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Joanne Oppenheim

Author of Have You Seen Birds?

67 Works 3,978 Members 61 Reviews

About the Author

Joanne F. Oppenheim is an education and child development expert. She is the author of more than 50 books for and about children including The Christmas Witch; Kids and Play; Buy Me, Buy Me; and Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian show more Who Made a Difference. She won the National Picture Book of the Year award in Canada for Have You Seen Birds?. With other members of her family, she co-founded Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Inc. that publishes books on the most successful toys for children, called the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Joanne Oppenheim

Have You Seen Birds? (1968) 684 copies
Have You Seen Trees? (1967) 380 copies
Have You Seen Bugs? (1996) 313 copies
Sequoyah: Cherokee Hero (1979) 262 copies
Dear Miss Breed (2006) 243 copies
Eency Weency Spider (1991) 196 copies
Osceola: Seminole Warrior (1979) 164 copies
Black Hawk, Frontier Warrior (1800) 162 copies
Follow That Fish (1990) 152 copies
Could It Be? (1990) 50 copies
Left and Right (1989) 20 copies
The Story Book Prince (1987) 18 copies
The Prince's Breakfast (2014) 15 copies
Kids and Play (1984) 13 copies
You Can't Catch Me! (1986) 13 copies
Have You Seen Dogs? (2001) 11 copies
Buy Me! Buy Me! (1987) 9 copies
James Will Never Die (1982) 8 copies
Mrs. Peloki's Substitute (1987) 8 copies
Have You Seen Roads? (1969) 7 copies
Have You Seen Houses? (1973) 5 copies
Read It! Play It! (2004) 5 copies
Have You Seen Boats? (1971) 4 copies
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio (1993) 3 copies
Mrs. Peloki's Class Play (1984) 3 copies
Mrs. Peloki's Snake (1980) 2 copies
Hora de Dormir (2006) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Gender
female
Nationality
Canada

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Reviews

Genre
Animal books
Picture books for children
Illustration
Detailed
Textured
Subject
Arthropods
Insect behavior
Insects
Nature
Spiders
 
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kmgerbig | 6 other reviews | Apr 13, 2023 |
Great book on a schoolteacher who kept in touch with her Japanese-American students who were sent off to detention camps during WW II.
 
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kslade | 15 other reviews | Dec 8, 2022 |
My 4 and 7 year old kids loved this book. They also like ketchup :)
 
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True54Blue | 3 other reviews | Feb 26, 2022 |
Good book that introduces a variety of food from different places.
 
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bynumm | 3 other reviews | Apr 28, 2021 |

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Statistics

Works
67
Members
3,978
Popularity
#6,342
Rating
3.8
Reviews
61
ISBNs
230
Languages
6
Touchstones
14

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