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Maurie J. Manning

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The United States

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Graphic Novels

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Maurice Sendak, Trina Shart Hyman, Uri Schulevitz

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Maurie J. Manning is the author and illustrator of Kitchen Dance, a beloved read-aloud and "small moments" teaching tool, and Laundry Day, a graphic novel-style celebration of immigrant culture in 1900's NYC. Both were published by Clarion Books and earned multiple starred reviews from The Horn Book, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. Her work also includes text collaboration and the illustrations for the Gallup Press bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids, which has sold over 400,000 copies and remains a staple for school-year kickoffs nationwide. She is still writing picture books, but has taken a fun detour into writing YA Speculative Horror, recently completing an 85K word novel.

As a single mother, she adopted two older multi-racial c ...more

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	How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author), Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (illustrator), Mary Reckmeyer (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 2,727 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laundry Day 3.94 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitchen Dance: A Charming Picture Book About Family, Music, and Bedtime Joy for Kids (Ages 4-7) 4.16 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sorry! by Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Trudy Ludwig (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aunts Go Marching 3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick by Roz Rosenbluth, Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coffee Can Kid by Jan M. Czech, Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Giant King by Kathleen T. Pelley (Goodreads Author), Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Everywhere! by Christine Taylor-Butler, Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laundry Day Hgf Edition 2017 Pa 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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