| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780525469438 | | Publisher: Dutton Books | | Publish Date: 10/19/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202552981 | | Item#: RCHQHP | | Dimensions (in Inches) 12.1H x 9L x 0.3T | | Pages: 32 | | Age Range: 8 to 12 |
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| | | When a family of magnets is stuck "inside" the refrigerator, they're left to face the monstrous hand that reaches forth in a great flash of light. Full color.
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The Shivers family--made up of Grandma, Grandpa, Mama, Papa, and little Sonny--are both flat and freezing. They live in a dark box that has violent moments of disruption involving shockingly bright lights, enormous hands, and a moving landscape. Desperate for warmth, the family begins to explore, only to disappear, one by one, in the mysterious Buttery Cliff or the once-hot Emerald Lake. What on earth is going on? With Paul O. Zelinsky's popular illustrations, this is a Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2006.
| Praise| "Manushkin's sparking mix of folkloric repetition, funny dialogue and--"PHOOMPH!!!"--perfectly chosen sound effects, cleverly withholds its punch line till the end." 10/01/2006 |
| Author Bio| Paul O. Zelinsky | | Paul O. Zelinsky studied art at Yale University, where one of his instructors was Maurice Sendak. After graduating from Yale, Zelinsky attended the Tyler School of Art in both Philadelphia and Rome. He has illustrated the works of such authors as Avi, Beverly Cleary, and Jack Prelutsky. His illustrations for RUMPELSTILTSKIN earned that book a Caldecott Honor Award. Zelinsky's picture book, THE MAID AND THE MOUSE AND THE OLD ODD-SHAPED HOUSE, was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, as was THE STORY OF MRS. LOVEWRIGHT AND PURRLESS HER CAT. He won the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his version of RAPUNZEL. |
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