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Best Selling Books by Nancy Carlson

Nancy Carlson is the author of Loudmouth George and the Big Race, 2nd Edition (2004), Louanne Pig in Witch Lady, 2nd Edition (2006), Harriet and the Roller Coaster (Revised Edition) (2003), How to Lose All Your Friends (1994), Loudmouth George and the Cornet, 2nd Edition (2004).

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Loudmouth George and the Big Race, 2nd Edition

release date: Aug 01, 2004
Loudmouth George and the Big Race, 2nd Edition
Ready. Set. GO! Loudmouth George has told everyone he’s going to win the big race. He’s so confident that he doesn’t even bother to train. And on the day of the race, George ends up being the big loser. He’s put his foot in his mouth once again! George never seems to learn his lesson, but readers will get the point that a little effort—and modesty—can go a long way.

Louanne Pig in Witch Lady, 2nd Edition

release date: Aug 01, 2006
Louanne Pig in Witch Lady, 2nd Edition
Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, and Arnie run for their lives. But Louanne is caught! Does the witch lady put kids in cages to fatten them up? Or is Louanne''s imagination running wild? Readers will chuckle as Louanne discovers what the witch lady is REALLY like.

Harriet and the Roller Coaster (Revised Edition)

release date: Aug 01, 2003
Harriet and the Roller Coaster (Revised Edition)
Hang on--Harriet''s on her way up! For days, George has been taunting Harriet about the roller coaster at the amusement park. "It''s so big, you can''t see the top...It goes so fast, you might fall out...You''ll be too scared to ride on it." "I am NOT scared," Harriet tells him. But that night she doesn''t sleep very well. And the next morning, when it is time to go, she feels a little sick. Children are certain to recognize Harriet''s terror and cheer her spunk. And while she conquers her fear, Harriet will conquer her readers'' hearts as well.

How to Lose All Your Friends

release date: Jan 01, 1994
How to Lose All Your Friends
With exuberant pictures and a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, the author of I Like Me! takes a light-hearted look at bratty behavior that will have children laughing in recognition while learning exactly how not to behave. Colored-pencil illustrations throughout.

Loudmouth George and the Cornet, 2nd Edition

release date: Aug 01, 2004
Loudmouth George and the Cornet, 2nd Edition
Loudmouth George has just started playing the coronet and he’s awful! Awful—according to everyone but George, who thinks he’s the best coronet player ever born. George is full of hot air, but it’s hard not to admire his complete lack of self-consciousness. George is soon on to big, better, and LOUDER things

Loudmouth George and the Fishing Trip, 2nd Edition

release date: Aug 01, 2011
Loudmouth George and the Fishing Trip, 2nd Edition
George is always bragging. He says he runs the fastest, reads the thickest books, and catches the biggest fish. When Harriet invites him to join her family’s fishing trip, George is nervous. What if Harriet finds out the only fish he’s ever caught was in the pet store? Readers will delight in what happens when George’s bragging finally catches up with him.

Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully, 2nd Edition

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully, 2nd Edition
The first day of school can be scary enough as it is without a bully stealing your lunch! And that''s just what happens to poor George when he runs into Big Mike, the sixth-grade bully, on the walk to school. Every day George is tormented—not to mention hungry—and too afraid to tell anyone, until his good friend Harriet steps in and helps George give Big Mike a taste of his own medicine.

Arnie and the New Kid

release date: Jun 01, 1992
Arnie and the New Kid
Able-bodied Arnie teases Philip—a new student at his school who uses a wheelchair. However, after Arnie injures himself while making fun of Philip, he begins to understand what it means to be compassionate and welcoming. "This is a triumphant ending to a purposeful story that will be welcomed for its lighthearted treatment of a common situation. Carlson''s vividly colored cartoon illustrations feature a variety of animals humorously dressed in children''s clothes." —School Library Journal

A Swing for Samara

release date: Apr 01, 2025
A Swing for Samara
Inspired by the true story of the students at Glen Lake Elementary in Hopkins, Minnesota, A Swing for Samara shows the power of community and compassion and highlights the right for all children to have accessible playgrounds—the right that all children have to play.

Henry and the Bully

release date: Jan 01, 2010
Henry and the Bully
When a new second grader begins bullying Henry and the other first graders, Henry stumbles onto a secret that just might save them.

Harriet and the Roller Coaster, 2nd Edition

release date: Aug 01, 2003
Harriet and the Roller Coaster, 2nd Edition
Hang on—Harriet''s on her way up! For days, George has been taunting Harriet about the roller coaster at the amusement park. "It''s so big, you can''t see the top...It goes so fast, you might fall out...You''ll be too scared to ride on it." "I am NOT scared," Harriet tells him. But that night she doesn''t sleep very well. And the next morning, when it''s time to go, she feels a little sick. Children are certain to recognize Harriet''s terror and cheer her spunk. And while she conquers her fear, Harriet will conquer her readers'' hearts as well.

Harriet's Halloween Candy (Revised Edition)

release date: Aug 01, 2002
Harriet's Halloween Candy (Revised Edition)
It''s Halloween, and although sharing might be okay the rest of the year, on this day Harriet''s determined not to share her treats with her little brother, Walt. She is running out of places to hide her stash, and there''s only one thing she can do....Hariet''s hilarious--and tummy-aching--solution will delight everyone who reads this comical tale of a hard lesson learned. This 20th anniversary edition of a Halloween classic is now in a larger format.

Harriet's Halloween Candy, 2nd Edition

release date: Jan 01, 2014
Harriet's Halloween Candy, 2nd Edition
It''s Halloween, and although sharing might be okay the rest of the year, on this day Harriet''s determined not to share her treats with her little brother, Walt. She is running out of places to hide her stash, and there''s only one thing she can do... Hariet''s hilarious—and tummy-aching—solution will delight everyone who reads this comical tale of a hard lesson learned. This 20th anniversary edition of a Halloween classic is now in a larger format.

Poor Carl

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Poor Carl
Carl''s big brother doesn''t think it would be easy to be a baby, but he also realizes Carl is lucky to have someone to play with and protect him.
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