Phil the ventriloquist
Phil's ability to throw his voice bothers his parents until the night a burglar sneaks into the house.
Main Author: | Kraus, Robert, 1925- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Greenwillow Books,
c1989.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
Phil's ability to throw his voice bothers his parents until the night a burglar sneaks into the house. |
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Physical Description: |
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
0688079873 0688079881 (lib. bdg.) |
Author Notes: |
After selling a few cartoons to The New Yorker, he was hired by the magazine as a contract artist. He worked there for 15 years and created 21 covers. While there, he started writing and illustrating children's books. His books included All the Mice Came, Leo the Late Bloomer, and Whose Mouse Are You? He left The New Yorker in 1966 and founded Windmill Books. Within a year, the house had won a prestigious Caldecott Medal. After 20 years, he sold Windmill to Simon and Schuster. In 1983, he began a syndicated Sunday comic feature, called Zap! The Video Chap. He died of congestive heart failure on August 7, 2001 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |