Todd H. Doodler, Author . Blue Apple $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-60905-016-0
In a forest composed of flat geometric shapes, Doodler creates a cast of cartoon animals who talk in speech balloons and sport friendly, if slightly crazed, expressions. Bear, who's pictured on the cover wearing soft fabric tighty-whiteys (a...
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Todd H. Doodler, Author . Random/Golden $10.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-375-85808-6
This board book with flaps combines animals to make amusing hybrids. Two digitally rendered cartoon animals appear on each spread. “What would I be if I were pink from head to toe... and I swung by my tail from a tree?” reads the text...
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Todd H. Doodler, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $14.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-375-85201-5
This animal alphabet book looks promising, starting with its bright red corrugated cover that evokes an old-fashioned sketchbook. The portraits of zoo favorites, set against single color backdrops, are both winsome and graphically bold, bringing to...
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Todd H. Doodler. Blue Apple (Random, dist.), $9.99 (18p) ISBN 978-1-60905-096-2
To say that Bear loves his underwear would be an understatement. Each page of his third outing is marked with a tab, as Bear dons a different color of underwear each day. On Monday, Bear wears red briefs; after bathing on Tuesday, he wears his blue...
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Todd H. Doodler. Blue Apple (Random, dist.), $12.99 (36p) ISBN 978-1-60905-100-6
Bear and his bug-eyed animal friends bundle up on a snowy day and head outside to play. When they build a snowman, Bear contributes all of his clothing to the cause—except his red long underwear. His friends’ declarations of approval appear in...
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Todd H. Doodler. Scholastic Press, $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-51118-6
It’s hard to be a dinosaur in a human world. “I am bigger than every kid in my class,” this not-so-terrible T. Rex explains. “And I am not very good at
hide-and seek.” Nobody realizes that “RAWR!” means hello and goodbye. But if people would take...
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Todd H. Doodler. Bloomsbury, $6.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-1-61963-378-0
Bullied kids may sometimes think of their tormentors as giant cockroaches, but for fourth-grade fly Eugene McFly, it's literally the case: Cornelius Cockroach is making his life miserable at Brown Barge Elementary, "which was a brown barge floating...
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