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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

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Average rating: 3.97 · 19,028 ratings · 1,382 reviews · 61 distinct works

	Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School 4.09 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Pigsty - Audio by Mark Teague, Mark Teaque 3.92 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation 3.87 avg rating — 192 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Doom Machine by Mark Teague, Scholastic 3.23 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	LaRue for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign 3.66 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	LaRue Across America: Postcards From the Vacation 3.80 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Funny Farm 3.09 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Secret Shortcut 4.10 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	How I Spent My Summer Vacation 3.81 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	My rating:
	One Halloween Night 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:

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