| What Mommies Do Best What Daddies Do Best Contributor(s): Numeroff, Laura Joffe (Author), Munsinger, Lynn (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689805772 ISBN-13: 9780689805776 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: This charming book, really two books back-to-back, shows preschoolers that mothers and fathers are equally important and equally special. Five different animal pairs demonstrate the skills that mothers possess--turn the book over and children see fathers doing the same things, in their own way. Children from any kind of family will be able to relate to the familiar domestic scenes portrayed with plenty of whimsy and warmth. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 96044375 |
| Lexile Measure: 390 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 8.39" W x 10.37" (0.84 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Holiday - Father's Day - Holiday - Mother's Day - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 110497 Reading Level: 2.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daddies can do lots of things, like bake you a birthday cake, play with you in the park, and take you trick-or-treating. But what do they do best? Mommies can do lots of things, like teach you how to ride a bike, sew a loose button on your teddy bear, and read you a cozy bedtime story. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly clear in this irresistible celebration of parents and the everyday things they do. |
Contributor Bio(s): Numeroff, Laura: - Laura Numeroff is the author of the best-selling modern classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and the popular What Mommies Do Best and its sequels. She lives in Los Angeles, California.Munsinger, Lynn: - Lynn Munsinger was born in Massachusetts. She has illustrated more than ninety books for children -- bringing Wodney Wat, Tacky the Penguin, a porcupine named Fluffy, the Teeny Tiny Ghost, and Ogden Nash's Custard the Dragon to charming life. Her watercolor illustrations have been praised for their "classic quality" (Publishers Weekly) and "mix of wry humor and affection" (Booklist).Numeroff, Laura Joffe: - Laura Numeroff is the author of the best-selling modern classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and the popular What Mommies Do Best and its sequels. She lives in Los Angeles, California. |