Books by Matthew Van Fleet
Tails
Rhyming text, textured illustrations, lift-up flaps, and scratch-and-sniff spots teach about animal names, shapes, colors, and numbers, one to ten. By the author of Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings. Children's BOMC. 150,000 first printing.
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Tails
Tails are irresistible to toddlers, and in this favorite sturdy touch-and-feel board book, preschool-age pokers and prodders can finally tug to their heart’s content.
Engaging, cartoonish animals from tigers to pangolins romp across the pages as the rhyming text bounces along: “Tails fluffy, / Tails stringy, / Scaled tails strong and—clingy!”
Pull tabs, lift-able flaps, tufts of "fur," and even a scratch-and-sniff skunk tail provide plenty of tactile surprises. Along the way, youngsters will learn about counting, opposites, and how animals use their tails.
A tried and true tail-wagger!
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Cat
by Matthew Van Fleet, B. Kliban
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Purrrrrfect fun for toddlers!
In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, watch twenty-two breeds of frolicking felines demonstrate synonyms, action words, opposites, and more. Cleverly designed pull tabs and flaps plus seven pettable textures and a push-button squeaker offer interactive treats that will have toddlers purring along from start to surprising finish. Meow...meow...meow...WOW!
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Cat
by Matthew Van Fleet, B. Kliban
It’s the mother of all cat books. The book that gave new meaning to wacka-wacka and forever redefined it.
Cat is the classic that started it all. It gave a voice to catmaniacs around the country and launched an entire genre in publishing and licensing. Everybody went crazy.
“Neither cute nor mysterious but instead simply and irreverently, even raucously, very funny.”—Village Voice.
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Alphabet (Paula Wiseman Books)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
An Amazing ABC Safari for Preschoolers!
In Matthew Van Fleet's incredible multiconcept book, over 100 creatures and plants from A to Z hilariously demonstrate action words, synonyms, opposites, and more. Young explorers are challenged to spot four plants or animals that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Twenty-three textures plus foils, flaps, pull tabs, and even a scratch-and-sniff scent add to the interactive surprises on every page. Also includes a removable full-color alphabet poster for learning fun!
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Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings Gift Set
A perennial favorite in an irresistible gift package
With over a million copies sold, Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings has been adored since its publication. A guaranteed kid-pleaser, there's a delightful surprise on every page--and a cheerful introduction to colors, shapes, and animals. This scrumptious gift set includes a special hardcover edition of the beloved book and a soft, fuzzy duckling ready to be cuddled. It's the perfect present for any toddler or new baby.
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Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings
This charming introduction to colors, shapes, and animals has been delighting children all over the world for ten years! There is a surprise on every peek-a-boo page, where textured shapes magically turn into colorful creatures perfect for toddler's touching.
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$15.99
Dog
by Matthew Van Fleet, Michelle Herman
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Doggone fun for little ones!
In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, twenty breeds of capering canines demonstrate action words, opposites, synonyms, and more. Cleverly designed pull tabs and flaps plus ten pettable textures provide interactive treats that will have the whole family arfing along from start to surprising finish. Bow-WOW!
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Dog
by Matthew Van Fleet, Michelle Herman
Single, childless, J.T. Rosena poet and college professor who has failed to live up to her early promisehas constructed a careful, orderly life around her work and the little house she has lived in alone for many years. Long ago, after a tumultuous youth filled with the "Sturm und Drang of boys and men," she gave up on the possibility of love; she has begun by now, in the Middle Western town she cannot bring herself to think of as home, to give up on the possibility of friendship.
When the dog enters her life, almost by accident he takes over her life, as puppies do.
But as the days and weeks pass, the relationship that unfolds between dog and woman provides a glimpse for her of the possibilities that life still offers, of goodness that she begins to understand can be "counted on" in some inexplicable way.
Dog is about how a person constructs a life for herself, about the bits and pieces that make up a life as one goes along, and about the possibility of goodness, always, among those piecesthe possibility of love, and grace.
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Moo
by Jane Smiley, Matthew Van Fleet
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes “an uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest" (The New York Times).
In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and waving fields of grain, Moo’s campus churns with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upmanship, Chairman X of the Horticulture Department harbors a secret fantasy to kill the dean; Mrs. Walker, the provost's right hand and campus information queen, knows where all the bodies are buried; Timothy Monahan, associate professor of English, advocates eavesdropping for his creative writing assignments; and Bob Carlson, a sophomore, feeds and maintains his only friend: a hog named Earl Butz. Wonderfully written and masterfully plotted, Moo gives us a wickedly funny slice of life.
