Thacher Hurd's Books

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY THACHER:
The Old Chair, Greenwillow, 1978.
The Quiet Evening, Greenwillow, 1978, reissued, 1992.
Hobo Dog, Scholastic Book Services, 1980.
Axle the Freeway Cat, Harper, 1981.
Mystery on the Docks, Harper, 1983.
Hobo Dog's Christmas Tree, Scholastic Inc., 1983.
Mama Don't Allow, Harper, 1984.
Hobo Dog in the Ghost Town, Scholastic Inc., 1985.
Pea Patch Jig, Crown, 1986, published with cassette, Random House/McGraw Hill, 1988, HarperCollins, 1995.
A Night in the Swamp (pop-up book), Harper, 1987.
Blackberry Ramble, Crown, 1989, HarperCollins, 1995.
Little Mouse's Big Valentine, Harper, 1990.
Tomato Soup, Crown, 1991.
Little Mouse's Birthday Cake, HarperCollins, 1992.
Art Dog, HarperCollins, 1996.
Zoom City (board book), HarperCollins, 1998.
Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer, HarperCollins, 1998.
Cat's Pajamas (board book), HarperCollins, 2001.
Moo Cow Kaboom!, HarperCollins, 2003
Sleepy Cadillac: A Bedtime Drive, HarperCollins, 2005
(Co-author with John Cassidy) Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered, Klutz, 1992.
(With mother, Edith Hurd) Little Dog Dreaming (juvenile), illustrated by father, Clement G. Hurd, Harper, 1965.

ILLUSTRATOR:
Ida Luttrell, Mattie and the Chicken Thief, Dodd, 1988.
Dayle Ann Dodds, Wheel Away!, Harper, 1989.
Carolyn Otto, Dinosaur Chase, HarperCollins, 1991.
Leah Komaiko, Fritzi Fox Flew in from Florida, HarperCollins, 1995.
Even Kids Get The Blues CD cover art, Re-Bop Records, 2004

ADAPTATIONS:
•Mystery on the Docks and Mama Don't Allow were adapted for television and broadcast on Reading Rainbow, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS-TV), 1984.
•Mama Don't Allow was also broadcast on CBS Storybreak, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS-TV), 1986; was adapted for videocassette, Random House, 1988; and was adapted for a children's opera, Muskrat Lullaby, performed by the Los Angeles City Opera, October 6, 1989.
•Artdog was adapted into a filmstrip by Live Oak Media in 1999.
•Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer was adapted for television by Sony Wonder and broadcast on Fox Television in 2000.
•A narration and musical performance of Mama Don't Allow by Tom Chapin won a Grammy Award in 2001 for "Best Spoken Word Album for Children"

Revisited 11/04