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How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World Harper Trophy Edition
Contributor(s): McNulty, Faith (Author), Simont, Marc (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0064432181     ISBN-13: 9780064432184
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1990
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Annotation: "(An) irresistible account of a child's imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what's inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably".--"School Library Journal". Three-color illustrations. "School Library Journal" Best Books of 1979.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - General
Dewey: 551.1
LCCN: 78022479
Age Level: 4-8
Grade Level: PreK-3
Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6.58" W x 9.93" L (0.23 lbs) 32 pages
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 182180
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
' An] irresistible account of a child's imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what's inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably.' --SLJ. 'An exciting adventure. . . . Illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Marc Simont] explode with color and action.' --CS.

Best Books of 1979 (SLJ)
Children's Choices for 1980 (IRA/CBC)
A Reading Rainbow Selection


Contributor Bio(s): Simont, Marc: -

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 L'Illustration, 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 children's 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 Krauss's 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 Simont's 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 Simont's most recent book is The Stray Dog.

Simont, Marc: -

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 L'Illustration, 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 children's 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 Krauss's 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 Simont's 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 Simont's most recent book is The Stray Dog.


 
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