George and Martha One Fine Day

Name: George and Martha One Fine Day
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ISBN: 9780395329214

By: James Marshall

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1982 / Paperback

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George and Martha, those incomparable hippos, will delight readers of all ages in these five funny, warm, and wonderful stories by the illustrator of Miss Nelson is Missing! and The Stupids Step Out. James Marshall's five stories about two great friends are really five mini-farces in which the dignity and the bulk of the hippos is in contrast with the ludicrousness of their situations.....The secret of Mr Marshall's sucess lies not just in the freshness of his sense of the ridiculous, but in the carefulness of his control and editorial judgment. Fun reading for children ages 4-7

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Title: George and Martha One Fine Day
By: James Marshall
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1982
Dimensions: 8 X 8 (inches)

Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0395329213
ISBN-13: 9780395329214
Ages: 4-8
Stock No: WW29217

Publisher's Description

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Strap in for a topsy-turvy day with best hippo friends George and Martha!

Whether it’s helping each other brave tight ropes and amusement park rides, George and Martha discover that there’s nothing more important than building up a friend’s confidence.

A man with a talent for friendship, James Marshall defined its very essence in his stories about the world’s two best friends. Each of these five brief tales is filled with humor, and James Marshall’s drawings are guaranteed to spark feelings of empathy, delight, and self-recognition.

Author Bio

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James Marshall (1942–1992) created dozens of exuberant and captivating books for children, including The Stupids, Miss Nelson Is Missing!, and the ever-popular George and Martha books. Before creating his canon of classic, hilarious children’s books, James Marshall played the viola, studied French, and received a master’s degree from Trinity College. He also doodled. It was the doodles, and the unforgettable characters that emerged from them, that led him to his life’s work as one of the finest creators of children’s books of the twentieth century. In 2007, James Marshall was posthumously awarded the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children.