Margery Cuyler

         There is no Frigate like a Book
         To take us Lands away
                                ~ Emily Dickinson

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MARGERY CUYLER
	Work isn’t work when you love it.
	Margery Cuyler has been involved with children’s books as an author, editor, or publisher since graduating from Sarah Lawrence College. She has written 35 + books, including the That’s Good! That’s Bad! books, The Biggest, Best Snowman, Kindness Is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler, 100th Day Worries, Stop, Drop, and Roll, Skeleton Hiccups, Please Say Please! Penguin’s Guide to Manners, Please Play Safe: Penguin’s Guide to Playground Safety, Groundhog Stays Up Late, and The Bumpy Little Pumpkin. She has also written several chapter books, including Weird Wolf and The Battlefield Ghost. She has held executive positions at Holiday House, Henry Holt and Company, Golden Books Family Entertainment, Winslow Press, and, most recently, Marshall Cavendish, where she is Publisher of Children’s Books. She lives in Princeton, NJ, with her husband and two sons. Visit Margery at www.margerycuyler.com.

Author Visits For grades 1-3 Interactive presentation: Projects images (slides or Powerpoint) of family, pets, and work space Talks about importance of the imagination (where ideas come from) Discusses what a character is Reads aloud 3 to 4 books while projecting images so kids can see artwork Questions and answers For grades 3-5 Interactive presentation: Projects images (slides or Powerpoint) of family, pets, and work space Discusses where ideas come from Focuses on the where, when, what, who of story writing Discusses the importance of presenting and solving a problem Explains how research on werewolves solved plot challenges in Weird Wolf (chapter book) Stresses importance of revision Reads first chapter of Weird Wolf Interactive character exercise Questions and answers – but ongoing interactive discussion during presentation .......................................................................................................... Books

Kindness Is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa Simon and Schuster		That's Good, That's Bad in Washington, D.C. Illustrated by Michael Garland Henry Holt		Skeleton Hiccups Illustrated by S. D. Schindler McElderry Books		Roadsigns Illustrated by Steve Haskamp Marshall Cavendish


The Biggest, Best Snowman Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Scholastic		100th Day Worries Illustrated by Arthur Howard Simon and Schuster		Groundhog Stays Up Late Illustrated by Jean Cassels Walker		The Bumpy Little Pumpkin Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Scholastic
View more available titles at margerycuyler.com: Ah-Choo! (Scholastic) Please Say Please! Penguin’s Guide to Manners (Scholastic) Please Play Safe! Penguin’s Guide to Playground Safety (Scholastic) Big Friends ( Walker) That’s Good! That’s Bad! in the Grand Canyon (Henry Holt) That’s Good! That’s Bad! (Henry Holt) From Here to There (Henry Holt) Invisible in the Third Grade (Henry Holt) Weird Wolf (Henry Holt) Check your library for other titles by Margery Cuyler: *Fat Santa* (Henry Holt) *Shadow’s Baby* (Clarion) *Baby Dot: A Dinosaur Story* (Clarion) *Sir William and the Pumpkin Monster* (Henry Holt) *Freckles and Jane* (Henry Holt) *Freckles and Willie* (Henry Holt) *Daisy’s Crazy Thanksgiving* (Henry Holt) *Buddy Bear and the Bad Guys(Clarion) The Christmas Snowman* (Arcade/Penguin) *Jewish Holidays* (Henry Holt) *The Battlefield Ghost* (Scholastic) *The Trouble with Soap* (Dutton) *The All-Around Pumpkin Book* (Henry Holt) *The All-Around Christmas Book* (Henry Holt) ..........................................................................................................

Honors and Awards

100th Day Worries

A Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
IRA Teacher’s Choice
New York Charlotte Book Award nominee
Alabama Emphasis on Reading nominee
Maryland Children’s Book Award nominee

Skeleton Hiccups

A Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Wisconsin Golden Archer Award winner
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
Colorado Children’s Book Award nominee
Best Picture Book of the Year, Japan, Mainichi Newspaper sponsor

From Here to There

Texas 2 x 2 Reading List
Texas Mockingbird Award nominee
Texas Reading Club

Roadsigns

Adventuring with Books selection, National Council of Teachers of English

That’s Good! That’s Bad!

IRA Children’s Choice
Texas Reading Club

Stop, Drop, and Roll

A Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

The Biggest, Best Snowman

PW starred review
A Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee
Indiana Young Hoosier Award nominee

The Battlefield Ghost

A Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Adventuring with Books selection, National Council of Teachers of English
New Mexico Land of Enrichment nominee
South Carolina Book Award nominee
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award nominee