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Moo
by Jane Smiley, Matthew Van Fleet
From the creator of the New York Times bestsellers Heads and Dog. Oink, cluck, squeak, moo . . . cock-a-doodle-doo! Ingeniously designed flaps and pull tabs, accompanied by pettable textures, offer a flock of interactive fun in this innovative introduction to seven species of barnyard residents. Toddlers will delight in identifying and imitating each critter!
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Heads
by Matthew Van Fleet, Jesse Jarnow
Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: black market chemists, the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Grateful Dead-loving AI scientists of Stanford, utopian Whole Earth homesteaders, government-wanted Anonymous hackers, rogue explorers, East Village bluegrass pickers, spiritual seekers, Internet pioneers, entrepreneurs, pranksters, pioneering DJs, and a nation of Deadheads.
Drawing on extensive new firsthand accounts from many never-before-interviewed subjects and a wealth of deep archival research, music writer and WFMU DJ Jesse Jarnow takes readers on a panoramic tour of a comic-book-colored American landscape. And with psychedelic research moving into the mainstream for the first time in decades, Heads also recounts the story of the quiet entheogenic revolution that for years has been brewing resiliently in the Dead's Technicolor shadow.
Featuring over four dozen images, Heads weaves one of the 20th and 21st centuries' most misunderstood subcultures into the fabric of the nation's history.
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Heads
by Matthew Van Fleet, Jesse Jarnow
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Eye-Popping Fun for Toddlers!
Eight ingenious pull tabs, seven pettable textures, and an astonishing fold-out finale deliver interactive surprises on every page as a cast of irresistible critters use their heads to demonstrate opposites, actions, and more!
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Lick!: Mini Board Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Tongue-tied fun for toddlers in an adorable format perfect for little hands!
Four sturdy pull tabs and four touchable textures enhance the action and laughs flow lickety-split as a cast of cavorting creatures proves that tongues can do much more than taste!
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Monday the Bullfrog: A Huggable Puppet Concept Book About the Days of the Week
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
A huggable concept book about the days of the week that doubles as a puppet!
Matthew Van Fleet’s huggable multiconcept book introduces preschoolers to textures, colors, critters, and the days of the week. When slipped onto a hand, the cuddly bullfrog becomes a beguiling puppet with a mouth that opens wide for every meal. The cleverly textured pages will tickle fingertips and funny bones while revealing clues to what’s next on Monday’s colorful menu, from a twinkly glow-in-the-dark snack to a mirrored surprise ending reflecting the sweetest dish of all.
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sniff
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Nosy Fun for Toddlers in an adorable format perfect for little hands!
Four sturdy pull tabs and seven touchable textures put toddlers nose to nose with captivating critters as they demonstrate nasal sounds, colors, actions, and more!
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Color Dog
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
A colorful canine romp for toddlers!
Look for plenty of wagging and woofing as a parade of adorable pooches employ cleverly designed mechanics, pettable textures and even scratch-and-sniff patches to introduce toddlers to colors, textures, and more.
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Dance
by Matthew Van Fleet, unknown author
National IndieBound Bestseller
“Hugely appealing…” —Shelf Awareness
A Parent.co “Most Anticipated Book of 2017” Spring/Winter edition
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a laugh-out-loud, jazzy story of a little baby chick who learns how to dance from a friendly band of animals who know all the right moves!
Shake, shake, shake, shimmy, shimmy, shake! You can dance!
Young readers will delight in the charming art, jazzy text, and in pulling the five sturdy pull tabs to make the different animals bounce, shake and bop as they dance to the Hippoppta Hula, Gator Mashed Patater, and more! Listen and dance to the song at VanFleetBooks.com. Get your dancing feet ready!
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi, Matthew Van Fleet, Catherine Chidgey
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times • Time • Buzzfeed • NPR • New York Public Library • Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal
A genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as “like [Madeline] L’Engle…glorious.” A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question--How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
A riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.
"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut" –The New York Times
"The word hype was invented to describe books like this." –Refinery29
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi, Matthew Van Fleet, Catherine Chidgey
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times • Time • Buzzfeed • NPR • New York Public Library • Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal
A genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as “like [Madeline] L’Engle…glorious.” A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question--How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
A riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.
