"You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents
that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of
staying home from school when you let on that you are sick.
Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor
their little whims, and put up with their little foibles until they
get to crowding you too much."
When Mark Twain wrote the sparky short story "Advice to Little
Girls" in 1865, he probably didn't mean for it to be shown to them.
Or maybe he did, since we all know Twain was a rascal. Now, author
and illustrator Vladimir Radunsky has created a picture book based
on Twain's text that adds all the right outlandish touches.
Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L.
Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain. He wrote two major
classics of American literature, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." He was also a riverboat pilot,
journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur, and inventor. Whether or not it
was Mark Twain's actual intention for little girls to read this
humorous short story, it's clear that he did not talk down to
children, but rather expected them to stretch themselves in order
to grasp sophisticated, adult meaning.
Vladimir Radunsky has illustrated many books to great acclaim.
Recently, Radunsky has been moving farther and farther away from
the traditional picture book and into other more innovative forms.
The most recent example is a work published by HarperCollins of
hip-hop poetry for children, where the graffiti art has migrated
from the walls into a printed book. Radunsky has published more
than thirty books for children, mostly in the United States. Many
of them were translated and published in France, the United
Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan.
General
Imprint: |
Enchanted Lion Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2013 |
First published: |
April 2013 |
Illustrators: |
Vladimir Radunsky
|
Authors: |
Mark Twain
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Dimensions: |
243 x 175 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Paper over boards
|
Pages: |
24 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59270-129-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
Parodies & spoofs
|
LSN: |
1-59270-129-9 |
Barcode: |
9781592701292 |
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