Dear Peter Rabbit - Softcover

Ada, Alma Flor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689812892 ISBN 13: 9780689812897

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997

Synopsis

One of the Three Little Pigs is hosting a housewarming, and Peter Rabbit would love to go. But he's in bed with a cold after a narrow escape from Mr. McGregor's garden. Meanwhile, Goldilocks is planning her birthday party and hoping her new friend Baby Bear can come (he's forgiven her for breaking his favorite chair). But with the Big Bad Wolf on the prowl and Little Red Riding Hood heading off to grandmother's house, there's no telling how things may end!
This lively collection of letters written by famous storybook characters takes us behind the scenes in the land of make-believe.

About this title

From the Author

Lit­tle could I have imag­ined that a play­ful act to keep me awake one evening while dri­ving home would result in the cre­ation of a whole new world, the world of "Hid­den For­est". Of course, it took the genius of Leslie Tryon to make it true. I'm fre­quently asked how I came up with the idea for Peter Rab­bit. It hap­pened with­out plan­ning. Dri­ving home, afraid to fall sleep while dri­ving after a long day of classes, I would dic­tate into my tape recorder, notes to myself and to my stu­dents. Once, just for fun I started talk­ing with the voices of pigs and wolves. Many months later, when I acci­den­tally dis­cov­ered the record­ing, I real­ized there was a book to be written.

I will always be thank­ful to Jonathan Lohn­man for begin­ning the col­lab­o­ra­tion with Leslie Tryon. Dear Peter Rab­bit has been fol­lowed by Yours Truly, Goldilocks, in Span­ish Aten­ta­mente, Ric­i­tos de Oro; With Love, Lit­tle Red Hen, and Extra! Extra! Fairy-tale News from Hid­den For­est, in Span­ish ¡Extra! ¡Extra! Noti­cias del Bosque Escon­dido.

What a mar­velous adven­ture it has been to cre­ate this Hid­den For­est world! And what a wel­comed sur­prise that this book has been pub­lished in Korea, trans­lated to the Korean language.

About the Author

Alma Flor Ada, an authority on multicultural and bilingual education, is the recipient of the 2012 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and in 2014 she was honored by the Mexican government with the prestigious OHTLI Award. She is the author of numerous award-winning books for young readers, including Dancing Home with Gabriel Zubizarreta, My Name Is María Isabel, Under the Royal Palms (Pura Belpré Medal), Where the Flame Trees Bloom, and The Gold Coin (Christopher Award Medal). She lives in California, and you can visit her at AlmaFlorAda.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0689812892
• ISBN 13: 9780689812897
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Tryon Leslie