"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut" –The New York Times
"The word hype was invented to describe books like this." –Refinery29
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi, Matthew Van Fleet, Catherine Chidgey
From the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Heads and Dog comes a funny and interactive book featuring everyone’s favorite pets!
Children will delight in this interactive introduction to an incredible assortment of pets, from guinea pigs and rabbits to pot-bellied pigs, reptiles, fish, and more!
Sturdy pull tables, flaps, textures, and a fabulous pop-up finale will engage young readers as they discover the world of possible pets to get! Pets is an interactive and read aloud favorite for all toddlers who love animals.
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi, Matthew Van Fleet, Catherine Chidgey
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Washington Post・The New Yorker ・Slate・CrimeReads・Good Housekeeping・Amazon Book Review
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
A suspenseful new psychological thriller from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisted and Dublin Literary Award shortlisted author of Remote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey.
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine’s sense that something isn’t quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie.
Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense: Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping among them.
“Refreshing, compelling and surprising.”—Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself and Reading the World
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Chomp Goes the Alligator
“A bang-up banquet certain to draw demands for repeat courses and sturdy enough to survive them.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A big, playful counting book that’s great fun for reading aloud.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Another irresistibly touchable title for toddler-age readers.” —Publishers Weekly
From #1 New York Times bestselling novelty book creator Matt Van Fleet comes an irresistible picture book about a very hungry alligator who likes to chomp, chomp, chomp, which will delight readers as they learn animal names, colors, and counting.
Along came the alligator,
chomp, chomp, chomp!
From the internationally bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet comes the story of a hungry little alligator who gulps his way from one to ten. Ten touchable textures, a sturdy chomping pull tab, and a grand finale pop-up are sure to engage the youngest readers.
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Oscar the Octopus: A Book About the Months of the Year
From #1 New York Times bestselling novelty creator Matthew Van Fleet comes an exciting book that teaches little ones the months of the year!
Join Oscar as he introduces preschoolers to the months of the year, texture, colors, and fascinating sea creatures. The cleverly textured pages will tickle fingertips and funny bones while revealing clues to what Oscar will catch next from a shiny friend to a surprise pop-up ending!
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Splash Goes the Whale
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matt Van Fleet comes a charming novelty book filled with underwater animals of all sizes and shapes and every letter of the alphabet!
Once there was a little whale swimming in the sea who said he was so hungry he could eat from A to Z. So he does just that in this pleasing and bright novelty book that features twenty-six undersea animals, both familiar and unusual, a pull tab, and two large pop-us including a finale that features the amazing real creatures who star in the book!
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Mermaid Dance
From #1 New York Times bestsellers Matthew and Mara Van Fleet comes a charming novelty book filled with mermaids, mermen, and charming underwater animals young readers can dance along with!
Follow along with the merkids as their sea creature friends form a dance party and teach them the narwhal nod, the silly seal spin, polar bear twist, and more! Little ones can use the six sturdy pull tabs to make the characters move as they dance their way to the grand pop-up finale.
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Bedtime Blitz!
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matt Van Fleet comes an antic-filled novelty book starring a humorous cast of animals getting ready for bed!
It’s getting late, the sun’s almost set, and it’s time for bed! A group of frantic animal friends rush through their bedtime routine: taking a bath, putting on their pajamas, brushing their teeth, reading a story, and then finally putting their heads on the pillow and saying goodnight.
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Count Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that introduces numbers and counting with pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of numbers and counting.
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Count Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that introduces numbers and counting with pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of numbers and counting.
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Shape Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that uses pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals to introduce little ones to shapes!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of shapes and shape names.
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$14.99
Shape Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that uses pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals to introduce little ones to shapes!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of shapes and shape names.
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Count Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that introduces numbers and counting with pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of numbers and counting.
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$14.99
Shape Pet
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matthew Van Fleet comes a funny and interactive rhyming book that uses pull tabs, touch-and-feel textures, and many photographs of adorable animals to introduce little ones to shapes!
Photographs capturing the life and character of cute critters from parrots to puppies accompany bouncy rhyming text sure to delight little readers again and again as they learn the basics of shapes and shape names.
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One Yellow Lion: Fold-Out Fun with Numbers, Colors, Animals
Every page contains a surprise in this active picture book, filled with countable, colorful critters to engage the very young. Each spread features a number word from one to ten, a color word, and an Arabic numeral, folding out to reveal one or more lively animals.
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$13.99