"Could Be Worse!"

James Stevenson

Harper Collins, May 21, 1987 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

"Unexcitable Gramps surprises everyone with a whopping tale of derring-do that proves there's life in the old boy yet. Stevenson's watercolors couldn't be better."--School Library Journal.

About the author

James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, "Lost and Found New York," has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut.

Bibliographic information

• Title: "Could Be Worse!"; Reading Rainbow library; Reading rainbow book
• Author: James Stevenson
• Illustrated by: James Stevenson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 1987
• ISBN: 0688070353, 9780688070359
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational