Synopses & Reviews
and#8220;A light, rhymed romp through the holiday.and#8221;
and#8212;Publishers WeeklyHooray! It's the Fourth of July, and the parade is ready to start!and#160;Theand#160;Holiday Miceand#160;lead the wayand#160;to a day full of nonstopand#160;fun, includingand#160;a picnic, a baseball game, a sack race, and a splashy-sploshyand#160;dip in the stream.and#160;The best partand#160;comes at the end of the day whenand#160;fireworks goand#160;BOOM!and#160;BOOM!and#160;BOOM!and#160; Level 1 beginnersand#160;willand#160;delight in the wordplay, rhyme, and repetition.and#160;Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!and#160;and#160;
Synopsis
Eloise and Nanny are going to a big parade!
Synopsis
Eloise and Nanny are going to a big parade!
Synopsis
Eloise and Nanny are going to a big parade!
Synopsis
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!and#160;It's the Holiday Mice dressed upand#160;for aand#160;dayand#160;ofand#160; Fourth of July funand#8212;a parade, a picnic, a baseball game, a swim and a sack race. And to top it off,and#160;sparklers andand#160;fireworks!and#160;With simple words, short sentences, rhyme, and repetition, thisand#160;easy readerand#160;is a high-flyingand#160;way to welcome Level 1 beginners and the start of summer.and#160;and#160;
About the Author
Kay Thompson (1909andndash;1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when andlt;iandgt;Eloiseandlt;/iandgt; was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, andlt;iandgt;Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow,andlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Eloise Takes a Bawth.andlt;/iandgt;Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he wrote himself. He lives and works in New York City, not far from The Plaza Hotel.