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David McPhail

Author of Something Special

165+ Works 19,038 Members 352 Reviews 6 Favorited

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Works by David McPhail

Something Special (1988) 947 copies, 11 reviews
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! (1993) 888 copies, 17 reviews
David McPhail's Animals A to Z (1988) 785 copies, 9 reviews
The Day The Sheep Showed Up (1998) 756 copies, 1 review
Lost! (1990) 729 copies, 5 reviews
The Great Race (1997) 727 copies, 1 review
Emma's Pet (1985) 624 copies, 3 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy (1998) 597 copies, 2 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Go To School (1998) 589 copies, 2 reviews
Big Brown Bear (1999) 584 copies, 1 review
Edward and the Pirates (1997) 579 copies, 15 reviews
Mole Music (1999) 505 copies, 11 reviews
Those Can-Do Pigs (1996) 437 copies, 7 reviews
The Day the Dog Said, "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!" (1997) 435 copies, 1 review
Pig Pig Goes to Camp (1983) 400 copies, 7 reviews
Sisters (1984) 385 copies, 11 reviews
Santa's Book of Names (1993) 368 copies, 7 reviews
Snow Lion (1982) 358 copies, 1 review
The Bear's Toothache (1972) 314 copies, 2 reviews
Pig Pig Grows Up (1980) 281 copies, 3 reviews
Big Pig and Little Pig (2000) 243 copies, 3 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Paint a Picture (1998) 242 copies, 1 review
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Go for a Ride (1998) 242 copies, 1 review
The Puddle (1998) — Author — 237 copies, 7 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Fly a Kite (1998) 231 copies, 2 reviews
Fix-It (1984) 231 copies
A Bug, A Bear And A Boy Plant A Garden (1989) 226 copies, 1 review
The Teddy Bear (2002) 223 copies, 13 reviews
Emma's Vacation (1987) 216 copies, 4 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy and the Bath (1997) 215 copies, 5 reviews
The Party (Hooked on Phonics, Book 30) (1990) 213 copies, 6 reviews
Drawing Lessons from a Bear (2000) 201 copies, 4 reviews
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy at Home (2001) 199 copies, 1 review
First Flight (1987) 198 copies, 1 review
The Cereal Box (1974) 181 copies
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Play Hide-and-Seek (1998) 179 copies, 2 reviews
Those Terrible Toy-Breakers (1980) 175 copies, 4 reviews
Edward in the Jungle (2002) 151 copies, 5 reviews
A Girl, a Goat, and a Goose (2000) 138 copies, 1 review
Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby (1998) 133 copies, 4 reviews
Funny Animals: 4 Easy-to-Read Stories (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) (2005) — Author — 132 copies, 1 review
Rick Is Sick (2002) 131 copies, 2 reviews
All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep (2012) — Illustrator — 122 copies, 7 reviews
Pigs Ahoy! (1995) 101 copies, 7 reviews
My little brother (2004) 92 copies, 27 reviews
No! (2009) 91 copies, 11 reviews
Pig Pig Gets a Job (1990) 87 copies, 5 reviews
Farm Morning (1985) 86 copies, 2 reviews
