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The day no one was angry / Toon Tellegen ; [illustrations by] Marc Boutavant.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: [Smyrna, TN.?] : Gecko Press, 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 78 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1927271576 (hbk.)
  • 9781927271575 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • N'y a t-il personne pour se mettre en colère. English.
Subject(s):
Contents:
The hyrax -- The elephant -- The earthworm and the beetle -- The squirrel and the aardvark -- The lobster -- The hedgehog -- The shrew -- The hippopotamus and the rhinoceros -- The ant and the squirrel -- The toad -- The beetle and the cricket -- The day no one was angry.
Summary: Twelve stunningly illustrated, poetic, and funny stories about grumpy animals from an internationally acclaimed Dutch writer and a hugely popular French illustrator. In 12 short chapters, we see different animals in various states of anger. Some try to understand their anger, some try to tame it, while others let their anger overwhelm them. These stories are funny and wry, but also offer a gently profound reflection of the nature of human emotions.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Books for Big Kids Tellegen Toon Checked out 06/05/2024 33111008001790
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Twelve stunningly illustrated, poetic, and funny stories about grumpy animals from an internationally acclaimed Dutch writer and a hugely popular French illustrator. In twelve short chapters, we see different animals in many shades of anger, from melancholy to irritation to rage to confusion. Some try to understand their anger, some try to tame it, while others let their anger overwhelm them. These stories are funny and wry, but also offer a gently profound reflection of the nature of human emotions. Marc Boutavant's delicate, stunning full-color illustrations put the reader in the heart of the forest, surrounded by endearingly grumpy animals.

Original title: N'y a t-il personne pour se mettre en colère.

The hyrax -- The elephant -- The earthworm and the beetle -- The squirrel and the aardvark -- The lobster -- The hedgehog -- The shrew -- The hippopotamus and the rhinoceros -- The ant and the squirrel -- The toad -- The beetle and the cricket -- The day no one was angry.

Twelve stunningly illustrated, poetic, and funny stories about grumpy animals from an internationally acclaimed Dutch writer and a hugely popular French illustrator. In 12 short chapters, we see different animals in various states of anger. Some try to understand their anger, some try to tame it, while others let their anger overwhelm them. These stories are funny and wry, but also offer a gently profound reflection of the nature of human emotions.

Translated from the French.

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