Neville

Norton Juster

Random House Children's Books, Oct 25, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

Written by the acclaimed author of The Phantom Tollbooth, this Amazon Best Picture Book of the Year is a simply told story about a boy who moves to a new neighborhood and finds a unique way to make friends. With whimsical illustrations by award-winning illustrator G. Brian Karas, here is a read-aloud that's great for storytime, and is sure to be a hit among fans of Juster, Karas, and anyone who is "the new kid on the block."

“[T]his ingenious foray into breaking into a new neighborhood makes for an amusing and appealing story.” —School Library Journal

About the author

NORTON JUSTER is the acclaimed author of the children's novel The Phantom Tollbooth, and the Caldecott-winning picture book, The Hello, Goodbye Window, among others. His book The Dot and the Line was made into an Academy Award winning film. He was also a practicing architect until his retirement.

G. BRIAN KARAS is the prolific, versatile, and award-winning illustrator and writer of many books for children, including Clever Jack Takes the Cake, which received four starred reviews; How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?; Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Home on the Bayou, which was the recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. You can visit him at GbrianKaras.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Neville
• Author: Norton Juster
• Illustrated by: G. Brian Karas
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books, 2011
• ISBN: 0375867651, 9780375867651
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / New Experience