Harvey the Child Mime - Hardcover

Loryn Brantz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0982220588 ISBN 13: 9780982220580

Publisher: Hometown 520 Press, 2011

Synopsis

Harvey is a child mime. Every day he goes to the docks to perform for the crowds. On this particular day, during this particular act, he must have been performing the very best invisible box he ever had, because two workers at the dock mistook his box for one of their own and loaded him on to a cargo ship! Harvey the Child Mime follows Harvey's adventure as his invisible box is shipped overseas. He makes friends, teaches life lessons, and even becomes a jelly fish along the way!

About this title

About the Author:

Loryn Brantz is an Emmy Award winning artist. Her design credits include: Sesame Street (PBS) - Prop Builder, Elephants in my Backyard - Illustrator, Our Place Rowayton - Illustrator, and many other children's titles. Harvey the Child Mime marks her writing debut. As a child, Loryn took miming lessons. She can still create a fairly believable invisible box, but never convincingly enough to find herself accidentally loaded onto a boat. Loryn lives in New York City with her cat, Sir Miles Fluffy Belly

Review:

'Loryn Brantz's beautifully conceived, lively drawings intensify the humor in this eventful story of a boy whose actions speak louder than words.' ----Howard Beckerman, Animation Director, New York's School of Visual Arts

'Like a slap of swiss cheese to the face! Harvey the Child Mime is a 21st Century Where the Wild Things Are. In this hero's quest, Harvey's imagination sends him to a faraway place with a princess who is a wild thing in disguise. Harvey returns home having civilized the wild thing and discovers the source of true happiness.' --- --Endla Burrows, Director of The Jim Henson Workshop

'Imagine a world in which every sentence your child utters does not begin with 'I want' or 'Get me'. We know. It would be a very quiet place. Which is why we re shouting from the mountaintops about Harvey the Child Mime. Author Loryn Brantz tells the irresistibly charming story of a little mime who so convincingly shuts himself inside an invisible box that he s mistakenly shipped off to sea as cargo. When he docks, he finds himself in the company of a loud, demanding princess. With no words at all, Harvey shows her the beauty of using imagination and the staying power of a gift that can t be wrapped (or unwrapped). Brantz's magical tale teaches without being preachy and remains fresh bedtime reading after bedtime reading. A new picture book with the staying power of Where the Wild Things Are and the Giving Tree. We ll just say it in language you re used to, we want you to read this book now. ----Daily Candy, National website with 3 million subscribers

About this edition

• Publisher: Hometown 520 Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0982220588
• ISBN 13: 9780982220580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 62
• Editor: Hometown 520 Press
• Illustrator: Loryn Brantz