Snow
Record details
- ISBN: 0394900278
- ISBN: 9780394900278
- ISBN: 0394800273
- ISBN: 9780394800271
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Physical Description:
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61 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Beginner Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., [1990]
- Copyright: ©1962
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Copyright, 1962, by Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman"--Copyright page. "B-27"--Spine. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 1.6 0.5 49420. |
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Subject: | Snow Fiction Stories in rhyme Snow Fiction Stories in rhyme Snow Stories in rhyme Stories in rhyme |
Genre: | Readers (Primary) Stories in rhyme. Picture books. Beginning readers collection. Readers (Primary) Stories in rhyme. Fiction. Picture books for children. Stories in rhyme. Fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | BR EAS (Text) | 000164789 | Children's Library -- Beginning Reader | Available | - |
Author Notes
Snow
Roy McKie was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He attended Vesper George School of Art, where he won the Prix de Rome. Because of World War II, it wasn't possible for him to go to Rome for further study. Instead, he attended the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. He worked for book publishers, major magazines, and advertising agencies from the 1960's until the 1990's. He was best known as a children's book illustrator working with Dr. Seuss on numerous books including Ten Apples Up on Top, In a People House, Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?, The Tooth Book, The Eye Book, I Can Write, and My Book About Me, By Me Myself. He also illustrated The Nose Book by Al Perkins, Bennett Cerf's Animal Riddles by Bennett Cerf, Summer by Alice Low, A Big Ball of String by Marion Holland, and Snow by P.D. Eastman. He died on January 8, 2015 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography)
Philip Dey "Phil" Eastman was born on November 25, 1909 in Amherst, Massachusetts. After preparing at Phillips Academy and Williston Academy, he graduated from Amherst College in 1933 and later from the National Academy of Design. From 1936 to 1941, Eastman worked at the story department of Walt Disney Productions. From 1941 to 1943 he worked at the story department of Warner Bros. Cartoons. From 1945 to 1952 he worked in the story department of United Productions of America. He contributed to the "Private Snafu" World War II training films, wrote for the animation Mr. Magoo, and the Gerald McBoing-Boing series for UPA. He bacame a protégé of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss). He wrote many books for children such as Go, Dog. Go!, Big Dog....Little Dog and Red Stop! Green Go! His title Are You My Mother? made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Philip Eastman died on January 7, 1986 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography)