Name: How to be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best kid you can be (Rizzoli Classics)
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Author: Munro Leaf
ISBN: 9780789331090

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How to be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best kid you can be (Rizzoli Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Munro Leaf

Publisher

Universe

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

104

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780789331090

Synopsis "How to be: Six Simple Rules for Being the Best kid you can be (Rizzoli Classics) "

The first collection of abridged versions of Munro Leaf’s most popular children’s guides to proper behavior—featuring retro, midcentury modern illustrations, this is the perfect gift for grandparents, parents, and children alike. Renowned children’s book illustrator and author Munro Leaf captured the whimsy and innocence of childhood for an entire generation of young readers. Now, more than fifty years later, those same readers are passing these stories down to their children and their children’s children, and Leaf’s collection of children’s books has reached iconic status. Collected here for the first time in one affordable volume are selections from some of Leaf’s most beloved childhood guides. With a charming mixture of fatherly concern and kindhearted humor, and without ever coming across as a scold, Leaf has helped generations of American children (and adults) learn how to behave like proper grown-ups (in grown-up company), how to speak politely, to enjoy reading, and even to remember to brush their teeth. With over 500,000 copies of his beloved books in print, this new edition will bring Leaf’s unique voice to an entirely new group of young readers.

Munro Leaf

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Munro Leaf (1905-1976) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He was born in Hamilton, Maryland, and graduated in 1927 from the University of Maryland, earning a master's degree in English literature from Harvard University in 1931. During his 40-year career, he wrote and illustrated about 40 books.

His most notable work is "The Story of Ferdinand" (1936), which tells the life of a bull who prefers smelling flowers over participating in bullfights. This book was considered subversive at the time, being banned in Francoist Spain and burned in Nazi Germany. Leaf also collaborated with illustrator Robert Lawson on books such as "Wee Gillis" (1937) and "Aesop's Fables" (1941). His work has been internationally recognized, and "The Story of Ferdinand" was adapted into an animated short by Disney in 1938.

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