Jonathan Allen
Bibliography

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[Fiction] [Nonfiction] [Books Illustrated by Allen]

Fiction

Don't Wake the Baby; An Interactive Book with Sounds. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1999.
When Dad watches the baby while Mom is out for the evening, he tries, unsuccessfully, to be quiet so he will not wake up the baby.

Mucky Moose. 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed. New York: Aladdin, 1996; New York: Macmillan, 1990.

Mucky, the muckiest, smelliest moose in the forest, proves that smelling bad has its advantages when trying to outwit a fierce wolf.

My Cat. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986.

My Dog. North American ed. Milwajkee: Gareth Stevens, 1987.

A girl tells about her dog, an active but generally well-behaved Labrador.

Purple Sock, Pink Sock. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Tambourine, 1992; London: Orchard Books, 1992.

Rhyming text describes the colorful clothes that a cat puts on as it gets dressed.

Two by Two by Two. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, 1995.

The animals on Noah's ark pass the time in a variety of useful and ridiculous ways.

Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty; An Interactive Book with Sounds. 1st ed. New York: Dial, 1997.

Prince Eggbert makes a series of increasingly noisy tries to awaken a sleeping princess, but it is his assistant's gentle kiss that succeeds.

Who's at the Door? 1st U.S. ed. New York: Tambourine, 1993.

Determined to have the three little pigs for his dinner, the wolf tries all sorts of disguises to get into their house.

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Nonfiction

A Bad Case of Animal Nonsense. Boston: Godine, 1997; Godine, 1981.
An assortment of silly sayings, nonsense verse, a humorous alphabet and a traditional song--all about animals

Big Owl, Little Towel. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Tambourine Books, 1992.

The concepts of big and little are illustrated by such rhyming pairs of words as "big chair, little bear".

Chicken Licken; A Wickedly Funny Flap Book. 1st Voyager books ed. San Diego: Harcourt, 1999; Golden Books, 1996.

While on their way to tell the King that the sky is falling, Chicken Licken and his friends meet the very hungry Foxy Loxy. Features movable flaps.

One with a Bun. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Tambourine Books, 1992.

The numbers from one to ten are illustrated by simple rhymes

A Pocketbook of Painful Puns and Poems. London: J.M. Dent, 1983.

Poems, punning descriptions, and captioned cartoons depict such peculiar phenomena as a bottle of mousewash, a chicken in thigh-length boots, and a man being frogged to death.

Up the Steps, Down the Slide. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Tambourine, 1992.

Rhyming text and illustrations featuring a pair of cats present such opposites as over and under, on and off, and open and shut.

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Books Illustrated by Allen

Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney. The Big Book of Silly Riddles. Illustrated by John Carter & Jonathan. New York: Sterling, 1987, c1985.
An illustrated collection of humorous riddles and puzzles.

Grossman, Bill. The Bear Whose Bones Were Jezebel Jones. Pictures by Jonathan Allen. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, 1997.

Jezebel Jones dons the skin of a bear after he removes it to go swimming, and she can't take it off until some animals at the zoo figure out a way to help.

Lear, Edward. Nonsense Songs. 1st Henry Holt little classics ed. New York: Henry Holt, 1993.

An illustrated collection of nonsense verses by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer and artist.

Mahy, Margaret. Beaten by a Balloon. New York: Viking, 1998.

Mahy, Margaret. The Great White Man-Eating Shark; A Cautionary Tale. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, 1990.

Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark pretends to be one scaring off the other swimmers--until he is discovered by a great white.

Mahy, Margaret. Simply Delicious!. 1st American ed. New York: Orchard, 1999.

A resourceful father engages in all kinds of acrobatic moves to keep an assortment of jungle creatures from getting the double-dip-chocolate-chip-and-cherry ice cream cone he is taking home to his son.

Mahy, Margaret. The Three-Legged Cat. New York: Viking, 1993.

A fortuitous mistake brings happiness to nearsighted Mrs. Gimble and her friends.

May, Kara. Joe Lion's Big Boots. 1st ed. New York: Kingfisher, 2000.

Joe Lion, desperate to get bigger, acquires a pair of boots that make him taller, but he soon finds that they bring certain disadvantages and that he prefers being himself.

Mellor, Corinne. Bruce the Balding Moose; A 3-D Picture Book. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, 1996.

Bruce the Moose is upset when he sheds his antlers on the night of the big dance at the Lodge, but his friends try to help and eventually come up with the perfect solution.

Mellor, Corinne. Clark the Toothless Shark. New York: Western, 1994.

Clark yearns to fight ferociously with the other sharks--but he has no teeth!

O'Rourke, Frank. Burton and Stanley. 1st ed. Boston: David R. Godine, 1993.

After discovering a pair of lost West African storks who can communicate in Morse code, Mr. Kraft, a depot agent on a railroad line, tries to help them return home.

Osband, Gillian. Boysie's First Birthday. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1990.

Boysie the dog gets the birthday present he really wants with the help of his friend K-fer the kitten.

Osband, Gillian. Boysie's Kitten. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1990.

Shunned by the three big ginger cats, Boysie the dog makes friends with K-fer the kitten.

Strong, Jeremy. Trouble with Animals. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1980.

After trying to catch a number of animals for a pet, eight-year-old Tom comes to the conclusion that the best kind of animal is human.

Wyllie, Stephen. Bea Buys a Car. 1st ed. New York: Dial, 1995.

When Bear finds a surprise under the hood of his new car, he also finds a new friend.

Wyllie, Stephen. The Red Dragon; A 3-D Picture Book with Press-out Disguises. 1st ed. New York: Dial, 1993.

When a red dragon moves to a new neighborhood, the cow, sheep, and horse that live nearby don't want to meet him, until he changes his diet.

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