Good-bye, Curtis: An Affectionate Picture Book About a Mail Carrier's Last Day for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Henkes, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0688128270 / ISBN 13: 9780688128272

Published by Greenwillow Books (edition First Edition), 1995

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 0688128270-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good-bye, Curtis: An Affectionate Picture Book About a Mail Carrier's Last Day for Kids (Ages 4-8)
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688128270
• ISBN 13: 9780688128272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Russo, Marisabina
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Celebrate your mail carrier—and all the people who make a community strong—with this charming picture book.

Everyone loves Curtis!

Curtis has been delivering mail for forty-two years. Today is his last day. And all the mailboxes along his route are filled with surprises.

But the very real surprise is at the very last house on the very last street.

“A charming book that evokes the best of a community. Words and art perform an affectionate duet. ”—Kirkus

About the Authors

Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Children’s Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; Newbery Honors for Olive’s Ocean and The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Is It Spring?, The World and Everything in It, A House, A Parade of Elephants, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.

Marisabina Russo's warm, distinctive picture books usually mirror everyday scenarios from her own family's life. The Big Brown Box was inspired by her three children's tendency to entertain themselves—and each other—with common household objects (which included many a cardboard box).

Ms. Russo has written and illustrated many picture books for children, and has illustrated several by other authors. She and her husband and children live in Westchester County, New York.