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Margie Palatini

Margie Palatini

Margie Palatini is the author of many celebrated children's books, including Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes, The Three Silly Billies and Earthquack!, all illustrated by Barry Moser, as well as Sweet Tooth and Bedhead, both illustrated by Jack E. Davis.... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. eh
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My life in 8 words: "8? I'm way too wordy for only ... see?"
September 8, 2009
LOUSY ROTTEN STINKIN' GRAPES got a starred review in School Library Journal. LOUSY ROTTEN STINKIN' GRAPES -- has been selected...
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September 8, 2009
This book is a fun mash up of the Aesop fable - The Fox and the Grapes and some Rube Goldberg with a detour to Mark Twain. ...
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September 8, 2009
SWEET TOOTH has won the 2009 Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award. My thanks to all you 'Sweet Tooths'. The book has...
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Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes has won an award
Nov 20, 2009
Sep 09, 2009
Author Voices:
"Ahhhh Sweet!"
Sep 09, 2009
Author Voices:
GOOD GRAPES
Sep 09, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Which living person do you most admire?
Aug 12, 2009
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What is your motto or maxim?
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Who are your favorite authors?
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What’s your greatest fear?
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What do you regret most?
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What is your greatest achievement?
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What’s your greatest flaw?
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What’s your best quality?
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What’s your fantasy profession?
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Is there a book you love to reread?
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What was/is your favorite job?
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What were your previous occupations?
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What is your birthdate?
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What is your favorite movie?
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Who is your favorite fictional hero?
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What is your favorite television show?
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Who is your favorite fictional villain?
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What is your biggest pet peeve?
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What are your 5 favorite songs?
Aug 12, 2009
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes is now available in Hardcover
Aug 11, 2009
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes will be released on August 11, 2009 in Hardcover
Aug 11, 2009
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes is now available in Hardcover
Aug 11, 2009
News:
The Three Silly Billies has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
News:
Sweet Tooth has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes will be released on August 11, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
Oink? will be released on March 21, 2006 in Hardcover
Mar 21, 2006
Oink? is now available in Hardcover
Mar 21, 2006
Oink? will be released on March 21, 2006 in
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Oink? is now available in
Mar 21, 2006
Earthquack! will be released on June 21, 2005 in Trade Paperback
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Earthquack! is now available in Trade Paperback
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Earthquack! will be released on June 21, 2005 in
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Earthquack! is now available in
Jun 21, 2005
The Three Silly Billies will be released on May 31, 2005 in Hardcover
May 31, 2005
The Three Silly Billies is now available in Hardcover
May 31, 2005
The Three Silly Billies will be released on May 31, 2005 in
May 31, 2005
The Three Silly Billies is now available in
May 31, 2005
Sweet Tooth will be released on August 10, 2004 in Hardcover
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Sweet Tooth is now available in Hardcover
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Sweet Tooth will be released on August 10, 2004 in
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Sweet Tooth is now available in
Aug 10, 2004
Bedhead will be released on August 01, 2003 in Trade Paperback
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Bedhead is now available in Trade Paperback
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Bedhead will be released on August 01, 2003 in
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Bedhead is now available in
Aug 01, 2003
Earthquack! will be released on June 01, 2002 in Hardcover
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Earthquack! is now available in Hardcover
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Earthquack! will be released on June 01, 2002 in
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Earthquack! is now available in
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Bedhead will be released on June 01, 2000 in Hardcover
Jun 01, 2000
Bedhead is now available in Hardcover
Jun 01, 2000
News:
Earthquack! has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
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Earthquack! has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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Sweet Tooth has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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The Three Silly Billies has won an award
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Oink? has won an award
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Oink? has won an award
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Margie Palatini Revealed

Margie Palatini Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. eh Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Honesty. Loyalty. Respect. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. On the beach in Bermuda. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A bird or one of my sister's cats -- because they truly 'have the life'. O Q. What’s your best quality? A. Loyalty. Learn more about Margie Palatini

