No Biting, Louise

Palatini, Margie

ISBN 10: 0060526289 ISBN 13: 9780060526283

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books, 2007

Synopsis

Louise has a problem. She has the tendency to . . . how to put it?

Gnaw?

Chomp?

Bite!

. . . on everything and everybody. She promises Mother that she won't do it again, but sometimes Louise just can't help herself.

"OOOOooooowww!"

No biting, louise captures the humor—and the pain—of a common stage for preschoolers.

About this title

About the Author

Margie Palatini is the author of many outrageously funny books for children, including Piggie Pie!, illustrated by Howard Fine; Moosetache, Mooseltoe, and the Bad Boys series, all illustrated by Henry Cole; The Cheese, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher; No Biting, Louise, illustrated by Matthew Reinhart; and Gorgonzola, illustrated by Tim Bowers. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Matthew Reinhart is a New York Times bestselling author, illustrator, and paper engineer for intricate pop-up books, including Cinderella: A Pop-up Fairy Tale and The Jungle Book. He has collaborated with celebrated authors, including his partner, Robert Sabuda, on their dimensional book series, Encyclopedia Prehistorica; and the legendary Maurice Sendak on his pop-up book, Mommy?

From Publishers Weekly

Louise is a pigtailed, pint-size alligator with new gleaming-white baby choppers—which, unfortunately, give her a tendency to... how to put it? Gnaw. On everything. Everyone. Everywhere. (A bite-size hole on the jacket suggests that it, too, has succumbed to Louise's insatiable maw.) In wryly well-bred cadences that are a hoot to read aloud, Palatini (Piggie Pie) goes on to chronicle how Louise's biting manages to drive everyone around her to the brink, including an entire beach full of day trippers (Louise was sorry. She was really, really, truly quite sorry). Reinhart (the Encyclopedia Prehistorica pop-ups) gleefully records the mayhem with nicely nutty watercolor-and-ink cartoons that take full advantage of Louise's propensity to go for the gluteus maximus. The story looks like it's headed down an overly familiar lane when Grandmama Sadie positions herself as the only gator who truly understands Louise (This is only a phase my little joy is going through, she avers, chucking Louise under her scaly chin). But instead of the expected heart-to-heart, Louise takes a chomp out of Grandmama too. Lots of fun—and certain to be the object of repeat-reading demands. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060526289
• ISBN 13: 9780060526283
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Reinhart Matthew