| Ride a Purple Pelican Contributor(s): Prelutsky, Jack (Author), Williams, Garth (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0688040314 ISBN-13: 9780688040314 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1986 Annotation: The creator of The New Kid on the Block and the illustrator of Charlotte's Web have created a nursery world, peopled with unforgettable characters. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see Also Stories In Verse) - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Nursery Rhymes |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 84006024 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.9" W x 11.3" (1.15 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is hard to believe that Cincinnati Patty, Justin Austin, Pennington Poe, and the little pink pig in Arkansas have not been chanted and sung about by children for generations. But it is not hard to believe that they Will be chanted and sung about for generations to come Jack Prelutsky and Garth Williams have created a nursery world, peopled with unforgettable characters. Come and meet your new friends. They will be old friends soon |
Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Garth: - Garth Williams is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved Stuart Little by E. B. White, Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. He was born in 1912 in New York City but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before doing his first book Stuart Little, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating some of the best known children's books. In addition to illustrating works by White and Wilder, he also illustrated George Selden's The Cricket in Times Square and its sequels (Farrar Straus Giroux). He created the character and pictures for the first book in the Frances series by Russell Hoban (HarperCollins) and the first books in the Miss Bianca series by Margery Sharp (Little, Brown). He collaborated with Margaret Wise Brown on her Little Golden Books titles Home for a Bunny and Little Fur Family, among others, and with Jack Prelutsky on two poetry collections published by Greenwillow: Ride a Purple Pelican and Beneath a Blue Umbrella. He also wrote and illustrated seven books on his own, including Baby Farm Animals (Little Golden Books) and The Rabbits' Wedding (HarperCollins). Prelutsky, Jack: -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. |