Mop top story and pictures
An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Puffin Books,
1978, c1955.
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| Series: | Picture puffins.
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| Summary: | An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint of the ed. published by Viking Press, New York. |
| Physical Description: | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780140503265 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune . This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident- he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater. He was introduced to the world of children's literature when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater- 'I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what's next. Ideas just come at me and after me. It's all so natural. I work all the t |
