No Biting, Louise

by Margie Palatini, Matthew Reinhart (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060526283
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/21/2007
Edition description:	Library Bound Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	680,551
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

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?

Editorial Reviews

Children are certain to laugh at Louise’s antics.” — School Library Journal

“Preschoolers will giggle and they’ll be very enthusiastic about the sound effects.” — ALA Booklist

“Lots of fun—and certain to be the object of repeated-reading demands.” — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Preschoolers will giggle and they’ll be very enthusiastic about the sound effects.

ALA Booklist

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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Publishers Weekly

PreS-Gr 1
Louise, a small alligator, is a wonderful child "most of the time." However, she has a proclivity for biting everything and everyone as she adjusts to her new teeth. Her mother frequently admonishes her with the phrase, "No biting, Louise!" The youngster feels guilty for her actions and tries to control herself, but the "temptation to nibble" is just too strong. Finally, Grandmama Sadie assures everyone that Louise will outgrow her nasty habit. This eventually proves to be true, until she develops another penchant (for burping). Reinhart's cartoon illustrations feature a lime-green Louise dressed in red overalls and a Grandmama whose teeth fly out of her mouth, "oooooowwww!" Children are certain to laugh at Louise's antics.
—Donna AtmurCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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