Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Tomie DePaola

ISBN 10: 0812404645 ISBN 13: 9780812404647

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 1979

Synopsis

A little boy must come to terms with being teased and ostracized because he d rather read books, paint pictures, and tap-dance than participate in sports. There is a good balance between the simple text . . . and the expressive pictures . . . an attractive little book. --"School Library Journal"
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About this title

About the Author

Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children’s book authors and illustrators of our time and the recipient of the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books for Simon & Schuster, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona, as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy, Charlie Needs a Cloak, Michael Bird-Boy, and Andy, That’s My Name. A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire. Visit him online at Tomie.com and TomiesBlog.Blogspot.com.

Review

"DePaola’s 1979 picture book about a boy who can’t throw a ball to save his life but who enjoys paper dolls, dress-up, and (as he discovers to his delight) tap-dancing is as fresh and necessary as ever...the feelings are still just right.
  (Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2017)

About this edition

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0812404645
• ISBN 13: 9780812404647
• Binding: Library Binding