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Poetry and folklore have enchanted me since childhood. My parents began reading poems to me when I was two years old, and they encouraged me to learn my favorite verses by heart. By the time I was in second grade, I was writing my school reports in rhyme. I also loved putting on plays with my friends. I wrote scripts and sewed costumes. Robin Hood and the Greek myths were my favorite dramatic inspirations.

After college, I wrote plays and adapted stories for children’s theater. With my husband, Bob Kaminski, I performed as a puppeteer and storyteller at schools, libraries and theaters... Read More


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Beastly Rhymes to Read After Dark
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Brian Biggs
Hardcover Library Binding

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
 





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

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
 





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

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
 





Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold
Hardcover

BIG BAD WOLF, now old and residing in the Villain Villa Senior Center, is invited to a tea by a children's librarian. His best friend, a toothsome crocodile, warns him that he will have to mind his manners. B. B. Wolf makes up a song: "Sip your tea and never slurp... Read More
 





Schoolyard Rhymes
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Hardcover

"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
 





Silly and Sillier
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
Hardcover

This big, beautiful book offers 20 favorite tales from around the world that will tickle the funnybone of young listeners. While most of the tales are totally new to Americans and come from countries as far flung as Iran and Italy, the Bahamas and Borneo, children will be delighted to discover... Read More
 





Silly and Sillier
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
Hardcover Library Binding

This big, beautiful book offers 20 favorite tales from around the world that will tickle the funnybone of young listeners. While most of the tales are totally new to Americans and come from countries as far flung as Iran and Italy, the Bahamas and Borneo, children will be delighted to discover... Read More
 





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

A fun read-aloud for little ones who are 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 classsic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom has there been such... Read More
 





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

A fun read-aloud for little ones who are 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 classsic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom has there been such... Read More
 





Tasty Baby Belly Buttons
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Meilo So
Hardcover

According to legend, Japanese villagers once lived in fear of great hulking ogres called Onis who considered babies' belly buttons the tastiest of all treats. When they raided a village it was the babies they stole. In a delightful retelling of the folktale, Judy Sierra has added a feminist twist in... Read More
 





Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly-Pie
Written by Judy Sierra
Hardcover

Thelonius Monster once swallowed a fly, and decided that flies would taste grand in a pie. That silly guy!

Judy Sierra’s funny read-aloud romp presents a monster that children will love as he makes a goo-filled crust, lures hundreds and thousands of succulent flies into it, and invites his “disgusting-ist” friends and... Read More
 





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

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 perfect book for every animal—tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for crickets. “She... Read More
 





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

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 perfect book for every animal—tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for crickets. “She... Read More
 

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