The Wonderful O - Hardcover

James Thurber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556111894 ISBN 13: 9781556111891

Publisher: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990

Synopsis

Follows Black and Littlejack as they sail to the island of Ooroo, where the despotic Black bans the use of the letter "O"

About this title

From the Publisher:

Grammy Award winning artist Melissa Manchester is one of the most compelling female singer/songwriters in contemporary music. She has also starred in films and television. Here she brings her wonderful voice to an inspiring story.

About the Author:

James Thurber (1894–1961) was one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century. Thurber wrote nearly forty books: collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories, including The 13 Clocks, which is published in The New York Review Children’s Collection. His other books for children include: Many Moons (1943), a Caldecott Honor Book; The Great Quillow (1944); and The White Deer (1945).

 

Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss’s The Happy Day, and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Children’s Collection books The Backward Day and The 13 Clocks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Donald I. Fine, Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 1556111894
• ISBN 13: 9781556111891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Marc Simont