On Market Street - Hardcover

Lobel, Arnold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688803091 ISBN 13: 9780688803094

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1981

Synopsis

Come along on a wonderful shopping spree down Market Street, where the merchants sell everything from apple to zippers - and display them in a most unusual way! Beginning readers and grown-ups too will love visiting the marvelous world depicted by artist Anita Lobel.

About this title

About the Author:

Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables.

Anita Lobel's name is synonymous with the best in children's literature. She is the creator of such classics as Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, and she received a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in On Market Street. She is the creator of two books about her cat, Nini, One Lighthouse, One Moon (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and Nini Here and There. Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Anita Lobel lives in New York City.

From the Back Cover:

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0688803091
• ISBN 13: 9780688803094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Lobel Anita