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James Howe

JAMES HOWE IS THE AUTHOR OF OVER NINETY BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, INCLUDING THE MODERN CLASSICS BUNNICULA AND THE MISFITS AND BOTH BOOKS’ HIGHLY POPULAR SEQUELS.
He wrote the award-winning bestseller Bunnicula with his late wife, Deborah Howe, in 1977. The couple went on to write one other children’s book, Teddy Bear’s Scrapbook, before Deborah’s untimely death from cancer in 1978.

After Bunnicula’s publication in 1979, James Howe quit his job as a literary agent to pursue writing full-time. His many other popular books for children include the six sequels to Bunnicula; the Tales from the House of Bunnicula series; the Bunnicula and Friends Ready-to-Read series; the Pinky and Rex series; the Houndsley and Catina series; and such picture books as Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores, I Wish I Were a Butterfly, There's a Monster Under My Bed, Brontorina, and Otter and Odder.

He is also the author of several acclaimed novels for older readers, including The Misfits and its companion novels: Totally Joe, Addie on the Inside, and Also Known as Elvis. Beloved by kids, teachers, and librarians, The Misfits inspired the national movement known as No Name-Calling Week, which is observed by thousands of middle and elementary schools each year.

Howe has also written the teen novel, The Watcher, and is the editor of the anthologies The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope and 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen.

Howe’s many books frequently deal with the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself. James Howe has a daughter, Zoey, who lives in Boston. The author lives in New York State with his husband, Mark Davis.
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American children's writer

Born 1946

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  • Cover of: Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery

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  • Cover of: The Celery Stalks at Midnight

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  • Cover of: Howliday Inn

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  • Cover of: The Misfits
    Cover of edition misfits00jame Cover of edition misfitshowe00howe Cover of edition misfits0000howe_e4u0 First published in 2001 16 editions

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  • Cover of: Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores

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  • Cover of: Watcher
    Cover of edition watcher00howe Cover of edition watcher0000howe Cover of edition watcherhowe00howe First published in 1997 13 editions

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  • Cover of: Return to Howliday Inn
    Cover of edition returntohowliday00howe_0 Cover of edition returntohowliday00howe First published in 1992 13 editions

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  • Cover of: Nighty-nightmare

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  • Cover of: Teddy Bear's Scrapbook
    Cover of edition teddybearsscrapb00debo First published in 1980 12 editions

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  • Cover of: Bunnicula strikes again!

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  • Cover of: When I Was Your Age: Volume One

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  • Cover of: Eat your poison, dear: a Sebastian Barth mystery

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  • Cover of: Pinky and Rex
    Cover of edition pinkyrex00howe Cover of edition pinkyrex00jame_0 First published in 1990 11 editions

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  • Cover of: Horace and Morris join the chorus (but what about Dolores?)

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  • Cover of: Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow (Bunnicula)

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  • Cover of: A night without stars
    Cover of edition nightwithoutstar00jame First published in 1983 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Harold & Chester in Creepy-Crawly Birthday

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  • Cover of: Pinky And Rex And The Mean Old Witch

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  • Cover of: What Eric knew: a Sebastian Barth mystery

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  • Cover of: Pinky and Rex and the spelling bee

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November 19, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
June 22, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire reverted to revision 5
April 10, 2019 Edited by JeffKaplan merge authors
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