First published in 1978, this classic is now available in a sturdy board book edition perfect for little hands. This new edition also includes an updated note to parents from the author and a colorful new cover, as well as a new bilingual edition. Full color.
When the gifts of unconditional love and acceptance are given, anyone can blossom into a winner. This book champions the awkward, gangly, yet loveable underdog in all of us.
In his acceptance speech for the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer spoke of children as the ideal literary audience. His comments bespoke his own commitment, in the final years of a long and prolific career, to writing stories for children. It was in 1966 at age 62 that Singer wrote "Zlatch the Goat", which garnered the first ...
This edited volume reviews the long career of Russell Hoban, an American residing in England who writes for children and adults. 'Forty Years' refers to the length of his career to date. Hoban's contribution, specifically to children's literature, is commemorated in this collection of essays by international scholars.
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