The following is a partial list of books that Mercer Mayer has written and/or illustrated. It also includes books and items that are related to Mercer Mayer and his creations (like coloring books, sticker books, lacing cards, toys, etc.).
Little Critter is an anthropomorphic character created by Mercer Mayer. Although it's not specified what species the Little Critter is, he resembles a porcupine. Little Critter first appeared in the 1975 book Just for You. This book is sometimes mistitled Just for Yu because of the childlike mistake on the front cover (see picture).
The following books feature Little Critter.
Little Critter main series
Published in the Golden Books "Look-Look Books" series
Individual books may also be available in special editions
Just For You (1975) (Embedded 1987 Version in 1987) (Embedded 1989 Version in 1989) The original hardcover version had pages like, "I wanted to build a beautiful treehouse just for you. But I hurt myself".
Who Am I (1976) (Embedded 1993 Version in 1993)
Just Me and My Dad (1977) (Embedded 1992 Version in 1992)
The New Baby (1980) (Embedded 1983 Version in 1983)
All by Myself (1983) (Embedded 2000 Version in 2000)
I Was So Mad (1983) (Embedded 2009 Version in August 5, 2009)
Just Go To Bed (1983)
Just Grandma and Me (1983)
Just Grandpa and Me (1983)
Me Too! (1983)
Merry Christmas Mom and Dad (1983)
When I Get Bigger (1985) (also released as a mini-hardback book)
Just Me and My Puppy (1985) (Embedded 1992 Version in 1992)
Just Me and My Babysitter (1986)
Just Me and My Little Sister (1986)
Just a Mess (1987)
Baby Sister Says No (1987) (Embedded 2015 Version in September 1, 2015)
Just Shopping with Mom (1989) In the original version (1989 version), Little Critter's mom threatened Little Sister with a spanking/beating. (That is, when Little Sister wanted to buy candy but could not have it.) In reprints (since the mid 1990's), she threatened Little Sister with a time-out. (That is, since reprints --as of the mid 1990's-- replaced spanking/beating references with "time out".) The spanking/beating line was changed to, "Would you like a time out instead?". [citation needed]
Just Me and My Mom (1990) The original 1990 version depicted Little Critter in the Native American exhibit wearing a Native American chief costume with the headdress and his mother and Museum guard get mad at him. This image has since been removed in the 2014 reprints.[citation needed]
Little Critter In Search of the Beautiful Princess (1993) Green Frog Publishers ISBN1-56619-449-0 (oversized hardcover book in the style of the Where's Waldo series)
Little Critter's Camp Out: A Golden Sound Story (1994) ISBN0-307-70902-7
Little Critter: Just a Pirate (a "Magic Touch Talking Book" by Hasbro, Incorporated) (July 1996) ISBN1-888208-12-0
Little Critter: Just Going to the Moon (a "Magic Touch Talking Book" by Hasbro, Incorporated (July 1996) ISBN1-888208-11-2
Super Critter To The Rescue: A Golden Sound Story (1997) ISBN0-307-74708-5
Just a Bubble Bath (1997) Inchworm Press, "Scrub-A-Dub Bath Book" (10 pages) ISBN1-57719-222-2
Just My Camera and Me: Photo Fun Package (1998) Inchworm Press, ISBN1-57719-398-9 (comes with a camera, a photo album, and the book Just My Camera and Me)
Just a Garden (1999) ISBN1-57719-605-8 (was sold as a kit with four small plastic gardening tools and the book Just a Garden)
Little Golden Books
A numbered series. These were re-released by Scholastic and as a part of Mercer Mayer's Little Critter Book Club
Little Critter Storybooks featuring the "Critter Kids"
These were initially published by Scholastic publishing as accordion-style fold-out board books.
Most were republished by Random House and Green Frog as regular hardcover and softcover books.
