Leslie Patricelli
Author of Potty (Leslie Patricelli board books)
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Works by Leslie Patricelli
Happy birthday 1 copy
Big Little Grande pequeno 1 copy
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- female
- Education
- University of Washington (Communications)
School of Visual Concepts - Occupations
- advertising copywriter
animation designer
children's book author
children's book illustrator - Short biography
- Leslie Patricelli is the American writer and illustrator of many bestselling books for babies, elementary school children and tweens. Her books include internationally recognized titles. She is also the writer and illustrator of the "Rizzlerunk Club Series", and "The Patterson Puppies" series. She illustrated the Mini Myth series, as well.
Leslie Patricelli grew up in Issaquah, Washington close to Pine Lake. At college, Leslie Patricelli majored in communications at the University of Washington. She then became an advertising copywriter and illustrator. She worked as a contractor at Microsoft for seven years, where she created and animated many help characters, including Scuzz the Rat for Microsoft Bob, Power Pup for Office '97, and animated Rover the Dog for Windows XP. Patricelli took classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. She is married to drummer, Jason Vontver. She has three kids who are the basis for the little baby in many of her books. [adapted from Wikipedia, retrieved 3/4/2024] - Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Issaquah, Washington, USA
Ketchum, Idaho, USA - Map Location
- USA
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Leslie Patricelli's baby is back and this time it's baby's birthday! He/she is super excited to get a birthday present, which comes in a great big cardboard box. Baby and his/her new pal, a dog dubbed Oscar, take a flight of the imagination as they pretend play that the box is a sled, a robot, etc. and find other uses for the box (e.g., as a bed).
Like many of Patricelli's baby books, this is sure to be a hit with toddlers and even preschoolers. The baby is too adorable not to love and the show more story is sweet without being saccharine. I personally love that it extols the virtues of "toys" that can be used in a variety of ways, encouraging pretend play and thus creativity and imagination. Parents and other caregivers will immediately recognize (and probably chuckle at) the age-old "dilemma" of young children loving the gift's box as much (or sometimes even more) than the actual present.
This particular title is written in both English and Spanish, which is great for speakers of either language as well as those who speak one of them and want to learn the other. show less
Like many of Patricelli's baby books, this is sure to be a hit with toddlers and even preschoolers. The baby is too adorable not to love and the show more story is sweet without being saccharine. I personally love that it extols the virtues of "toys" that can be used in a variety of ways, encouraging pretend play and thus creativity and imagination. Parents and other caregivers will immediately recognize (and probably chuckle at) the age-old "dilemma" of young children loving the gift's box as much (or sometimes even more) than the actual present.
This particular title is written in both English and Spanish, which is great for speakers of either language as well as those who speak one of them and want to learn the other. show less
Leslie Patricelli, known for her hilarious board books and picture books, steps into the chapter book world with a brand new series: The Rizzlerunk Club.
Lily is attending a new school and she's super shy. What's even worse? First day nerves make her throw up. So much for ever making friends! The cool girls immediately ignore and laugh at her - and so does weird Darby. Darby just won't leave Lily alone and at first Lily can't stand her, but slowly they start to understand each other and show more become the founders of the Rizzlerunk Club, best buds under frogs, together forever.
At least, they were. Then Darby's old friend, Jill, reappears from England. Jill is exciting and has wild ideas - but she's also mean. Worst of all, Darby, free-spirited, don't-care-what-anyone-thinks Darby, does whatever Jill wants! If Lily wants her friend back, she'll have to make some hard decisions and find out whether or not she can stand up for Darby - and herself.
There is a LOT of friend drama crammed into these 270+ pages. Lily's family is supportive, but lets her make decisions on her own, appropriate to a fourth grader. Darby's family is a little harder to swallow and her sudden changes in character - going from not caring what anybody else thinks to following Jill's dangerous and mean ideas without thinking - may seem unrealistic, but anyone who has been around nine year old girls will just sigh and nod their heads. One minute their engaging in high school-like cliques, the next they're catching frogs. Yup.
Verdict: This is funny, engaging, and relatable. It will make readers laugh and maybe reconsider some of their own friendships. But... will it find readers? It feels young, aimed at third and fourth graders. At nearly 300 pages though, even with cartoons and fairly large text, it's going to daunt most young readers. Still, fluent readers will have no problems with it. I recommend this to fans of Ivy + Bean and Julie Bowe.
ISBN: 9780763651046; Published February 2018 by Candlewick; Borrowed from another library in my consortium show less
Lily is attending a new school and she's super shy. What's even worse? First day nerves make her throw up. So much for ever making friends! The cool girls immediately ignore and laugh at her - and so does weird Darby. Darby just won't leave Lily alone and at first Lily can't stand her, but slowly they start to understand each other and show more become the founders of the Rizzlerunk Club, best buds under frogs, together forever.
At least, they were. Then Darby's old friend, Jill, reappears from England. Jill is exciting and has wild ideas - but she's also mean. Worst of all, Darby, free-spirited, don't-care-what-anyone-thinks Darby, does whatever Jill wants! If Lily wants her friend back, she'll have to make some hard decisions and find out whether or not she can stand up for Darby - and herself.
There is a LOT of friend drama crammed into these 270+ pages. Lily's family is supportive, but lets her make decisions on her own, appropriate to a fourth grader. Darby's family is a little harder to swallow and her sudden changes in character - going from not caring what anybody else thinks to following Jill's dangerous and mean ideas without thinking - may seem unrealistic, but anyone who has been around nine year old girls will just sigh and nod their heads. One minute their engaging in high school-like cliques, the next they're catching frogs. Yup.
Verdict: This is funny, engaging, and relatable. It will make readers laugh and maybe reconsider some of their own friendships. But... will it find readers? It feels young, aimed at third and fourth graders. At nearly 300 pages though, even with cartoons and fairly large text, it's going to daunt most young readers. Still, fluent readers will have no problems with it. I recommend this to fans of Ivy + Bean and Julie Bowe.
ISBN: 9780763651046; Published February 2018 by Candlewick; Borrowed from another library in my consortium show less
This board book features a baby eating different things and noting which are yummy and yucky. For the most part, the pattern of each spread is that there a food item listed as yummy and then a non-food item that is related to the food item either through appearance (i.e., spaghetti, worms) or name (i.e., apple pie, mud pie), which is pointed out as yucky. The book ends with a list of more things that are good to eat and those that are not.
I shared this book with my toddler class when we show more were learning about opposites. They absolutely loved this book, paying close attention to the whole thing and asking to read it again throughout the week. One child enjoyed the book so much that during lunch time, she looked to her food and said "this is yummy" and then pointed to the wall and said "this is yucky" and continued on in this vein. I'd definitely recommend this book for talking about opposites with very young children. It's also great to share with children who are picky eaters (or those who will eat anything!) or those who just like a silly book. show less
I shared this book with my toddler class when we show more were learning about opposites. They absolutely loved this book, paying close attention to the whole thing and asking to read it again throughout the week. One child enjoyed the book so much that during lunch time, she looked to her food and said "this is yummy" and then pointed to the wall and said "this is yucky" and continued on in this vein. I'd definitely recommend this book for talking about opposites with very young children. It's also great to share with children who are picky eaters (or those who will eat anything!) or those who just like a silly book. show less
My 15-month-old loved this book, with appropriately voiced reading -- whispering: 'birds are quiet!' loud voice: 'PLANES ARE LOOOOUD!'. Never fails to get giggles. Whether it's useful as a pedagogical device to help her learn what I mean when I say 'let's be quiet here' -- well, we'll see! Hope springs eternal.
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