Last Song - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596435089 ISBN 13: 9781596435087

Synopsis

Beautiful watercolor paintings add rich layers of mood and feeling to an old Scottish poem, depicting a squirrel family spending the day together--waking, playing, and nestling down to sleep under the eye of watchful parent. An eye-catching die-cut cover and a size perfect for small hands make an irresistible gift for mothers, fathers, and families on any occasion.

About this title

About the Author

Scottish-born JAMES GUTHRIE (1874-1952) was an artist, typographer, printer, and poet.

ERIC ROHMANN won the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit, and a Caldecott Honor forTime Flies. He is also the author and illustrator of Clara and Asha,A Kitten Tale, and The Cinder-Eyed Cats, among other books for children. He has created book jackets for a number of novels, includingHis Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.

Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois, in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, he played Little League baseball, read comic books, and collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls.

Rohmann has his BS in Art and an MS in Studio Art from Illinois State University, and an MFA in Printmaking/Fine Bookmaking from Arizona State University. He also studied Anthropology and Biology. He taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusettes and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota.

He lives in a suburb of Chicago.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596435089
• ISBN 13: 9781596435087
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 28