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Title: When Everybody Wore a Hat by William Steig ISBN: 0-06-009700-0 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Little Slice of History.....
Comment: "In 1916, when I was eight years old, there were almost no electric lights, cars or telephones-and definitely no TV. Even fire engines were pulled by horses. Kids went to LIBRARIES for books. There were lots of immigrants..." William Steig takes the reader back to the simpler times of his childhood when mother bought her meat at the butchers, boys didn't play with girls, a nickel could buy you a hot dog, a pound of fruit, or a day at the movies, you didn't go to the doctor's office, the doctor came to your house, everyone wanted to have his picture taken on a horse, and everybody wore a hat. "There was no such thing as a hatless human being." Written as if by an eight year old, Mr Steig's remembrances are sometimes poignant and always heartwarming and complemented by his marvelous, expressive childlike illustrations. Adults will revel in all the nostagia, and kids will be intrigued by how different life was at the beginning of the last century. When Everybody Wore A Hat is a charming slice of history, best read together and shared, that will whet the appetite, open interesting discussions, and send youngsters out looking for more.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautiful Story Of The Past
Comment: When Everybody Wore A Hat, written and illustrated by William Steig, is an affectionate and touching tribute to the author's childhood in the Bronx. William Steig is in his nineties. He begins his reflections by writing, "This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody wore a hat." It dawned on me after reading this story that the children of today wouldn't have the slightest inkling of the world William Steig grew up in. Having had a 104 year old great grand father to tell me stories of what the world was once like I simply took the idea for granted. When Everybody Wore A Hat is a grand way to introduce children to what the world once was like. The illustrations are childlike and convey a sense of longing and nostalgia. William Steig has created out of his own memories a profoundly moving and beautiful tribute to his childhood and the world of once was.
Preston McClear,
Rating: 5
Summary: sweet & funny Steig
Comment: The 95-year-old master behind Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and Pete's a Pizza has created a quirky and charming history lesson using tidbits from his boyhood in the Bronx. Kids will be fascinated to learn that, when the author was a boy, horses were the main mode of transportation, there was no television, and, "A nickel was money." Steig has enlisted very talented artists to illustrate his last several books, but it's wonderful to see him back at the drawing board here. The pictures, softer and more fluid than in the past, capture the deep affection Steig has for his own childhood memories and for children in general.
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Title: Yellow & Pink by William Steig ISBN: 0374386714 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Brundibar by Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak, Michael di Capua ISBN: 0786809043 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig ISBN: 0671662694 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 02 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordicai Gerstein ISBN: 0761317910 Publisher: Millbrook Press Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Real Thief by William Steig ISBN: 0374462089 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 December, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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