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box (2015) 81 copies, 4 reviews
The Searcher and Old Tree (2008) 80 copies, 5 reviews
Waddles (2011) 73 copies, 5 reviews
Big Brown Bear goes to town (2006) 72 copies, 1 review
Henry Bear's Park (1976) 72 copies
Jack and Rick (2002) 71 copies, 3 reviews
Grandfather's Cake (1979) 69 copies, 2 reviews
Andrew's Bath (1984) 61 copies
The Family Tree (2012) 59 copies, 8 reviews
The Train (1977) 59 copies
Dream Child (1985) 56 copies, 1 review
Emma in charge (2005) 53 copies
Water Boy (2007) 52 copies, 2 reviews
Brothers (2014) 51 copies
Weezer Changes the World (2009) 46 copies, 6 reviews
Dot and Bob (2008) 46 copies, 1 review
Big Brown Bear's Birthday Surprise (2007) 45 copies, 4 reviews
Bad Dog (I Like to Read) (2014) 45 copies, 2 reviews
Pig Pig Rides (1982) 45 copies
Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day (2003) 42 copies, 2 reviews
Ed and Me (1990) 42 copies
The Glerp (1972) 41 copies
Henry Bear's Christmas (2003) 39 copies
Great Cat (1982) 38 copies
Crash! The Cat (2016) 36 copies, 3 reviews
Piggy's Pancake Parlor (2002) 36 copies, 1 review
Pig Pig Meets the Lion (2012) 35 copies, 2 reviews
How to Talk to Bears (1993) — Illustrator — 35 copies
I Am Just Right (2019) 34 copies, 2 reviews
Boy, Bird, and Dog (I Like to Read) (2011) 34 copies, 7 reviews
Andrew Draws (2014) 33 copies, 6 reviews
Yesterday I Lost a Sneaker (1973) 32 copies, 1 review
Farm Boy's Year (1992) 31 copies
Sail Away (2001) — Illustrator — 31 copies, 1 review
Jump (I Like to Read) (2018) 30 copies, 2 reviews
Boy on the Brink (2006) 29 copies, 3 reviews
Sick Day (I Like to Read) (2012) 29 copies, 8 reviews
Annie & Co. (1991) 28 copies
Bella Loves Bunny (2013) 27 copies, 1 review
Twilight (2000) — Illustrator — 26 copies, 2 reviews
Sylvie & True (2007) 26 copies, 1 review
Pig Pig Returns (2011) 25 copies, 1 review
Where Can an Elephant Hide? (1979) 23 copies
Budgie & Boo (2009) 23 copies, 1 review
I Promise (2017) 22 copies, 3 reviews
Ben Loves Bear (2013) 22 copies, 2 reviews
I Hug (2017) 22 copies, 2 reviews
Mistletoe (1978) 21 copies
Peter Loves Penguin (2014) 19 copies
Baby Bear's Book of Tiny Tales (2018) 18 copies, 2 reviews
I Get Dressed (2015) 18 copies
Smile, Little Cat (1977) 18 copies
Adam's Smile (1987) 17 copies
Tall in the Saddle (1998) — Illustrator — 16 copies
The Lost Little Bird (2021) 15 copies, 1 review
I Feel Safe (2022) 15 copies, 1 review
Bumper Tubbs (1980) 15 copies
The Story of James (1989) 13 copies, 1 review
Night Night, Baby (2007) 13 copies
Ping and Pong (1993) 12 copies
I Play (2015) 9 copies
Baby Pig Pig Talks (2014) 7 copies
Baby Pig Pig Walks (2014) 7 copies
I Had Ten Hats (2021) 6 copies
Olivia Loves Owl (2016) 5 copies
Lorenzo (1984) 5 copies
The Years Before My Death (2010) 5 copies, 2 reviews
Truffle: A Dog (and Cat) Story (2023) 4 copies, 1 review
Who Loves Me? (2017) 4 copies
Surprise! (1981) 3 copies
That Grand Master (1982) 1 copy
Camp WildHog 1 copy
Mole Muusic 1 copy
Un lion dans la neige (1984) 1 copy
A Wolf Story (1981) 1 copy
My Story 1 copy
Warm Morning 1 copy

