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Margery Cuyler

Author of The Biggest, Best Snowman

57 Works 11,494 Members 227 Reviews

About the Author

Series

Works by Margery Cuyler

The Biggest, Best Snowman (1998) 1,957 copies
Skeleton Hiccups (2002) 1,348 copies
100th Day Worries (2000) 1,030 copies
Thats Good Thats Bad (1992) 803 copies
Stop Drop and Roll (2001) 618 copies
We're Going on a Lion Hunt (2008) 436 copies
Hooray for Reading Day! (2008) 426 copies
Bullies Never Win (2009) 390 copies
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin (2005) 389 copies
Invisible in the Third Grade (1995) 308 copies
The Little Dump Truck (2009) 280 copies
Please Play Safe (1656) 250 copies
Skeleton for Dinner (2013) 202 copies
Bonaparte Falls Apart (2017) 186 copies
The Little School Bus (2014) 180 copies
The Battlefield Ghost (1999) 159 copies
From Here to There (1999) 145 copies
Ah-Choo! (2002) 117 copies
I Repeat, Don't Cheat! (2010) 108 copies
Groundhog Stays Up Late (2005) 96 copies
Purim Chicken (2017) 71 copies
Monster Mess! (2008) 58 copies
Princess Bess Gets Dressed (2009) 57 copies
Weird Wolf (1989) 50 copies
Guinea Pigs Add Up (2010) 38 copies
Fat Santa (1987) 28 copies
Daisy's Crazy Thanksgiving (1990) 27 copies
The little ice cream truck (2018) 27 copies
The Trouble With Soap (1982) 22 copies
Jewish Holidays (1978) 22 copies
Bonaparte Plays Ball (2020) 17 copies
Freckles and Jane (1989) 13 copies
The Christmas Snowman (1992) 13 copies
BUDDY BEAR & BAD GUYS CL (1993) 13 copies
Snow Friends (2020) 11 copies
SHADOW'S BABY (1989) 10 copies
Big Friends (2004) 9 copies
All Around Pumpkin Book (1709) 7 copies
BABY DOT A DINOSAUR STORY (1990) 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1948-12-31
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Members

Reviews

Spooky, not scary, with great examples of friendship.
 
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sloth852 | 4 other reviews | Jan 12, 2024 |
A fun book about etiquette that has Penguin's guests all displaying bad manners in amusing ways before the reader gets to yell, "No, that's wrong," and have them model good behavior.

It does make the bad behavior look funny and cool, and little ones may be inspired to imitate, but I think the "No, that's wrong," refrain will win them over in the end.
 
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villemezbrown | 5 other reviews | Jan 10, 2024 |
Halloween has finally come and Little Nell, who had helped Big Mama and her sisters care for their pumpkin patch all summer, must pick out the perfect pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern. While Big Sarah picks the tallest pumpkin she can find, and Big Lizzie the roundest, Little Nell settles on a small bumpy one. Despite the criticism of her sisters, Nell is determined that this is the pumpkin for her, and with the help of her animal friends, creates a jack-o-lantern worthy of the season...

When I picked The Bumpy Little Pumpkin up from the Halloween display in the children's section of my public library this past weekend, I thought it looked like a sweet seasonal tale. I must have missed the text on the cover declaring it a companion to author/illustrator team Margery Cuyler and Will Hillenbrand's The Biggest, Best Snowman, as I didn't realize that it was the second picture to feature this character and her animal friends. Happily, it is not necessary to have read that earlier story, to appreciate this one, which emphasizes the idea that, as Big Mama says, jack-o-lanterns (and presumably little girls) come in all shapes and sizes. The story here is gentle and reassuring, the accompanying multi-media artwork (done in oil, tempera, watercolor, crayon, pencil and collage) appealing, in a sweet and quirky way. I don't know that this is the most memorable pumpkin tale for Halloween that I've ever encountered, but I'd certainly recommend it to younger picture book audiences in need to sweeter rather than scary fare.… (more)
 
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AbigailAdams26 | 7 other reviews | Oct 25, 2023 |
A child wants to build the biggest snowman.
 
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B-Chad | 9 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |

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Associated Authors

David Catrow Illustrator
Will Hillenbrand Illustrator
S. D. Schindler Illustrator
Will Terry Illustrator
Marsha Winborn Illustrator
Mirko Gabler Illustrator
Heather Maione Illustrator
Dirk Zimmer Illustrator
Jeni Bassett Illustrator
Jane Casserly Narrator
Oliver Wyman Narrator

Statistics

Works
57
Members
11,494
Popularity
#2,043
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
227
ISBNs
258
Languages
2

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