Description
Good dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. Wrap around Illustration of a child in a raincoat on the cover and continues to the rear cover, chipping at corners a large chip at top edge on front and one on back. Very Good+ binding is blue cloth over boards, black cloth backed. Silver decoration on front cover, silver lettering on the spine. The “1” is present on the number line on copyright page which is the designation of first edition. Illustrations throughout by Susan Bonners. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8″ tall x 9.3″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
This unusual picture book follows the fickle weather of an early-winter week The narrator, like impatient children everywhere, wonders what the next day will bring.
On Sunday the wind comes, blowing leaves and kites through the air. Monday it rains. and the new-formed streams in the backyard are just right for sailing twig boats. Tuesday’s fog screens little hide-and-seekers, and Wednesday’s cold north wind turns the windowpanes into drawing boards. Then sleet, snow, and sun appear in turn, and each new day provides he narrator and his friends with opportunities for more fun.
Delicate, atmospheric watercolor paintings capture the mood, texture, and beauty of each type of weather, as the author introduces the young reader to simple meteorology. Text and art combine to offer an original, aesthetic reading experience.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
Born in Dallas, Texas, Alan C, Elliott earned his B.A. degree at Dallas Baptist College and his M.A.S. at Southern Methodist University. A certified mathematics and biology instructor in the state of Texas, he taught mathematics for one year at the junior high school level. He has also published a number of articles on such varied topics as the history of U.S. coin designs, evolution, and home computers.
Mr. Elliott lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Annette, and he is currently working toward a Ph.D. degree in statistics.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
Susan Bonners was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.A. degree at Fordham University and afterward studied at the New York-Phoenix School of Design, now Pratt-Phoenix School of Design. She has been illustrating books since 1974. Panda, the first book that she both wrote and illustrated, became an ALA Notable Book and was chosen one of the Outstanding Science Books for Children in. 1978
Ms. Bonners currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
