| On Market Street Contributor(s): Lobel, Arnold (Author), Lobel, Anita (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0688087450 ISBN-13: 9780688087456 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Have you ever seen a man dressed entirely in playing cards? Or a girl wearing a lollipop dress? Take a stroll through a most unusual market in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of a Caldecott Honor Book. "In a delightful and unusual book, a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. Every letter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of, for instance, apples or wigs or quilts. The notion is original, and the sum total enjoyable and unique." --Horn Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Alphabet |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 80021418 |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 7.97" W x 9.82" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lobel, Arnold: - Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables. Lobel, Anita: -Anita Lobel's name is synonymous with the best in children's literature. She is the creator of such classics as Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, and she received a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in On Market Street. She is the creator of two books about her cat, Nini, One Lighthouse, One Moon (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and Nini Here and There. Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Anita Lobel lives in New York City. |