The Animal Fair
by Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
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Stories and poetry about animals.Tags
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In a way, I loved this. Smart, engaging, wise, funny. But it's def. not as beautifully illustrated as the Provenson's Maple Hill Farm books, and there are problems. For example, there's a lion hunter, and a terrifying wolf, and it is so oversize I don't know how a child could enjoy it (at least the newer release is). If you remember it, leave it there in your nostalgia memory file... if you don't, skip it.
Not my favorite read aloud, still useful for building background and has cute illustrations.
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Alice Provensen was born Alice Rose Twitchell in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1918. She took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the University of California at Los Angeles before finding a job at the animation studio of Walter Lantz. She met her future husband, Martin Provensen, while he was working on a Navy training film during show more World War II. They married in 1944 and relocated to Washington D.C., where she worked as a graphic artist for the Office of Strategic Services. They later moved to New York and became known as an author-illustrator picture book team. They created many award-winning picture books including A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Inexperienced Travelers by Nancy Willard, which won a 1982 Caldecott Honor, and The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, which won the 1984 Caldecott Medal. Their other books included A Year at Maple Hill Farm, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm, Karen's Curiosity, Karen's Opposites, The Fuzzy Duckling, Katie the Kitten, The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, and A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. They also created Tony the Tiger, which was the advertising symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. She continued working after her husband's death in 1987. Her books included The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States, A Day in the Life of Murphy, Punch in New York, and Klondike Gold. She died on April 23, 2018 at the age of 99. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Animal Fair
- Dedication*
- Für Eric und Chris
- First words*
- Ich hab' zwar Augen, Mund und Nase, doch laufen kann ich wie ein Hase.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Ojos que no ven, corazòn que no siente", sagte es in seinem besten Spanisch, oder in anderen Worten: "Was du nicht weisst, macht dich nicht heiss!"
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- UPCs
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