Who This Author Is

Alice Schertle has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 11 catalog-linked books across 1989 to 2015, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with How Now, Brown Cow? and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1989 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt Childrens Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Best Place To Start

How Now, Brown Cow?

Harcourt Childrens Books • 1998 • quick commitment

It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Harcourt Childrens Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1989 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harcourt Childrens Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Top Books To Start With

  1. How Now, Brown Cow?

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 32 pages.

  2. Little Blue Truck Leads the Way

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company • 2015 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2015 • 38 pages.

  3. Little Blue Truck Farm Sticker Fun!

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company • 2013 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2013 • 24 pages.

  4. Button up!

    Harcourt Children's Books/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2008 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 33 pages.

  5. A Lucky Thing

    Harcourt Childrens Books • 1999 • commitment varies by edition

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  6. An anaconda ate my homework

    Disney Hyperion Books • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

  7. All You Need for a Snowman

    Perfection Learning • 2007 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2007.

  8. Down the Road

    Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media • 2000 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2000.

  9. Bill and Google Eyed Goblins (Cassette and Hardbook)

    Random House Inc (T) • 1989 • commitment varies by edition

    This one reads more like a collected shelf sample than a single clean starting point.

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