My Friend the Paintbrush Format: Hardback

Pfister, Marcus; Wilson, David Henry (TRN)

ISBN 10: 0735845948 / ISBN 13: 9780735845947

Published by Simon and Schuster, 2026

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Seller Inventory # 9780735845947

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Friend the Paintbrush Format: Hardback
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735845948
• ISBN 13: 9780735845947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Dive into the colorful world of Marcus Pfister, the creator of the bestselling Rainbow Fish series, with this picture book homage to all things art!

A Junior Library Guild Selection

The paintbrush can be used as a vehicle to express a huge range of forms and features, expressions and emotions! Marcus Pfister, creator of the internationally bestselling Rainbow Fish series, uses rollicking rhymes and a range of artistic styles to introduce readers new and familiar to a colorful cast of characters from across his oeuvre. Backmatter also includes inspiration for his many backlist titles and his creative techniques.

About the Author

Marcus Pfister was born in Bern, Switzerland. After studying at art school in Bern, he trained as a graphic artist. His first picture book was published by NordSüd in 1986, but his breakthrough as author and illustrator came in 1992 with the publication of The Rainbow Fish. Since then, he has published more than sixty books, which have been translated into about sixty-five languages and have won many international awards. He lives with his family in Bern.

David Henry Wilson was born in London in 1937. As well as being a translator, he is a playwright and children’s author, best known for his Jeremy James books. He lives in Somerset, England, and has two surviving children and three grandchildren.