Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
A Bumblebee Sweater
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2012
- Category
- Humorous Stories, Multigenerational
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
- Recommended Reading age
- 4 to 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554552375
- Publish Date
- Aug 2012
- List Price
- $9.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554550289
- Publish Date
- Nov 2007
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
"Nellie has a lot of trouble keeping her sweater clean, and repeated washings and repeated shrinking keep the story moving. Straightforward language and plot keep the pages turning and make this a readable story for emergent readers and storytime alike. Energetic watercolor illustrations of Nellie's wild red hair and her grandmother's squinting eyes provide humor for this tribute to knitters everywhere."
—Kirkus
About the authors
Betty Waterton was the author of nineteen children's books, including the Quincy Rumpel novels and a number of well-loved picture books. Over the course of her writing career she traveled all over Canada giving readings to children. For many years she lived on Canada's West Coast, where A Salmon for Simon, her first children's book, takes place.
Kim LaFave is a prolific picture book artist with many titles to his name, including Amos's Sweater, Ben Over Night, and Big Ben, which earned him the Mr. Christie's Book Award Silver Seal. He has also won the Governor General's Award, the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award, and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. Kim lives on the west coast of Canada, in Robert's Creek, British Columbia.
