Childrens+Books+by+Fred+Gwynne

= Fred Gwynne (July 10, 1926 - July 2, 1993) = = = toc



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"**Fred Gwynne,** best known as the television star of //The Munsters,// was also the author-illustrator of many children's books, including his classic books of humorous homonyms." - Amazon

"He was also writing and illustrating children's stories and in 1958, //Best in Show//, the first in a line of successful books, was published. He continued to find success with children's books, which now included such classics as //God's First World//, //A Chocolate Moose for Dinner//, and //A Little Pigeon Toad//." - Biography.com

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"A young girl tries to figure out what her parents are talking about; Mommy said she had a chocolate moose for dinner, and afterward, she toasted Daddy-yikes! Pictured also are the new wing on the house, Daddy playing the piano by ear, the arms race, and car pools. Older kids and adults will find Gwynne's deadpan humor hilarious, while younger readers may learn what those idioms actually mean." -Barnes & Noble Staff

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A king who rained for forty years? A coat of arms? Boars coming to dinner? No wonder a little girl is confused by the things her parents say. With his hilarious wordplay and zany illustrations, Fred Gwynne keeps children of all ages in stitches!" -Barnes & Noble

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"Gr 1-3-- Pondlarker is the only frog in his family who still believes the old bedtime story his mother used to tell him, and he is determined to be turned into a prince by the kiss of a princess. When he sees a sign that says ``Princess 4 miles,'' he goes off with great alacrity, only to find an old princess who has kissed millions of frogs and still hasn't found a prince who suits her. Just in time, Pondlarker decides that his parents are right: a frog is a fine thing to be. Gwynne's bold, garish cartoons are just right: members of royalty have insipidlooks on their faces, the frogs are having an exuberantly active and happy life together, and Pondlarker stands apart in his ridiculously hopeful prince outfit. This would be fun to read in conjunction with the original folktale to children who are just beginning to delight in the humor of spoof." --Carolyn Jenks, Oyster River Elementary School, Durham, NH -School Library Journal

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"Following up his successful books on homonyms ( The King Who Rained, A Chocolate Moose for Dinner and The Sixteen Hand Horse ), Gwynne allows a bewildered girl to narrate some perplexing developments. ``Grandma says our four bears came from Scotland, is paired with a picture of four bears in kilts, doing a Highland fling. Manholes, naval oranges and a coat that is ``a little thread bear, are just some of the amusing twists of the language that Gwynne illustrates with the literal-minded images of a child. The pictures are surprising, and revealed in a rapid-fire pace, until the little girl concludes ``Yarns like these are hard to swallow!'' as she spools spaghetti-like strands of wool around a fork. This is fun and inventive fare for all ages. Ages 6-10." - Publishers Weekly

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"Depicts a little girl's visual images of her parents' talking about such things as bells that peel, banking a fire, and a running nose." -Amazon

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In this expanded, newly illustrated edition of a story previously titled Best in Show, the recently deceased Gwynne ( A Chocolate Moose for Dinner ; Pondlarker ) has parlayed his keen sense of humor (evident in his numerous acting roles) into an inventive picture book. Relying as much on Gwynne's stiff but passable ink-and-watercolor illustrations as on the bouncy rhyming text, this tale playfully looks at the age-old colloquialism about people resembling their dogs. At its center is a girl who hears about a dog show and decides to enter her pooch (whom she does not look like). Although he lacks an impressive genealogy ("He wasn't pedigreed at all; / A mutt, you'd have to say. / His only family background was / The A.S.P.C.A."), the girl is convinced he will garner top prize. En route to the show, she meets a string of people, all of whom are dead ringers for their pure-bred dogs, and all of whom proclaim that "it's easy to see why" their pet will grab the blue ribbon. And who does? Suffice it to say the judge looks exactly like the girl's mutt. A joke easily shared by parents as well as preschoolers. Ages 4-7.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. //--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.// //-Publishers Weekly//

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