Books by Deborah Zemke
My Life in Pictures (Bea Garcia)
Fans of Amelia’s Notebook and Judy Moody will love this friendship story bursting with doodles and pictures
Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere—but mostly in her own notebook. When Bea’s first and only best friend Yvonne moves to Australia, not even drawing makes Bea feel better. And things only get worse when a loud, rambunctious boy moves in next door. He’s nothing at all like Yvonne! But with a little imagination and a whole lot of doodles, Bea Garcia might just make a new friend.
This first book in a brand-new chapter book series is a must-read for doodlers everywhere.
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My Life in Pictures (Bea Garcia)
Fans of Amelia’s Notebook and Judy Moody will love this friendship story bursting with doodles and pictures
Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere—but mostly in her own notebook. When Bea’s first and only best friend Yvonne moves to Australia, not even drawing makes Bea feel better. And things only get worse when a loud, rambunctious boy moves in next door. He’s nothing at all like Yvonne! But with a little imagination and a whole lot of doodles, Bea Garcia might just make a new friend.
This first book in a brand-new chapter book series is a must-read for doodlers everywhere.
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The Curse of Einstein's Pencil (Bea Garcia)
Bea’s artistic gifts lead to a special new friendship in book two of this funny illustrated chapter book series for fans of Amelia’s Notebook and Judy Moody
Bea Garcia is looking for a new best friend, and she almost has one—the smartest girl in school, Judith Einstein. So when Einstein asks Bea to be her partner in the upcoming school geography contest, Bea is thrilled...at first. Schoolwork comes so easily to Einstein that Bea thinks the secret might be Einstein's special pencil. But when Bea takes Einstein's pencil home, it's not quite what she expected.
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I'm Going to Read® (Level 4): Don't Bargain with the Tooth Fairy!: 44 Ridiculous Rules Every Kid Should Know (I'm Going to Read® Series)
At home, in school, and out in public, there are certain rules that every smart kid should follow. Like, don’t leave any science experiment in the refrigerator for longer than six months. Or: Always tie your shoelaces—but not together. Deborah Zemke’s madcap art, plus her witty text, make this sequel to Don’t Feed the Babysitter to Your Boa Constrictor outrageous fun!
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How to Win Friends and Influence Creatures
A few simple tricks will carry you far in the social world, and the menagerie in this book will help you to master them, from the proper way to converse (don't open your mouth just to hear yourself roar) to good manners while bathing (don't hog the mud bath!).
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Doodles at Lunch: 36 Tear-Off Placemats
Liven up lunchtime with these placemats, which teach kids how to turn an A into an Alligator, a Z into a Zebra, and a number 9 into a hot air balloon. The tear-off pad means theres always a new placemat when you need one.
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D is for Doodle
This unique, interactive alphabet-art book provides hours of fun as children (and grown-ups, too) learn to draw everything from alligators to zebras, clowns to xylophones.
The step-by-step instructions teach kids of all ages how to draw a wide variety of objects and creatures. Bright, colorful illustrations and easy-to-follow directions make it easy for children to draw things they never imagined they could. Parents will be thrilled with how easily their kids are entertained and kept busy for hours. The book even includes blank pages with letters for young artists to create original doodles of their own!
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35 Uses for a Daughter
Daughters come in all colors, sizes, and shapes, with all kinds of enthusiasms, abilities, and talents. But whether they're acting as the family's computer guru, movie critic, taste tester, fashionista, tennis partner, or dog walker, or are just using up all the cell phone minutes, every daughter is special.
Deborah Zemke's whimsical illustrations show families from all walks of life. 35 Uses for a Daughter is the perfect way to remind your daughter that you love her, or to remind parents of just how great daughters can be!
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2 is for Toucan: Oodles of Doodles from 1 to 42 (A Step-By-Step Drawing Book)
Deborah Zemke is back with an entertaining look at everyone's favorite pastimedoodling. Using only a few good simple lines and squiggles, Ms. Zemke shows how a fantastic world of fun characters can be created from 1 to 42.
Embedded with math content and educational information, this book reinforces both math and reading skills in a humorous way that will appeal to all ages. The step-by-step directions are simple and easy to follow, making this perfect for the budding artist, or seasoned pro. The wire-O binding allows book to lay flat for easy referencing.
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The Secret Chicken Club: Handprint Books
by George Shannon, Deborah Zemke
Debbie, a dancing cow, is anxious to join Wise Acres farm's Secret Chicken Club.
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Sports Doodles (Doodle Placemats)
This sporty addition to the best-selling placemat series is a hit! Kids are invited to turn numbers into sports-themed drawings on each of the thirty-six tear-off placemats. Pack it up for a slam-dunk, on-the-go home run! Looking for something to keep your girly-girl busy at mealtime? Check out Fairy Doodles Placemats!
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Chicken Doodle Soup
Doodle dynamo Deborah Zemke presents a playful addition to her best-selling series Doodles at Dinner and Doodles at Lunch, featuring 36 new placemats with wacky doodles for diners young and old. Zemke shows readers how to take animals and food and turn them into crazy doodlicious concoctions.
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101 Doodle Definitions
What does “loquacious” mean? Or “bombastic”? Or “quagmire”? Best-selling, doodle-dynamo Deborah Zemke has devised a groundbreaking mnemonic approach to learning—and remembering—the meanings of words. Zemke ingeniously depicts 101 of the most-used words on standardized tests. Perfect for studying and retaining required vocabulary words, this doodle book is ideal for teachers, tutors, and parents who need a new and novel method to teach, reach, and motivate their students.
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Doodles at Breakfast
by Harriet Ziefert, Deborah Zemke
Doodle dynamo Deborah Zemke presents 36 new placemats, featuring doodles for breakfast diners young and old. Zemke has taught many readers—and eaters—how to make fun, easy, and personality-filled doodles from letters and numbers, and both her Doodles at Dinner and Doodles at Lunch placemats are hits!
Bound together as a pad—so there's always another placemat ready—this set makes the perfect gift and will liven up mealtime at home, in restaurants, at birthday parties, or anywhere!
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