Little Critter Cowboy (1996) ISBN1-57719-258-3 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Cowboy Critter)
Little Critter Doctor (1996) ISBN1-57719-104-8 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Doctor Critter)
Little Critter Astronaut (1996) ISBN1-57719-089-0 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Astronaut Critter)
Little Critter Policeman (1996)(edited 10 page version of the 14 page Police Critter)
Little Critter Construction (1996) (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Construction Critter, also released as a part of the Little Critter Construction Playset) ISBN1-57719-655-4
Little Critter Sailor (1998) ISBN1-57719-396-2 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Sailor Critter)
Little Critter All Grown Up! (1999) ISBN1-57719-648-1 (Collection containing the edited versions of the 4 books: Doctor, Sailor, Cowboy, and Construction)
Little Critter: A Busy Day (box set of 4 mini-board books) (August, 2011) ISBN1-4027-8411-2
Lift-a-Flap Books
Published by multiple publishing houses. Some were originally released as hardcovers and then later re-released as Chunky Flap Board Books (two ISBN numbers are listed when this is the case).
Little Critter's Halloween: A Coloring and Activity Book (1997) (also came with Spooky Halloween Kit which included the book The Magic Pumpkin (Little Sister), a Flashlight, and a Trick-Or-Treat Bag). ISBN1-57719-236-2
Little Critter's Christmas: A Coloring and Activity Book (1997) ISBN1-57719-230-3
Little Critter's Backseat Busy Book (1999)
Painting the Seasons with Little Critter (2003) HarperCollins, ISBN0-06-053956-9
Fun at School with Little Critter (2004)
Collections
Little Critter's Bedtime Storybook (1987) (includes: The Fussy Princess, The Grumpy Old Rabbit, The Day the Wind Stopped Blowing, The Bear Who Wouldn't Share, and some bumper "Bedtime" segments)
Two-minute Little Critter Stories: Eight favorite stories (1990) ISBN0-307-12192-5 (Includes: Just A Mess, Just Me and My Babysitter, I Just Forgot, Just Me and My Puppy, I Was So Mad, Just My Friends and Me, When I Get Bigger, and Just Go to Bed)
Thrills and Spills (1991) (Early Bird Series Big Books: 19.5 × 16.2) ISBN0-8273-4120-2 (Contains four stories: Just for You by Mercer Mayer, Jamberry by Bruce Degen, The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone, and Baby Days)
Just Me and My Family (1997) (A box set of four separate Golden Look Look books)
Just Me and My Family: Six Story Books in One (1999) ISBN0-307-34094-5 (contains: Just Me and My Mom, Just Me and My Dad, Just Me and My Little Brother, Just Grandpa and Me, Just Grandma and Me, and Just Me and My Puppy)
Little Critter Read-It-Yourself Storybook: Six Funny Easy to Read Stories (2000) ISBN0-307-16840-9 (contains: Little Critter's This Is My House, Little Critter's These Are My Pets, Little Critter's Little Sister's Birthday, Little Critter's This Is My School, Little Critter's This Is My Friend, and Little Critter's Staying Overnight).
Growing Every Day (A Little Critter Collection) (2002) ISBN0-9654579-6-6 (Contains: Just Go to Bed, When I Get Bigger, Just a Mess, Just Going to the Dentist, Just Lost and Just Me in the Tub)
Feelings and Manners (2002) ISBN0-9654579-5-8 (Contains: All by Myself, I was So Mad, Me Too!, I Just Forgot, I'm Sorry, and Just a Bully)
Little Critter Storybook Collection (2005) ISBN0-06-082009-8 (Contains 7 stories)
Just a Little Critter Collection: 7 Books Inside (2005) ISBN0-375-83255-6 (contains: Just For You, When I Get Bigger, I Was So Mad, All By Myself, Just Go To Bed, Just A Mess, and I Just Forgot)
Little Critter: Just a Storybook Collection (2012) ISBN0-062-13452-3
Little Critter: Phonics Fun (a My First I Can Read box set of 12 mini-paperbacks)
1. Just Critters Who Care
2. Just Saving My Money
3. Just Helping My Dad
4. A Green, Green Garden
5. Just A Little Sick
6. Going To The Firehouse
7. What A good kitty
8. Snowball soup
9. To The Rescue
10. Fall Festival
11. Going To The Sea Park
12. This is My Town
Little Critter: Bedtime Stories (a box set featuring stickers, a poster, and 6 paperback books)
Little Critter workbooks
By Spectrum & Brighter Child (for Homeschool)
Little Critter Math: Grade Pre K (2001) ISBN0-7696-3009-X or 1577685792
Little Monster is an anthropomorphic character created by Mercer Mayer. He is a dinosaur-like dragon. Little Monster first appeared in the 1977 book Little Monster's Word Book, but many characters in the Little Monster series were first introduced in the 1975 book One Monster After Another and the 1976 book Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-A-Zoo.
