Books by Maureen Wright and Complete Book Reviews
Maureen Wright, illus. by Elizabeth Schlossberg. Amazon/Two Lions, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4778-2627-0
A pigtailed girl named Maddie is trying every trick in the book to forestall bedtime, asking her parents for water and a story (she’s had both already), complaining about the dark (the nightlight is on), and worrying about monsters (family dog...
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Maureen Wright, illus. by Violet Kim. Marshall Cavendish, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6109-8
It’s Earth Day, but while a giraffe and cheetah sort recyclables and a lion, tiger, and snake create a compost bin, a small monkey insists that it’s his birthday. Green tips are peppered throughout Kim’s endearing cartoons: a toucan points to a sign
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Maureen Wright, illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Marshall Cavendish, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5959-0
It’s Bear versus the wind in this autumnal story. When Bear sneezes, he mistakenly believes that he is responsible for blowing the leaves off a tree. “Bear, can’t you see?/ The leaves flew down because of me,” says the billowing wind, whose gusts...
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Maureen Wright, illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Marshall Cavendish, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5560-8
Something's lost in translation—to funny effect—in this picture book about a hard-of-hearing bear's bungled preparations for a long winter's nap. As autumn rolls along, Old Man Winter, a whiskery face in the clouds, warns his friend, Big Bear, of...
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Maureen Wright, illus. by Stephen Gilpin, Marshall Cavendish, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5711-4
Three cartoon children try to warm up shivery Sneezy—whose skinny carrot nose, spindly branch arms, and beady black eyes make him resemble Jack Skellington more than Frosty. Drinking cocoa, sitting in a hot tub, and warming up by a bonfire all...
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