No Roses For Harry
By (Author) Gene Zion
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Red Fox
1st December 1992
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
813.54
32
Width 203mm, Height 275mm, Spine 3mm
174g
A funny tale about picky dog which all children can relate to. Everyone thinks Harry looks lovely in his new knitted jacket covered in roses - except Harry! So Harry is on a mission to rid his back of those ridiculous roses...!
Born on October 5, in 1913, Gene Zion attended the New School of Social Research and the Pratt Institute. In 1948, he married artist Margaret Bloy Graham, who then collaborated with him on all his picture books. When their marriage ended in 1968, Zion also ended his career as an author. Zion is best known for his creation of the rascally dog, Harry, who appears in such books as HARRY THE DIRTY DOG and HARRY BY THE SEA. He died in 1975.