books by Mark Teague

books by Mark Teague

books:

Mark Teague

Jane Yolen

Blue Sky Press, 2003

love the series
my son loves this entire series and has been begging for this one! great illustrations and writing!

Poppleton

Cynthia Rylant

Blue Sky Press, 1997

great value teaching for kids, and funny for parents too
My daughter loves these books, and always asks me to find more. They combine a quirky personality with good solid values, giving food for discussion as well as a chance to laugh together. The language is also quite simple and so my daughter is attempting to read it ...

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

Jane Yolen

Blue Sky Press, 2004

Good morals with cute pictures.
I really like this series of books. Youngsters will love the great pictures and the dinosaurs in particular. I really like the lessons learned by the little dinosaur.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Jane Yolen

Blue Sky Press, 2000

Buy this book in hardcover, not as a board book!
We got a couple of books in the Dinosaurs series as board books from my coworker, and overall my daughter (22 months at the time of this review) liked them, but the hardcovers are simply gorgeous with large, detailed and brilliant pictures. I got this book in the ...

How Do Dinosaurs Go To School?

Jane Yolen

The Blue Sky Press, 2007

Cute Story
I thought this was a very cute book. The rhyming is memorable and the illustrations are well-done.

Letters from the Campaign Trail: LaRue for Mayor

Mark Teague

The Blue Sky Press, 2008

More in the LaRue Series
Our favorite wire fox terrier continues his adventures. More fun and mischeiviousness from our funny boy!

Poppleton And Friends (Poppleton)

Cynthia Rylant

Blue Sky Press, 1998

We just LOVE the Poppleton books!
We are 2nd graders at the Anna Merritt Elementary School in Lockport, NY. We have read the Poppleton books with Ms. Fletcher. Our names are Alexandra and George. Our favorite book is Poppleton and Friends. The characters are Poppleton, Husdon, Cherry Sue, and Uncle ...

The Secret Shortcut

Scholastic, 1999

Third Graders in Room 205 at Burnt Bridge Creek Elementary
Wendell and Floyd were always late for school. Their teacher was always furious about that. She didn't believe their crazy stories. They decided they were going to take a shortcut to school. The shortcut turned out to be a jungle in their wildest dreams and one ...

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Dragonfly Books)

Mark Teague

Dragonfly Books, 1997

Great fun for back to school
I'm a teacher and like to read this book to my students in the first week of school. Then I pose a challenge to them. I challenge them to tell me about their own summer vacation, but like Wallace, start out with the truth, and then let their imagination take over. I ...

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?

Jane Yolen

The Blue Sky Press, 2005

Great
I love these books. Everyone of the books in the series have met mine and my child's expectations. Of course being a boy he loves the dinosaurs and as I the mom, I love the values, manners and morals they teach.

Poppleton Everyday (Poppleton)

Cynthia Rylant

Blue Sky Press, 1998

Among The Best In A Classic Series
Cynthia Rylant's three early-reader series (Henry and Mudge, Mister Putter and Tabby, and Poppleton) are almost uniformly excellent, but Poppleton has always been my particular favorite. They have a slightly off-kilter feeling to them that makes me smile (and my ...

Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters From Obedience School

Scholastic Press, 2002

ONE OF MY FAVORITES - WELL DONE WORK HERE
This has always been one of my favorites, and indeed, on of the favories of the kids in the classes I teach. Ike the dog has been sent to abedience school due to Ike being, like one of my dogs, absolutely spoiled rotten. This book is a series of letters, written by ...

Pigsty

Mark Teague

Scholastic Audio Books, 2007

Imaginative and funny book that teaches an important lesson.
Wendell's mother tells him his room his is looking like a pigsty, but even so he refuses to clean it. Sure enough, real pigs move into his room. He dosen't mind the pigs company... that is, until he finds hoofprints on his beloved comic books. The pigs help Wendell ...

One Halloween Night

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2005

one scary haloween night
One halloween night Wendell,Floyd,and Mona go trick or treating. And all of the sudden these horrible wichs start going after them.So they go into to a dark allie and so then they go down the allie so they try to hide ...

The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!

Cynthia Rylant

Blue Sky Press, 2001

Screwball Comedy
This book really begins on page 6. That's where a usually quiet-loving, obedient dog starts a rampage through town, as well as where illustrator Teague moves from static interiors to imaginative, cotton candy exteriors. In these views, objects and people are rounded ...