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David McPhail

Author of Something Special

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Works by David McPhail

Something Special (1988) 888 copies
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! (1993) 827 copies
The Day The Sheep Showed Up (1998) 695 copies
Lost! (1990) 684 copies
The Great Race (1997) 649 copies
Emma's Pet (1985) 591 copies
Edward and the Pirates (1997) 552 copies
Big Brown Bear (1999) 534 copies
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy (1998) 533 copies
Mole Music (1999) 476 copies
Those Can-Do Pigs (1996) 405 copies
Pig Pig Goes to Camp (1983) 374 copies
Sisters (1984) 357 copies
Santa's Book of Names (1993) 344 copies
Snow Lion (1982) 337 copies
The Bear's Toothache (1972) 290 copies
Pig Pig Grows Up (1980) 261 copies
Big Pig and Little Pig (2000) 223 copies
The Teddy Bear (2002) 222 copies
The Puddle (1998) — Author — 219 copies
Fix-It (1984) 205 copies
Emma's Vacation (1987) 203 copies
Drawing Lessons from a Bear (2000) 194 copies
First Flight (1987) 187 copies
Those Terrible Toy-Breakers (1980) 164 copies
The Cereal Box (1974) 157 copies
Edward in the Jungle (2002) 140 copies
A Girl, a Goat, and a Goose (2000) 125 copies
Rick Is Sick (2002) 119 copies
All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep (2012) — Illustrator — 114 copies
Pigs Ahoy! (1995) 96 copies
My little brother (2004) 92 copies
No! (2009) 90 copies
Pig Pig Gets a Job (1990) 85 copies
Farm Morning (1750) 82 copies
The Searcher and Old Tree (2008) 75 copies
Waddles (2011) 71 copies
Big Brown Bear goes to town (2006) 71 copies
Henry Bear's Park (1976) 70 copies
Jack and Rick (2002) 68 copies
Grandfather's Cake (1979) 65 copies
The Family Tree (2012) 58 copies
Andrew's Bath (1984) 58 copies
The Train (1611) 56 copies
Dream Child (1985) 54 copies
Emma in charge (2000) 52 copies
Brothers (2014) 52 copies
Water Boy (2007) 50 copies
Weezer Changes the World (2009) 45 copies
Bad Dog (I Like to Read) (2014) 45 copies
Pig Pig Rides (1982) 44 copies
Ed and Me (1990) 43 copies
Dot and Bob (2008) 40 copies
The Glerp (1699) 39 copies
Great Cat (1750) 37 copies
Pig Pig Meets the Lion (2012) 35 copies
How to Talk to Bears (1993) — Illustrator — 35 copies
Piggy's Pancake Parlor (2002) 35 copies
Henry Bear's Christmas (2003) 34 copies
Andrew Draws (2014) 32 copies
Crash! The Cat (2016) 32 copies
Yesterday I Lost a Sneaker (1973) 31 copies
I Am Just Right (2019) 31 copies
Sail Away (2001) — Illustrator — 30 copies
Jump (I Like to Read) (2018) 29 copies
Annie & Co. (1991) 29 copies
Boy on the Brink (2006) 29 copies
Farm Boy's Year (1992) 28 copies
Bella Loves Bunny (2013) 28 copies
Sick Day (I Like to Read) (1787) 26 copies
Sylvie & True (2007) 26 copies
Pig Pig Returns (2011) 25 copies
Twilight (2000) — Illustrator — 24 copies
I Hug (2017) 23 copies
Where Can an Elephant Hide? (1979) 23 copies
Ben Loves Bear (2013) 23 copies
Budgie & Boo (2009) 22 copies
Mistletoe (1978) 21 copies
I Promise (2017) 20 copies
Smile, Little Cat (1977) 18 copies
I Get Dressed (2015) 17 copies
Adam's Smile (1987) 17 copies
Peter Loves Penguin (2014) 15 copies
The Lost Little Bird (2021) 15 copies
Bumper Tubbs (1980) 15 copies
Night Night, Baby (2007) 13 copies
I Feel Safe (2022) 13 copies
Tall in the Saddle (1998) — Illustrator — 13 copies
The Story of James (1989) 12 copies
Ping and Pong (1993) 10 copies
I Play (2015) 8 copies
Baby Pig Pig Walks (2014) 7 copies
Baby Pig Pig Talks (2014) 7 copies
I Had Ten Hats (2021) 7 copies
The Years Before My Death (2010) 5 copies
Who Loves Me? (2017) 5 copies
Lorenzo (1984) 5 copies
Olivia Loves Owl (2016) 5 copies
Surprise! (1981) 3 copies
Camp WildHog 1 copy
That Grand Master (1982) 1 copy
My Story 1 copy
Warm Morning 1 copy
A Wolf Story (1981) 1 copy

