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Nancy Van Laan

Nancy Van Laan

Nancy Van Laan

Nancy Van Laan has written many books perfect for reading aloud, including So Say the Little Monkeys; Little Fish, Lost; With a Whoop and a Holler, an American Library Association Notable Book; and the 1990 Parents' Choice Award winner, Possum Come a-Knockin'. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Nit-Pickin' will be released on September 24, 2008 in
Sep 24, 2008
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School Library Journal, May 2, 2013
...The Baby Goes Beep (Roaring Brook, 2013) by Rebecca O’Connell, The Big Fat Worm (Knopf, 1987) by Nancy Van Laan, and Trashy Town (HarperCollins, 1999) by Andrea Zimmerman. Newer favorites are Oh No! (Random, 2012) by Candace Fleming, Tiny Little Fly...
Ultimate Kingwood, September 22, 2012
...The Children’s Story Time in the Garden has selected "When Winter Comes" by Nancy Van Laan to be discussed at its next meeting...
Online La Crosse Tribune, August 30, 2012
...here are a few others. “The Six Little Possums at Home” by Marci McGill “Possum Come A-knockin’” by Nancy Van Laan “Opossum at Sycamore Road” by Sally Walker “Skunk and Possum” by Graham Tether “Epossumondas Plays Possum”...
School Library Journal, May 2, 2013
...The Baby Goes Beep (Roaring Brook, 2013) by Rebecca O’Connell, The Big Fat Worm (Knopf, 1987) by Nancy Van Laan, and Trashy Town (HarperCollins, 1999) by Andrea Zimmerman. Newer favorites are Oh No! (Random, 2012) by Candace Fleming, Tiny Little Fly...
Garner News, December 1, 2012
...new things when he and his father go out and play in the snow. “When Winter Comes” by Nancy Van Laan Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants “when winter comes and the cold wind blows.” “Hello, Snow!” by Hope...
Ultimate Kingwood, September 22, 2012
...The Children’s Story Time in the Garden has selected "When Winter Comes" by Nancy Van Laan to be discussed at its next meeting...
Online La Crosse Tribune, August 30, 2012
...here are a few others. “The Six Little Possums at Home” by Marci McGill “Possum Come A-knockin’” by Nancy Van Laan “Opossum at Sycamore Road” by Sally Walker “Skunk and Possum” by Graham Tether “Epossumondas Plays Possum”...