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1 review
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2005

"With a wag of the tail to William Shakespeare"
Author/artist Nina Laden has written a new (children's) take on a familiar Shakespearean theme- true love won and lost, only for Romeow and Drooliet, the star-crossed cat and dog kept apart by a growling rottweiler, their astonished owners and the auspices of Animal Control, true love wins out in the end. Cleverly writing in iambic pentameter, Laden structures a humorous, romantic tale of the ...

Bad Dog

2 reviews

Walker Books for Young Readers, 2000

a pun-tastic childrens book about dogs
Bad Dog puts the reader into the life of a daring dog. Using wonderful alliteration and playful puns this book helps readers to know what it is like for a dog get out of the boring, housebound lifestyle and randomly break into a chicken coop. This book helps you see that our "Bad Dog", Bad Dog being his name, is not trying to be malicious, but rather he is just bored and not properly cared for. ...

Who Loves You, Baby?

4 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2007

Wonderful book!
This is a great little book. I read a review of it in a baby magazine and decided to buy it. I'm glad that I did because my 3 1/2 month old loves it. It has a little mirror (of surprizingly good reflective quality) in the back so the baby can see her own eyes (or yours, depending on the creativity of the angle) reflected back at her and imposed in the figures of the animals. The colors are ...

Ready, Set, Go!

12 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2000

Great book for 3 months and up
My baby loved this book from 3 months and still loves at 9 months. The rhyming dialog and peek a boo set-up keeps him interested and excited to see what is next.

Peek-A Who?

94 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2000

Eek-a!
My 13 month old loves this book. It actually inspired her fifth word! We were reading the book and as I was about to say "Peek-A... Moo", I heard this tiny "eek-a" from my daughter. I turned the page for Peek-a-Boo, and before I could say anything, she did it again - "eek-a". It's repetitious so I think it taught her to say the word. Now she loves to say "eek-a" before I turn the page. I ...

When Pigasso Met Mootisse

23 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 1998

Fun book
Whether your kid knows who Picasso is or not, this is a fun play on Famous Artists and their feuding ways. My Kindergartener loves this book.

Roberto, The Insect Architect

11 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2000

Great first book for baby architect
I found out about this book from a fellow architect who was looking for architecture related children's books for her children. I enjoyed it so much that I purchased it for another architect friend's baby shower and will continue to purchase it for other architect friends in the future, as well as for my own children when the time comes. The story is very cute, the names are clever and the ...

Grow Up!

8 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2003

Grow Up
This is a nice board book that introduces children to growing up. A kitten becomes a cat, a caterpiller a butterfly. Nice art work and children love it! Author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

The Night I Followed the Dog

21 reviews
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 1994

Great, Great, Great!
This book is wonderful! I am a substitute teacher and I carry this book with me just in case. My classes, 1st - 5th, love to listen to this story. It lifts their spirits and gets them giggling. It has saved me many times!

An Ant's Day Off

2 reviews
Bonny Becker

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003

Even Ant's need a Break!
Bart is a little different than most ants. He decides one day to take the day off. Why, never in antdom history has this happened! His friend, Floyd, tries to convince him not to, but still he persists. Things are bitter sweet outside the ant hill. He has loads of adventures, such as almost getting eaten by a singing frog and flying with a pollen covered bee. Find out if he can ever return to the ...

Private I. Guana: The Case of the Missing Chameleon

1 review
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 1995

A book that gives new meaning to the term "lounge lizard"!
This was a very entertaining and well-illustrated book - full of subtle, and not-so-subtle puns that entertains adults and kids alike. Makes your mouth water for some greasy fried grasshoppers. My kid's favorite line is now "The 'I' stands for...I'll be waiting!" Great book!

The Blues of Flats Brown

3 reviews
Walter Dean Myers

Holiday House, 2001

Wonderful
Friends are more important than money. Making music is better than fighting. These are the two lessons Myers successfully conveys in this story. The language used in this tale flows like the words in a blues song. Although I widh that the dogs were a little less anthropomorphically drawn (Flats looks like a teenager in a dog suit), the illustrations reflect the "down home" tone of the story. ...

My Family Tree: A Bird's Eye View

1 review
Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 1997

fun modern family group sheet for children to fill out
It's great for children to fill in the blanks. Has a line for step relatives and even the pet. Very helpful for children to understand who everyone is in the extended families.

Clowns on Vacation

Walker Books for Young Readers, 2002

When clowns go on vacation, the whole world is a circus. When the circus is over, After the standing ovation, What do clowns do When they go on vacation? They make us laugh until our sides ache, but these hardworking clowns just need a break. Now that the Big Top is folded and their bags are all packed, the Clownmans are taking a rest from their act. Whether they're climbing a mountain or digging for treasure, they always seem to have a ...

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