Fun No Fun - Hardcover

Stevenson, James

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ISBN 10: 0688116736 ISBN 13: 9780688116736

Publisher: Greenwillow, 1994

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The author recalls events in his childhood and divides them into two important categories

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About the Author:

James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, "Lost and Found New York," has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut.

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Ages 4-8. Fun is watching a thunderstorm coming; no fun is when the storm arrives and the lightning crashes. Fun is preparing and planning to put on a play; no fun is the play itself. Fun is an amusement park; no fun is being caught on a ride when it's too late to get off. Besides the simple contrasts, Stevenson gets across the surprising way the happiest moments can suddenly turn into their opposites. Fun and no fun are connected. Fun was his birthday; no fun was his brother's birthday (with all those beautifully wrapped packages). Everything's understated, yet there's a clarity here about feelings that's honest and intimate and never condescending. As in Stevenson's Don't You Know There's a War On? (1992) and his other books about his childhood, the small blurry, watercolor figures and simple words leave lots of space. It's as if the images and experiences he remembers are bits and pieces of an elusive whole. There are some specific old-fashioned things kids will want to ask grandparents about (like the small cash boxes that went rattling around the store along ceiling wires to where people made change); but most things are either fun or no fun today as they always were. Hazel Rochman

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