I Wanna Books

In order from I Wanna New Room to I Wanna Go Home

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Book #1

I Wanna New Room

Written by Karen Kaufman Orloff & illustrated by David Catrow

5 - 8

Reading age

Page count

Words per page

Dec 2, 2010

Publication date

Hardcover

$17.99

$16.97

Summary

A hilarious companion to I Wanna Iguana. Ever since their baby sister came along, Alex has been forced to share a room with his little brother, Ethan, and it’s a nightmare. Ethan always breaks stuff, snores like a walrus, and sticks crayons up his nose. No hardworking, well-behaved, practically grown-up boy like Alex should have to put up with that!Writing letters to his mom convinced her to let him get his pet iguana, so Alex puts pencil to paper again, this time determined to get his own room. Though all of his powers of persuasion can’t get his dad to expand the house, he does come through with a fun alternative to give Alex some space of his own.

I Wanna Series

Published from 2010 - 2014

2 books

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Hardcover

$17.99$16.97

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Hardcover

$18.99$17.97

Year	Title	Pages
2010	I Wanna New Room	32
2014	I Wanna Go Home	32

The Creatives Behind the Books

Author

Karen Kaufman Orloff

KAREN KAUFMAN ORLOFF is the author of several books for children, including the bestselling I Wanna series, illustrated by David Catrow (Putnam). For Sterling, she has written Talk, Oscar, Please!, illustrated by Tim Bowers; If Mom Had Three Arms, illustrated by Pete Whitehead; and Miles of Smiles, illustrated by Luciano Lozano. She has another book scheduled for Sterling’s Spring 2018 list: Some Days. Karen lives in Dutchess County, NY.

Illustrator

David Catrow

David Catrow is the illustrator of many picture books including Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and its sequel Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon, written by Patty Lovell; I Wanna Iguana and its two companion books I Wanna New Room and I Wanna Go Home, written by Karen Kaufman Orloff; Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel;The Middle Child Blues by Kristyn Crow; and We the Kids: the Preamble to the Constitution. He lives in Ohio with his wife, Deborah.