Robin Pulver, Author, Pulver, Author, R. W. Alley, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-775451-3
Pulver's first picture book--a funny, slightly subversive story--concerns Mrs. Toggle, a teacher who arrives in class wearing her big fuschia-colored winter coat. It seems that the zipper is stuck and she can't take her coat off; even worse, the ``th
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Robin Pulver, Author, Arnie Levin, Illustrator Four Winds $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-02-775457-5
A hound named Homer gets a double whammy when, shortly after his next-door neighbor Ms. Gallivant puts her house up for sale, Homer's master Hank hangs a similar ``for sale'' sign in their own front yard. Although Hank has a surprise in store (he...
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Robin Pulver, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1210-2
Pulver's In this ebullient tale, Pulver ( Mrs. Toggle's Zipper ) ebullient tale fetchingly portrays the love and genuine friendship between a daughter and a mother who aren't afraid to act silly together. When Cassandra's mother, fondly recalling...
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Robin Pulver, Author, Lynn Rowe Reed, Illustrator , illus. by Lynn Rowe Reed. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1687-5
This entertaining tale-cum-grammar lesson begins when, after days of teaching about commas, periods and question marks, Mr. Wright suggests to his class, "Let's give punctuation a vacation." While the students run cheering to the...
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Robin Pulver, Author, Lynn Rowe Reed, Illustrator , illus. by Lynn Rowe Reed. Holiday $6.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1820-6
After days of teaching about commas, periods and question marks, a teacher suggests to his class, "Let's give punctuation a vacation" and the punctuation marks literally head off for a holiday. PW
called this an "entertaining tale-cu
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Robin Pulver, illus. by Lynn Rowe Reed. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2402-3
In an era of all-caps Internet posts and no-caps e-mails, Pulver and Reed make the case for correct capitalization. Mr. Wright’s classroom seems to have forgotten how to use capitals, and the letters are falling ill due to lack of use (“[W]riting a...
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Robin Pulver, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2096-1
On wintry days, the Burskyville school superintendent calls school bus driver Axle Annie to see whether she can drive her route: ""If you say no, I'll close the schools. My decision depends on you."" Annie always answers, ""Do snowplows plow? Do tow
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Robin Pulver, Author, Tedd Arnold, Illustrator, Robin Pulver, Illustrator , illus. by Tedd Arnold. Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-230014-5
"This lively tale of an idiosyncratic bus driver may warm a chilly crowd on a would-be snow day," said PW. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Robin Pulver, illus. by Lynne Rowe Reed. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3644-6
A group of self-important anthropomorphic prefixes star in this addition to Pulver and Reed’s Language Arts Library series. Teacher Mr. Wright shows up at school dressed as Abraham Lincoln for a discussion of leadership with his students. Meanwhile,
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Robin Pulver, Author, Deb Lucke, Illustrator , illus. by Deb Lucke. Holiday House $16.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2110-7
Gordon leaves his old school in Ghost Town, where “everybody was a ghost,” to attend Booniesville, where he's the only one of his kind. It doesn't take long for the other kids to notice that Gordon is different. His teacher...
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