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 20, 2009
...godmother whose wand has lost its kazaam, its bippity-boppity-boo. 'Gone With the Wand: A Fairy's Tale' by Margie Palatini (Orchard Books, $16.99, ages 6-10) is an enchanting look at the fairy realm. It reads as if it's a tale told straight from a...
Quad-Cities Online, September 10, 2009
...Funny Family Portraits, Hanoch Piven. Oct. 26: Max's Words, by Kate Banks Nov. 2: The Cheese, by Margie Palatini Dec. 14: Scaredy Squirrel, by Melanie Watt All of the above events are free and open to the public. Libraries offer plenty of print, online,...
Teachers Net, August 10, 2009
...Christmas Blizzard Helen Ketteman $2.00 Little Cloud Eric Carle $2.00 Elf Help http://www.falala.com Margie Palatini $5.00 Hardback Corduroy Don Freeman $1.00 each 2 copies The Button Box Margarette S. Reid $2.00 Ten Black Dots Donald Crews $2.00 Feast...
Chambersburg Public Opinion, June 1, 2009
...Literary lunch: Margie Palatini, who has penned more than 40 children’s books, visited Lurgan Elementary School in hopes of helping to nurture the passion of young writers and artists. She wanted to...
Teachers Net, May 19, 2009
...and Jam For Frances by Russell Hoban The Day the Goose Got Loose by Reeve Lindbergh Moosetache by Margie Palatini Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini The Star of Bethlehem by Joe Losech $9.99 Share This Post| Report This Post You are on the BOOKS CHATBOARD:...
Lower Hudson Online, March 27, 2009
...and cakes and candy bars with gooey centers. The tooth is most embarrassing for the youngster, explained author Margie Palatini, who read Stewart's story, 'Sweet Tooth,' in dialect to fourth- and fifth-grade students at Viola School during a visit to...
Examiner.com, March 25, 2009
...Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 37. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini 38. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper 39. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone 40. The Tale of Despereaux by...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 16, 2009
...by Pat Mora, illus. by Maribel Surez ($12.99, 3-6). HARPERCOLLINS/TEGEN Bad Boys Get Henpecked! ($17.99) by Margie Palatini, illus. by Henry Cole, is the third tale about these two hungry wolves. (4-7) Boo-Hoo Moo Coretta Scott The Lightning Key Counter...
Tampa Tribune, December 23, 2008
...illustrator) Just Enough is Plenty, Barbara Diamond Goldin A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree, Colleen Monroe Mooseltoe, Margie Palatini Farolitos of Christmas, Rudolfo Anaya Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree, Robert Barry Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) Hurray For...
Here in HP, October 21, 2009
...Dr. Seuss Potato Pancakes All Around: A Hanukkah Tale , Marilyn Hirsh Bembelman’s Bakery , Melinda Green Piggie Pie , Margie Palatini Are You My Mother , P.D. Eastman Where the Wild Things Are , Maurice Sendak   ”his mother called him ‘WILD...
Jacket Whys, September 6, 2009
...to Booty (Gert Garibaldi’s Rants & Raves #2) by Amber Kizer (Delacorte May 2010), Geek Chic by Margie Palatini (HarperCollins 2008), Heart to Heart with Mallory by Laurie Friedman (Lerner 2007), Rissa Bartholomew’s Declaration of Independence by...
Becky's Book Reviews, May 30, 2009
...Bitty by Cece Bell. 2009. Candlewick. Maisy Goes To Preschool . Lucy Cousins. 2009. Candlewick Gone With The Wand . Margie Palatini. 2009. Illustrations by Brian Ajhar. Scholastic. Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root. Illustrated by Jill Barton. 2001....
The Reading Zone, May 18, 2009
...girl!”  Well, this month I found not one, but two perfect read-alikes. Geek Chic: The Zoey Zone by Margie Palatini was an ARC I picked up at a publisher’s preview last year. One of my students found it on the bookshelf before spring break, read it...
Words and Pictures, March 30, 2009
...has a new book coming out in April called Gone with the Wand. Brian contributed the illustrations while Margie Palatini wrote the story. Here’s a snippet of the Kirkus review: When a fairy godmother’s wand gets that burnt look, and she doesn’t...
BookAdvice.net News, December 24, 2008
...Lore Segal My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman. il Kevin Hawkes The Three Silly Billies Margie Palatini. il Barry Moser Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison. il Kevin Hawkes Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley....
Kindermusik with Miss Christa and Friends, November 27, 2008
...Horrible No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 3. Hello Snow by Hope Vestergaard 4. Mooseletoe by Margie Palatini 5. Gingerbread Fred by Nick as well as Clare Page 6. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston (get the tissues out on behalf...