Eloise's Mother's Day Surprise: Ready-to-Read Level 1
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Eloise's Mother's Day Surprise: Ready-to-Read Level 1
By (Author) Kay Thompson
By (author) Lisa McClatchy
Illustrated by Tammie Lyon
Other primary creator Hilary Knight
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin Paperbacks
24th April 2009
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
32
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 5mm
66g
Description
It is Mother's Day, and Eloise is in search of the perfect present for Mother, with help from Nanny and Weenie.
Author Bio
Kay Thompson (19091998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.
Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he wrote himself. He lives and works in New York City, not far from The Plaza Hotel.
