Useful Moose

Robinson Fiona

Description

What use is a moose? A young girl and her family find out Molly loves moosenot the dessert, the animal. Imagine her surprise when on a family trip to Alaska she can't find any because they've all gone on vacationto her home city! When Molly returns, she befriends a forlorn moose threesome exhausted from their urban adventures and she and her parents take the moose in. Once rested, the moose prove to be invaluable: using their antlers as drying racks, pasta servers, clotheslines, and much more. Eventually the call of the wild summons them back to their real home. Will the domestic dynamos ever return? Or will Molly be mooseless? Exciting newcomer Fiona Robinson brings a terrific sense of humor and great imagination to this perfect story-hour book, with lots of funny visual jokes.

Sujets

• Picture book

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 22 février 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781613124215
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

With special thanks to
Bar b ara Markowitz, Susan Van Metre, Linas Alsenas, Becky Terhune, Adam Rosen b aum, and Michael Stone.
artist s note
The pictures are painted using Winsor Newton Griffin Al k yd fast drying oil colors.* First, I prime Bain b ridge b oard with paint applied with a large b rush, which gives the surface a nice rough texture. This texture will show through in parts of the finished painting. I transfer my final pencil drawing via car b on onto the primed surface. Then I redraw the line in black - thinner lines are made with a paint b rush, thic k er lines with rolled up steel wool, to give an uneven line. Then I fill in with the colors - the more thinly the paint is applied, the more the b ac k ground texture shows through.
* Not for use by children

Design: Angela Carlino Production Manager: Jonathan Lopes
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Robinson, Fiona, 1965- The useful moose : a truthful, moose-full tale / Fiona Robinson. p.cm. Summary: A young girl who loves moose is delighted to find them vacationing in her city, and when she and her family invite three young moose to rest at their home, they quickly discover how useful moose can be. ISB N 978-0-8109-4925-6 eISBN 978-1-61312-421-5 [1. Moose - Fiction. 2. Hospitality - Fiction. 3. Human-animal relationships - Fiction. 4. Humorous stories.] I. Title. PZ7.R56567Use 2004 [E] - dc22 2004000873
Text and illustrations copyright 2004 Fiona Robinson
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