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Busybody Nora
Johanna Hurwitz, Debbie Tilley
Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 9, 2001)"What is your name?"That's what Nora asks her neighbors as she rides up and down the elevator of her apartment house. She doesn't mean to be a busybody. She just wants to be like doorman Henry and know all the people in her building--all 200 of them! And then one day Nora gets a great idea: they'll have a giant party, for everyone in the building!
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Superduper Teddy
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 31, 2001)Encouraged by his gregarious sister and his trusty Superman cape, five-year-old Teddy takes his first steps toward independence, in a newly illustrated version of a popular chapter book. Reprint.
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Summer with Elisa
Johanna Hurwitz, Debbie Tilley
Hardcover (HarperCollins, June 21, 2000)Summer is here, and Elisa has plenty to look forward to. She can help take care of her little brother, Marshall, and she gets to be the oldest child in the family while her older brother, Russell, is at sleepaway camp. When Russell returns, so does his teasing. Elisa won't let that dampen her spirits, though. She is too excited about the big news--her family is going on vacation in the country. There she finds new ways to prove that she can do anything Russell can do--but sometimes the outcome is more than she has bargained for! Once again, Johanna Hurwitz has used her ability to evoke the true feelings of childhood to bring us warm and funny episodes in the life of spunky heroine Elisa.
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New Neighbors for Nora
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, Nov. 1, 2001)After a painfully unpromising beginning, Nora begins to make friends with the new boy who has just moved into her apartment building. Reprint.
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Ever-Clever Elisa
Johanna Hurwitz, Debbie Tilley
Paperback (HarperCollins, Oct. 22, 2002)The year Elisa Michaels enters the first grade is filled with exciting times at school and special celebrations at home as she tries to assert her new-found independence. Reprint.
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Rip-Roaring Russell
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 9, 2001)In a newly illustrated version of a popular chapter book, five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building. An ALA Notable Book. Reprint.
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Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, April 3, 2001)Mind-Your-Own-Business...or else!Nora has made friends with all the people in her building--almost. Cranky Mrs. Ellsworth, whom Nora has nicknamed Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business, just won't be friendly. Then one day Mommy needs a baby-sitter for Nora and Teddy. No one can take the job...except Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business! Teddy is scared, but Nora is curious. Will Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business become their friend at last?
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Russell Sprouts
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, Nov. 6, 2001)First grader Russell Michaels grows more than an inch taller, becoming big enough to wear his red slicker and big enough to deal with family and school challenges. Reprint.
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Elisa Michaels, Bigger & Better
Johanna Hurwitz, Debbie Tilley
Hardcover (HarperCollins, Oct. 21, 2003)Painting a hilarious portrait of family life, six entertaining stories follow Elisa, who is now in second grade, as she deals with inept baby-sitters, an airplane ride with her parents, eating chocolate all day long, and her pesky siblings.
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Russell and Elisa
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (HarperCollins, April 10, 2001)Sometimes seven-year-old Russell likes the idea of having a little sister old enough to play with, but, at other times, he is convinced three-year-old Elisa is a nuisance. Original.
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New neighbors for Nora
Johanna Hurwitz
Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 2002)New neighbors for Nora (Riverside kids) [paperback] Hurwitz, Johanna [Jan 01, 2002] …
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E Is for Elisa
Johanna Hurwitz, Debbie Tilley
Paperback (HarperCollins, April 15, 2003)"Crybaby, Crybaby!" That's what Russell calls Elisa whenever she gets upset, and she hates it. Elisa does get frustrated sometimes, like when she can't wear her favorite red shirt to school. But that doesn't mean she can't do other things -- like trade her mittens for a tooth so that the tooth fairy will come sooner, or have a beach party in the middle of winter -- whenever and however she wants!
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