ADÈLE & SIMON

McClintock, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0374380449 / ISBN 13: 9780374380441

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2006

About this Item

Signed first printing of this charming story of a forgetful little boy who leaves his belongings all over Paris. Barbara McClintock muses that her "books dwell in a past world," and she frequently blends modern compositions with 19th-century aesthetics. She is a five-time winner of the NEW YORK TIMES Best book Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and an array of other accolades. 11'' x 8.75''. Original blue and brown boards. Original unclipped ($16.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [36] pages. Signed by McClintock to title page. Clean and bright.

Seller Inventory # 48667

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ADÈLE & SIMON
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374380449
• ISBN 13: 9780374380441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: McClintock, Barbara
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Picture Books

About this title

Synopsis

When Simon's older sister, Adèle, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Adèle makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything. But as they make their way home, distractions cause Simon to leave something behind at every stop. What will they tell their mother?

Detailed pen-and-ink drawings - filled with soft watercolors - make a game of this unforgettable tour through the streets and scenes of early-twentieth-century Paris. Illustrated endpapers extend the fun by replicating a 1907 Baedeker map of Paris.

Adèle & Simon is a 2006 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About the Author

Barbara McClintock attended Jamestown College in North Dakota until, at nineteen, she moved to New York City to begin her career as an illustrator and author. She has written and/or illustrated many acclaimed books for young readers, among them Adèle & Simon, an ALA Notable Book and a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and Lost and Found: Adèle and Simon in China. She lives in Windham, Connecticut.