Today I feel silly. Mom says it's the heat.
I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet.
I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night.
I dressed like a star and was quite a sight.
Today I am sad, my mood's heavy and gray.
There's a frown on my face and it's been there all day.
My best friend and I had a really big fight.
She said that I tattled and I know that she's right.
Silly, cranky, excited, or sad--everyone has moods that can change each
day. Jamie Lee Curtis's zany and touching verse, paired with Laura Cornell's
whimsical and original illustrations, helps kids explore, identify, and,
even have fun with their ever-changing moods.
Here's another inspired picture book from the bestselling author-illustrator
team of Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was
Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth.
Jamie Lee Curtis has starred in many movies, but she says that the children's
books she has written mean more to her than any of her films. She and artist
Laura Cornell have previously collaborated on two bestselling books: Tell
Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's
Memoir of Her Youth. This time, we follow a little girl with curly
red hair through 13 different moods, beginning with silly: "Today I feel
silly. / Mom says it's the heat. I put rouge on the cat / and gloves on
my feet." Of course, silly soon turns to grumpy and mean... to excited...
to confused, and so on. Recognizing one's own mood swings is a developmental
milestone, one that some adults haven't yet mastered! Cornell's watercolor
illustrations--wildly expressive and energetic--effectively capture the
volatility of our redheaded star. Whether she is happy or mad or dancing
a solo in jazz, she is always "full of pizzazz," and this book is, too.
A clever mood wheel on the last page allows young readers to change the
little girl's expression--both her eyes and mouth. This is silly fun with
a smart lesson for children from ages 4 to 8. --Marcie Bovetz
Product Description My mommy hung the moon.
She tied it with string.
My mommy's good at EVERYTHING.
The ninth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling
team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell is a celebration of unconditional
love between mother and child. Mommy is the best at everything: Not only
does she carpool, untangle kites, steal bases, and bake cookies, she also
seems to light up the sun with her love. Written straight from the heart
and illustrated with tender hilarity, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love
Story is a keepsake that defines the magical relationship a mother
has with her son or daughter. So grab the little one you love, and rejoice
as the ordinary moments of everyday life become extraordinary because of
the magic of mother love.
Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's
and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively
artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because
you are you. Like the duo's first New York Times best-seller, Today
I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, this is an inspired
book to rejoice in and share. I'm Gonna Like Me will have kids letting
off some self-esteem in no time!
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and winsome illustrator Laura Cornell continue
their successful collaboration (Today I Feel Silly, When I Was
Little, et al.) with this paean to poise and self-assurance, I'm
Gonna Like Me.
The duo sets out to "let off a little self-esteem" by following a seriously
self-actualized (and gratifyingly quirky) boy and girl throughout their
day on alternating pages. The kids take turns carrying the lines, often
switching off midsentence, to describe exactly how and why "I'm gonna like
me." (Girl: "I'm gonna like me / when I'm called on to stand. / I know
all my letters / like the back of my hand." Boy: "I'm gonna like me / when
my answer is wrong, / like thinking my ruler / was ten inches long.") The
call and response continues through the action-packed day, as the kids
get up, go to school, have lunch, go to a birthday party, etc., until they
finally get tucked in--so no opportunity for building self-esteem
gets overlooked.
Young readers will like Curtis's words and the rhythmic repetition,
but it's Cornell's scribbling, reminiscent of the New Yorker's Roz
Chast, that makes the book stand out. From an imagined fashion-show runway
walk (love that snooty fashion press) to a hilarious lunch table spread
(got to get some of that "Cup o' Lettuce" and "Pork by the Foot" for your
Doris Day lunch box), Cornell fills the book with funny faces and lots
of laughs (the best of which might be the girl's pet turtle working out
in a cage with a treadmill, next to a book titled "Exercising Your Illegal
Turtle"). (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
Tell me again about the night I was born . . Tell me again how you
would adopt me and be my parents... Tell me again about the first time
you held me in your arms . .
In asking her mother and father to tell her again about the night of
her birth, a young girl shows that it is a cherished tale she knows by
heart.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell come together once again to create
a unique celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the world.
Tell
Me Again About the Night I Was Born is a heartwarming story, not only
of how one child is born but of how a family is born.
It's hard to be five.
Just yelled at my brother.
My mind says do one thing.
My mouth says another.
It's fun to be five!
Big changes are here!
My body's my car,
and I'm licensed to steer.
Learning not to hit? Having to wait your turn? Sitting still? It's definitely
hard to be five. But Jamie Lee Curtis's encouraging text and Laura Cornell's
playful illustrations make the struggles of self-control a little bit easier
and a lot more fun!
This is the sixth inspired book from the #1 New York Times best-selling
team of Today I Feel Silly: & Other Moods That Make My Day and
I'm
Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self Esteem.
"When I was little, I could hardly do anything. But now
I can do lots of things, like braid my own hair and go to nmusery school.
I'm not a baby anymore. I'm me!"
