What the Dormouse Said

Gash, Amy (Collected by)

ISBN 10: 1565122410 / ISBN 13: 9781565122413

Published by Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1999

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Lessons for Grown-ups from Children's Books.Foreword by Judith Viorst. ALL BOOK JACKETS ARE PROTECTED IN PLASTIC COVERS.

Seller Inventory # 002494

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What the Dormouse Said
• Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565122410
• ISBN 13: 9781565122413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Le-Tan, Pierre
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This one-of-a-kind collection reminds weary adults not to lose sight of the values and virtues they learned as kids. Here are over three hundred quotations from over two hundred well-loved children's books, such as Charlotte's Web, Peter Pan, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Eloise, Sounder, Number the Stars, and Goodnight Moon, organized by topic, among them Acceptance, Goodness, Family Woes, and Growing Old. On Silence: "I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking."--E. B.White, The Trumpet of the Swan. On Reverence: "Dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. . . . Being part of the whole thing, that's the blessing."--Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting.

With clever illustrations from Pierre Le-Tan, here is a book to share with a friend or keep by your own bedside. It's the perfect gift for your sister, your mother, your brother, your nephew, your kid's teacher, your daughter away at college, your son in the Navy, your mailman, your priest, for the old lady next door, or for the baby just born. Most importantly, give it to yourself. It will help you remember why you loved reading in the first place.

About the Author

Amy Gash is a book editor who reads stories with her seven-year-old son. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Judith Viorst is the author of twenty-five books, including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and the New York Times best-seller Necessary Losses. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband.

Pierre Le-Tan's work has appeared in many leading magazines and newspapers, including the New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, Atlantic Monthly, and Rolling Stone. He has also illustrated many books for children and adults.