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Judy Sierra
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Judy Sierra

Judy Sierra is the author of many award-winning books for children, including the bestsellers Antarctic Antics, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, and Wild About Books, illustrated by Marc Brown, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud... Read full bio

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A. At my official website, www.judysierra.net, you'll find out how I develop my books
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Ballyhoo Bay will be released on March 06, 2012 in eBook
Mar 06, 2012
Ballyhoo Bay is now available in eBook
Mar 06, 2012
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Ballyhoo Bay has won an award
May 05, 2010
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The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School has won an award
Aug 25, 2009
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The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
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The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
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The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
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The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
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Ballyhoo Bay
May 08, 2009
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May 07, 2009
May 07, 2009
Ballyhoo Bay is now available in Hardcover
Feb 24, 2009
Ballyhoo Bay is now available in eBook
Feb 24, 2009
Ballyhoo Bay will be released on February 24, 2009 in Hardcover
Feb 24, 2009
Ballyhoo Bay is now available in Hardcover
Feb 24, 2009
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Feb 19, 2009

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Quad-Cities Online, May 5, 2012
...Korean immigrant girl's experiences. -- Folk-tale picture books include Nathan Kumar Scott's "Mangoes & Bananas" and Judy Sierra's "The Gift of the Crocodile" (Indonesia), Mitchell Motomora's "Momotaro" (Japan), and Laurence Yep's "The Khan's Daughter"...
Parkersburg News, April 29, 2012
...6. *** Children learn manners through an encounter with a dinosaur in "Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur" by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Tim Bowers. A little girl meets a dinosaur in a grocery store. She learns to introduce herself, say excuse me, please...
Piedmont Parent, April 4, 2012
...Prelutsky Jeff Moss Douglas Florian James Proimos Paul Fleischman Mary Ann Hoberman Dennis Lee David McCord Colin McNaughton Judy Sierra James Stevenson Another great resource that I’ve used time and again is How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For...
Hispanic PR Wire, February 3, 2012
...and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Sleepyhead, by Karma Wilson and illustrated by John Segal. Ballyhoo Bay, by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Derek Anderson. What's Under the Bed?, written and illustrated by Joe Fenton. Families can see which book...
Kirkus Reviews, December 19, 2011
Daily News Transcript, December 18, 2011
...that some of the group’s favorite stories involved dinosaurs and Spiderman, McMurtry read “Wild About Books,” by Judy Sierra. “I liked the part where they were at the back of the zoo because nobody could see them,” said Taylor Thomas, who...
WRAL, December 2, 2011
...s exquisite illustrations, this is the perfect book for active little boys. Ages 3 and up. Zoozical – Judy Sierra, illustrator Marc Brown (Knopf $17.99 ). Winter cuts down zoo attendance, so the bored animals are inspired to put on a show. Who better...
Hispanic PR Wire, February 3, 2012
...and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Sleepyhead, by Karma Wilson and illustrated by John Segal. Ballyhoo Bay, by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Derek Anderson. What's Under the Bed?, written and illustrated by Joe Fenton. Families can see which book...
South Africa Star, January 23, 2012
...Goose, an American collection of nursery rhyme parodies for children by a retired American school ma’am named Judy Sierra. They are so ghoulish that children love them. Well, remember how as a child you enjoyed the story Hansel and Gretel in which an...
Tactools, September 24, 2011
...Definitely Not Wear Clothing (with signals) – Judi Barrett – CD Rip.mp3 Antarctic Antics (with signals) – Judy Sierra – cassette rip.mp3 Are You My Mother (with signals) – P.D. Eastman – cassette rip.mp3 Baby Bird (with signals) – Joyce...
ShoppingBlog.com, September 15, 2011
...Zoozical by Judy Sierra, Illustrations by Marc BrownKnopf Books for Young ReadersFiction, Ages: 4-8Hardcover, 40 pagesAvailable at bookstores and at Amazon.comChildren will welcome the beloved zoo animals that they first met in...
The Last Word On Nothing, August 11, 2011
...by Colorado librarian and musician Elliot Jackson. Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman and Antarctic Antics by Judy Sierra, recommended by Jessica Marshall. Titus Tidewater by Suzy Verrier, recommended by University of Arizona ecologist Raphael...
Or so she says..., June 2, 2011
...Hoffmann Three Samurai Cats by Eric A. Kimme Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk ~~~ Wild About Books by Judy Sierra Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew The Best Nest by P. D. Eastman Giants Come in Different Sizes by Jolly Roger...
The Goddess of YA Literature, May 31, 2011
...and techniques that are perfectly suited to his stories. ZOOZICAL (Knopf 2011) gives us the dynamic duo of Judy Sierra and Marc Brown. It is winter at the zoo and everyone, animals, keepers, and visitors alike, are in the doldrums. How can they break...