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Party Animals

Author Tara Lazar
Illustrated by Anna Raff
Hardcover
9.3"W x 11.2"H x 0.36"D   | 16 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Mar 11, 2025 | 48 Pages | 9781368096898
Age 3-5 years

Any time is party time with the Party Animals!

A delightful picture book that is equal parts silly and thoughtful, perfect for read-aloud parties and library-going parties and learning-to-be-friends parties.


Meet Beatrix, Theodore, and Phoebe: the Party Animals!

They can make a party out of anything.

Sour milk? PARTY!
Hole in your pants? PARTY!

Now meet Horace. He’s a party pooper. “You can’t have so many parties!” he says.

SCREEEECH.
Could Horace be right?

Join the Party Animals in this whimsical celebration of friendship and empathy.
Tara Lazar is the author of many celebrated picture books, including Flat Cat, 7 Ate 9, The Monstore, and Little Red Gliding Hood. Tara is also the creator of Storystorm, a writing event for picture book authors. Tara loves throwing parties to celebrate the arrival of the mail. She lives in New Jersey with her family. Learn more at www.TaraLazar.com.

Anna Raff is an award-winning illustrator of many picture books, including World Rat Day, If I Were a Kangaroo, You Make Me Sneeze!, and The Day the Universe Exploded My Head—a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and New York Public Library Best Book—as well as a series of science picture books with author David A. Adler. A descendant and longtime friend of party animals, Anna lives, works, and parties in New York City. Learn more at www.AnnaRaff.com.
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Praise for Party Animals

"Raff (the Duck and Cat series) depicts the perpetually tickled crew as the epitome of jubilance; pencil and digital artwork with collage-like textures lends a subtle dimensionality to their high-spirited movements." —Publisher's Weekly

About

Any time is party time with the Party Animals!

A delightful picture book that is equal parts silly and thoughtful, perfect for read-aloud parties and library-going parties and learning-to-be-friends parties.


Meet Beatrix, Theodore, and Phoebe: the Party Animals!

They can make a party out of anything.

Sour milk? PARTY!
Hole in your pants? PARTY!

Now meet Horace. He’s a party pooper. “You can’t have so many parties!” he says.

SCREEEECH.
Could Horace be right?

Join the Party Animals in this whimsical celebration of friendship and empathy.

Creators

Tara Lazar is the author of many celebrated picture books, including Flat Cat, 7 Ate 9, The Monstore, and Little Red Gliding Hood. Tara is also the creator of Storystorm, a writing event for picture book authors. Tara loves throwing parties to celebrate the arrival of the mail. She lives in New Jersey with her family. Learn more at www.TaraLazar.com.

Anna Raff is an award-winning illustrator of many picture books, including World Rat Day, If I Were a Kangaroo, You Make Me Sneeze!, and The Day the Universe Exploded My Head—a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and New York Public Library Best Book—as well as a series of science picture books with author David A. Adler. A descendant and longtime friend of party animals, Anna lives, works, and parties in New York City. Learn more at www.AnnaRaff.com.

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Praise

Praise for Party Animals

"Raff (the Duck and Cat series) depicts the perpetually tickled crew as the epitome of jubilance; pencil and digital artwork with collage-like textures lends a subtle dimensionality to their high-spirited movements." —Publisher's Weekly
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