Mercer Mayer

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born

January 01, 1943 in The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.littlecritter.com/

genre

Children's Books

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I began illustrating books in 1966. Since that time I have published over 300 books. Most of my books are about things that happened to me when I was a little kid. Now I'm a big kid and I write about things that happen now, especially with my own children. They always remind me of what it was like.

I was born in Arkansas in 1943. Boy, that was a long time ago! It's real fun to be an old kid. Then my parents moved to Hawaii when I was thirteen years old. After High School, I went to Honolulu Academy of Arts. Then I moved to New York City. My wife, Gina, and I write the Little Critter stories together.

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Books by Mercer Mayer

Average rating: 4.12 · 64,236 ratings · 2,392 reviews · 458 distinct works

	Just for You 4.14 avg rating — 5,292 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Just Go to Bed 4.18 avg rating — 5,240 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Just Me and My Dad 4.07 avg rating — 4,571 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:
	I Was So Mad 4.14 avg rating — 4,031 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	My rating:
	There's a Nightmare in My Closet 4.21 avg rating — 3,442 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Just Me and My Mom (A Little Critter Book) 4.10 avg rating — 2,928 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Just Grandma and Me 4.13 avg rating — 1,998 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	My rating:
	I Just Forgot (A Little Critter Book) 4.10 avg rating — 1,863 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Just a Mess 4.08 avg rating — 1,655 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	All by Myself 4.01 avg rating — 1,402 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Mercer Mayer

Little Critter Readers (48 books)
by Mercer Mayer

3.90 avg rating — 798 ratings

Critters of the Night (16 books)
by Mercer Mayer

3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings

LC and the Critter Kids (12 books)
by Mercer Mayer, Erica Farber, John R. Sansevere

4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings

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“I was so mad!”
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“I know what is in your mind and in the mind of the youth. I know that your mind has one purpose and his the same. I know what is in the mind of the earth and of the moon and of the sun. Yes, I know of this kingdom. it is farther then I have ever gone, but I will take you there if you will be brave, for you will not find a welcome with in that place.”
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