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Bad day at Riverbend

When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.

Main Author: Van Allsburg, Chris.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Subjects:
Villages > Juvenile fiction.
Coloring books > Juvenile fiction.
Crayons > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.
Physical Description: 1 v.(unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 039567347X
Author Notes: Chris Van Allsburg is the winner of two Caldecott Medals, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , as well as the recipient of a Caldecott Honor Book for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi . The author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children, he has also been awarded the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 1982, Jumanji was nominated for a National Book Award and in 1996, it was made into a popular feature film. Chris Van Allsburg is a former instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.

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