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The legend of Slappy Hooper : an american tall tale / told by Aaron Shepard; pictures by Toni Goffe.

Van Pelt Library PZ8.1.S53945 Le 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shepard, Aaron, author.
Contributor:
Goffe, Toni, illustrator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Folklore--United States--Juvenile literature.
Folklore.
Tall tales--Juvenile literature.
Tall tales.
Genre:
Picture books.
Tall tales.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition:
30th Annivesary Edition
Place of Publication:
New York : Skyhook press, [2025]
Summary:
You'd better believe Slappy Hooper was the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter. He was bestest because no one else ever made pictures so true to life. But some folks said they were too good when the pictures started coming alive! Will Slappy have to give up sign painting for good? Or will a couple of timely jobs from the Heavenly Sign Company let him climb to even greater heights? Find out in this delightful tall tale from mid-20th-century Chicago.--publisher's website.
Notes:
"This is restored, revised, and redesigned reprint of the original picture book from Scribner Books for Young Readers, New York, 1993"-- Colophon.
Winner, 2024 Aesop Prize, American Folklore Society.
ISBN:
9781620356241
1620356244
OCLC:
1561542192

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