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May I Bring a Friend?

by Beatric De Regniers

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ISBN13: 9780689713538
ISBN10: 0689713533
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Winner of the Caldecott Medal

One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation — the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?"

"Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected!

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmic text and the fantastical, jewellike artwork of Beni Montresor have made this book a favorite for more than twenty-five years.

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Aladdin Books presents a handsome new edition of a Caldecott Medal winner. "Absurdities and contrasts are so imaginatively combined in a hilarious comedy of manners that the merriment can be enjoyed on several levels".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.

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Winner of the Caldecott Medal

One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation — the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?"

"Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected!

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmic text and the fantastical, jewellike artwork of Beni Montresor have made this book a favorite for more than twenty-five years.

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Jennifer Starkman, July 7, 2007 (view all comments by Jennifer Starkman)
So begins the sweet, funny, lighthearted story of a little boy who each day brings a different animal friend to visit with his pals, the King and Queen, and the inevitable antics which ensue.
It?s strange to me how so many fairly mediocre stories are prized as ?classics? of children?s literature, when truly wonderful stories such as May I Bring A Friend?, which have stood the test of time so beautifully, are never really promoted the way they ought to be. Beatrice De Regnier writes with a wonderful, slightly off-kilter rhyme scheme perfectly designed for the pauses and emphases that make a story great for reading aloud, and Beni Montresor?s minutely detailed and varied illustrations (some black-and-white, some black on a single-coloured background, and some saturated with a handful of rich, complementary colours) will have children poring over them to see every little bit of what is going on in the story.
May I Bring A Friend? is a true classic?a book which never feels dated or tired, but has continued to provide laughs to children and for over 30 years.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689713538
Author:
De Regniers, Beatric
Publisher:
Aladdin Paperbacks
production Composed:
Albert Hague.
Illustrator:
Montresor, Beni
ill.:
Montresor, Beni
Author:
de Regniers, Beatrice
Author:
Beatrice de Regniers
Author:
Beatrice de Regniers
Author:
Montresor, Beni
Author:
de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Picture books
Subject:
Picture books for children
Subject:
Children's stories
Subject:
Stories in rhyme
Subject:
Talking books for children.
Subject:
Animals -- Fiction.
Copyright:
1989
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
B221
Series Volume:
v. 8
Publication Date:
September 1989
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
48
Dimensions:
9.01x6.98x.14 in. .28 lbs.
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
3-7
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