A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry, Marc Simont This Caldecott Medal-winning book shows, with poetic simplicity and beauty, why trees are so good to have around as it describes the delights to be had in, with, or under a tree. Full-color illustrations. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the Caldecott Medal"A radiant and buoyant picture book." --The Horn BookA Tree Is Nice is a classic tale about the beauty of the everyday world. "Simonts watercolors perfectly complement the poetic simplicity of the text, allowing the reader room to engage in his or her own imaginative embroiderings about trees" (Childrens Books and Their Creators).Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice. Back Cover Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice. Author Biography Mrs. Udrys first book, A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont, won the 1957 Caldecott Award for the most distinguished American picture book. Mrs. Udry is also the author of Glenda, Lets Be Enemies (also illustrated by Maurice Sendak), Mary Anns Mud Day, The Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories, and Thump and Plunk.Marc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine LIllustration, Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.When he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a childrens book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krausss The Happy Day, and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree is Nice, by Janice May Udry.Internationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simonts art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simonts most recent book is The Stray Dog. Review "This is one of those books which prick a child into a realization of the beauty of the everyday world." -- The New York Times"A radiant and buoyant picture book." -- The Horn Book Review Quote "This is one of those books which prick a child into a realization of the beauty of the everyday world." -- The New York Times "A radiant and buoyant picture book." -- The Horn Book Description for Library The many delights to be had in, with, or under a tree: picking apples, raking leaves, swinging, or just sitting in the shade. Caldecott Medal winner, 1957. Details ISBN0064431479 Author Marc Simont Short Title TREE IS NICE Language English Illustrator Marc Simont ISBN-10 0064431479 ISBN-13 9780064431477 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 582.16 Year 1987 Residence Chapel Hill, NC, US Pages 32 Edition 1st Audience Age 4-8 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Death 2013 Series Rise and Shine DOI 10.1604/9780064431477 AU Release Date 1987-07-16 NZ Release Date 1987-07-16 US Release Date 1987-07-16 UK Release Date 1987-07-16 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Publication Date 1987-07-16 Imprint HarperCollins Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified Audience Children / Juvenile Imprint US HarperCollins Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2610123;

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