The Wonder Book (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061429743)

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, "a joyous, totally original potpourri of stories, poems, lists, palindromes, visual jokes, and random observations about the universal delights and conundrums of childhood."*

Reminiscent of classics like Falling Up from Shel Silverstein, this 80-page black-and-white book is meant for sharing and taps into the delightfully inquisitive world of a child.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal said it best:

Hello, You!

So . . . this book is full of stuff I've always wondered about . . .

Like:

• Did Miss Mary Mack have friends who liked other colors?
• Could everything important about the world be summarized in a poem that rhymes?
• How do moms always know when you're about to sneak a cookie?
• Who hid something under the Tooth Fairy's pillow when she was a little girl?

Inside you will find stories, short poems, lists, palindromes, visual treats, and random observations. Some parts are happy, some sad-ish, some silly, some serious, some crunchy, some with a soft center.

You can open the book up anywhere and read. So the beginning could be the end, and the end could be the beginning. But I guess the middle is always the middle. . . .

P.S. Aren't Paul's drawings the best?!

--Amy Krouse Rosenthal

*School Library Journal

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
ISBN-10: 0061429740
ISBN-13: 9780061429743
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2010
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.39h x 7.34w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 84
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2010 pg. 48
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2010
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 143
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2010 pg. 209
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw