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Elmer Blunt's Open House
Matt Novak
Paperback (Scholastic, March 1, 1996)Running late to work, Elmer leaves his door open and returns to find his home occupied by a crew of mischievous woodland creatures, wildly surprised to find themselves witnesses to a crime
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My Froggy Valentine
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, Jan. 8, 2008)FOUR FROGS, FOUR KISSES, ONE TRU LOVE. Valentine's Day with a twist in this clever novelty. When Princess Polly wishes for the perfect Valentine's Day prince, four frogs rise to the challenge. Will any of them prove the frog of her dreams? As each hops up for a smooch, he is indeed turned into a prince--just not the right one. When the princess puckers up for the fourth time, however, the frog remains a frog--but it's the princess who begins to change. Die-cut pages really change frogs into princes and back again in this ingenious novelty book.
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Little Wolf Big Wolf
Matt Novak
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, July 1, 2000)Little Wolf likes to smell the daisies. Big Wolf likes to eat them. Little Wolf likes to collect stones. Big Wolf likes to skip them across the pond. And Big Wolf's idea of party food almost spells disaster for Little Wolf Can two wolves who are so different still be best friends?
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Jazzbo and Googy: Jazzbo & Googy
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Disney-Hyperion, April 4, 2000)Googy is the only one in school without a best friend, and his eventual friendship with Jazzbo gets off to a humourous and awkward start. By the creator of Jazzbo Goes to School.
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Flip Flop Bop
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, June 1, 2005)On the first day of summer where does everyone head? To the Flip Flop Shop, of course, in this riotous tribute to the season's favorite footware. Soon the whole town's flipping and flopping. At the pet shop, on the beach, in the rain and the glop, everyone's doing the Flip Flop Bop! Here is a joyous celebration of summertime fun, with bouncy, rhyming text that will have kids flip-flopping till they drop (doo-wop doo-wop)!
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No Zombies Allowed
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, Sept. 1, 2002)Remembering the events of last year's party, Witch Wizzle and Witch Woddle decide that no zombies will be allowed at this year's event, yet when they post even more signs telling all past troublemakers to stay away, the two witches quickly realize they will be the only two permitted to attend their event.
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Too Many Bunnies
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, March 1, 2005)Once upon a time there were two rabbit holes. One was empty, the other was crammed full of bunnies (five to be precise). One day, Chubby said, "There are two many bunnies in this hole." So one by one, they each made their way across to the other rabbit hole until, lo and behold, there are too many bunnies...This ingenious yet simple novelty with die cut rabbit holes will charm young readers. And Matt Novak's sensationally silly artwork will make them laugh out loud.
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The Everything Machine
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Nootron Press, Sept. 1, 2009)What if you had a machine that did EVERYTHING? One that cleaned your house, mowed your lawn, scratched your back, even colored your coloring books? That's what the people of Planet Quirk had. And for them, life was so easy that on most days they didn't even have to get out of bed. But one fateful day, the machine stopped working ...
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Rock-a-bye Christmas
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, Oct. 2, 2007)BARNYARD MAYHEM disrupts a quiet Christmas Eve in this ingenious stocking stuffer. Farmer Ben has wrapped his presents, and all he wants is sleep. But then the ruckus begins. As each of his noisy, insomniac farm animals, from chicken, to pig, to sheep, to cow, files into the farmhouse, Farmer Ben finds he has no room left to rest his head. From the creator of the popular Too Many Bunnies and Flip Flop Bop comes another fun-filled die-cut delight, just in time for Christmas!
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The Everything Machine
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, Sept. 29, 2009)With the Everything Machine, life is so easy for the Quirkians that on most days they don't need to get out of bed. But on one fateful day, all of that changes -- when the maching stops working! Readers will discover through the Quirkians' story that though difficult at first, life is much more interesting when you know how to do things for yourself.
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A Wish for You
Matt Novak
Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, March 1, 2010)One alone is not much fun. Two together is better, it's true. But even two can be blue. So two agree that they need three! A story of love for three, four, or even more.
