Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

A Bargain for Frances Book and CD

A Bargain for Frances Book and CD( )
Author: Hoban, Russell
Illustrator: Hoban, Lillian
Series title:I Can Read Level 2 Ser.
ISBN:978-0-06-133611-9
Publication Date:Jun 2008
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $9.99
Book Description:

Book Details
Pages:64
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.28 Inches
Book Weight:0.45 Pounds
Author Biography
Hoban, Russell (Author)
Russell Hoban was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1925. He attended art school in Philadelphia and during World War II, he served in the Army and earned a Bronze Star. He taught art in New York and Connecticut, and also worked as an advertising copywriter and a freelance illustrator before beginning his career as a writer.

He began publishing children's books in the late 1950s, including What Does It Do and How Does It Work?, Bedtime for Frances and the six other books featuring Frances, The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer, What Happened When Jack and Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies, and The Mouse and His Child, which was adapted as an animated film in 1977.

In 1973, he published his first adult novel, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. His other books for adults include Turtle Diary, Pilgermann, and Ridley Walker. He received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award for Ridley Walker. He died on December 13 at the age of 86. In 2015 he made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist for his title Jim's Lion wth illlustrator Alexis Deacon.

030



Featured Books

Come and Get It
Reid, Kiley
Hardback: $29.00
Legacy
Blackstock, Uché
Hardback: $28.00
I Love You Through and Through
Rossetti-Shustak, Bernadette
Board book: $8.99

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.