Books by Kim Norman
Review: Kristi persuades her family to start a business that helps customers with their pet problems. By acting like people's pets, Kristi and family help children learn how to own, train, and take care of a pet. Funny examples of their antics include eating crickets, chasing balls, and making puddles on the floor.
It’s HERE!
I KNOW A WEE PIGGY
A color-concept book based on the old favorite, “I Know an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly.”
Illustrated by Henry Cole
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012
THE REVIEWS ARE IN! Starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist and School Library Journal!! Plus raves from Kirkus and The New York Times! Read the NYT review HERE.
Sterling sticker books, Spring 2012:
STORYTIME STICKERS: WHALES
and
STORYTIME STICKERS: DINOSAURS
Both are interactive sticker books, created with the science experts at the American Museum of Natural History!
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CRISIS
Illustrated by Janni Ho
Coming from Sterling Children’s Books
Fall 2012
ROLLING IN THE AISLES
A collection of laugh-out-loud poems
Meadowbrook, 2004
THE MUSEUM DUCK
by Verne Edwards
Illustrated by Kim Norman
Pearl Line Press, 2000
Contact me:
kimnorman@mac.com
TEN ON THE SLED
by Kim Norman
Illustrated by Liza Woodruff
Sterling Publishing, 2010
Author Kim Norman and illustrator Liza Woodruff have whipped up a rollicking, jolly, snow-filled adventure!
In the land of the midnight sun, all the animals are having fun speeding down the hill on Caribou’s sled. But as they go faster and faster, Seal, Hare, Walrus, and the others all fall off…until just the caribou’s left, only and lonely. Now, a reindeer likes flying—but never alone, so…
one through ten,
all leap on again!
An ideal picture book for reading—and singing along with—over and over.
ALL KINDS OF KITTENS
by Kim Norman
Illustrated by Betina Ogden
Sterling Publishing
2010
Fun with kittens! Kim Norman’s playful verse introduces kittens in all sorts of settings. A Sterling Storytime Stickers title.
has this to say:
“...What with animal identification, counting, vocabulary building and print awareness all scaffolded on a can’t-lose rhyme, this one’s a keeper.”
JACK OF ALL TAILS
by Kim Norman
Illustrated by David Clark
Dutton Children’s Books, 2007
...THIS IS WHY.
There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a child enjoying one of my books. I adored reading books to my own children, when they were little. Now I get a lot of satisfaction watching a new generation of children enjoy MY books. What a thrill!
Why do I write children’s books?
Celebrate the imagination—and the love between father and son—with a fun, rhyming, and totally original picture book. On a hot summer’s day, a young boy playfully sets out on a “crocodaddy hunt” in the lake. Following the creature’s shadow, dark and wet, he’s soon taking a wild ride on the grinning croc’s back. And when they leave the water, something wonderful happens: Crocodaddy transforms into…just DADDY.
CROCODADDY
by Kim Norman
Illustrated by David Walker
Sterling Publishing 2009
Editorial Reviews
Publishers Weekly:
Santa Claus (or at least author Norman) has been watching Undercover Boss....Norman’s verse tips its hat to Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas,” and Ho’s sunny cartoons are further enhanced by embossing and glossy accents.
And my newest baby:
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CRISIS
by Kim Norman
Illustrated by Jannie Ho
Published by Sterling Children’s Books
First the reindeer rebelled--now it's the elves' turn! This fun follow-up to The Great Reindeer Rebellion is as over-the-top entertaining as its forerunner.
'Tis the month before Christmas, and things are not great. The elves are complaining, “We're all running late!” The candy-cane twister needs major repairs; there's not enough cotton to stuff the toy bears. The North Pole's in trouble... Santa MUST find out why!
Told in fun rhyme and featuring embossed, spot-glossed pages, this holiday-bright book takes kids on an undercover mission with Santa himself--and gives them an inside peek at what REALLY goes on in the elves' workshop.
Kirkus Reviews
...The story is told in cleverly rhymed quatrains set in curved text blocks that flow within the illustrations in a pleasing manner. These overworked elves don't crack any new ice, but their story is entertaining enough for holiday reading in those busy days before Santa's arrival. (Picture book. 3-7)
