Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Families - Hardcover

Anholt, Catherine; Anholt, Laurence

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9780763603236: Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Families

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763603236 ISBN 13: 9780763603236

Publisher: Candlewick, 1998

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A brightly colored celebration of families of all kinds includes aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, grannies, grandads, houses, traditions, history, struggles, hugs, and ultimately, love.

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About the Author:

Catherine and Laurence Anholt are one of the world's leading author and illustrator partnerships. A husband and wife team, they have produced around ninety children's books and have won numerous awards, including the Nestle Smarties Gold Book Prize for Chimp and Zee. They live in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

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Catherine And Laurence Anholt's Big Book Of Families (32 pp.; $16.99; Nov.; 0-7636-0323-6): Bursting with the boisterous business of family life, this volume from the Anholts is ``big'' on activity. Poems and captions take a backseat to spread after spread of family members shopping, chasing, tugging, napping, working, playing, fighting, feeding. The best descriptions are the ones that make poetic leaps, e.g., this exultation of a clothesline: ``Skirts and shirts and dressing gowns/The wind begins to blow/They're like a family upside down,/Dancing in a row!'' Another page lists verbs such as ``bathe,'' ``chatter,'' ``hurry,'' and ``play,'' accompanied by fetching little drawings that place the verbs in a familial context. A celebration for families of all sizes and configurations. (Picture book. 3-7) -- Copyright �1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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