Phillis Gershator

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1994
  • Latest Book:
    March 2018
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Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Iroko-Man

  • Tukama Tootles the Flute: A Tale from the Antilles

  • Sweet, Sweet Fig Banana

  • Tiny and Bigman

    Opposites certainly do attract in this lively Caribbean tale of Miss Tiny and Mr. Bigman. A strong woman with a booming voice, Tiny is always eager to lend a hand. Chopping sugarcane, building a house, and digging a deep-water port, it's all the same...

  • Greetings, Sun

  • Only One Cowry

  • When It Starts to Snow

    What if it starts
    to snow?
    What do you do?
    Where do you go?

    What if it starts to snow. What do you do? Where do you go?" So begins this winter story, as each animal--from a mouse to a bear--tells us what it will do and where it wil...

  • The Babysitter Sings

    Baby cheeps like a bird
    and I know why.
    When Mama and Papa go out
    baby starts to cry.

    A calming picture book about separation that will help ease a child's fears

    It's hard when Mama and Papa leave home. You want to go with the...

  • Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story

    "Helping mom is no fun for Junjun, so instead of doing as she asks, he utters the ""magic"" words ""rata-pata-scata-fata."" By chance or magic, Junjun''s wishes come true and all of his chores get done. Is Junjun''s magic just a coincidence?"...



  • Summer Is Summer

    School is out and it's the perfect time to explore the magic of summer!

    What is summer? For so many children summer is lemonade and salty air, baseball and ice cream, fireflies and starry nights, and much, much more. Join four friends as they...

  • Sky Sweeper

    Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper - so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling miniature worlds of his own in the temple garden. As the years go by, others ask him: Don't y...

  • This is the Day!

  • Listen Listen

    This book is PENpal enabled and you can download the audio file in Bengali and English free from our FreeLINK software at www.mantralingua.com/uk Learn about the seasons and discover sights and sounds of nature - from summer's sizzling sun to winter'...

  • Listen, Listen

    ★ "This jewel of a book will draw children back again and again" — Booklist, starred reviewListen, listen... what's that sound? Insects singing all around! Chirp, chirp, churr, churr, buzz, buzz, whirr, whirr. Listen careful...

  • Old House, New House

    It's summer, and a little girl is excited to move into an old country house with a cranberry bog, bullfrog creek, and farm animals that live down the road. But when fall comes, it's time to pack up and move again -- all the way across the country ...

  • Zoo Day !Ole!: A Counting Book

    Abuelita takes her granddaughter to the zoo. They have fun counting the animals and other things that they see. Uno, dos squirrels running! Tres bears standing! Cuatro seals splashing! Children will enjoy learning how to count in English and Spanish....

  • Wise... and Not So Wise: Ten Tales from the Rabbis

    Talmudic and midrashic folklore use the teachings of the ancient sages to answer questions and teach moral lessons, often with a dash of humor. In this delightful collection, Phillis Gershator takes spiritual and folkloric elements and weaves them to...

  • Who's Awake in Springtime?

    In this rhythmic springtime tale, animals of all kinds get ready to sleep. As the sun sets, fish find a place to hide, cats curl up, and sheep huddle in their wool coats. Still, not everyone is asleep . . . the minnow, the kitten, the lamb -- and a l...

  • Who's in the Forest?

    In this colourful peepo book, small children are invited to peek through the holes on every other page to answer the repeating refrain, Who's in the forest, dark and deep? The playful, energetic, rhyming text introduces all sorts of creatures that ma...



  • Sambalena Show-Off

    A modern-day fable finds the incorrigibly lazy Sambalena showing off and getting his head stuck inside a pot with no solution in sight, and his dilemma makes him wish he had stuck to his chores. ...

  • Moo, Moo, Brown Cow, Have You Any Milk?

    Moo, moo, brown cow! Have you any milk? "Yes, sir, yes, sir," smooth as silk. Does milk make me sleepy before I go to bed? "Yes, sir, yes, sir," the brown cow said. There's something about this well-known and well-loved nursery rhyme! Clever ne...

  • Time for a Hug

    "A hug feels good. Let's hug again. We'll hug at nine. We'll hug at ten." When is it time for a hug? Anytime This feel-good picture book assures kids there's plenty of love to go around-the-clock. From the moment Little Bunny wakes up in th...

  • Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!

  • Tukama and the Duppy

  • Time for a Nap

    Too tired to hop.
    No zip, no zap . . .
    What time is it?
    TIME FOR A NAP!
     
    This charming and cozy entry in the Snuggle Time series brings back the little bunny from the popular Time for a Hug and...

  • Tiyoro and the Kissing Bird

  • The Water Bucket

    In this Chinese folktale, an unhappy young bride named Shui-mu must do all the chores in her mother-in-law's household, until a gift from a mysterious old woman brings change. This Cinderella-like story of overcoming cruelty and rewarding generosity ...

  • Time for a Trip

    What time is it? It’s TIME FOR A TRIP! Little Bunny’s all packed and ready to go -- and imagining the many ways his family might travel. Will they board a bus or a choo-choo train? Sail on a ferry or blast off on a plane? In the end, everyon...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Phillis Gershator has published 28 books.

Phillis Gershator does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Time for a Trip, was published in March 2018.

The first book by Phillis Gershator, Iroko-Man, was published in March 1994.

No. Phillis Gershator does not write books in series.
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