Associated Works

I Love You Because You're You (2017) — Illustrator — 1,377 copies, 8 reviews
Wynken, Blynken, & Nod (1889) — Illustrator, some editions — 836 copies, 22 reviews
If You Were My Bunny (1996) — Illustrator — 624 copies, 8 reviews
A Big Fat Enormous Lie (1978) — Illustrator — 489 copies, 2 reviews
Ten Cats Have Hats (1994) — Illustrator — 309 copies, 3 reviews
The Ice Cream Store (1991) — Illustrator — 268 copies, 5 reviews
The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary (2005) — Contributor — 248 copies, 3 reviews
Peter Rabbit's Happy Easter (2006) — Illustrator — 238 copies
Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas (1997) — Illustrator — 218 copies, 2 reviews
When Sheep Sleep (2006) — Illustrator — 195 copies, 11 reviews
Goldilocks (2002) — Illustrator — 175 copies
The Bear's Bicycle (1975) — Illustrator — 163 copies, 3 reviews
The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Contributor — 141 copies
Tell Me the Day Backwards (2011) — Illustrator — 130 copies, 5 reviews
Potatoes on Tuesday (1995) — Illustrator — 123 copies, 5 reviews
The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (1983) — Illustrator — 111 copies
The Crazy Quilt (Let Me Read, Level 3) (1994) — Illustrator — 100 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Classic Children's Characters (1997) — Contributor — 96 copies
Mud Is Cake (2002) — Illustrator — 95 copies, 7 reviews
John Pig's Halloween (1998) — Illustrator — 89 copies, 2 reviews
Night Sounds, Morning Colors (1994) — Illustrator — 88 copies, 3 reviews
Bubblegum Delicious (2000) — Illustrator — 86 copies, 3 reviews
A Place for Nicholas (1997) — Illustrator — 81 copies
Little Horse (2002) — Illustrator — 78 copies, 4 reviews
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President (2008) — Illustrator — 71 copies, 13 reviews
My Song Is Beautiful (1994) — Illustrator — 71 copies, 1 review
Why a Disguise? (1996) — Illustrator — 68 copies, 4 reviews
Who Gets the Sun Out of Bed? (1992) — Illustrator — 59 copies
A Friend for Growl Bear (1951) — Illustrator, some editions — 54 copies
Hop To It!: A Scholastic Treasury of Easter Tales (2003) — Illustrator — 50 copies
Sailing to Cythera, and Other Anatole Stories (1974) — Illustrator — 47 copies, 1 review
When Papa Comes Home Tonight (2009) — Illustrator — 47 copies, 9 reviews
Animal Stackers (2005) — Illustrator — 45 copies, 4 reviews
Strangers' Bread (1977) — Illustrator — 44 copies
Uncle Terrible: More Adventures of Anatole (1982) — Illustrator — 35 copies
When I Was King (2008) — Illustrator — 27 copies, 2 reviews
Leave Herbert Alone (1972) — Illustrator — 21 copies
On a Starry Night (1994) — Illustrator — 20 copies
Hooked (2018) — Illustrator — 19 copies, 11 reviews
Emily Stew: With Some Side Dishes (2010) — Illustrator, some editions — 16 copies, 1 review
The Phantom Ice Cream Man: More Nonsense Verse (1979) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Thirsty Baby (2003) — Illustrator — 13 copies, 1 review
One Winter Night in August and Other Nonsense Jingles (1975) — Illustrator — 11 copies
The Devil's Tail (1978) — Illustrator — 11 copies, 2 reviews
I Want to Be Big: 2 (Unicorn Book) (1985) — Illustrator — 9 copies
Les deux maisons de Petit-Blaireau (1993) — Illustrator, some editions — 9 copies
Animal Tales: Favorite Stories from Chirp Magazine (2007) — Author & Illustrator — 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, January 1974 (1974) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8, April 1974 (1974) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 — Illustrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, September 1975 (1975) — Illustrator — 3 copies

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One of the very best in the series as it's a first lesson in Other Points of View, or How One's Perspective Changes Due to One's Circumstances. These are important lessons that too many ppl in our Red v. Blue polarized country have not learned even as adults.
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 other review | Oct 18, 2024 |
Blurb perfect. Nice *very* short story about cooperation among friends. Fun series for the preschoolers who want to read right now.
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Oct 18, 2024 |
Just one extremely short easy story, but sweet. All three cooperate on one picture, and it pleases them. Interestingly, it doesn't reinforce "little" but introduces "smaller."
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Oct 18, 2024 |
Love the expression on the Bear's face when he realizes the consequences of his energetic enthusiastic behavior. Such a cute series... I sure hope that the books are inexpensive though as they are *so* short... an anthology, like the first (?) would be better.
 
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Works
165
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Members
19,038
Popularity
#1,145
Rating
3.8
Reviews
352
ISBNs
697
Languages
9
Favorited
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