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ABOUT THACHER
THACHER'S BOOKS
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Original art available at Storyopolis
Videos & Cassettes from Live Oak Media
Recent book:
Moo Cow Kaboom! (HarperCollins, 2003) at amazon.com.
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| Thacher Hurd is the artist and author of such favorite picture books as Mama Don't Allow, Mystery on the Docks and Art Dog. Thacher began his artistic career in fine art before authoring and illustrating children's books. His entertaining stories engage a wide range of topics from the rhythm of jazz music in Mama Don't Allow (1982) to alien bovine abduction in Moo Cow Kaboom (2003). Thacher's most popular titles include Art Dog (1997), about a super-hero canine museum security guard, and Zoom City(1998) in which dogs hurtle through city streets in high-powered automobiles.
Links to a couple of articles about Thacher and his work:
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
More recent article from Scripps Howard News Service
The Oakland Library Mural is finished! See below...
Oakland Tribune article ...... and photos |
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| Now out: Bad Frogs! They’re wild! They’re irrepressible! And they’re very, very bad! These gleefully naughty frogs are certain to tickle the inner imp in reader and listener alike.
Calling all frog fans! Follow Thacher Hurd’s crew of 170 funny, funky BAD frogs as they slurp, burp, skateboard, parachute, and PLAY their way through the bright, action-packed pages of this rollicking book. A hoot to read aloud, this spirited romp will have kids reciting its froggy words and poring over the details in its froggy artwork from morning till midnight. Celebrate life! BAD FROGS FOREVER!
Available at Amazon.com
From a recent SF Chronicle review:
"Berkeley's Thacher Hurd lets frogs run amok in the anarchic Bad Frogs. Follow along as these slimy rebels do everything good little kids don't: They make bad noises at the dinner table, smell yucky, talk crummy...they are utterly incorrigible. This celebration of irredeemable badness is a breath of fresh air in a world of children's literature where misbehavers always learn their lesson and change their ways."
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Cat's Pajamas: For those of you who have a toddler who is addicted to this book and can’t find a copy in your local bookstore, the bad news is that, yes, it is out of print. I get more emails about this book than all my other books combined. It seems as if one and two year olds can’t get enough of this book. So for those of you who are looking for it, it is only available(sometimes at a high price) from Amazon and Abebooks. My own supply has dwindled to the point that I can sadly no longer sell copies to those who ask for them. But I am looking into getting Cat's Pajamas republished. In the meantime I might suggest my other board book, Zoom City, which is still in print.
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Other News:
I am thrilled that the Seattle Children’s Theater is producing a musical based on my book Art Dog The script will be by John Olive, and the music by Sue Ennis. It will debut next year.
Elisa Kleven and I are collaborating on a picturebook called The Weaver. I wrote the text and she has done beautiful gorgeous wonderful illustrations. It will be out next year from Farrar Straus.
My middle grade Berkeley space-adventure-loony novel, Bongo Fish is finally getting finished after about five years of off and on again work, and will be published by Holt next year.
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