Synopses & Reviews
The humor is just absurd enough to make the picture-book set howl along with Hippo and Fluffy.” -
New York Times Book Review Fluffy the porcupine is unhappy with his name: “So he decided to become fluffier.” He climbs a tree and pretends to be a cloud! He even poses as a pillow. (His mother is not pleased when she sits on him.) When Fluffy meets a rhinoceros named Hippo, it puts his plight in perspective…and he makes a friend. This terrific tribute to self-acceptance—complete with the cutest porcupine pictures on the planet—is now part of a fun, 8” x 8” hardcover series about life lessons.
Includes downloadable audio!
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"Munsinger's bright, cheery pictures are as whimsical as Lester's delightfully silly text." Publishers Weekly
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"Kids will enjoy the slapstick and the word jokes. Munsinger's joyful watercolors extend the farce of the disaster scenarios." Booklist, ALA
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"Lester and artist Munsinger . . . team up again for another rib-tickling, off-the-wall tale." Booklist, ALA
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"Sure to be both popular and useful, this is Lester and Munsinger's best collaboration to date." School Library Journal, Starred
"During a beach picnic with the Pig Scouts, Pinkerton's boundless greed sends him ahead of the others to a voice that asks if anyone would care for a sandwich. There he discovers, instead, a witch,and he is obliged to wait on her, do her chores, and re-examine the glories of being first. The droll ink and watercolor illustrations impart the full effect of the witch's messy lifestyle." Horn Book
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"Comically absurd wordplay and Munsinger's typically goofy art make this an unbeatable combination." Kirkus Reviews
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A porcupine named Fluffy is happier with his name after he meets a similarly misnamed rhinoceros.
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Fluffy the porcupine is not very fluffy at all. Despite his best efforts, he cannot seem to live up to his name. Fortunately, Fluffy meets a rhinoceros with an equally unlikely name and the two new friends learn that a name is not an identity. Delightful and infused with humor, Lesters text and Munsingers illustrations will entertain and inform a wide audience. Included in each book is a note to parents and educators to help unpack the lessons in these stories. With a new smaller trim size, these books are an excellent value and a joy to read!
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Wodney Wat saves the day when heand#160;triumphs over the class bully!and#160;
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Poor Rodney Rat can't pronounce his R's and the other rodents tease him mercilessly. But when Camilla Capybara joins Rodney's class and announces that she is bigger, meaner, and smarter than any of the other rodents, everyone is afraid. It seems she really is bigger, meaner, and smarter than all of the rest of them. Until our unwitting hero, Wodney Wat, catches Camilla out in a game of Simon Says. Read along with Wodney as he surprises himself and his classmates by single-handedly saving the whole class from the big bad bully. Children will delight as shy Rodney Rat triumphs over all and his tiny voice decides the day, R's or no R's.
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Buddy's father had a beautiful big nose. He was a great sniffer. Buddy's mother had beautiful big teeth. She was a great chomper. Buddy had beautiful big ears. It didn't matter. Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have created eight children's books together. Munsinger's unparalleled animal characters and Lester's hysterical text have joined together to create another silly tale about a bunny who just can't seem to listen.
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When accidents happen to Murdley Gurdson, they are usually his own fault, but when a bird lays an egg on Murdley's head one day, he tries hard to find someone else to blame.
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Being first isn't always best, as Pinkerton Pig finds out after an encounter with a mean Sand Witch. As always, Helen Lester's wonderfully offbeat humor and Lynn Munsinger's whimsical illustrations result in a hilarious lesson about piggishness. The picture book duo of Lester and Munsinger has created six previous books, including the award-winning TACKY THE PENGUIN.
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The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. Heand#8217;s having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. Theyand#8217;re excited to see a and#147;Wham-batand#8221; hit, but baseball seems to him like a strange game indeed as his literal interpretations of the lingo, such as and#147;stealing third base,and#8221; lead to hilarious, and ultimately victorious, results.
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This was a brand-new baseball season, and the Champs were ready to go in their spiffy clean uniforms. Nevermind that the previous year they finished last in the North American Mammal League, this season would be different. But when a Wombat wanders onto the field opening game day, the Champs have no idea just how different the game was about to become. Young readers and listeners are sure to delight in Helen Lesterand#8217;s hilarious baseball lingo wordplay as Lynn Munsingerand#8217;s illustrations capture the befuddled Wombat and his earnest attempts to fit in and play ball.
About the Author
LYNN MUNSINGER has illustrated more than ninety books for children. She graduated from Tufts University in Boston and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where she majored in illustration. She lives in Connecticut and Vermont.
Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in New York, and Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator living in Vermont.