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The first drawing

Thirty thousand years ago, an imaginative child sees the shapes of animals in clouds and on the walls of the cave he shares with his family, but no one else can see them until he makes the world's first drawing. Includes author's note on cave drawings.

Main Author: Gerstein, Mordicai
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Drawing > Juvenile fiction.
Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Cave dwellers > Juvenile fiction.
Prehistoric peoples > Juvenile fiction.
Cave paintings > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Thirty thousand years ago, an imaginative child sees the shapes of animals in clouds and on the walls of the cave he shares with his family, but no one else can see them until he makes the world's first drawing. Includes author's note on cave drawings.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN: 9780316204781 (hbk.)
0316204781 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Mordicai Gerstein was born in Los Angeles, California in 1935. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in California. He designed and directed animated films for twenty-five years. In 1970, he met author Elizabeth Levy, who asked him to illustrate her children's book Something Queer Is Going On. He has illustrated all of the books in her Something Queer series. He decided to try his hand at writing. His first picture book, Arnold of the Ducks, was published in 1980 and adapted into an animated film. He has also retold many ancient religious stories, such as that of Jonah in his book, Jonah and the Two Great Fish. He has won many awards including 2 CINE Golden Eagle Awards from the International Film and Television Festival of New York.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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