Little Monster's Sports Fun Sticker Book (with reusable stickers) (1985) ISBN0-590-48644-6
Little Monster's Moving Day Sticker Book (with reusable stickers) (1995) ISBN0-590-48643-8
Little Monster Private Eye: The Smelly Mystery (1998) ISBN1-57719-319-9 (re-release edited version of Scratch and Sniff Mystery without Scratch and Sniff Spots, all dialogue balloons removed, major text changes, and 5 pages shorter) (also released as part of a Detective Kit gift set ISBN1-57719-259-1)
Little Monster Private Eye: The Lost Wish (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) ISBN1-57719-318-0
Little Monster Private Eye: How The Zebra Lost His Stripes (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere)(1998) ISBN1-57719-317-2 (also released with the Little Monster Private Eye Goes on Safari gift set ISBN1-57719-306-7)
Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: The Mummy Mystery (by Erica Farber) (also released with The Treasure of the Nile gift set ISBN1-57719-661-9)
Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: 101 Penguins (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) (also came in a 101 Penguins A Polar Adventure gift set with a Snow Globe that has two penguins in it) ISBN1-57719-395-4
Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: The Bubble Gum Pirates (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) ISBN1-57719-604-X (also came as part of a pirate themed gift set featuring a sword and other items)
Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Treasury Book (contains 11 previously released Little Monster stories, some edited)
Professor Wormbog series
Creatures in the Professor Wormbog series tend to also appear in the Little Monster series of books.
Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-A-Zoo (1976)
Professor Wormbog's Gloomy Kerploppus: A Book of Great Smells (and a Heart-Warming Story, Besides) (1977)
Professor Wormbog's Cut It, Glue It, Tape It, Do It (1980)
A series of 6 wordless books. These have been re-released in many formats, but they are usually smaller in size.
A Boy, a Dog and a Frog (1967)
Frog, Where Are You? (1969)
A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend (1971)
Frog on His Own (1973)
Frog Goes to Dinner (1974)
One Frog Too Many (1975)
Four Frogs In a Box (1976) (collection of the first four "Frog" mini-books in a box set) ISBN0-8037-2776-3
AKA A Tiny Tink! Tonk! Tale series published by Bantam Books. Also see the Mercer Mayer Computer Software section for the video game titles related to this series that were developed by Mercer Mayer.
Terrible Troll (1968) (re-released as The Bravest Knight in May, 2007 with ISBN0-8037-3206-6)
If I Had (1968) (re-released as If I Had a Gorilla)
I Am a Hunter (1969)
A Special Trick (1970)
Mine! (with Marianna Mayer) (1970)
Me and My Flying Machine (1971)
The Queen Always Wanted to Dance (1971)
A Silly Story (1972)
Bubble Bubble (1973)
Mrs. Beggs and the Wizard (re-released as The Wizard Comes to Town) (1973) ISBN1-57768-388-9
Walk, Robot, Walk (1974)
You're the Scaredy-Cat (1974)
What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? (1974)
The Great Cat Chase: A Wordless Book (1975) (originally released with black and white illustrations, it was re-released as just The Great Cat Chase in the 1990s with added words and in color)
A Poison Tree and Other Poems - written by various poets, poems selected by and illustrated by Mercer Mayer (1977)
A Book of Unicorns - by Welleran Poltarnees (1978) (various illustrators including a Mercer Mayer's Unicorn illustration from Amanda Dreaming)
The Dictopedia: A - L - by Pleasant T. Rowland (1979) (an Addison-Wesley Reading Program anthology) - features "The Case of the Gingerbread Ghost" (AKA "The Gingerbread Ghost") by Shirleyann Costigan a seven-page story with five unique full color illustrations by Mercer Mayer ISBN0-201-20800-8
The Dictopedia: M - Z - by Pleasant T. Rowland (an Addison-Wesley Reading Program anthology) - features one blue, black, and white illustration by Mercer Mayer for James A. Emanuel's "A Small Discovery" poem (the illustration also appeared in Mercer Mayer's A Poison Tree and Other Poems) (1979) ISBN0-201-20850-4
Illustrations for George Mendoza's books
Books written by George Mendoza that Mercer Mayer illustrated:
The Crack in the Wall & Other Terribly Weird Tales (1968) ISBN0-8037-1547-1
Book by Jay Williams that Mercer Mayer illustrated:
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like (1976)
The Reward Worth Having (1977)
Illustrations for John D. Fitzgerald's Great Brain series
Books from John D. Fitzgerald's The Great Brain series that were originally illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Some later releases had new front covers by a different illustrator, but were still illustrated by Mercer Mayer on the inside.
The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald
Harper's Magazine, April 1967. Vol. 284. No. 1403. - features, The War with the Birds by Philip Wagner with drawings by Mercer Mayer)
Harper's Magazine, June 1967. Vol. 234. No. 1405. - features, The Riddle of the Dangerous Bean: A Scientific Detective Story by Judith R. Marcus and Gerald Cohen with a drawing by Mercer Mayer)
Harper's Magazine, August 1967. Vol. 235. No. 1407. - features, What Keeps Nixon Running by Stephen Hess and David S. Broder with a drawing by Mercer Mayer)
Cricket: The Magazine for Children, Vol. 4 No. 9 (May, 1977) - reprints Ah-Choo.
Audio books
What do You do with a Kangaroo (released on cassette, CD, and download) - read by Jane Casserly
There's a Nightmare in My Closet (released as an Audible.com download) - read by Mo Godin
Little Critter
Most of these are from Disneyland Records and Little Golden Books (usually labeled as a "Little Golden Book & Cassette" or "Little Golden Book & Record"). These are books that came with a word for word audio recording on record (speed = 331⁄3, size = 7") or cassette tape of someone reading the story. They usually included music, sound effects, and original songs too. Sometimes the cassettes were labeled "Record your own story" on the B-side (with the original recording on the A-side). "SEE the pictures HEAR the record READ the book", was a catch phrase that was written on most of these books.
Just For You (1984) ASIN B000JFJCIM
Just Me and My Dad
Merry Christmas Mom & Dad (Includes the original songs "Merry Christmas Mom and Dad" and "Dear Santa") Series # 226 (1983) ISBN per Amazon was 9-9963-6247-7 (out of print)
Audio CDs that are available on Mercer Mayer's official site.
Mercer Mayer Alligator Under My Bed and Other Story Songs CD (featuring the songs: "What Do You Do With A Kangaroo," "Critters Of The Night (Theme)," "Alligator Under My Bed," "Let's Go Camping," "Me And My Mom," "If I Had A Gorilla," "Big Paw's Coming," "The World Goes Around")
The Little Drummer Mouse A Christmas Story CD (featuring the story read by Mercer Mayer and the songs: "Three Kings From Far Away," "I Wish," "The New Baby King," "Me And My Drum," "The Blessing," "You Must Be From The City")
Other known Mercer Mayer songs
These songs are either mentioned on the official Mercer Mayer website or featured on it, but are not currently available otherwise.
"Sunshine" (AKA "Sunshine Makes You Sneeze")
"My Momma Said" (AKA. "Clean Up Your Room")
"Clean up My Doggie" (AKA "My Doggie Lies in a Mud Puddle")
CD-Roms
The CD-Roms usually included the original story and additional material (animations, audio) for fun and educational purposes (they were produced in association with Mercer Mayer's company Big Tuna New Media, LLC).
The Tink! Tonk! series of games were educational and action video game style.