Testimonials

  • “All bites of food are not created equal. In this bold, oversized picture book, readers will see—at actual size—how much tasty giant squid a sperm whale can eat in one gulp (look at the tentacles in that fold-out!) and how much dirt a worm can eat at once, too, which is not very much at all. Nine other animals and their eating habits are illustrated, from a bear licking a pawful of honey to a Komodo dragon crunching a snake, cloudy-white drool dripping from its powerful jaws. The terrific, artfully composed brush, crayon and computer-aided artwork is lavish, the perspectives dramatically up-close … And for dessert? Eleven vivaciously crafted paragraphs about each animal make the whole smorgasbord quite satisfying indeed.”

    Starred Review from Kirkus, September 2010 on Just One Bite.

  • “An expert blend of art and science …”

    Publisher’s Weekly, October, 2010
    on Just One Bite

  • “Atteberry’s digitally rendered illustrations are bright and cheerfully frightening with lots of smiling faces. They perfectly support Schaefer’s amusing text.”

    School Library Journal
    October 1, 2010
    on Frankie Stein Starts School

  • Attractive, colorful, and impressively big.

    School Library Journal
    October 2010 on Just One Bite

  • “The beautiful physical immediacy of the new pet story will draw emergent readers to this small My First title in the I Can Read series… Preschoolers will enjoy the realism of the kitten’s story as they recognize from their own experience how it feels to be a small creature in a giant world.”

    –Booklist, April 15, 2006
    on Mittens

  • "This amusing guide to good manners features earnest cartoon animals whose habits leave something to be desired. Flaps show the animals in bad form and a turn of the flap reveals the preferred alternative. Kids will delight in the details of the animals’ bad manners."
    -Publishers Weekly, May 2009
    on Please Pass the Manners

  • “The author skillfully integrates short exclamations and animal sounds into the text, moving the story along and adding sensory details within the early-reader format. Hartung's soft-focus watercolor illustrations imbue the appealing kitten and the big (but friendly) dog with a perky sweetness that will charm the youngest readers.”
    Kirkus, spring 2008
    on What's That, Mittens?

  • “This title would be good for easy-reader collections and could be used in toddler storytimes.”
    –School Library Journal
    on Mittens

  • “Schaefer’s necessarily brief text is crisp and cogent, integrating dialogue in an accessible manner for new readers… a sweet, sturdy addition to the growing array of very first readers.”
    –Kirkus
    on Mittens