Jennifer L. Holm

Author of Our Only May Amelia

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About the Author

After graduating from Dickinson College, Jennifer L. Holm became a broadcast producer of television commercials and music videos for numerous companies including Nickelodeon, MTV, American Express, Hershey's and Huggies. Her first book, Our Only May Amelia, was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Both Penny show more from Heaven and Turtle in Paradise were Newbery Honor recipients in 2007 and 2011, respectively. She is also the author of numerous series including Boston Jane, Babymouse, and The Stink Files, which she writes with her husband Jonathan Hamel. Her title, The Fourteenth Goldfish made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Image credit: Library of Congress

Series

Babymouse Tales from the Locker

Ellie Cruz

The BIG Adventures of Babymouse

Works by Jennifer L. Holm

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Our Only May Amelia (1999) 1,854 copies

Turtle in Paradise (2010) 1,446 copies

The Fourteenth Goldfish (2014) 1,215 copies

Penny from Heaven (2006) 1,210 copies

Babymouse, Queen of the World! (2005) 1,097 copies

Sunny Side Up (2015) 965 copies

Boston Jane: An Adventure (2001) 897 copies

Babymouse, Our Hero (2005) 563 copies

Swing It, Sunny (2017) 539 copies

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (2007) 489 copies

Babymouse, Beach Babe (2006) 467 copies

Babymouse: Rock Star (2006) 410 copies

Squish #1: Super Amoeba (2011) 386 copies

Full of Beans (2016) 369 copies

Babymouse, Puppy Love (2007) 362 copies

Camp Babymouse (2007) 350 copies

Babymouse, Heartbreaker (2006) 335 copies

Sunny Rolls the Dice (2019) 319 copies

Babymouse, Monster Mash (2008) 300 copies

Babymouse, Skater Girl (2007) 293 copies

Babymouse, Dragonslayer (2009) 263 copies

Babymouse, Cupcake Tycoon (2010) 259 copies

Babymouse, The Musical (2009) 253 copies

Comics Squad: Recess! (2014) — Editor; Contributor — 251 copies

The Trouble with May Amelia (1994) 221 copies

The Lion of Mars (2021) 220 copies

Babymouse: Mad Scientist (2011) 219 copies

Boston Jane: Wilderness Days (2002) 216 copies

Babymouse Burns Rubber (2010) 202 copies

The Third Mushroom (2018) 196 copies

Boston Jane: The Claim (2004) 188 copies

Squish #2: Brave New Pond (2011) 179 copies

Squish #3: The Power of the Parasite (2012) 164 copies

Sunny Makes a Splash (2021) 156 copies

Babymouse for President (2012) 147 copies

A Very Babymouse Christmas (2011) 139 copies

Squish #4: Captain Disaster (2012) 139 copies

Extreme Babymouse (2013) 125 copies

Comics Squad #2: Lunch! (2016) — Editor; Author — 121 copies

Squish #5: Game On! (2013) 117 copies

Babymouse, Bad Babysitter (2015) 104 copies

Happy Birthday, Babymouse (2014) 100 copies

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel (2021) 100 copies

Lights, Camera, Middle School! (Babymouse Tales from the Locker) (2017) 90 copies

Babymouse Goes for the Gold (2016) 87 copies

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff (2012) 86 copies

Squish #6: Fear the Amoeba (2014) 79 copies

The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight (2019) 72 copies

Squish #7: Deadly Disease of Doom (2015) 69 copies

The Creek (2003) 66 copies

Comics Squad #3: Detention! (2017) — Editor; Author — 63 copies

Squish #8: Pod vs. Pod (2016) 58 copies

Miss Communication (Babymouse Tales from the Locker) (2018) 54 copies

Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes (2016) 34 copies

Once Upon a Messy Whisker (2022) 32 copies

Sunny Makes Her Case (2024) 30 copies

I'm Grumpy (My First Comics) (2016) 25 copies

I'm Sunny! (My First Comics) (2016) 22 copies

School-Tripped (Babymouse Tales from the Locker Book 3) (2019) 19 copies

I'm Silly! (My First Comics) (2017) 11 copies

I'm Scared (My First Comics) (2017) 8 copies

Curtain Call (Babymouse Tales from the Locker) (2020) 7 copies

Besties! (2023) 5 copies

Babymouse : 4 copies

Babymouse Paperback Collection Books 1-19 (2015) 2 copies

Babymouse Collection, Books 1-12 (2010) 2 copies

Lance Les Dés, Soleil! (French Edition) (2020) 1 copy

Sunny Series 4 Books Set (Scholastic) 1 copy

Our Only May Amelia: Novel-Ties Study Guide (2002) 1 copy

Books 1 copy

My only May Amelia 1 copy

El tercer xampinyó 1 copy

Newbery Honor Set (Great Gilly Hopkins, Headless Cupid, Ella Enchanted, Our Only May Amelia) 1 copy

Der vierzehnte Goldfisch: Roman 1 copy

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Associated Works

Shelf Life: Stories by the Book (2003) — Contributor — 302 copies

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. (2017) — Contributor — 178 copies

Too Much Information: an Unshelved collection (2012) — Foreword — 121 copies

The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Contributor — 97 copies

Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, and Unexpectedly True Friends (2005) — Contributor — 82 copies

Help the CBLDF Defend Comics (FCBD 2017) (2017) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1968
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: California, USA (Birth)
Audubon, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA
Education: Dickinson College

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Reviews

Squish #4: Captain Disaster by Jennifer L. Holm

-For elementary age 1st-3rd ish... I thought about Braxton when reading this
-This is a great, fun book about a soccer team and all the coach wants to do is win. Once they are winning the team realizes that there are things that are more important than winning.

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stewartj22 | 5 other reviews | Apr 10, 2024 |

Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm

This is an extremely engaging tale told in first-person by the youngest in a family of all boys. May Amelia lives in the Pacific Northwest of 1899, a rural community of farmers, loggers, and fishers. She's a bit of an impulsive and independent spirit of a girl who gets into issues, a lot. I can see why this would have been given a Newbery Honor award, it's good enough for the main Newbery Medal in my estimation. There's an author's note at the end that took me by surprise, a pleasant one, and endeared the character to me all the more. Definitely recommended.… (more)

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fuzzi | 35 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |