Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! - by Pat Cummings (Paperback)

About the Book

"Harvey's unwilling but Mom is firm: no more TV until he picks up! . . . He tackes a truly monumental mess (succinctly described in verse), stuffing most of it under his rug. Mom's not so easily fooled, but she does have a sense of humor. . . . An entertaining exaggeration of a familiar situation".--Kirkus Reviews. Full color.

Book Synopsis

This funny and whimsical picture book follows a young boy who has to clean his room before he can play with bright illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award winner Pat Cummings!

Harvey Moon's room is a mess. Clothes are everywhere, sticky comic books are shoved under his desk, and there's a cookie under his bed so old it's turned gray and fuzzy. What a disaster! There won't be any cartoons until his room is absolutely spotless. But what happens when Harvey discovers his idea of clean is not the same as his mom's?

About the Author

Pat Cummings was born in Chicago but grew up traveling with her military family all over the world. She has been writing and illustrating children's books since she graduated from Pratt Institute and is the author and/or illustrator of more than forty books. In addition to Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner My Mama Needs Me and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor winners Storm in the Night, C.L.O.U.D.S., and Just Us Women, Pat's luminous work includes Angel Baby; Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!; and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Talking With Artists. She teaches children's book illustration and writing at Parsons School of Design, The New School, and Pratt Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and the ghost of her cat, Cash. You can visit her online at PatCummings.com.