Best Selling Books by Margie Palatini

A humorous naptime book for baby (and sleepy mama, too) from best-selling author Margie Palatini and award-winning illustrator Dan Yaccarino. Includes Read Aloud/Read to Me feature where available. Readers embark on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby down for nap. Dashing from family room to living room, both on the table and under it, through the kitchen and even hiding in the laundry basket, this hilarious romp culminates with mommy and baby collapsed - AT LAST -- fast asleep in a chair.

Alfred E. Elf thinks it''s high time Santa face the fax, weave a web, dish the disk -- and face the new millennium in high-tech style. But what happens when the computer crashes and there''s a huge elf error?Margie Palatini and Mike Reed have concocted a hilarious story that also provides a reassuring message for today''s hyper times: even though the world is fast-changing, the magic of Christmas endures.

Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald''s farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can''t find a single porker.

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Edward loves his Stuff more than anything . . . . . . until he gets buried beneath it. Edward has a lot of Stuff—too much Stuff. Soon the Stuff takes over his house. But will Edward agree to part with his Stuff before it’s too late? Stuff is Margie Palatini and Noah Z. Jones’s hilarious story about the stuff that counts and the stuff that’s just, well, . . . Stuff.

The publisher and author of Under a Pig Tree seem to be having communication issues. The author has written a clear, no-nonsense history of figs. But the publisher is sure she meant pigs. After all, what''s the difference between two measly letters? What results is a hilarious illustrated history of pigs, from the earliest times ("Pigs were presented as ''medals'' to the winners of the first Olympics") to the present day ("There is nothing better than enjoying a cup of tea or glass of milk with one of those famous Pig Newtons"). The author, needless to say, is not happy about this "little mix-up" and makes her feelings very clearly known—by scrawling all over the book! With sticky notes from the publisher, angry scribbles from the author, wrinkles, and pages askew, Under a Pig Tree is a playful peek into a book in "midproduction" and a humorous look at the consequences of small mistakes, by industry pro Margie Palatini and up-and-coming talent Chuck Groenink.

When Hilda Mae Heifer''s trademark "moo" starts sounding even worse, the other animals decide she is lonely and hold auditions to find her some singing partners.

As in their celebrated "Earthquack!," Palatini and Moser combine their talents to create an raucous retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" that''s ideal for reading aloud and reinforcing math concepts. Full color.

Hilda Mae Heifer has lost her melodic mi-mi-moo! A clunk on the head, and now Hilda''s not sure if she should mew, oink, or honk. With the help of the animals on the farm, will Hilda once again be able to sing her sensational moo?

Experience the world from a puppy’s perspective via the video camera on its head in this fun and exciting Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read book in the Critter-Cam series! Through a video camera positioned on the puppy’s head, readers will follow along from the puppy’s point of view as it tries to catch a ball, follow birds, and dig, but gets a surprise instead! Go, Puppy, go! Dan Yaccarino’s bright art and Margie Palatini’s simple text create a dynamic world that beginning readers will want to visit over and over again!

After many unsuccessful attempts one morning to control his unruly hair, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is class picture day. Full color.

A fifth grader desperate to be cool before sixth grade learns a valuable lesson in this Cinderella story for kids. "Tweens will celebrate the arrival of an intrepid heroine with plenty of sparkle and spunk to spare." — Kirkus Reviews Meet Zoey. She''s eleven. Well, almost eleven. Okay— halfway to eleven. And Zoeey''s got a few problems: She has the lowest possible score on the coolability meter, a bad hair situation, and growing earlobes. What Zooey needs is a fairy godmother who can give her a very chic makeover and a seat at the primo lunch table. Will Zooey be able to pull it all off? Tune in! "[Zoey''s] brisk, hilarious commentary and confessions will draw tweens into the contemporary Cinderella story." — Booklist "The format will attract reluctant readers, and the story will please girls who cultivate offbeat interests with as much enthusiasm and zaniness as Zoey." — School Library Journal

Rather than eat his boring old ham and cheese sandwich, Zak conjures up Lou, a waitress who serves him a delectable feast for the imagination.

Experience the world from a monkey’s perspective via the video camera on its head in this fun and exciting Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read book in the Critter-Cam series! Through a video camera positioned on the monkey’s head, readers can follow along from the monkey’s point of view as it slides down a giraffe’s neck, meets a lion by mistake, and shares a coconut with a friend! Go, Monkey, go! Dan Yaccarino’s bright art and Margie Palatini’s simple text create a dynamic world that beginning readers will want to visit over and over again!

See the world from a pet kitty’s point of view via the video camera perched on its head in this playful and energetic Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read book in the Critter-Cam series! Jump, Kitty. Jump. Jump. Jump. Dunk, Kitty. Dunk. Dunk. Dunk. Dunk. A camera on a kitty’s head captures its adventures in a typical day as it jumps, shakes, chases, and naps! Dan Yaccarino’s bright art and Margie Palatini’s simple text create a dynamic world that beginning readers will want to visit over and over again!

"A shark documents its adventures in the ocean with an action camera"--

They heard the ground grumble. Then they felt the ground rumble. And before they knew it, they were all taking a tumble! "The earth is crumbling! The earth is crumbling! It''s a quake!" quacked the duck. In this inspired take on Henny Penny, who thought the sky was falling, Chucky Ducky, Lucy Goosey, and Vickie, Nickie, and Rickie Chickie spread the alarm that the earth is quaking. But just like Henny Penny, these concerned animals find that the cause of the crisis they fear is not what they expect at all.

When Isabella Antonelli becomes an overnight YouTube sensation in a documentary detailing her REAL, non-royal Italian American family, she needs to figure out a way to tell everyone at her fancy new school the truth about her family—or come up with some better lies. Brimming with offbeat humor, Isabella for Real sets the scene for an eccentric, multi-generational family drama that will have readers laughing out loud and giving Isabella’s performance a standing ovation.

Trudie is worried when she is assigned to work with Ben on their fifth-grade class project, until she discovers that Ben has very unusual reactions to foods and she decides to perform experiments to find out why.

Lots of kids have a sweet tooth. But not like Stewart''s. His very loud sweet tooth wants what it wants, when it wants it...and lets everyone know about it. Stewart''s sweet tooth screams for cake at weddings, for candy during class, and torments him at the movies. Stewart has had enough, and he''s bringing out the big guns -- a carrot. Can he stand up to the most annoying sweet tooth in history?