Clara and Asha

Young Clara would rather play with her imaginary giant fish, Asha, than settle down to sleep.

Main Author:	Rohmann, Eric.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Milford, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Imaginary playmates > Juvenile fiction. Fishes > Juvenile fiction. Bedtime > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Young Clara would rather play with her imaginary giant fish, Asha, than settle down to sleep.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 26 cm.
ISBN:	1596430311
Author Notes:	Eric Rohmann won the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit , and a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies . He is also the author and illustrator of A Kitten Tale and The Cinder-Eyed Cats , among other books for children. He has illustrated many other books, including Last Song , based on a poem by James Guthrie, and has created book jackets for a number of novels, including His Dark Materials , by Philip Pullman. Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, he played Little League baseball, read comic books, and collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls. Rohmann has his BS in Art and an MS in Studio Art from Illinois State University, and an MFA in Printmaking/Fine Bookmaking from Arizona State University. He also studied Anthropology and Biology. He taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusettes and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. He lives in a suburb of Chicago.