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Eloise and the Snowman

by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight, Lisa McClatchy, Tammie Lyon
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Synopsis

Eloise loves, loves, loves snow! So when the snow starts to fall in New York City, she rushes outside to have some fun and makes a snowman as only Eloise can!

Children's Literature

This level 1 "Ready to Read" early reader brings us Kay Thompson's Eloise in a younger reader format. Eloise wakes one morning and discovers it is snowing. Over the protests of her nanny, who wants her to eat breakfast, Eloise heads out to make a snowman in Central Park. Upon completion, Eloise realizes, "Something is missing." She has her driver return for a conventional carrot nose, but something is still not right. She continues to add to her snowman, including a coat, hat and scarf and eventually has a house built for him. When she's finally satisfied, she heads back to the Plaza for breakfast. This is an easily accessible incarnation of Eloise that's sure to please old fans and win a few new ones. The story is appealing to any child and the illustrations remain true to Hilary Knight's originals. This book and other Eloise easy readers are an excellent addition to collections for emerging readers.

About the Author, Lisa McClatchy

A nightclub musician with a one-of-a-kind personality, Kay Thompson turned her comical six-year-old alter ego Eloise into a children's classic featuring verselike prose and Hilary Knight's inimitable illustrations. Eloise's life at New York's Plaza Hotel is an enviable, whimsical one that readers cawn't, cawn't cawn't forget. As Rex Reed wrote in 1972, "If you don't know who Kay Thompson is, please turn the page. You just flunked pizazz."

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Book Details

Published
September 1, 2006
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780689874512

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