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Jean Marzollo (1942–2018)

Author of Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

206+ Works 51,607 Members 314 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Jean Marzollo was born Jean Martin in Manchester, Connecticut on June 25, 1942. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1964, and received a master's degree in teaching from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1965. After graduating, she taught high school English for several show more years and then became involved in educational publishing. She was the editor of Scholastic's kindergarten magazine Let's Find Out for twenty years. Her first book for parents, Learning Through Play, was published in 1972 and her first children's book, Close Your Eyes, was published in 1978. She wrote over 150 books for children and has illustrated some of her own children's books starting in 2003. Her works include the I Spy series; Soccer Sam; Mama Mama/Papa Papa; Close Your Eyes; Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King; and the Shanna Show books. She died in her sleep of natural causes on April 10, 2018 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Jean Marzollo

I Spy a School Bus (2002) 1,630 copies
I Spy a Pumpkin (2006) 1,207 copies
I'm a Caterpillar (1991) 1,122 copies
In 1492 (1948) 1,081 copies
I Am a Leaf (1999) 964 copies
I'm a Seed (1996) 956 copies
I Spy a Butterfly (2007) 924 copies
I Am Water (1996) 921 copies
I Am an Apple (1997) 869 copies
I Spy a Penguin (2005) 845 copies
I Spy a Dinosaur's Eye (2003) 835 copies
I Spy a Candy Cane (2004) 819 copies
I Am Snow (1998) 790 copies
I Spy Lightning in the Sky (2005) 710 copies
I Spy a Scary Monster (2004) 710 copies
I Spy a Skeleton (2010) 692 copies
I Spy a Balloon (2006) 624 copies
I Spy an Apple (2011) 503 copies
The Rain Forest (First Discovery Book) (1992) — Editor — 475 copies
I Spy Little Animals (1998) 472 copies
Christmas Cats (1997) 469 copies
I Am Fire (1996) 461 copies
I Spy Little Book (1997) 453 copies
Pretend You're a Cat (1990) 398 copies
I Love You: A Rebus Poem (2000) 398 copies
I Spy Little Numbers (1999) — Author — 379 copies
I Spy Letters (2012) 360 copies
City sounds (1994) 349 copies
I Spy Little Letters (2000) 314 copies
I Spy Little Christmas (1999) 311 copies
I Spy Animals (1998) 305 copies
I Spy Little Wheels (1998) 288 copies
Ten Cats Have Hats (1994) 283 copies
I Am a Rock (1998) 280 copies
My First Book of Biographies (1994) 280 copies
I Spy Numbers (2012) 255 copies
I Spy Little Bunnies (2001) 250 copies
I Am a Star (2001) 235 copies
How Kids Grow (1998) 226 copies
Home Sweet Home (1997) 208 copies
I Spy School (2012) 200 copies
Mama Mama (Growing Tree) (1999) 187 copies
Close Your Eyes (1978) 179 copies
Papa, Papa (1731) 179 copies
I Spy Little Hearts (1671) 172 copies
I Spy a Funny Frog (1997) 161 copies
I Spy Merry Christmas (2007) 144 copies
Cannonball Chris (1987) 131 copies
The Baby Unicorn (1987) — Author — 110 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun Boxed Set (2007) 110 copies
In 1776 (1994) 94 copies
Three Little Kittens (1985) 92 copies
Sun Song (1725) 92 copies
Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon (1989) — Author — 91 copies
Ruth and Naomi (2005) 82 copies
Daniel in the Lions' Den (2004) 79 copies
The Pizza Pie Slugger (1848) 79 copies
I Spy A Christmas Tree (2010) 75 copies
I See A Star (2002) 66 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun C D (2007) 61 copies
I Spy Little Toys (2011) 59 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun MN (2007) 53 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun O P Q (2007) 51 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun IJ (2007) 51 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun E F (2007) 48 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun G H (2007) 48 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun K L (2007) 47 copies
I spy phonics fun V W (2007) 46 copies
Snow Angel (1994) 46 copies
Chicken Pox Strikes Again (1990) 43 copies
Slam Dunk Saturday (1994) 38 copies
Red Ribbon Rosie (1988) 38 copies
Learning Through Play (1972) 36 copies
Help Me Learn Addition (2012) 35 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun XYZ (2007) 32 copies
Help Me Learn Subtraction (2012) 31 copies
Let's Go, Pegasus! (1836) 31 copies
Uproar on Hollercat Hill (1981) 23 copies
Ten Little Eggs (2004) 22 copies
I Spy Letters & Numbers (2003) 22 copies
Teddy Bear Book (1600) 20 copies
Halfway Down Paddy Lane (1981) 20 copies
Baby's Alphabet (2002) 18 copies
I Spy Phonics Fun: R S (2007) 13 copies
Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20 (2011) 13 copies
Getting Your Period (1989) 9 copies
Red Sun Girl (1983) 8 copies
Helping Hands Handbook (1992) 8 copies
Can We Eat Now? (1975) 7 copies
Blue Sun Ben (1984) 7 copies
Pony bird (A solo book) (1975) 6 copies
Out of Time, into Love (1982) 5 copies
Superkids (1981) 5 copies
I Spy Little Learning Box (2003) 4 copies
What Else Can You Do? (1990) 4 copies
Silver Bear (1987) 4 copies
Funny Teeth 2 copies
Baxter's Bad Day (1983) 2 copies
Parties for Children (1984) 2 copies
I Spy A Treehouse (1999) 1 copy
veo Números 1 copy
Butterfly 1 copy
I SPY BINGO (+ IVA) (2003) 1 copy
I Spy 4 Little Books (2001) 1 copy
Papa Bear's Party (1983) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Marzollo, Jean
Birthdate
1942-06-24
Date of death
2018-04-10
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Place of death
Cold Spring, New York, USA
Cause of death
Marzollo died in her sleep due to natural causes
Places of residence
Upstate New York
Education
University of Connecticut (1964)
Harvard University (Graduate School of Education-1965)
Occupations
children's book author
children's book illustrator
Organizations
Haldanen School Board (Putnam County, New York, New York)
Short biography
Jean Marzollo is the award winning author of over 100 books, including the best-selling I Spy books and the Shanna Show books. Recent books she has both written AND illustrated are: Ten Little Christmas Presents; Pandora's Box; Let's Go, Pegasus! Little Bear, You're A Star; Daniel in the Lions' Den; Miriam and Her Brother Moses; David and Goliath; and Ten Little Eggs. She lives in Upstate New York.

