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The doorman's repose

"Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings of 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest"--

Main Author: Raschka, Christopher (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : New York Review Books, [2017]
Series: New York Review children's collection.
Subjects:
Children's stories, American.
Apartment houses > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Short stories > Juvenile.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: "Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings of 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest"--
Physical Description: 169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781681371009
1681371006
Author Notes: Chris Raschka was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1959. He received a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1981. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an art teacher in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and a freelance artist, cartoonist, and editorial illustrator. He is an author and illustrator of children's books including Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, and Mysterious Thelonious. Hello, Goodbye Window won the Caldecott Medal in 2006 and A Ball for Daisy won the Caldecott Medal in 2012.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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