| Chester Contributor(s): Hoff, Syd (Author), Hoff, Syd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064440958 ISBN-13: 9780064440950 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1986 Annotation: Chester, a wild horse who wants to be tame, comes to the city looking for a home. 'Reading for fun: the artist's sense of pacing makes this book race along.' --Saturday Review.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Horses |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 61005768 |
| Lexile Measure: 410 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.47" W x 8.41" (0.24 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chester, a wild horse who wants to be tame, comes to the city looking for a home. 'Reading for fun: the artist's sense of pacing makes this book race along.' --Saturday Review. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hoff, Syd: - Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry's Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature. Hoff, Syd: -Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry's Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature. |