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell perfectly capture a little girl's simple,
childlike celebration of herself, as she looks back on her childhood from
the lofty height of four and a half years. This spirited view of growing
up is perfect for the youngest readers.
I know some Big Words.
I'll teach them to you.
Although you are small,
you can use Big Words too.
Big Words aren't scary.
They're big fun to learn.
I was taught once
and now it's your turn.
The eighth hilarious picture book by the #1 New York Times bestselling
team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell helps little people communicate
in a big person's world. With grown-up words like cooperate, respect, patience
and considerate, a big, boisterous and zany family celebrates the power
of language and discovers that words--big or little--are the bridge
that connects us all.
About the Author
Jamie Lee Curtis loves big words but doesn't know how to spell many
of them. She adores her family life, which includes the amazing Annie,
the miraculous Tom and the hilarious and loving Christopher. She advocates
for children around the world and appreciates her friends, family and colleagues.
She lives in stunning and sunny southern California with her rotund dog,
Frances.
Is there really a human race?
Is it going on now all over the place?
When did it start?
Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"?
Did it start on my birthday?
I really must know.
With these questions, our hero's imagination is off and running. Is
the human race an obstacle course? Is it a spirit? Does he get his
own lane? Does he get his own coach?
Written with Jamie Lee Curtis's humor and heart and illustrated with
Laura Cornell's worldly wit, Is There Really a Human Race? Is all
about relishing the journey and making good choices along the way—because
how we live and how we love is how we learn to make the world a better
place, one small step at a time.
Where do balloons go
when you let them go free?
It can happen by accident.
It happened to me.
Do they tango with airplanes?
Or cha-cha with birds?
Can plain balloons read
balloons printed with words?
When one little boy accidentally lets go of his balloon, his imagination
takes him on its journey.
Jamie Lee Curtis's gentle and humorous exploration of the joys and perils
of a balloon's life is whimsically brought to life by Laura Cornell's illustrations.
From the best-selling author-illustrator team of Today I Feel Silly
and Other Moods that Make My Day comes another delightful mystery about
letting go.
Includes cool reusable stickers and two play areas!
Anyone who has ever let go of a balloon string and watched the bright
object go up and up and out of sight will appreciate this whimsical picture
book that ponders the age-old question Where Do Balloons Go? This
"uplifting mystery"--examined in singsong rhyme by Jamie Lee Curtis and
playfully explored with Roz Chast-like illustrations by Laura Cornell--is
a new offering from the team behind Today I Feel Silly, When
I Was Little, and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born.
Where do they go
when they float far away?
Do they ever catch cold
and need somewhere to stay?
"Do they tango with airplanes? / Or cha-cha with birds? / Can plain balloons
read / balloons printed with words?" Cornell's splashy colorful spreads
(one which folds out to four full pages) pop with plenty of witty details.
One balloon, for example, waits nervously with a suitcase outside the Bates
Motel. In a balloon-ridden urban scenario, advertisements promote balloon-friendly
services such as "The Detanglers, professionals since 1934." This exuberant
book will have you half-believing that balloons are people, too. A page
of vinyl reusable stickers in the back can be used on the sky-and-cloud
wash on the front endpaper, or the space-scape (complete with comets) on
the back endpaper. Next time your child's balloon drifts away, it'll be
much easier for him or her to imagine it dancing in Bolivia than caught
up in phone wires! (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell's bestselling books have been helping
children grow for the past fifteen years! Now four of these favorite titles
are gathered in this delightful collection with activities, songs, and
stories perfect for families to share. Come read, learn, and play with
Jamie
Lee Curtis's Books to Grow By Treasury.
Tell
Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Ages 3-6
Hardcover: 32 pages HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 0694012157; Board
edition
Where
Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Anyone who has ever let go of a balloon string and watched the bright
object go up and up and out of sight will appreciate this whimsical picture
book that ponders the age-old question Where Do Balloons Go? This "uplifting
mystery"--examined in singsong rhyme by Jamie Lee Curtis and playfully
explored with Roz Chast-like illustrations by Laura Cornell--is a new offering
from the team behind Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little, and Tell Me
Again About the Night I Was Born.
Where do they go
when they float far away?
Do they ever catch cold
and need somewhere to stay?
"Do they tango with airplanes? / Or cha-cha with birds? / Can plain balloons
read / balloons printed with words?" Cornell's splashy colorful spreads
(one which folds out to four full pages) pop with plenty of witty details.
One balloon, for example, waits nervously with a suitcase outside the Bates
Motel. In a balloon-ridden urban scenario, advertisements promote balloon-friendly
services such as "The Detanglers, professionals since 1934." This exuberant
book will have you half-believing that balloons are people, too. A page
of vinyl reusable stickers in the back can be used on the sky-and-cloud
wash on the front endpaper, or the space-scape (complete with comets) on
the back endpaper. Next time your child's balloon drifts away, it'll be
much easier for him or her to imagine it dancing in Bolivia than caught
up in phone wires! (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson - Amazon.com Hardcover: 36 pages HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 006027980X; (August
29, )
