Catherine and Laurence Anholt
Bibliography

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Fiction

Bear and Baby. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick, 1993. A Candlewick Toddler Book

No matter what the weather, a little girl and her teddy bear go everywhere together.

Billy and the Big New School. Morton Grove, IL: Whitman, 1999.

Billy is nervous about starting school, but as he cares for a sparrow that eventually learns to fly on its own, he realizes that he too can look after himself.

Chimp and Zee. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001.

Chimp and Zee and the Big Storm. By Catherine and Laurence Anholt. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002.

Two little chimpanzees have an adventure when stormy winds lift them up from their house in the coconut tree and carry them out over the sea.

Come Back, Jack. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick, 1994.

A girl who finds books to be quite boring changes her opinion after following her brother into a book where he becomes the star of several nursery rhymes and tales that feature a character named Jack.

Harry's Home. 1st American ed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000.

Harry enjoys visiting his grandfather's farm and seeing the homes of all the animals, but in the end he is happy to return to his own home in the city.

Kids. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1992.

Illustrations and rhyming text present the traits, activities, and feelings of many different children.

A Kiss Like This. 1st ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1997.

Little Cub enjoys the kisses of Big Golden Lion, as well as those of the other animals, until Mean Green Hungry Crocodile tries to kiss him.

The New Puppy. New York: Artists & Writers Guild, 1995.

A young girl who loves dogs discovers that taking care of a real puppy involves a great deal of work and love.

One, Two, Three, Count with Me. New York: Viking, 1994, c1993. Easy

Shopping Bag. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1995.

Sophie and the New Baby. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2000.

Sophie waits through the seasons of the year for her sibling to be born and then experiences mixed feelings about the new baby.

Sun, Snow, Stars, Sky. New York: Viking, 1995. Easy

Toddlers. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1993. Easy

Follows, in rhyming text and illustrations, the many activities and moods of a variety of busy toddlers.

Toy Bag. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1995.

The Twins Two by Two. London: Walker, 1992; Cambridge: Candlewick, 1992.

Inspired by a bedtime story about Noah's ark, twins Minnie and Max become pairs of crocodiles, elephants, bats and other animals as they prepare for bed.

What I Like. 1st U.S. paperback ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1998; 1st American ed. New York: Putnam, 1991.

A variety of children describe their likes and dislikes in rhymed text and illustrations.

What Makes Me Happy?. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1995.

Children describe in rhyming verse their feelings and what makes them feel different ways.

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Nonfiction

All About You. New York: Viking, 1992.

Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Families. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick, 1998.

Poems, letters, and illustrations celebrate the entire family, including grandmothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers.

First Words and Pictures. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick, 1996.

Here Come the Babies. 1st U.S. pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1995.

Rhyming text, from the perspective of older siblings, describes the characteristics and behavior of babies.

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Books by Catherine Anholt

Good Days, Bad Days. 1st American ed. New York: Putnam, 1991. Fiction.

Depicts many kinds of days in a family, such as school days, sick days, snowy days, dull days, and fun days.

Tom's Rainbow Walk. London: Heinemann, 1989. Easy

Truffles in Trouble. 1st American ed. Boston: Joy Street Books, 1987.

Truffles, the pig, tries very hard to stay out of trouble, but he finds that being good is not as easy as he thought.

Truffles Is Sick. 1st American ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1987.

Although he has to stay in bed and take the most awful-tasting medicine, Truffles, the pig, discovers that being sick has its advantages.

When I Was a Baby. 1st U.S. ed. Boston: Joy Street Books, 1989.

A three-year-old girl shares memories of when she was a baby with her mother as they look at pictures in a photo album.

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Books by Laurence Anholt

Bear Skates. By Laurence Anholt and Kay Widdowson. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1995.

Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent Van Gogh. 1st ed. Hauppage, NY: Barron's, 1994.

Despite the derision of their neighbors, a young French boy and his family befriend the lonely painter who comes to their town and begin to admire his unusual paintings.

Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story about Edgar Degas. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1996.

Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.

The Emperor's New Underwear. Written by Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Arthur Robins. Minnetonka, MN: Meadowbrook Press, 1999.

In this twisted version of "The Emperor's New Clothes," the emperor of a country where everyone is happy wearing nothing is convinced by two enterprising tailors to wear what they say is invisible underwear.

The Forgotten Forest. 1st ed. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books for Children, 1992.

The vast forests of a country are all cut down to make room for development, until finally only one small wooded area remains like an island in the endless noisy sea of the city.

The Gift of Art. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2002.

I Like Me, I Like You. 1st American ed. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000.

Children describe all the things they like about themselves.

Knee-High Norman. By Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Arthur Robins. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1996.

Strong giants Fee, Fi, Fo, and Fum build the best castles in the land with the help of brilliant designs from Knee-High Norman, but can they do it without him?

Leonardo and the Flying Boy: A Story about Leonardo da Vinci. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2000.

The Magpie Song. By Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Dan Williams. 1st American ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

Carla, who lives with her family in the city, shares a close relationship with her grandad in the country through their correspondence.

Picasso nd the Girl with a Ponytail: A Story about Pablo Picasso. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1998.

Sylvette gradually begins to gain self-confidence during the summer she models for the renowned artist Pablo Picasso in the French village of Vallauris.

Silly Jack and the Bean Stack. Written by Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Arthur Robins. Minnetonka, MN: Meadowbrook Press, 1999.

In this version of the traditional tale, Jack climbs a stack of baked bean tins and encounters a giant, an event that makes his and his mother's fortune in an unexpected away.

Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning. By Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Sheila Moxley. 1st American ed. New York: Orchard Books, 1999.

A brief biography of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton in 1811 when she was twelve led to a life-long interest in fossils and other important discoveries.

Summerhouse. By Laurence Anholt; illustrated by Lynne Russell. 1st ed. New York: DK Pub., 1999.

Ella is a very serious child until her grandmother shares the secret of her happiness--in the summerhouse that holds the joys of her former island home.