| Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Piper, Watty Pseud (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1409921840 ISBN-13: 9781409921844 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Watty Piper was a pseudonym used by the publishing house Platt & Munk, who played an important part in the early development of the picture book market with the publication of the Never Grow Old Series of children[s hardcover picture books. Beginning in 1930, the nine book series included retellings of several Mother Goose stories, and also included a [new[ edition of Helen Bannerman[s Little Black Sambo, illustrated by Eulalie Banks. The best known incarnation of the story The Little Engine That Could is attributed to Watty Piper with illustrations by Lois Lenski, this retelling of the tale The Pony Engine appeared in 1930. Other children[s books published using the pseudonym Watty Piper include: Children[s Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories (1922), Animal Friends Story Book (1928), Fairy Tales Children Love (1932) and Bumper Book (1946). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6" W x 9" (0.18 lbs) 48 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Watty Piper was a pseudonym used by the publishing house Platt & Munk, who played an important part in the early development of the picture book market with the publication of the Never Grow Old Series of children €(TM)s hardcover picture books. Beginning in 1930, the nine book series included retellings of several Mother Goose stories, and also included a € new €(TM) edition of Helen Bannerman €(TM)s Little Black Sambo, illustrated by Eulalie Banks. The best known incarnation of the story The Little Engine That Could is attributed to Watty Piper with illustrations by Lois Lenski, this retelling of the tale The Pony Engine appeared in 1930. Other children €(TM)s books published using the pseudonym Watty Piper include: Children €(TM)s Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories (1922), Animal Friends Story Book (1928), Fairy Tales Children Love (1932) and Bumper Book (1946). |