Mary Ann Hoberman

Using rhyme, rhythm and repetition, the scary text invites young children to read along with an adult. Together the adult's text and the child's responsive text create stories with a scary theme.

An expanded adaptation of the familiar hand-clapping rhyme about a young girl and an elephant. Includes music and directions for the hand-clapping actions.

Ten-year-old Allie's family moves from urban New Haven to rural Stamford, Connecticut, in the midst of the Great Depression.

Eight favorite fairy tales in very short tellings, told in two voices to allow reading together.

A child who likes wearing hand-me-downs imagines in verse the history of these clothes.

Presents new twists on familiar folklore characters, including Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and many more! This book uses traditional reading teaching techniques (alliteration, rhyme, and repetition) to invite young children to read along with peers or an adult. With clear, color-coded typography, and sly, lively illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain while encouraging reading skills and interaction with others....

An expanded adaptation of the familiar hand-clapping rhyme about a young girl and an elephant.

A special quilt keeps a little girl from feeling homesick when she sleeps over with her grandparents.

An expanded version of the familiar children's finger-play rhyme describing what the little spider does after being washed out of the water-spout.

After successfully meeting the challenges posed by a dog, cat, and horse, Simon meets a tiger that is much harder to satisfy and that he must outwit before he becomes the tiger's dinner.