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Judy Sierra is the acclaimed author of many picture books, including the award-winning Wild About BooksZooZicalMind Your Manners, B.B. WolfThe Sleepy Little AlphabetWe Love Our School!; and Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur. She holds a PhD in folklore, is an experienced puppeteer and storyteller, and lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband, Bob, and their poodle, Keiko. You can visit her at JudySierra.net.


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Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark: Read & Listen Edition
Written by Judy Sierra
eBook

DANGER! WARNING! KIDS BEWARE! In this creepy, crawly Read & Listen edition, kids will be grossed out and become totally engrossed. In the macabre spirit of the Halloween season, funny rhymes range from “Parasite Lost” to “Leap Halloween,” and are illustrated with gruesome graphics.

This ebook includes Read & Listen audio...

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Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Brian Biggs
eBook

DANGER! WARNING! KIDS beware! Bound in the bilious green-spotted fur (100% fake) of an unidentified weird beast, here is a book that kids will love—quite literally—from cover to cover. In the macabre spirit of the Halloween season, funny rhymes range from “Parasite Lost” to “Leap Halloween,” and are illustrated with gruesome... Read More
 





Born to Read
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Hardcover

THE AWARD-WINNING COLLABORATORS of the New York Times #1 picture book bestseller Wild About Books are back with a new story that promotes books and reading. Told in Judy Sierra’s inimitable read-aloud rhyme, the narrative chronicles the amazing successes of Sam—thanks to his early love of books. The story ranges from... Read More
 





Everyone Counts
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Hardcover

From the bestselling creators of Wild About Books comes a rhyming, counting, and teamwork-focused picture book about the beginnings of a new zoo!

When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend a paw or... Read More
 





Everyone Counts
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
eBook

From the bestselling creators of Wild About Books comes a rhyming, counting, and teamwork-focused picture book about the beginnings of a new zoo!

When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend a paw or... Read More
 





Everyone Counts
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Hardcover Library Binding

From the bestselling creators of Wild About Books comes a rhyming, counting, and teamwork-focused picture book about the beginnings of a new zoo!

When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend a paw or... Read More
 





Imagine That!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Hardcover

A lively new picture-book biography of the most beloved children’s book author of all time: Dr. Seuss!

Have you ever wondered how the great Dr. Seuss wrote his most famous book? Did you know that for The Cat in the Hat, he wasn’t allowed to make up the fun words he was... Read More
 





Imagine That!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
eBook

A lively new picture-book biography of the most beloved children’s book author of all time: Dr. Seuss!

Have you ever wondered how the great Dr. Seuss wrote his most famous book? Did you know that for The Cat in the Hat, he wasn’t allowed to make up the fun words he was... Read More
 





Schoolyard Rhymes
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
eBook

"Schoolyard rhymes are catchy and fun. They are easy to remember. In fact, they stick in the mind like bubble gum to a shoe." writes Judy Sierra in her introduction to this lively collection of traditional playground chants. Included are more than 50 verses ranging from the familiar jump rope rhyme... Read More
 





The Sleepy Little Alphabet
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Board

Snuggle up with this fun bedtime board book, perfect for toddlers learning their ABCs!
 
Judy Sierra’s rollicking alphabet story features the lowercase letters of the alphabet. Like children, they have a trunkful of tricks for putting off bedtime. But ultimately their moms and dads (the capital letters) succeed in tucking... Read More
 





The Sleepy Little Alphabet
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
eBook

A delightful book to read out loud with children who are just learning their ABCs.

It's sleepy time in Alphabet Town. But the twenty-six little letters of the alphabet all have something they need—or want—to do before BIG-letter moms and dads tuck them in. Not since the classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom... Read More
 





The Sleepy Little Alphabet
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Hardcover

A delightful book to read out loud with children who are just learning their ABCs.

It's sleepy time in Alphabet Town. But the twenty-six little letters of the alphabet all have something they need—or want—to do before BIG-letter moms and dads tuck them in. Not since the classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom... Read More
 





Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur: A First Book of Manners
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Tim Bowers
eBook

A little girl is shopping in a grocery store when—surprise!—she meets a dinosaur. Don't worry. The dinosaur is very friendly. She's polite, too. In this funny story, told in lilting read-aloud rhyme, the girl has numerous opportunities to be helpful to the clumsy shopping dino and demonstrate when to say "thank... Read More
 





Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur: A First Book of Manners
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Tim Bowers
Trade Paperback

A little girl is shopping in a grocery store when—surprise!—she meets a dinosaur. Don't worry. The dinosaur is very friendly. She's polite, too. In this funny story, told in lilting read-aloud rhyme, the girl has numerous opportunities to be helpful to the clumsy shopping dino and demonstrate when to say "thank... Read More
 





Tell the Truth, B.B. Wolf
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold
Hardcover

Big Bad Wolf’s first visit to his local library (as related in Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf) was such a success that he returns to tell his version of “The Three Little Pigs.” His outrageous spin on the tale draws skeptical remarks from his audience: “Isn’t that wolf’s nose getting longer?&rdquo... Read More
 





We Love Our School!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Trade Paperback

This picture book about the first day of school, featuring a frog, a duck, a mouse, and a snail, combines a story in rhyme with colorful graphic rebuses, making it a fun book for parent and child to share in the reading. Children about to enter kindergarten or first grade who... Read More
 





We Love Our School!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Linda Davick
eBook

This picture book about the first day of school, featuring a frog, a duck, a mouse, and a snail, combines a story in rhyme with colorful graphic rebuses, making it a fun book for parent and child to share in the reading. Children about to enter kindergarten or first grade who... Read More
 





Wild About Books
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Hardcover

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award


It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.


In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the... Read More
 





Wild About Books
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
eBook

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award


It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.


In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the... Read More
 





Wild About You!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
eBook

The tree kangaroo at the zoo would like nothing more than a baby of her own. So, when a new egg arrives via the endangered species van, the 'roo jumps at the chance to take care of it, even when no one else wants it. Soon, out comes a penguin and... Read More
 





ZooZical
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
eBook

Winter weather is keeping children from visiting the zoo. So the animals are out of sorts—listless, grumpy, and no longer fun. All except two little friends, a very small hippo and a baby kangaroo. Their hip-hopping, toe-tapping,  and rap-rocking soon has the other animals joining in the hip-aroo beat. "Racoons danced... Read More
 





ZooZical: Read & Listen Edition
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
eBook

Winter weather is keeping children from visiting the zoo. So the animals are out of sorts—listless, grumpy, and no longer fun. All except two little friends, a very small hippo and a baby kangaroo. Their hip-hopping, toe-tapping, and rap-rocking soon has the other animals joining in the hip-aroo beat—now brought to...

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