If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don't!

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Product Details
Price
$18.99  $17.66
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
Pages
40
Dimensions
9.4 X 12.0 X 0.4 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780316376617

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About the Author
Elise Parsley has written and illustrated the New York Times bestseller If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T! and three other stories about Magnolia, as well as How to Catch a Clover Thief and Neck & Neck. She also illustrated The Magic Word by Mac Barnett. Elise and her family live in South Dakota, and she invites you to visit her website at eliseparsley.com.
Reviews
Praise for If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don't!:
"Good fun to read aloud."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Bright illustrations and plenty of laugh-out-loud humor."--Brightly
Praise for If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!: A New York Times Bestseller
"Parsley's digitally created illustrations brim with energy and just-edgy-enough humor... and the well-chosen school-day details in both the artwork and text... deliver a steady stream of laughs."--Publishers Weekly
"[It] revels in the rampage of the id-here in the form of a formidable and toothy crocodilian. Elise Parsley's jaunty second-person narration is matched by comically expressive and detailed digital artwork that seems to shout from the page."--Wall Street Journal
"This enjoyable romp through the library with Magnolia will engage young readers and keep them looking forward to her next adventure."--School Library Journal
"Spunky little Magnolia continues to push rules to the limit and offer not-so-useful, but always entertaining, advice in her latest outing....Magnolia has to get creative when her human cannonball trick hits a snag....Though the ultimate conclusion is that circuses aren't library-appropriate, the story offers a fun way to address proper library behavior without ignoring the joy books can bring."

--Booklist
Praise for If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!: "Magnolia's voice is wonderfully childlike... but her facial expressions top all, perfectly capturing both her exuberance and her mood swings."--Kirkus Reviews
"Children are likely to get a kick out of Magnolia's not-quite-contrite tone and the colorful chaos her giant pet creates."--New York Times
"This is an engaging debut picture book [that] will appeal to a wide age range. Here's hoping for more adventures with Magnolia!"--School Library Journal