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Synopsis
Eight brief episodes show that even best friends and sunny days can have shortcomings.
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About the Author
Bernard Waber, who has written eight delightful books about Lyle the Crocodile, a little boy named Ira, and a firefly named Torchy, is the author of more than seventeen picture books for children. Widely praised by reviewers for his ability to describe common family problems, he is best loved by children for his freeflowing humor and gentle characters.
From School Library Journal
Gr 3–5—Waber's classic has been repackaged as a proto "Diary of a Wimpy Kid": the title and chapter headings are presented in a childish, handwritten scrawl printed over a notebook paper background. This is not a novel, a graphic novel, or a hybrid of the two, but a collection of eight illustrated vignettes, all ending with a satisfying punch line. The situations should still ring true for children today: one girl tricks another into letting her read her diary, a boy struggles to remember to sit up straight in school, and a girl tries not to let a daydream interrupt her homework. The volume concludes with the tale of Peter Perfect, who loves brussels sprouts, never makes a mess, and turns out to be a windup doll. The cartoon-style line drawings resemble less-detailed sketches of illustrations in Waber's Lyle, Lyle Crocodile or Ira Sleeps Over. An almost pointillist technique gives the art rough, wavy lines, which adds to the simple, retro look. VERDICT Though this is not a "Wimpy Kid" replacement, this reissue's gentle humor and whimsical illustrations have lasting appeal.—Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0395125820
- ISBN 13 9780395125823
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1971; gray cloth covered boards with dust jacket; jacket slightly soiled with a small moisture ripple on front; light edge wear; bottom corner of front inside flap clipped; tight binding; Interior clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; 128 pages. Seller Inventory # SKU1081154
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Nobody is Perfick
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ISBN 13: 9780395125823
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Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated first printing. Square and unmarked, with a scuff on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 128pp. Good only jacket is rubbed, with small chips, soiling and toning. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall. Seller Inventory # 074159
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Nobody is Perfick
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971
ISBN 10: 0395125820
ISBN 13: 9780395125823
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bernard Waber (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. 128 pages. Name of previous owner is on fep. DJ front flap bottom corner is clipped (price is at the top corner). DJ has some wear and soiling. Published compliments slip laid in. This is a book about friends. Nobody is Perfick is a perfect combination of drawings and dialogue dramatizing everyday situations. This contains eight brief episodes show that even best friends and sunny days can have shortcomings. Bernard Waber (September 27, 1921-May 16, 2013) was an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965) and the subsequent books in the Lyle series. Waber wrote numerous children's books about the adventures of animals, including Do You See a Mouse?, Evie and Margie, An Anteater named Arthur, and A Lion Named Shirley Williamson. Waber's Lyle series, started in 1962, was his most well-known set of children's books. In the books, Lyle is a city-dwelling crocodile that lives in a bathtub. Lyle's character brings joy to everyone he meets. In 1954, Waber wrote his first illustrated book My Egg, Your Egg! by Eleanor Estes is published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Waber wrote the book Courage. In the book, through various characters, children are taught the meaning of bravery. Nobody Is Perfick "Comes very near to being a minor masterpiece, so sure is its understanding of the ingredients which make up life's more humble, quiet desperation. It is a child's book but the eight truths it catalogues are universal in their implications." ? New York Times. From a Kirkus review: Nobody is Perfick . . . except for Peter Perfect, antihero of the final sketch in this original set of drawings and dialogues. Though it seems that "PETER PERFECT'S PAPA PICKED A PERFECT PETER," the last page reveals him from behind as a wind-up toy. Through all the cartoon-like vignettes, words and pictures make childlike fun that is never coy or condescending. Seller Inventory # 81941
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