The Wonder Book - Hardcover

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061429740 ISBN 13: 9780061429743

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

Hardcover. Pub Date: 2010 Pages: 79 Publisher: Harper Collins Hello You So ... this book is full of stuff I've always Wondered about ... Like: Did Miss Mary Mack have friends who liked other colors Could everything important about the world be summarized in a poem that rhymes How do Moms always know when you're about to sneak a cookie Who hid something under the Tooth Fairy's pillow when she was a little girl Inside you will find stories. short poems. lists. palindromes. visual treats. and random observations. Some parts are happy. some sad-ish. some silly. some serious. some crunchy. some with a soft center. You can open the book up anywhere and read. So the beginning could be the end. and the end could be the beginning. But I guess the middle is always the middle .... PS aren't Paul's drawings the best

About this title

About the Author:

Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers I Wish You More, Uni the Unicorn, Plant a Kiss, and Exclamation Mark. A contributor to National Public Radio, a TED collaborator and speaker, a filmmaker, and the author of two groundbreaking adult memoirs, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Amy raised her three children with her husband on a tree-lined street in Chicago.

Paul Schmid's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all artists. He is the author and illustrator of A Pet for Petunia, Petunia Goes Wild, and Hugs From Pearl and the illustrator of The Wonder Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. In 2010, Paul was awarded a monthlong fellowship with Maurice Sendak. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Anna.

From the Back Cover:

Hello, You!

So . . . this book is full of stuff I've always wondered about . . .

Like:

• Did Miss Mary Mack have friends who liked other colors?
• Could everything important about the world be summarized in a poem that rhymes?
• How do Moms always know when you're about to sneak a cookie?
• Who hid something under the Tooth Fairy's pillow when she was a little girl?

Inside you will find stories, short poems, lists, palindromes, visual treats, and random observations. Some parts are happy, some sad-ish, some silly, some serious, some crunchy, some with a soft center.

You can open the book up anywhere and read. So the beginning could be the end, and the end could be the beginning. But I guess the middle is always the middle. . . .

P.S. aren't Paul's drawings the best?!

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061429740
• ISBN 13: 9780061429743
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Schmid Paul