Lynne Jonell





Lynne Jonell

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born
Little Falls, Minnesota, The United States
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Lynne Jonell is the author of three novels and seven picture books for children, published by Henry Holt and Penguin/Putnam. Her first novel, Emmy & the Incredible Shrinking Rat, won the Minnesota Book Award, and her most recent novel, The Secret of Zoom, is a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her books have received starred reviews in Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Sesame Street Parents, and have been published in eight languages. She teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center, is married and has two sons, and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota. She will launch a new chapter book series with Random House in 2010, beginning with Hamster Magic, and is currently working on the third in the Emm...more


Average rating: 3.81 · 3,755 ratings · 615 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
Emmy and the Incredible Shr...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,568 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions
The Secret of Zoom
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
Emmy and the Home for Troub...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
Hamster Magic (Magical Mix-...
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3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
Emmy and the Rats in the Be...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
I Need a Snake
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
Lawn Mower Magic (Magical M...
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3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Mommy Go Away!
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
When Mommy Was Mad
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002
It's My Birthday, Too!
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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“If my love must be a rodent, then shall I be anything but a rat?”
Lynne Jonell, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

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