Taras Books

Blog & website of children's book author Tara Lazar Tara’s Books Thanks for checking out my picture books!  In my stories, I strive to entertain you, make you laugh, transport  you to magical places and share secrets only my  characters know. If you enjoy the content on my site, please consider supporting this  blog by purchasing one of my books. I truly appreciate it! Click on a book cover for more about each title: For  signed, personalized copies of my books: Call The Bookworm in Bernardsville, NJ 908-766-4599 THREE WAYS TO TRAP A LEPRECHAUN illus by Vivienne To HarperCollins January 2020 THE UPPER CASE: TROUBLE IN CAPITAL CITY (Book 2 in the Private I series) illus by Ross MacDonald Disney*Hyperion/Little, Brown YOUR FIRST DAY OF CIRCUS SCHOOL illustrated by Melissa Crowton Tundra/Penguin Random House Canada June 4, 2019 WAY PAST BEDTIME illustrated by Rich Wake Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2017   7 ATE 9: THE UNTOLD STORY illustrated by Ross MacDonald Disney*Hyperion/Little, Brown, 2017   THE MONSTORE illustrated by James Burks Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2013   I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BEAR BOOK illustrated by Benji Davies Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2015   LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD illustrated by Troy Cummings Random House BFYR, 2015   NORMAL NORMAN illustrated by S. Britt Sterling Children’s Books March 1, 2016 THE WHIZBANG WORDBOOK illustrator TBA Sourcebooks eXplore 2021 BLOOP! illustrated by Mike Boldt HarperCollins 2021 “PRIVATE I” SERIES #3 illustrated by Ross MacDonald Little, Brown 2021   If you’d like to read my just-for-fun stories, I have posted some on Storybird. These stories were a bit of a challenge, as the artwork already existed on the Storybird site. The trick was to unlock the story hidden inside the illustrations. .