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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen Krull , Kathryn HewittPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 26.20cm Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9780152046064ISBN 10: 0152046062 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 06 September 2011 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews* There's enough substance here for a quick report or to enliven a longer one. Let's hope this team continues through all the arts. An irresistible package. -- School Library Journal, starred review<br><br> Another colorful, enthralling excursion into our cultural heritage. -- Kirkus Reviews * There's enough substance here for a quick report or to enliven a longer one. . . . An irresistible package. -- School Library Journal , starred review The stories Krull tells will be enough to whet readers' appetites for more biography and for the writers' actual works. -- Booklist This compendium of brief biographies of literary luminaries is as much fun as a tete-a-tete with a gossipy friend. Krull knows exactly how to captivate her audience; she goes right for the juicy stuff, adding to historical fact the kind of chatty incidentals and amusing anecdotes that put flesh and blood on dry literary bones. . . .These exuberant thumbnail sketches are ably matched by Hewitt's sophisticated caricatures, which will delight sharp-eyed readers with their many visual references to particulars and oddities about each of the subjects. A must-have for the reference shelf. -- Publishers Weekly Another colorful, enthralling excursion into our cultural heritage. -- Kirkus Reviews Author InformationKathleen Krull has written much innovative nonfiction for young people, including all of the books in the Lives of . . . series, and has made a chatty, accessible approach to biography her hallmark. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her website at www.kathleenkrull.com. Kathryn Hewitt's caricatures of famous figures led kids to dub the Lives of . . . series the Big Head books. She has illustrated many books for young readers, some of which she also wrote. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Visit her website at www.kathrynhewitt.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |