Tulips - Hardcover

O'Callahan, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561451347 ISBN 13: 9781561451340

Publisher: Peachtree Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

When practical joker Pierre decides to play a trick on his beloved Grand Ma Mere, the results are anything but what he expects!

About this title

About the Author:

Professional storyteller Jay O'Callahan tours the world, performing at festivals and in theaters. His stories have been heard on National Public Radio, The Voice of America, and Mister Roger's Neighborhood. Audio recordings of his stories have won a number of awards, including the ALA Carnegie Award, the Indie Award, the National Educational Film Festival Award, and the Parents' Choice Award, which he has received four times. O'Callahan lives in Massachusetts.

From Publishers Weekly:

Twice a year Pierre visits his Grand Ma Mere in her grand Parisian house and plays tricks on the servants. The dowager is unruffled by the boy's shenanigans, however; perhaps because "in the whole world, Grand Ma Mere loved two things best: Pierre, and her wonderful tulips." But on one eventful stay, Pierre--apparently bored with placing a toad in the gardener's boot and running the chambermaid's bloomers up the flagpole--decides to take on Grand Ma Mere and her tulips. How she and the servants foil him and take their revenge makes a neat and amusing denouement. Santini ( Santa's Secret Helper ) sets a 1920s mood with her muted, slightly satirical watercolors and deftly connects the foreground action with garden, street or other rooms with strong, diagonally organized perspectives. Story and art thus jointly contribute to this engaging period piece with a touch of slapstick. Ages 4-up.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1561451347
• ISBN 13: 9781561451340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Santini Debrah