The mighty Lalouche
In Paris, France, more than a hundred years ago, a small man named Lalouche is let go from his job as a mail carrier and discovers that he has great skill as a fighter.
| Main Author: | Olshan, Matthew. |
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| Other Authors: | Blackall, Sophie (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books,
c2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
In Paris, France, more than a hundred years ago, a small man named Lalouche is let go from his job as a mail carrier and discovers that he has great skill as a fighter. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780375862250 0375862250 9780375962257 (glb) 0375962255 (glb) |
| Author Notes: |
SOPHIE BLACKALL received the New York Times Best Illustrated Award for her book Big Red Lollipop , and won the Ezra Jack Keats Award for New Talent. She is the illustrator of Meet Wild Boars, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Jumpy Jack & Googily; What's So Bad About Being an Only Child? ; Summer Is Summer; Edwin Speaks Up, and others. The Mighty Lalouche was written specifically for Sophie Blackall, after the author discovered that she collected old pictures of boxers, especially "extremely skinny ones with big billowing boxing trunks." A native of Australia, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at SophieBlackall.com |