Judy Sierra

Children's author, poet and folklorist

Wild About Books. Illustrated by Marc Brown. Knopf, 2004.


Association of Booksellers for Children E.B. White Read-Aloud Award
Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book
Bank Street College of Education's Irma Simonton Black Honor Book
American Library Association Notable Book
National Parenting Publications Gold Award

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Wild About Books. Illustrated by Marc Brown. Knopf, 2004.
The tale of librarian Molly McGrew who, by mistake, drives the bookmobile into the zoo. Soon all the animals are reading, writing, and building their own library.
The Sleepy Little Alphabet. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Knopf, 2009
This ABC book is also a bedtime story. Big letters try to put their little letters to bed, but the little letters are not cooperating. How will it end? Only Z knows for sure.
The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School. Illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
When a girl finds a genetically-altered science fair project on Professor Swami's web site, catastrophe is just one mouse click away.
Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf. Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. Knopf, 2007.
B.B. (Big Bad) Wolf is old now, and has retired to the Villain Villa Senior Center. Is it too late for him to mend his ways and make new friends?
Antarctic Antics. Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Harcourt, 1998.
Emperor penguins tell about their lives in wacky verse.
Counting Crocodiles. Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. Harcourt, 1997.
Fifty-five silly crocodiles learn manners from a clever monkey, while children learn to count from one to ten and back again.
Schoolyard Rhymes Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Knopf, 2005.
Kids, parents and grandparents will enjoy reading these favorite playground rhymes together.
Monster Goose. Illustrated by Jack E. Davis. Harcourt, 2001.
What's happened to sweet old Mother Goose? She's grown a pair of fangs, and is rewriting all the old favorites in scary new ways.