Bootsie Barker Bites - Hardcover

Twenty First Century Press

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 7539163291 ISBN 13: 9787539163291

Publisher: Twenty-first Century Press, 2007

Synopsis

Simplified Chinese edition of Bootsie Barker Bites. The uproariously funny story is illustrated by Peggy Rathmann who won Caldecott Medal for her book Officer Buckle and Gloria. Bootsie Barker Bites is translated into 8 languages and adapted by tv series Shelley Duvall Bedtime Stories. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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Review

"Bottner smoothly adopts the understandably anxious child's point of view, while Rathmann contributes formidable, hyper-bright watercolors that echo the story's nightmarish but hilarious exaggeration." --Publishers Weekly

"The colorful cartoon and wash drawings, filled with amusing detail, perfectly express the terroristic tactics and the narrator's frustration. When Bootsie is on a rampage, even the stuffed animals cover their eyes. A book that treats a common and often troubling situation with an entertaining but effective touch." --School Library Journal

About the Author

Barbara Bottner began writing for children in the 1970's, when she broke her leg doing off-Broadway Theater and decided to consider a different career. Having gotten a degree in painting, she began to hang out in the children's book section of libraries and bookstores. She was amazed at the originality of the art and fell in love with picture books. Slightly fickle, she also wrote I Can Reads, eventually middle grade and YA novels. She stretched out into writing for television and film and also published essays and short stories in national magazines. She returned to writing books for children and Bootsie Barker Bites, illustrated by Peggy Rathmann, a classic, was translated into eight languages and animated for television. Barbara teaches writing and consults with writers all over the country; she was honored to receive the New School Distinguished Teaching Award in 1990.

About this edition

• Publisher: Twenty-first Century Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 7539163291
• ISBN 13: 9787539163291
• Binding: Hardcover