The Wonderful O (Fireside Books (Holiday House)
by James Thurber
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671224239
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224233
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Eugene , Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
James Thurber (1894–1961) was one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century. Thurber wrote nearly forty books: collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories, including The 13 Clocks , which is published in The New York Review Children’s Collection. His other books for children include: Many Moons (1943), a Caldecott Honor Book; The Great Quillow (1944); and The White Deer (1945). Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss’s The Happy Day , and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Children’s Collection books The Backward Day and The 13 Clocks .
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- Bookseller
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E-06-4109
- Title
- The Wonderful O (Fireside Books (Holiday House)
- Author
- James Thurber
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671224239
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224233
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- October 15, 1976
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