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  • Bibliography:
    41 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1972
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Book List in Order: 41 titles





  • """Believable dialogue and realistic letters convey the loneliness when two friends move away, miss each other, and undergo discomfort until they find new friends, while still maintaining their own friendship. Upbeat all the way.""--Language Arts."...










  • Dinosaurs are extinct now, but you can visit dinosaur skeletons in a museum. There you will meet Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Diplodocus and learn how they ruled the earth millions of years ago. You'll see dinosaurs with over 1,000 teeth, dinos...





  • The classic story of legendary American pioneer Johnny Appleseed.John Chapman lived in the frontier in Massachusetts. But when he decided to travel west, wearing a cooking pot on his head and planting apple trees wherever he went, he became known by ...






  • "Welcome to our world, little baby. We've been waiting for you." "In a simple text that's perfect, Aliki conveys warmth, love, hope, and the special tenderness felt by parents at the birth of their child."--Horn Book....



  • "The day she was born, her grandfather made her a ring of silver and a polished stone, because he loved her already." Through the years, the little girl and her grandfather share so many happy times--playing by the sea, walking in the mountains, work...



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    (We all did!)

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  • How did those enormous dinosaur skeletons get inside the museum?

    Long ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Then, suddenly, they died out. For thousands of years, no one knew these giant creatures had ever existed. Then people began finding fossil...



  • A day in the life of France's King Louis XIV, focusing on the elaborate ceremonies which took place when he dressed in the morning, ate his meals, conducted affairs of state, entertained, and finally, when he prepared to go to bed at night...



  • How do we know what dinosaurs were like?

    Dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago. Then suddenly they all died out. How do we know now what they looked like? How do we know that they really existed at all? Read and f...



  • A sweet tale about kindness, jealousy, and fairness perfect for reading when a child is sick or well.Edward is sick and Elizabeth is well, and nothing could be more unfair! Edward gets to stay in bed and everyone treats him like a prince. Elizabeth h...



  • Sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch -- our five senses teach us about our world. Beloved author-illustrator Aliki’s simple, engaging text and colorful artwork show young readers how they use their senses to smell a rose or play with a puppy....









  • Dinosaurs are extinct now, but you can visit dinosaur skeletons in a museum. There you will meet Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Diplodocus and learn how they ruled the earth millions of years ago. You'll see dinosaurs with over 1,000 teeth, dinos...




  • A sea captain must depart in haste from the inn where he had eaten a meal of four fried eggs. He returns six years later to pay his debt and discovers that the innkeeper's menu has gone up considerably -- 500 gold pieces, he demands! But a clever law...



  • Long, long ago in ancient Greece, people began telling wonderful stories to explain the mysteries of life. These myths featured gods and goddesses, mighty beings who look human but have amazing powers and live forever. Now you can meet these extraord...





  • Tabby the kitten has a brand-new home, a warm bed, and best of all, a little girl to play with. The pictures tell the story in this wordless book, so even the youngest reader can share Aliki's affectionate look at Tabby's first year with her new fami...



  • "Peter and Robert, introduced in We Are Best Friends, are together again. As the boys look forward to Peter's two-week visit, they are both excited and a little apprehensive about how the other might have changed. All concern soon vanishes and they e...





  • Remember those days of sand castles and sunburns, of saltwater taffy and sand-drenched sandwiches? Remember how the cousins would romp inthe waves, and roll inthe hot sand like fish cakes? And on rainy days everyone stayed inside and read or played g...








  • A follow-up to My Visit to the Dinosaurs and My Visit to the Aquarium provides a colorful introduction to the wild world in which various animals live, while also showing what they eat and what they do in their natural settings....



  • Bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Aliki’s semi-autobiographical picture book features two interconnected stories about immigration, friendship, and finding your voice.

    Kirkus called this acclaimed and timely book “vivid an...



  • Run to the bathroom, fast as an elf. Sit, wash, brush, all by myself.

    There are all sorts of things independent children can do--dress, undress, button, zip, scrub, rub, paint, and write--all by themselves. This is Aliki's exuberant celebration o...



  • One Little Spoonful

    Your 1-year-old enjoys playing games and sharing rhymes with you.

    Tips for reading and sharing:

    • Repeat the words of this rhyming game as you feed your child
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  • Miss Brilliant is full of ideas. With her students she celebrates everything: teeth, corn, mummies, spiders -- and plays!

    Only José isn't interested in "Mary Had a Little Lamb," or being a Brilliant Player, or even his surprise role.

    ...



  • I love to go into the garden.I sit quietly.I see flowers and plants.It makes me feel peaceful.If I am very still,I see birds, insects,and creatures I hadnot noticed before.I can even hear them!Nibble, crunch, chomp.Chew, bite, slurp,swallow, gulp....



  • Push that button and what happens? Bam! Click! Pop! Wham! Turn the pages of this book and what happens? All of that (thanks to the Push-Button boy) and a whole lot more! ...



  • Free Spirited Bizzy is up to his tricks again! His love of adventure leads him to space and he is plummeted to amazing sights and suspense! He experiences a fantasy world in an unknown planet ,had fun and games in space but was happy to return home i...




  • Huni and her bee family, live in Africa which has millions of wild and dangerous animals! They have many stories to tell, but this adventure was a very great threat to them.Scary but exciting as well!! It tells the story of how their bee friends and ...






  • Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book.Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become the most prominent black scientist of the early twent...



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    How can you tell dinosaurs apart?

    You can learn a lot about dinosaurs by looking at their bones. Some dinosaurs were very small; others were huge. Some had sharp, pointy teeth for eating meat; most plant-eaters had fl...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Aliki has published 41 books.

Aliki does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Weed Is a Flower, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Aliki, Hush Little Baby, was published in September 1972.

No. Aliki does not write books in series.