in the Olivia Sharp, Agent for Secrets series is told in the first person by a slightly daffy rich kid. Olivia has a chauffeur, a housekeeper, three telephones and two bedrooms: ``One to be myself in and one to be a special...
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Marc Simont, Illustrator Yearling Books $4.5 (40p) ISBN 978-0-440-41302-8
Detective Nate gets his first international case when a friend loses something--he doesn't know what--while visiting Sweden. Ages 6-9. (May)
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, John Wallner, Author, John Wallner, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0588-6
Alaric Chicken is one neurotic birda real worrier. He goes to a department store to buy a Mother's Day present for his Mom, but nothing is right. The bedroom slippers Mr. Horse shows him might make his mother slip and fall, the chocolates suggested...
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Dennis Kendrick, Illustrator HarperTrophy $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-444098-1
Just moved in and ready to make friends, Scarlet Monster bakes brownies and turns her house into the picture of coziness. No one visits, though, and she draws her own sad conclusions about why she is being snubbed. ""But an ingenious storyteller...
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Elizabeth Winthrop, Author, Will Hillenbrand, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0859-7
Dog stories abound, but this whimsical book is narrated by the pup himself. He's called Dudley now, but he's had several other names: ``For two months I was Mopsy. I think I was Cedric for a week.'' This oft-forsaken mutt has lived in apartments,...
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Lilian Obligado, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0569-5
Irving Morris Bear concentrates on food, especially his favorites, sweets. During the week before Thanksgiving, I. M. loads his Manhattan apartment with comestibles to prepare for the grand feast. But he's afraid he'll devour the hoard prematurely....
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David Neuhaus, Illustrator, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author Scholastic $2.5 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-33757-1
The endearing story of a too-tall giraffe who wins the respect of her classmates when she uses her height to catch a robber. Ages 5-8. (January)
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmet, Author, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Author, Ray Cruz, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71264-7
In Sharmat's story, the parents of the only boy on the block who can fly learn to love him despite the complications that arise from his talents. Ages 6-9. (Sept.)
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