Mark Teague





Mark Teague

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Mark Teague has delighted young readers with more than 20 picture books, and he has written many of them himself, including the popular Pigsty, Baby Tamer, and One Halloween Night. He is also the illustrator of Cynthia Rylant's beloved Poppleton series for beginning readers and the best-selling books by Jane Yolen, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight and How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon.

Mark Teague's life changed when he moved from San Diego to New York City and he planted the seed for his first picture book, The Trouble with the Johnsons. Each of Teague's books start as "notebooks full of sketches and scribbles, strange little drawings and phrases that suddenly come together," Teague explains. And although he had no formal writing training, his e...more


Average rating: 3.97 · 19,028 ratings · 1,382 reviews · 61 distinct works
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters fr...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,090 ratings10 editions
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Pigsty - Audio
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions
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Detective LaRue: Letters fr...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 192 ratings5 editions
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The Doom Machine
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3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2009
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LaRue for Mayor: Letters fr...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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LaRue Across America: Postc...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2011
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Funny Farm
3.09 of 5 stars 3.09 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Secret Shortcut
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions
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One Halloween Night
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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