Books with author Marty Kelley

Grandmas fart. Teachers fart. Terrifying creatures fart. But . . . is there someone who DOESN’T fart? With sly humor, this fun picture book looks at a subject that’s sure to make children laugh: farting. With silent farts, farts like horns, and rainbow farts from unicorns, Almost Everybody Farts comically captures the gassy scene. And only one person insists she’s fart-free: MOM! But is she? Kids will insist on reading this rhyming story again and again.“A playful, punchy paean to the pervasive poot.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred review)

At last, a grown-up brings to light some of the awful, horrible things kids must endure. A brother's smelly socks, a jump off the high-dive, or a sloppy kiss from a great-aunt--hey, childhood isn't without peril. In-your-face graphic paintings paired with droll text will have readers chuckling and sympathizing. Reviews "This is essentially Gary Greenberg'­s Pop-Up Book of Phobias (1999) but with a wonderful sense of how kids sometimes feel the world treats them. Expect this book to be a hit with not just younger children but their older teenage siblings as well. Turns the terrible into the terrific."-Kirkus Reviews

No one slanders a season like Marty Kelley. This time he goes after spring, in a hilarious rhyming tale. What's wrong with spring, you ask? As it turns out, just about everything--rain and mud everywhere, disappearing kites, runny noses (of course), and many more vernal vexations. Our heroine's problems are brought to life through onomatopoeia (Spring goes SCHLORP and GULP and EEWWW!)and Marty's charming and side-splitting full-color illustrations.

You've gotta feel sorry for your average tree. It's got a lot to worry about: squirrels, thunderstorms, kids building forts. Oh yes, and then there's that business about changing colors for the fall . . .The tree in this rhyming story has its share of troubles with its fall colors. No matter what it does, nothing works out quite right. Does it end up looking like a cow? A smiley face? A jack-o-lantern? We'll never tell.

In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley's newest seasonal soap opera, a young worrywort with a vivid imagination takes his fears to extremes-with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he's frozen-'til spring!?!?! The silliness builds like a snowball rolling downhill as our hero posits all the things could possibly go wrong in the winter wonderland outside of his house.

In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley's seasonal soap opera, a young worrywart with a vivid imagination takes his fears to the extremes--with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he's frozen--until spring?!?! The silliness builds like a snowball rolling downhill as our hero posits all the things that could possibly go wrong in the winter wonderland outside his house.