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Genre/Form: | Biography Electronic books Biographies Juvenile works Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Mortensen, Lori, 1955- Nonsense!. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020 (DLC) 2019008793 (OCoLC)1089885038 |
Named Person: | Edward Gorey; Edward Gorey |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lori Mortensen; Chloe Bristol |
ISBN: | 9780358330790 0358330793 |
OCLC Number: | 1145939055 |
Target Audience: | Ages 4-7.; K to Grade 3.; Lexile: 730 |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Contents: | Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Endpapers -- Front Matter -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Title -- Introduction -- Back Matter -- Author's Note -- Sources -- Endpapers -- Back Flap -- Back Cover -- Spine |
Responsibility: | Lori Mortensen ; illustrated by Chloe Bristol. |
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"Chloe Bristol's wonderful autumn-hued pictures evoke Gorey's figures-the elongated bodies, the hollow, exhausted eyes-in this buoyant biography for children." -Wall Street Journal "A stellar biography, as creepy and fun as its subject." -Kirkus, STARRED review "With straightforward, rhythmic prose and deliciously atmospheric illustrations....This playful picture book biography is a wonderful and unique introduction to Edward Gorey's life and work." -School Library Journal, STARRED review "Readers will get a good sense of this curious, imaginative man, as well as quiet affirmation that being different is interesting-and interesting stories are the very best kind." -Booklist "[Bristol duplicates] Gorey's style throughout with remarkable conviction, capturing his long, rail-like human figures, their haunted expressions, and their elegant clothing." -Publishers Weekly "How odd and how lovely: a picture book biography about an author who is unlikely to turn up in the school curriculum.... Bristol complements the mood with deep earthtoned illustrations that pay tribute to Gorey's own work and to writers and artists he influenced." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Read more...


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- Gorey, Edward, -- 1925-2000 -- Juvenile literature.
- Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Illustrateurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
- Gorey, Edward, -- 1925-2000.
- Authors, American.
- Illustrators.
- United States.