| Hush That Hullabaloo! Dyslexic Edition: Dyslexic Font Contributor(s): Merritt, Donna Marie (Author), Demarest, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1643722182 ISBN-13: 9781643722184 Publisher: Maclaren-Cochrane Publishing, Inc OUR PRICE: $20.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" (0.72 lbs) 38 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
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Contributor Bio(s): Demarest, Chris: - Born in Hartford CT, Chris Demarest was raised in Amherst MA basking in the culture a small New England college town afforded. His interest in art goes back to his childhood, both his parents having artistic talent, his mother a former artist for Walt Disney Studios. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts, Mr. Demarest eventually settled in the Boston area where he began is freelance artist career working for The Boston Globe as a regular contributor. He went on to work for several major publications. Eventually he found his way into children's publishing and made that his career for over thirty years doing well over one hundred titles. In 1996 he became a volunteer firefighter in a small Vermont town where he lived with his wife and young son. The experiences from that avocation led to the first of his adventure series. FIREFIGHTERS A to Z, was chosen as a New York Times Best Book (2000). He continued with two more books on firefighting before expanding to water themes. The first was a book about a boat rescue with the USCG: MAYDAY! MAYDAY! A Coast Guard Rescue followed by HURRICANE HUNTERS: Riders On The Storm. For all his books, first-hand research was done. He spent a year flying with the Coast Guard and with the Hurricane Hunters, flew through Hurricane Ivan a Category 4 storm. ARLINGTON: The Story of Our Nation's Cemetery (Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press) was published in 2010. Beyond the publishing world Mr. Demarest volunteered time working at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (NH) in the children's unit doing pencil portraits of patients, given as gifts to families. He continued this work at The Children's Inn, a home-away-from-home for patients and families at The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda MD. As an official USCG artist, in 2006, he was sent to the Persian Gulf to live aboard patrol boats and document that experience on paper. Eight watercolors are now part of the twenty-five paintings in the USCG permanent collection. In 2011 Demarest started a tribute to the WW II generation. Five-plus years, over 150 paintings later, the tribute continues as a national tour. Currently he is at the Bainbridge Public Library (and surrounding libraries) through November 2016. |