Chicken Soup, Boots

Maira Kalman

Viking, 1993 - Juvenile Fiction - 34 pages

"What are you going to be when you grow up?" Here's an exploration of this age-old question as only the creator of Max in Hollywood, Baby could do it. A dazzling series of linked portraits deftly draws us into a colorful, fantastical world full of people engaged in assorted occupations. Full-color illustrations.

About the author

In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chicken Soup, Boots
• Author: Maira Kalman
• Illustrated by: Maira Kalman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Viking, 1993
• ISBN: 0670852015, 9780670852017
• Length: 34 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City & Town Life