Oliver Button Is a Sissy - Hardcover

DePaola, Tomie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1481477579 ISBN 13: 9781481477574

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

This beautiful edition of Tomie dePaola's progressive 1979 classic stars a special little boy who won't give up on the dreams that make him unique.

Oliver Button is a sissy.

At least that's what the other boys call him.

But here's what Oliver Button really is: a reader, and an artist, and a singer, and a dancer, and more.

What will his classmates say when he steps into the spotlight?

About this title

Review:

"DePaola's 1979 picture book about a boy who can't throw a ball to save his life but who enjoys paper dolls, dress-up, and (as he discovers to his delight) tap-dancing is as fresh and necessary as ever...the feelings are still just right.
--Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2017

About the Author:

Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children's book authors and illustrators of our time and the winner of the 2011 Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for "significant and lasting contribution to children's literature," among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and its companions, as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy; The Legend of Old Befana; The Clown of God; Michael Bird-Boy; Andy, That's My Name; and the New York Times bestseller Quiet. A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire. Visit him online at Tomie.com and TomiesBlog.Blogspot.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1481477579
• ISBN 13: 9781481477574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: DePaola Tomie