His holiday book, Merry Christmas Mom and Dad, is also a bestseller. In 2015, his title Little Critter: Just a Little Love, also made the list. His title Just Me and My Dad made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Through them he has sold his 'Little Critter' and 'Little Monster' series, which are popular with beginning readers. Mayer joined Golden Publishing, creators of Little Golden Books, in 1976. Five more books in this series were to follow. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format. Between Little Sister crying for candy and escaping the group and running back to the candy section (more than once) and all sorts of other shenanigans, Mercer Mayer captures the reality of grocery. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book one that tells its story entirely with pictures. As the book unfolds, Little Critter goes grocery shopping with his Mom, Little Sister, and Baby sibling, and honestly, all chaos breaks loose. Whether he’s teaching her how to skateboard, how to fish, or how to make and fly a paper airplane, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter ishesitantlyspending the day with his little sister in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book.

He soon created a new portfolio and with these new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work.

He moved to New York City in 1964, pursuing further instruction at the Art Students League of New York, where he met an artist named Marianna who became his first wife. He created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. While attending school at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Mayer decided to enter the field of children's book illustration. Mercer Mayer was born Decemin Little Rock Arkansas.

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