What Do You Say, Dear?

Joslin, Sesyle; Sendak, Maurice [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0064431126 / ISBN 13: 9780064431125

Published by HarperCollins, 1986

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 0064431126-3-18650562

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Do You Say, Dear?
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0064431126
• ISBN 13: 9780064431125
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Sendak, Maurice
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 5 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

What do you say when:

• You bump into a crocodile on a crowded city street?
• A nice gentleman introduces you to a baby elephant?
• The Queen feeds you so much spaghetti that you don’t fit in your chair anymore?

This is the funniest book of manners you’ll ever read!

About the Authors

Sesyle Joslin is the author of What Do You Say, Dear?, which was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Caldecott Honor Book.

Maurice Sendak’s books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003 Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government.