Associated Works

I Love You Because You're You (2017) — Illustrator — 1,232 copies
Wynken, Blynken, & Nod (1889) — Illustrator, some editions — 785 copies
If You Were My Bunny (1996) — Illustrator — 588 copies
A Big Fat Enormous Lie (1978) — Illustrator — 465 copies
Ten Cats Have Hats (1994) — Illustrator — 274 copies
The Ice Cream Store (1991) — Illustrator — 259 copies
Peter Rabbit's Happy Easter (2006) — Illustrator — 215 copies
Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas (1997) — Illustrator — 202 copies
When Sheep Sleep (2006) — Illustrator — 184 copies
Goldilocks (1656) — Illustrator — 166 copies
The Bear's Bicycle (1975) — Illustrator — 149 copies
The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Contributor — 134 copies
Tell Me the Day Backwards (2011) — Illustrator — 121 copies
Potatoes on Tuesday (1995) — Illustrator — 113 copies
The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (1983) — Illustrator — 108 copies
The Crazy Quilt (Let Me Read, Level 3) (1994) — Illustrator — 92 copies
Mud Is Cake (2002) — Illustrator — 91 copies
The Penguin Book of Classic Children's Characters (1997) — Contributor — 88 copies
Bubblegum Delicious (2000) — Illustrator — 79 copies
Night Sounds, Morning Colors (1994) — Illustrator — 79 copies
John Pig's Halloween (1998) — Illustrator — 77 copies
A Place for Nicholas (1997) — Illustrator — 72 copies
Little Horse (2002) — Illustrator — 70 copies
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President (2008) — Illustrator — 70 copies
Why a Disguise? (1996) — Illustrator — 66 copies
My Song Is Beautiful (1994) — Illustrator — 66 copies
Who Gets the Sun Out of Bed? (1656) — Illustrator — 54 copies
A Friend for Growl Bear (1951) — Illustrator, some editions — 51 copies
Hop To It!: A Scholastic Treasury of Easter Tales (2003) — Illustrator — 47 copies
Sailing to Cythera, and Other Anatole Stories (1974) — Illustrator — 46 copies
When Papa Comes Home Tonight (2009) — Illustrator — 45 copies
Animal Stackers (2005) — Illustrator — 43 copies
Strangers' Bread (1975) — Illustrator — 43 copies
Uncle Terrible: More Adventures of Anatole (1982) — Illustrator — 34 copies
When I Was King (2008) — Illustrator — 26 copies
Leave Herbert Alone (1972) — Illustrator — 21 copies
On a Starry Night (1773) — Illustrator — 21 copies
Hooked (2018) — Illustrator — 17 copies
Thirsty Baby (2003) — Illustrator — 13 copies
The Phantom Ice Cream Man: More Nonsense Verse (1979) — Illustrator — 13 copies
One Winter Night in August and Other Nonsense Jingles (1975) — Illustrator — 11 copies
The Devil's Tail (1978) — Illustrator — 10 copies
I Want to Be Big: 2 (Unicorn Book) (1985) — Illustrator — 9 copies
Les deux maisons de Petit-Blaireau (1993) — Illustrator, some editions — 9 copies
Animal Tales: Favorite Stories from Chirp Magazine (2007) — Author & Illustrator — 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, January 1974 (1974) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8, April 1974 (1974) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, September 1975 (1975) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 — Illustrator — 3 copies

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BooksInMirror | 1 other review | Feb 19, 2024 |
Great book for Nature Day at SF. A little bird can't remember what kind of bird it is. It goes searching and encounters all different kinds of birds. The kids were engaged with noticing the differences in color, size, sounds etc. of the lost bird and all the other birds.
 
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SlipperyFish | Feb 12, 2024 |
Although good with numbers, young Edward struggles with his reading in this delightful Christmas picture book from author/illustrator David McPhail. His teacher suggests special testing, but Edward's mother insists that what is needed is patience. Then one Christmas Eve night, when Santa Claus accidentally leaves his book behind at Edward's house—the book containing the names, addresses and presents intended for each child on Santa's list—it falls to our young reluctant reader to overcome the obstacles before him, and to help the magical gift giver out, learning that he can indeed read in the process...

The first of three picture books from McPhail to feature young Edward—subsequent titles are Edward and the Pirates and Edward in the JungleSanta's Book of Names is the second I have read, as I happened to pick up Edward and the Pirates a few years ago, not realizing it was part of a larger series. In any case, having enjoyed the subsequent book so much, I decided to seek out this earlier adventure, and I am not sorry to have done so. While the later book featured Edward's love of stories and of books, this initial tale chronicles how Edward first came to read. I appreciated the fact that while Santa's official present for Edward is a book, the true gift he gives is an appreciation for reading itself. The artwork here is lovely, making excellent use of color and light to create some enchanting vistas. My favorite of the lot, visually speaking, was the two-page spread in which Santa and Edward fly through the city, navigating between towering skyscrapers. Recommended to young children who are struggling with their own reading, as well as to all picture book audiences which appreciate magical Santa stories.
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