Mercer Mayer bibliography
This is a list of the works of Mercer Mayer. The following is a partial list of books that Mercer Mayer has written and/or illustrated. It also includes books and items that are related to Mercer Mayer and his creations (like coloring books, sticker books, lacing cards, toys, etc.). Little Critter related books. "Little Critter" is an anthropomorphic character created by Mercer Mayer. Although it's not specified what species the Little Critter is, but he resembles an porcupine-like creature, Little Critter first appeared in the 1975 book "Just for You". This book is sometimes mis -titled "Just for Yu" because of the childlike mistake on the front cover (see picture). The following books feature Little Critter. Little Critter main series. Published in the Golden Books "Look-Look Books" series Individual books may "also" be available in special editions The new adventures. Continuation of the main series with HarperFestival same dimensions, may contain some stickers, or other items. Scholastic series. Portrait shaped in different sizes Little Golden Books. A numbered series. These were re-released by Scholastic and as a part of Mercer Mayer's Little Critter Book Club Section::::"Little Sister" (of "Little Critter"). Published as  Golden Books "Little Look-Look Books" Section::::"Little Critter Storybooks" featuring the "Critter Kids". These were initially published by Scholastic publishing as accordion-style fold-out board books. Most were republished by Random House and Green Frog as regular hardcover and softcover books. Readers. Published by Random House, McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing, and by School Specialty Publishing Boardbooks. Published by Little Simon (Simon & Schuster), Random House, Golden Books, GT Publishing and HarperFestival Lift-a-Flap Books. Published by multiple publishing houses. Some were originally released as hardcovers and then later re-released as Chunky Flap Board Books (two ISBN numbers  are listed when this is the case). Section::::"Little Critter" workbooks. By Spectrum & Brighter Child (for Homeschool) Section::::"Critters of the Night". AKA Creepy Critters, all written by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere (illustrated by Mercer Mayer) Section::::"Mercer Mayer's LC + the Critter Kids". All written by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere (illustrated by Mercer Mayer) Little Monster series. "Little Monster" is an anthropomorphic character created by Mercer Mayer. He is a dinosaur-like dragon. Little Monster first appeared in the 1977 book "Little Monster's Word Book", but many characters in the Little Monster series were first introduced  in the 1975 book "One Monster After Another" and the 1976 book "Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-A-Zoo". Books that feature the character Little Monster: Section::::"Professor Wormbog" series. Creatures in the "Professor Wormbog" series tend to also appear in the "Little Monster" series of books. Other "Little Monster" related books. Books that feature characters that also appear in the "Little Monster" and "Professor Wormbog" series. Section::::"Boy, Dog, Frog" series. A series of 6 wordless books. These have been re-released in many formats, but they are usually smaller in size. Section::::"Tink Tonk" series. AKA "A Tiny Tink ! Tonk! Tale" series published by Bantam Books. Also see the Mercer Mayer Computer Software section for the video game titles related to this series that were developed by Mercer Mayer. One word series. A series of virtually wordless books featuring a male and a female anthropomorphic hippopotamus or elephant and the word that is in the title. Liverwurst series. Both books in this series are written by Mercer Mayer, but illustrated by Steven Kellogg: Section::::"Moral Tales" series. Wordless flip-books featuring two stories Illustrations for other authors' books. Illustrations for George Mendoza's books. Books written by George Mendoza that  Mercer Mayer illustrated: Illustrations for Jan Wahl's books. Book by Jan Wahl that Mercer Mayer illustrated: Illustrations for Jay Williams' books. Book by Jay Williams that Mercer Mayer illustrated: Illustrations for John D. Fitzgerald's " Great Brain" series. Books from John D. Fitzgerald's "The Great Brain" series that were originally illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Some later releases had new front covers by a different illustrator, but were still illustrated by Mercer Mayer on the inside. "The Great Brain" series by John D. Fitzgerald Illustrations for Barbara Wersba's books. Books by Barbara Wersba that Mercer Mayer illustrated: Mercer  Mayer recordings (audio books and other). Audio books. "What do You do with a Kangaroo" (released on cassette, CD, and download) - read by Jane Casserly "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" (released as an Audible.com download) - read by Mo Godin Little Critter. Most of these are from Disneyland Records and Little Golden Books (usually labeled as a "Little Golden Book & Cassette" or "Little Golden Book & Record"). These are books that came with a word for word audio recording on record (speed = 33, size = 7") or cassette tape of someone reading the story. They usually included music, sound  effects, and original songs too. Sometimes the cassettes were labeled "Record your own story" on the B-side (with the original recording on the A-side). "SEE the pictures HEAR the record READ the book", was a catch phrase that was written on most of these books. Mercer Mayer recordings. Audio CDs that are available on Mercer Mayer's official site. Other known Mercer Mayer songs. These songs are either mentioned on the official Mercer Mayer website or featured on it, but are not currently available otherwise. Mercer Mayer computer software. CD-Roms. The CD-Roms usually included the original  story and additional material (animations, audio) for fun and educational purposes (they were produced in association with Mercer Mayer's company Big Tuna New Media, LLC). The "Tink! Tonk!" series of games were educational and action video game style. Reception. "Computer Gaming World" in 1993 stated that "Just Grandma and Me"s "quality ... is unmatched and goes with the highest recommendation". Announced but unreleased books. Critter Kids. This is a list of "Critter Kids" books with dates originally scheduled for late 2006 but they have yet to be released: