Summary
Who’s having a lucky day in this clever, hilarious trickster tale?
Winner of eleven children’s choice state awards!
When a delicious-looking piglet knocks on Mr. Fox’s door “accidentally,” the fox can hardly believe his good luck. It’s not every day that dinner just shows up on your doorstep. It must be his lucky day!
But as the piglet is quick to point out, shouldn’t the fox give him a bath first? And wouldn’t it be best to fatten him up a little, and give him a massa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142404560 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014240456X |
| Author: | Keiko Kasza |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2005 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 205mm x 3mm |
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Critics Review
“Children who have this book read to them at bedtime or story hour will find it’s their lucky day, too.” —The Horn Book, starred review“Kasza’s gouache art is as buoyant and comical as her narrative, and she skillfully uses multiple vignettes to convey the fox’s arduous preparations. The animals’ facial expressions alone could carry this tale.” —Publisher’s Weekly, starred reviewWinner of 11 children’s choice awards!Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner (New Hampshire) Nevada Young Reader’s Award WinnerArizona Young Readers’ Award WinnerMonarch Award Winner (Illinois)Young Hoosier Book Award WinnerNorth Carolina Children’s Books Award WinnerGeorgia Children’s Book Award WinnerBuckaroo Book Award Winner (Wyoming)Treasure State Award Winner (Montana)Golden Sower Award Winner (Nebraska)California Young Readers Medal WinnerGreat Lakes Great Books Award Honor Book
About The Author
Keiko Kasza
Keiko Kasza was born on a small Japanese island in the Inland Sea of Japan. She grew up in a typical Japanese extended family with her parents, two brothers, and grandparents. Uncles, aunts, and cousins also lived nearby. “All the steps I took growing up were very normal,” Ms. Kasza says. “The only unusual thing I did was go to college in the United States.” She graduated with a degree in graphic design from California State University at Northridge. Ms. Kasza married an American, and the United States has been her home ever since.
After publishing five children’s books in Japan and working as a graphic designer for fourteen years, Ms. Kasza decided in 1988 to devote her time to picture books. She says, “Having two small boys and two professions was too much to handle.”
Ms. Kasza admires many great picture-book creators, such as Leo Lionni and Maurice Sendak, but says that the work of Arnold Lobel has influenced her the most. The subtle humor and warmth he created in his books continues to inspire me,” she says. “I often go back to his work when I get discouraged or lose confidence.”
Ms. Kasza compares the process of making a book to acting on stage under the lights-“I become the character that I’m working on at that moment. I pretend that I’m a bird looking for a mother, or a pig trying to impress his girlfriend. When I’m acting, I’m a child myself.”
Ms. Kasza’s ambition is not to create a hundred books, but to “create one really good book that will be kept on the family bookshelves for generations, although a hundred really good books would be even better, of course!”
Keiko Kasza lives in Indiana with her husband and two sons.
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