![]() ![]() ![]() "One day last spring," begins this delightfully surreal picture-book from Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski - the author/illustrator team also responsible for the Caldecott Medal-winning Hey, Al - "Louis, a butcher, turned into a fish. Until on night, in fitful sleep, after uneasy dreams, Louis is changed in a profound and startling way and begins a happy new life. Louis soon has to take over his parents' butcher shop. As a boy he tried anythign to escape-even a job after school cleaning fishtanks.īut that doesn't last long. His whole childhood, even his birthdays, revolved aournd meat. ![]() He hates meat!Īll his life he's been surrounded by meat. He's "always friendly, always helpful, a wonderful guy." But Louis is not happy. ![]() He has a nice shop on Flatbush, with steady customers. Egielski!" Now Louis the Fish, their second picture book, not only fulfills the promise of the first, but amply surpasses it. The magic rests in teh seamless bond of Arthur Yorinks's and Richard Egielski's deft and exciting collaboration." Sendak concluded his review with an enthusiastic "Welcom, Mr. Maurice Sendak greeted the publication of the first book by this unique author-and-artist team with an astonishing review in The New York Times Book Review, which began: " Sid and Sol is a wonder-a picture book that heralds a hopeful, healthy flicker of life in what is becoming a creatively exhausted genre. ![]()
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