Series:

Viking Kestrel picture books

9 total works

Cover of The Happy Hocky Family

The Happy Hocky Family

by Lane Smith

Published 24 February 1994
A series of short silly stories takes a humorous look at the activities of various members of the Hocky family.

Cover of Smith Lane : Glasses -- Who Needs 'Em?

Cover of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: ‘Chicken Licken’, ‘The Princess and the Bowling Ball’; ‘The Really Ugly Duckling’, and ‘Jack's Bean Problem’.

Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, the book was described by She magazine as, ‘The most delightful collection of stories a young cynic could hope to read’.

Cover of Glasses, Who Needs 'em?

Glasses, Who Needs 'em?

by Lane Smith

Published 26 March 1992

Cover of Baloney

Baloney

by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Published 30 August 2001
Henry P Baloney lives on another planet but his problems are just like those of all children. He must come up with a good excuse for being late for school or face "Permanent Lifelong Detention". Henry's excuse is this book's story and is of adventures, near misses and that strange feeling you have when learning to read that every other word comes from outer space. The text is full of wonderfully sounding and looking words from other languages and, is as the book claims, "...about way too much fantastic stuff to squeeze into this little space." The pictures must be read as closely as the text.

Cover of Scieszka Jon : Not-So-Jolly Roger(Us)

Cover of Book That Jack Wrote

Book That Jack Wrote

by Jon Scieszka

Published 27 October 1994
This book is about a Rat, a Cat, a Cow over the moon, and a Baby humming a tune. It's about what the Bug did to the rug. It's about how the Egg fell off the wall. It's about the crazy mayhem that can occur when nursery rhymes go awry. Children and adults alike will enjoy reading this book over and over. "This one will wow even the most sophisticated." --Kirkus Reviews, pointer review "Clever, madcap text. A twisted treat in rhyme and pictures." -- Children's Book Review Service Jon Scieszka is the author of many books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, the Time Warp Trio series, and most recently Math Curse. Daniel Adel is an illustrator whose work has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Cover of The Big Pets

The Big Pets

by Lane Smith

Published 28 January 1993
A little girl explores the mysterious dreamworld where small children play with their big pets, which range from cats and dogs to snakes and crickets.

Cover of Pinocchio the Boy

Pinocchio the Boy

by Lane Smith

Published 31 October 2002