A hilarious international collection of tall tales, folktales, and songs follows the merry antics, misadventures, and mishaps of fools, bunglers, bumblers, and other silly characters from around the world.
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From Publishers Weekly
Goode ( Where's Our Mama? ) here gathers 16 international tales and songs (including musical arrangements) introducing characters that demonstrate varying degrees of silliness. Some of the stories are silly to the point of being nonsensical, and leave the reader hanging. But others are jewels, humorously revealing human foibles and foolish behavior that even youngest readers will appreciate. One especially engaging entry, "Bendemolena," tells of a young cat who, after putting a pot on her head to shut out the din in her home, misconstrues her mother's commands, which come out delightfully twisted when Bendemolena repeats them. Not surprisingly, the high point of the book is Goode's inspired--often highly comical--art, which has the same classic, timeless quality of many of these folktales. A visual bonus are the elaborately detailed borders--corresponding in design to the country of each tale's origin--that surround the pages. All ages.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Diane Goode was born in Brooklyn, New York into a French and Italian family. She has a BA in Fine Arts from Queens College. She studied at Les Beaux Arts in Aix-en-Provence, has a High School teaching degree from NYC and taught book illustration at UCLA.
Diane Goode's list of picture 50 picture books include, 'When I Was Young In The Mountains', for which she won the Caldecott Honor. She is also the recipient of numerous awards including two Platinum Oppenheim Toy Awards, and Parents' Choice Awards.
Her most recent publications are: CINDERELLA SMITH, by Stephanie Barden, LOUISE THE BIG CHEESE series, by Elise Primavera and MY MOM IS TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE and BUT I WANTED A BABY BROTHER, both by Kate Feiffer (A Paula wiseman Book, Simon& Schuster) 2008.
A member of the Society of Illustrators, she chaired the 2007 Original Art Show in Manhattan.
Diane Goode's list of picture 50 picture books include, 'When I Was Young In The Mountains', for which she won the Caldecott Honor. She is also the recipient of numerous awards including two Platinum Oppenheim Toy Awards, and Parents' Choice Awards.
Her most recent publications are: CINDERELLA SMITH, by Stephanie Barden, LOUISE THE BIG CHEESE series, by Elise Primavera and MY MOM IS TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE and BUT I WANTED A BABY BROTHER, both by Kate Feiffer (A Paula wiseman Book, Simon& Schuster) 2008.
A member of the Society of Illustrators, she chaired the 2007 Original Art Show in Manhattan.
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