Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair! - Hardcover

Lerner, Harriet Goldhor; Goldhor, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060246839 ISBN 13: 9780060246839

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2001

Synopsis

Despite her parents' pleas to cut short her long mane of wild red hair that seems to get caught in just about everything, Franny refuses and holds onto her unusual look, but when a bird makes a nest in her hair, she starts to see her parents' point that it may be time for a change. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Beautifully illustrated by award-winning Helen Oxenbury." The Daily Mail

About the Author:

Harriet Lerner and Susan Goldhor are sisters. Harriet is one of the most respected voices on family relationships in the US and has published several books on the subject. She and her husband have two sons, Matt and Ben. Susan, her big sister, is a biologist. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, a physicist. Helen Oxenbury is one of today's most established popular children's book illustrators. She first won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1969 and then again in 2000 for her classic and highly acclaimed version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Other acclaimed works include the First Picture Books and the Tom and Pippo books, and three Smarties Book Prize-winning picture books: Farmer Duck; We're Going on a Bear Hunt and So Much, all of which were also Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. In addition, So Much won the Kurt Maschler Award. Helen is married to illustrator John Burningham and they have three children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060246839
• ISBN 13: 9780060246839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Oxenbury Helen