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Highlights
- A classic picture book by a Caldecott Medal-winning team about a very funny day that moves in reverse.
- 3-7 Years
- 8.6" x 5.7" Hardcover
- 40 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Humorous Stories
Description
About the Book
First publlished in 1950, this charming picture book by the Caldecott Medal-winning team of Simont and Krauss features bold illustrations that bring to life a humorous and engaging reversal of ordinary reality that will enchant young children and their parents. Full color.Book Synopsis
A classic picture book by a Caldecott Medal-winning team about a very funny day that moves in reverse. Imagine your whole day lived backward, from beginning to end. When you got up, you'd put on your jacket, then your shirt and pants, and over those your underwear, because after all, backward is backward, and on a backward day backward is the way everything has to be. You'd walk downstairs backward and sit on your chair backward with your back to the table, and when your parents greeted you in the morning you'd say, of course, "Good night." But how long can a backward day go on? Just long enough for a smart kid to reverse the spell he's cast on the whole household and return everything to normal. The Backward Day, a delightfully stylish picture book by the Caldecott Prize-winning team of Marc Simont and Ruth Krauss, brings to life a humorous and engaging reversal of ordinary reality that will enchant young children, as well parents.Review Quotes
"For some reason, young children get an absurd kick out of doing things backward, or spelling words backward, or otherwise behaving contrariwise for comic effect.... Ruth Krauss's 1950 picture book, The Backward Day ... speaks directly to this anarchic impulse.... Marc Simont's appealing drawings reflect ... the timeless sweetness of a family joke shared." --The Wall Street Journal "The Backward Day by Ruth Krauss, illus. by Marc Simont, celebrates one boy's revelry as he tries to experience his day backward. With a bold palette, Simont's inky illustrations enchant, as do the youngster's family, whose 1950s primness gives way as they gamely play along with the boy's antics." --Publishers Weekly "She keeps on listening to the talk of small children, and as she transfers it to the page, her own imaginative use of their words is unlike that of anyone else writing for those 'before six.'" --New York Herald Tribune "The season for giving books to children comes again, and this column will be directed to parents, aunts, uncles who wish children to 'make friends with books'.... [F]or youngsters under 7 we call attention to ... The Backward Day, by Ruth Krauss." --Los Angeles Times "She always manages to find a focal point which comes right out of the real life of a young child." --Junior Reviewers "[Adults reading Krauss's books are] catapulted into the world of children." --The Atlantic Monthly
About the Author
Ruth Krauss (1901-1993), a member of the experimental Writer's Laboratory at the Bank Street School in New York City in the 1940s, imaginatively used humor and invented words to create some of the very first books for children that highlighted a child's inner life. She collaborated with some of the greatest illustrators in children's literature, including Maurice Sendak and her husband, Crockett Johnson. Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly one hundred books, working with authors such as Margaret Wise Brown, James Thurber, and Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (on the Nate the Great series). Simont received the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations to A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He collaborated with Ruth Krauss on The Backward Day and The Happy Day, a Caldecott Honor Book.Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 3-7 Years
Sub-Genre: Humorous Stories
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages: 40
Publisher: Nyrb Kids
Format: Hardcover
Author: Ruth Krauss
Language: English
Street Date: September 10, 2024
TCIN: 90128416
UPC: 9781681378428
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-1838
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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