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Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965–2017)

Author of Duck! Rabbit!

89+ Works 15,032 Members 901 Reviews 11 Favorited

About the Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Tufts University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in advertising for several years. She wrote both children's and adult books. Her children's books included Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, show more Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon, The OK Book, Plant a Kiss, I Wish You More, That's Me Loving You, Exclamation Mark!, and Uni the Unicorn. She also wrote a picture book with her daughter Paris entitled Dear Girl. Her books for adults include Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and Life Is a Marathon. Her essays and articles appeared in The New York Times, Hallmark Magazine, Parenting, O: The Oprah Magazine, and McSweeney's. She was also the host of the radio show Writers' Block Party on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. She died of ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017 at the age of 51. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Duck! Rabbit! (2009) 1,683 copies
Little Pea (2005) 1,236 copies
Exclamation Mark (2013) 1,162 copies
I Wish You More (2015) 973 copies
Yes Day! (2009) 933 copies
Uni the Unicorn (2014) 773 copies
Spoon (2009) 609 copies
Dear Girl, (2017) 513 copies
Little Hoot (2008) 460 copies
Plant a Kiss (2011) 432 copies
Friendshape (2015) 358 copies
The OK Book (2007) 344 copies
Chopsticks (2012) 305 copies
Little Oink (2009) 281 copies
It's Not Fair! (2008) 277 copies
Wumbers (2012) 196 copies
Don't Blink! (2018) 126 copies
That's Me Loving You (2016) 125 copies
One Of Those Days (2006) 112 copies
Bedtime for Mommy (2010) 107 copies
Little Miss, Big Sis (2015) 103 copies
The Wonder Book (2010) 79 copies
Al Pha's Bet (2011) 51 copies
Awake Beautiful Child (2015) 19 copies
Moo Moo, I Love You (2020) 8 copies
Papero! Coniglio! (2018) 3 copies
! 1 copy
Per te vorrei... (2020) 1 copy
Orättvist! (2013) 1 copy

Associated Works

McSweeney's Issue 3: Windfall Republic (1999) — Contributor — 95 copies
The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales (2005) — Contributor — 92 copies
McSweeney's Issue 2: Blues/Jazz Odyssey (1999) — Contributor — 71 copies

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book for very early primary, preschool and kindergarten. A little pea doesn't like to eat his candy for dinner, but after he does he gets to eat his vegetables for a treat.
 
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Brianna.phelps | 62 other reviews | Feb 14, 2024 |
Until I read this book, Amy Krouse Rosenthal was known to me only as a children's book author (the really funny, talented author of such gems as [b:Duck! Rabbit!|6124878|Duck! Rabbit!|Amy Krouse Rosenthal|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266525261s/6124878.jpg|6303340] and [b:Little Oink|6012397|Little Oink|Amy Krouse Rosenthal|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248106490s/6012397.jpg|6187619]). When I found out she'd written a book for adults, I thought it would probably be as irreverent, amusing and creative as her books for young people. I was right!

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is unlike most other memoirs. It's a reference book about Amy's existence made up of very short entries of completely random Amy-related information. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes poignant. Many times she shares one of those spot-on observations about life that you've never really thought about, but know instantly to be true. For example, from the entry "BOWLING" comes this reflection: "It would be difficult to convince me that leaning has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of my bowling."

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LibrarianDest | 42 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |
This is a super adorable book that takes a totally recognizable situation--parents making their son clean up his room--and turns it on its head. Kids will giggle as clean-loving Little Oink is forced to mess up his room. (Look for this author's other books where animal parents make their kids eat candy and stay up late.) Another funny alternate-universe story with fantastic pictures.
 
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