Space Case by Marshall, Edward

Space Case

Illustrated by the Caldecott Honor winner James Marshall, this Halloween story is sure to entertain When the...
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Author: Edward Marshall
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Space Case by Marshall, Edward

Space Case

$21.10

Space Case

$21.10
Author: Edward Marshall
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Illustrated by the Caldecott Honor winner James Marshall, this Halloween story is sure to entertain

When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot in this hilarious picture book.

Author: Edward Marshall
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 09/01/1992
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 8.51h x 10.52w x 0.17d
ISBN: 9780140547047
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 9795 / Space Case


Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Winner

About the Author
James Marshall was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up sixteen miles outside of the town on the family farm. His father, who worked for the railroad, had his own dance band in the thirties and appeared on the radio. His mother, also musical, sang in the church choir. So it wasn't surprising when Jim considered playing the viola for a career and received a scholarshipto attend the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. But during an airplane trip he was jerked out of his seat and injured his hand, and that was the end of his musical career.

He returned to San AntonioCollege and later Trinity, where he studied French under Harry Allard, his future collaborator. After moving East, Jim graduated from Southern ConnecticutState University with a degree in history and French. The French major somehow wound up trying to teach Spanish in a Catholic school in Boston. Before long he was looking for a new profession.

On a fateful summer afternoon in 1971 James Marshall lay on his hammock drawing pictures. His mother was inside the house watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf on TV. The strident voices of the movie's protagonists, George and Martha, split the quiet air, and as the sketches began to take shape, history was made ... and James Marshall never had to look for another profession.

And so, with tongue-in cheek Jim Marshall began his career and became one of the most prolific and successful author/illustrators of children's books. He is best known for his series on the mischievous exploits of Fox, a debonair, lazy showoff; the uproarious adventures of the two Cut-Ups, Spud and Joe; George and Martha; and the misadventures of the Stupidfamily.

The Washington Post said in a recent review of his work, There are few better writers and illustrators for children now than Marshall. Certainly there is no one else working today who more successfully captures the child's point of view than does the creator of George and Martha and the Stupids. The New York Times said about the Fox books: The miracle of Mr.Marshall's work is that so often his stories are as profound as they are simple. He illustrated new versions of many children's classics, including Goldilocks and the Three Bears, for which he received a Caldecott Honor, Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, and Hansel and Gretel.

In an interview with Texas Monthly, Jim Marshall said about his work: People have very oddideas of what a children's writer should be like. Children always expect me to look like a hippopotamus and adults assume that by nature I have to be a little off the wall.

James Marshall died in October of 1992. He divided his time between an apartment in the Chelsea district of New York and his home in Mansfield Hollow Connecticut.

copyright ? 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.




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