Mary Ann Hoberman

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1957
  • Latest Book:
    March 2022
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Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • All My Shoes Come in Twos

  • The Looking Book

  • The Raucous Auk

  • Nuts to You and Nuts to Me

  • I Like Old Clothes

    "I like old clothes, / Hand-me-down clothes, / Worn outgrown clothes, / Not-my-own clothes. . . . Originally published by Knopf in 1976 (with illustrations by Jacqueline Chwast), this poem—an exuberant celebration of hand-me-down clothes—...

  • A House Is a House for Me

    Where does everyone?and everything?live? A House Is a House for Me is a rollicking rhyme about houses. Some of the houses are familiar, such as an anthill and a dog kennel, while others are surprising, such as a corn husk and a pea pod. This longtime...

  • Yellow Butter Purple Jam

    An exuberant collection of bouncy, rhythmic verses takes in hippos, armadillos, the folk from Backward Town, llamas without pajamas, and other topics...

  • The Cozy Book

  • A Fine Fat Pig



  • The Seven Silly Eaters

    Peter wants only milk, Lucy won’t settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce. Each new addition to the household brings a new demand for a special meal. What’s a mother to do? “[A] highly comic rhyming romp that ...

  • Wheels on the Bus

  • One of Each

    Oliver Tolliver lives all alone and has one of everything in his little house-one table, one chair, one apple, and one pear. To him, it's perfect. But when he invites Peggoty Small over to admire his arrangement, he finds she has quite another opinio...

  • The Two Sillies

    Getting a pet cat should be simple, but it isn't for Silly Lilly. At the advice of her friend Sammy, she finds herself cutting down trees, building a shed--even buying a cow in her quest for a cat. Is all this work really necessary?
    Told in whim...

  • There Was Once a Man Named Michael Finnegan

    Every child knows some version of this silly song, but in this sly adaptation, Michael Finnegan's mysteriously recurring whiskers are just the beginning of his comic adventures. This familiar tale is spiced up with a hilarious twist and some quirky ...

  • It's Simple, Said Simon

    One day, a boy goes out for a walk. He encounters a dog, a cat, and a horse. The dog dares him to growl, the cat dares him to stretch, and the horse dares him to jump. "It's simple," says Simon. Then he meets a tiger, who challenges him to all three ...

  • Bill Grogan's Goat

    Bill Grogan's pesky goat has been eating clothes and getting into lots of trouble. When Bill gets rid of him he ends up on a train with an engineer and a group of raucous barnyard animals and sets off on a great adventure. This hilarious story is wri...

  • The Marvelous Mouse Man

    As more and more mice pour into an unsuspecting town, the people grow increasingly distressed. Who can get rid of the pests? The marvelous Mouse Man claims he can lead them away--ut he ends up taking more than anyone bargained for. Animals and humans...

  • Right Outside My Window

    Simple, rhyming text and beautiful, soothing artwork introduce the seasons by showing the changing landscape outside the narrator's window, such as baby birds learning to fly, colorful leaves falling gently to the ground, and snowflakes tumbling out ...

  • Eensy-Weensy Spider

    This imaginative adaptation of the popular children's song, first published in hardcover in 2000, is now in paperback. National Book Award winner Mary Ann Hoberman expands on the hugely popular children's song and tells the story of the eensy-weensy ...



  • And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends

    In rhyming verse that’s a deliberate homage to Dr. Seuss, poet and picture book author Mary Ann Hoberman takes on quarreling and its consequences, and shows how turning fighters into friends leads to greater peace. It all starts with a fighting bro...

  • Miss Mary Mack

    A lively picture book adaptation of the well-known children's hand-clapping rhyme, perfect for the whole family.
    Everyone knows some version of this popular children's hand-clapping rhyme, but in this adaptation, the elephant's fateful jump over ...

  • Skip to My Lou

  • I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    A classic song follows an old lady as she accidentally swallows a fly and then takes a series of increasingly drastic measures to stop the fly from buzzing around inside her, in a book which includes musical notation and an activity page....

  • Whose Garden Is It?

    The gardener says the garden belongs to him. But the woodchuck insists that it's his. And so do the rabbit, the butterfly, the squash bug, and the bumblebee. Even the tiny seeds and whistling weeds think the garden just couldn't grow without them. As...

  • Yankee Doodle

    An addition to the Sing-Along series which includes musical notation expands on the familiar song to include a girl, a poodle, a toad, and a rooster who, along with Yankee Doodle, open a restaurant called Yankee Doodle's Noodles....

  • You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

    This fourth book in the New York Times bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series features spine-tingling tales designed to read aloud -- perfect for Halloween or any time you want a fright!Do you like your mind all jumpy? Do you like y...

  • I'm Going to Grandma's

    What could be better than a visit to Grandma's? A sleepover, of course! But despite all the excitement, despite Grandma's delicious special meal, and despite Grandpa's fun games, there's still a moment when home suddenly seems very far away. That's ...

  • Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

    Mary Ann Hoberman has adapted the well-known song based on the true story of the Great Chicago Fire, "There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," into a funny and memorable story. When Mrs. O'Leary leaves her lantern in the barn, the cow kicks i...

  • Strawberry Hill

    When 10-year-old Allie learns that her family will be moving from a two-family home to their very own house, she's hesitant until she finds out they will be living on a street with the magical name of Straw...



  • All Kinds of Families!

    With irresistible, rollicking rhyme, beloved picture book author Mary Ann Hoberman shows readers that families, large and small, are all around us. From celery stalks to bottle caps, buttons, and rings, the objects we group together form families, ju...

  • Mary Had a Little Lamb

    In this familiar children's nursery song, Mary arrives at school one day with her friendly lamb following close behind her. Going against school rules, the students sneak the adorable lamb inside where they teach it the alphabet, to count to ten, and...

  • Forget-Me-Nots

    When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever. From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series...

  • You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together

    With type set in three columns and three colors for easy readability, each of the eight short fairy tales takes a new look at the old stories and invites two readers to read their own parts and then read the center column together. ...

  • You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together

    Designed with budding readers in mind, each of these tales starring familiar nursery rhyme characters is set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices to read separately and together. ...

  • Away with Words!

    A deliciously clever and entertaining collection of poems that celebrate word play by former Children's Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Mary Ann HobermanWords are remarkable / Here is a book / Where you'll not only listen ...

  • The Llama Who Had No Pajama

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    “If you’re sleepy in the jungle/And you wish to find a pillow,/Take a friendly word of warning:/DO NOT USE AN ARMADILLO! . . .” Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesa...

Award-Winning Books by Mary Ann Hoberman

Whose Garden Is It?
2004 National Outdoor Book Award -- Children's
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
2004 NAPPA Gold Award -- Ages 6 & Up
2004 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) -- Recommended


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Ann Hoberman has published 36 books.

Mary Ann Hoberman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Away with Words!, was published in March 2022.

The first book by Mary Ann Hoberman, All My Shoes Come in Twos, was published in January 1957.

No. Mary Ann Hoberman does not write books in series.
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