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The Rough Patch

A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

The Rough Patch( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Lies, Brian
Illustrator: Lies, Brian
ISBN:978-0-06-267127-1
Publication Date:Aug 2018
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Greenwillow Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

Evan and his dog do everything together. They play and read and eat. But mostly you will find them tending to Evan's extraordinary garden, where flowers and other good things flourish and reach for the sky.

But friends don't always stay forever, and when Evan loses his, he destroys the place that meant the most to them, and creates something to match his mood. Something ugly and twisted, sad and stubborn, ragged and rough-and he likes it that way.

Until one day . ....
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Book Details
Pages:40
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Gardening / Regional / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs
Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11.544 x 9.477 x 0.351 Inches
Book Weight:1.04 Pounds
Author Biography
Lies, Brian (Author)
Brian Lies is an author and illustrator. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1963.

Brian studied Psychology and British and American Literature at Brown University. After graduating from college he moved to Boston to study drawing and painting at the Boston Museum School (also known as the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

Brian has had a career as an editorial and political illustrator working with a lot of magazines and newspapers. He has had political illustrations published in the Christian Science Monitor and the Boston Globe.

In 1989, Brian illustrated his first book, Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Eye. Since then, he's illustrated over twenty books, including his latest one, Bats at the Ballgame, which he also wrote. His other four written-and-illustrated books to date are the New York Times bestsellers Bats at the Beach and Bats at the Library, Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite, and Hamlet and the Magnificent Sandcastle.

Brian lives in a seaside town in Massachusetts with his wife and daughter. He also visits schools to work with students on writing and illustrating stories.

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