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Reviews

{My thoughts} – Valentine's Day is fast approaching. As a parent I am always on the look out for books that revolve around the holidays so that my children can learn and read more things. The I Spy Book Series is incredible in my opinion.

This Valentine's Day book is filled with rhymes and pictures of various objects. The pictures of various objects go together with the rhymes. You read the rhyme on one page and then you find the objects mentioned in it on the next page. There is so much that can be learned by reading through these books.

There is so much to be learned with this books. The various objects in the pictures are helpful in teaching children word association. After you are through finding the objects in the rhymes you can look through the pictures and point out other objects that you may want your child to find. Hopefully your child will repeat the objects back to you and help work on increasing their vocabulary.

I recommend this book for any parent looking for a fun book/activity for their child to share with them. There is so much to be learned by reading these books with your child.
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Zapkode | 1 other review | Jun 1, 2024 |
{My thoughts} – I have always been a huge fan of I Spy Books. This particular book is more Easter based and I feel it would make an excellent Easter Basket present for Children. I am always a fan of cute books and excellent gifts for children.

This little book is full of nice little rhymes on one page and then a picture of various objects on the next page. In this book there is mostly bunnies. I think that the bunnies could be slightly cuter. However, since the pictures are rather small it does make for a lot less space for things to be spread out and hidden within them.

I really like like how there are various objects spread out on each picture page. It gives the parent the opportunity to help teach children word and picture identification for many other objects on the pages. Many of the pictures are bright and very much appealing to children. My daughter really enjoyed having this book read to her, and pointing to all the objects and having me tell her what they were.

I recommend this book for young children. It helps them to learn word association. It helps them to increase their vocabulary. There are so many things that children can learn by having these books read to them.
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Zapkode | 1 other review | Jun 1, 2024 |
Very pleasant and dreamy. Soothing. I can see a toddler wanting to hear this.
 
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FamiliesUnitedLL | 3 other reviews | May 4, 2024 |
This filled hours of my time and is fun and challenging for anyone they even include some bonus challenges to go back and re experience the pages the school days one was the first one I purchased and is a great intro to the books
 
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LordAlexander | 8 other reviews | May 1, 2024 |

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Statistics

Works
206
Also by
1
Members
51,607
Popularity
#295
Rating
3.9
Reviews
314
ISBNs
860
Languages
12
Favorited
1

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