Robie H. Harris, Author St. Martin's Press $0 (17p) ISBN 978-0-312-01041-6
In Hot Henry, it's a snowy day outside, and Henry needs to be warmly dressed to make the trip to a party. But when he's all bundled up, he feels too hot and so strips back down to his underwear. His parents allow him to dress himself, with some...
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Robie H. Harris, illus. by Tor Freeman. Bonnier/Little Bee, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-
4998-0046-3
A stuffed turtle has been part of a boy’s life since he was in utero—the title page shows his expectant parents opening up the gift in anticipation of the baby’s arrival. And Turtle proves to be an enduring sidekick, offering comfort when the boy...
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Robie H. Harris, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2931-1
Harris, the guardian angel of parents facing their school-age child's questions about sex, tackles the preschool set in this first book in the Let's Talk About You and Me series. Readers follow Gus and his older sister, Nellie, on a family trip to...
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Robie H. Harris, illus. by Chris Raschka. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-11283-3
Expertly attuned to everyday situations that frighten children, this concise book depicts an escalation of noises, followed by a period of decompression and calm resolution. On a family’s zoo outing, a boy covers his ears, “When lions roar! When...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Emberley. S&S/ McElderry $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83257-4
This initial entry in a new Growing Up Stories series, focused on a child's first five years, is the latest from the ace chroniclers of early child development (Happy Birth Day!; It's So Amazing!). Each spread of the large-format book does...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83259-8
The terrible and terrific twos get their due in Growing Up Stories: Sweet Jasmine, Nice Jackson: What It's Like to Be 2 And to Be Twins! by Robie Harris, illus. by Michael Emberley, with a double entendre that covers both the age and the sibling duo.
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0539-1
Reprising the family first introduced in Happy Birth Day!, Harris and Emberley return with another sensitive and visually sumptuous portrayal of a domestic milestone: the arrival of a second child. This time it's the father who narrates, as he tells
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $10.99 (89p) ISBN 978-1-56402-159-5
In a starred review, PW said, ""this intelligent, amiable and carefully researched book... frankly explains the physical, psychological, emotional and social changes that occur during puberty."" Emberley's watercolor and pencil art ""reinforces [the]
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-56402-199-1
In this intelligent, amiable and carefully researched book, Harris ( Before You Were Three ) frankly explains the physical, psychological, emotional and social changes that occur during puberty--and the implications of these changes. Taking a...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83258-1
Growing Up Stories: Go! Go! Maria! What It's Like to Be 1 by Robie H. Harris, illus. by Michael Emberley, tells the story of one-year-old Maria, as she learns to walk and to say words like ""Hola!,"" ""Pap !,"" ""No!"" and ""Mine!"" As with their
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-424-4
The first moments and hours after a baby is born are among life's most precious. Here, that special interlude of newness and wonder is shared with young readers, who invariably delight in hearing about the day they arrived in the world. Harris...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $22.99 (81p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0051-8
The creators of It's Perfectly Normal, targeted to middle-schoolers, here reach out to a slightly younger audience with candor and humor, neatly distilling various aspects of sex, reproduction and love. An inquisitive, loquacious bird and an...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Emberley. Little, Brown $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-15376-8
”Mail Harry to the moon!” is just one of the suggestions made by the narrator, who's suffering the displacement blues since the arrival of his annoying, attention-hogging baby brother. “Before Harry, nobody but me
sat on...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Emberley. Scholastic/Orchard $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-92961-5
A wide-eyed critter of indeterminate species, surrounded by an elaborate bedtime ensemble of stuffed animals, is cuddled up with his favorite book. But in the middle of a big yawn, he inadvertently and unknowingly kicks the book under his bed....
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator . Candlewick $10.99 (81p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1321-1
In a starred review, PW
said, "The creators of It's Perfectly Normal
, targeted to middle-schoolers, here reach out to a slightly young audience with candor and humor, neatly distilling various aspects of sex, reproduction and love."...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Michael Emberley, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Emberley. Candlewick $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1826-1
"The family first introduced in Happy Birth Day!
returns for a sensitive and visually sumptuous portrayal of a domestic milestone: the arrival of a second child," said PW
in a starred review. Ages 2-8. (May)
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Jan Ormerod, Illustrator . S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-87134-4
In our Best Books citation, PW
wrote, "Harris's sensitively rendered narrative successfully tackles a child's first encounter with death, through the eyes of a preschool-age boy. Fluid pencil lines underscore the vulnerability of the...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Jan Ormerod, Illustrator , illus. by Jan Ormerod. S&S/McElderry $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83217-8
Harris (It's Perfectly Normal) and Ormerod (Miss Mouse Takes Off) admirably and successfully tackle a child's first encounter with death, through the loss of a beloved pet. "When I woke up this morning, I tickled Mousie's tummy. But...
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Harry Bliss, Illustrator , illus. by Harry Bliss. Candlewick $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1782-0
Treading on some familiar ground, Harris's (Happy Birth Day!
) energetic story offers a voluble child's views about being left with a baby-sitter. Faced with the prospect of Mommy and Daddy going out for the evening, a girl pulls out all the
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Robie H. Harris, Author, Richard Harris, Author, Patricia MacDonald, Editor Aladdin Paperbacks $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-67932-3
Nine-year-old Rosie Davidson never cared much for spelling, but her opinion changes drastically following an unexpectedly inspiring conversation with the school's feared principal. She becomes determined to win the All-American Spelling Bee using Ms.
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Jan Ormerod, Illustrator, Robie H. Harris, Author , illus. by Jan Ormerod. S&S/McElderry $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83913-9
The duo behind Goodbye Mousie
aptly handles the emotion of first-day-of-school jitters in this empathetic tale. After carefully packing his backpack the night before, a boy with wide, brown eyes (who narrates and remains nameless throughout)...
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