Pub Date: May 2, 2017
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0860
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.00" L x 8.80" W ( 0.90 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General | Legends Myths Fables | Asian | Places | Asia | Fairy Tales and Folklore | Adaptations | Animals | Jungle Animals | Concepts | Words | Art | Short Stories | Historical | Royalty | Architecture | Disability | Diversity and Multicultural | Comics and Graphic Novels | Imagination and Play | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Readers | Beginner
Description: "First published in Overstreet's FAN magazine #4"--Copyright page.
Brief description:
Divya Srinivasan lives in Austin, Texas. Her illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker magazine, and she has done work for This American Life, Sundance Channel, and "Weird Al" Yankovic, among others. Divya was also an animator on the film Waking Life. She is the illustrator of Neil Gaiman's Cinnamon and the author and illustrator of the picture books Little Owl's Night, Little Owl's Day, and Octopus Alone. More of Divya's work can be seen at www.pupae.com.
Review Quotes:
"Previously available only on audio, this new publication is enhanced by Srinivasan's glorious full-bleed double-spread artwork...A storytime winner." - Booklist (starred review)
"This story balances the odd and the whimsical, the bizarre and the beautiful." - Kirkus Reviews
"An enigmatic parable with glowing artwork. Gaiman's lyrical and distinctive fairy tale begs to be read aloud." - School Library Journal