Books with author Margie Palatini

Kindergarten-Grade 3-When the world's top fairy godmother loses her magical powers, her tooth-fairy friend attempts to help her find a new gig: sugarplum fairy, snow fairy-but nothing works for the plump pixie. Then her pal hatches a plan to find a job that is totally necessary for the good of family sleep and harmony-tucking children into bed as a "Goodnight, Sleeptight, Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Fairy Godmother!" The overlong story, told in the tooth fairy's ditzy and slightly sassy voice, features the usual Palatini puns and wanders lazily along to the conclusion. Ajhar has created distinctive characters, and the full-color spreads are dominated by magenta and blue hues. Older children familiar with fairy godmothers from classic tales may appreciate this fairy's dilemma more than young children do, but it's hard to say if they will care.-Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

DUM DE DUM DUM... This is the farm. Peaceful. Full of chickens, horse, sheep, and intrigue. Intrigue? Yes - intrigue. Someone has pilfered a peck of perfectly picked purple peppers. Ducktective Web and his partner Bill are hot on the trail of the pepper pincher, but this could be a hard case to quack. Little Boy Blue has an airtight alibi and Jack Horner won't talk. Meanwhile, vegetables are vanishing all over the farm. Through some fast-paced wordplay and quick ducktective work, Web is able to track down the culprit, and seize That Dirty Rat before all the salad-makings are snatched.

What do you get when you put three hares, eight zany mice, two weasels, and a little girl with golden curls in one story? A very punny takeoff of the traditional fairy tale. "Amusing details encourage repeated viewing.Great fun for family sharing." -- School Library Journal "RollickingThe verbal games and the puns are generous, dopey, and entertaining without being condescending.Kids will get a kick out of showing this to their peers or younger siblings." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Meet ZoeyAge: Eleven. Well, almost eleven. Backspace. Halfway to eleven.Factoid: 198 days to sixth grade. Problem: Coolability (see glossary inside). Connect the dots: A bad hair situation . . . Growing earlobes . . .Wanted:1. A fairy godmother.2. A molto chic makeover[molto = very in Italian].3. A seat at the primo lunch table.[Primo is also Italian. It means best.]The solution:Tune in!