Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant
By (Author) Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Carin Berger
Greenwillow Books
Greenwillow Books
1st February 2009
United States
Children
Fiction
811.54
Winner of Washington State Book Award (Children's) 2007
40
Width 294mm, Height 235mm, Spine 8mm
434g
Jack Prelutsky has written a series of truly inventive and entertaining poems that are perfectly paired with Carin Bergers witty collage pieces. Its a beautiful picture book with a look and feel unlike any of Prelutskys prior work.
So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen beforeand are unlikely to meet again!
Your guidesJack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and award-winning illustrator Carin Bergerinvite you to join them on an adventure you will never forget!
Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State. Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Her book The Little Yellow Leaf was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; and she is the creator of Finding Spring, All of Us, Good Night! Good Night!, A Perfect Day, Forever Friends, and OK Go, among other titles. She is the illustrator of Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, both written by Jack Prelutsky. Carin Berger won the Society of Illustrators Founder's Award in 2006. She lives with her family in New York City.