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James Stevenson (1) (1929–2017)

Autor(a) de Could Be Worse!

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99+ Works 5,326 Membros 203 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

James Stevenson was born in Manhattan, New York on July 11, 1929. He graduated from Yale University. He was a reporter from Life magazine before being hired by The New Yorker in 1956. He drew 1,988 cartoons, 79 covers, and wrote and illustrated articles including Talk of the Town pieces for the mostrar mais magazine. He also drew editorial cartoons for The New York Times and in 2004 began an occasional series for the Op-Ed page entitled Lost and Found New York, which looked back on people and places of the past. He wrote and/or illustrated more than 100 children's books including Don't You Know There's a War On, The Worst Person in the World, Higher on the Door, The Mud Flat Olympics, Yard Sale, The Mud Flat Mystery, What's Under My Bed, That Terrible Halloween Night, and Worse Than Willy. In 1987, he won the Caldecott Honor for When I Was Nine. He also wrote novels and an illustrated biography of Frank Modell, a fellow New Yorker cartoonist. He died of pneumonia on February 17, 2017 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por James Stevenson

Could Be Worse! (1977) 479 exemplares
What's Under My Bed? (1983) 298 exemplares
The Night After Christmas (1981) 255 exemplares
Popcorn: Poems (1861) 193 exemplares
Cornstalks a Bushel of Poems (2010) 179 exemplares
A Village Full of Valentines (1995) 156 exemplares
That Terrible Halloween Night (1980) 146 exemplares
Candy Corn: Poems (1999) 133 exemplares
Don't Make Me Laugh (1999) 122 exemplares
Monty (1979) 118 exemplares
Fried Feathers for Thanksgiving (1986) 118 exemplares
Cornflakes Poems (2000) 105 exemplares
We Can't Sleep (1982) 87 exemplares
Quick! Turn the Page! (1990) 72 exemplares
Sweet Corn (1995) 72 exemplares
Just Around the Corner (2001) 68 exemplares
Grandpa's Too-Good Garden (1989) 68 exemplares
The Worst Person in the World (1978) 65 exemplares
Mr. Hacker (1990) 65 exemplares
The Worst Person's Christmas (1991) 63 exemplares
Brrr (1991) 61 exemplares
We Hate Rain! (1988) 60 exemplares
That's Exactly the Way It Wasn't (1800) 57 exemplares
Don't You Know There's a War On? (1992) 55 exemplares
The Mud Flat Olympics (1994) 52 exemplares
Christmas at Mud Flat (2000) 50 exemplares
No Need for Monty (1987) 50 exemplares
Worse than Willy! (1984) 47 exemplares
The Sea View Hotel (1978) 47 exemplares
Corn Chowder: Poems (2003) 46 exemplares
The Oldest Elf (1996) 45 exemplares
There's Nothing to Do (1985) 45 exemplares
Emma (1985) 43 exemplares
The Unprotected Witness (1997) 39 exemplares
I Had a Lot of Wishes (1995) 39 exemplares
Rolling Rose (1992) 39 exemplares
That Dreadful Day (1985) 38 exemplares
The Bones in the Cliff (1995) 38 exemplares
Howard (1980) 37 exemplares
Mud Flat April Fool (1998) 37 exemplares
Fast Friends: Two Stories (1979) 36 exemplares
Higher on the Door (1987) 34 exemplares
When I Was Nine (1986) 34 exemplares
No Friends (1806) 33 exemplares
Corn-Fed: Poems (2002) 32 exemplares
Yard Sale (1996) 31 exemplares
Heat Wave at Mud Flat (1997) 31 exemplares
July (1990) 31 exemplares
Happy Valentine's Day, Emma! (1987) 30 exemplares
Will You Please Feed Our Cat? (1987) 28 exemplares
The Pattaconk Brook (1993) 28 exemplares
Mud Flat Spring (1999) 27 exemplares
Fun No Fun (1994) 27 exemplares
I Meant to Tell You (1996) 26 exemplares
"Help!" yelled Maxwell (1978) 25 exemplares
The Stowaway (1990) 24 exemplares
The Most Amazing Dinosaur (2000) 24 exemplares
Which One Is Whitney? (1990) 22 exemplares
The Castaway (2002) 22 exemplares
Yuck! (1984) 22 exemplares
Oliver, Clarence & Violet (1982) 21 exemplares
Worse Than the Worst (1994) 21 exemplares
Are We Almost There? (1985) 21 exemplares
Sam the Zamboni Man (1998) 20 exemplares
Flying Feet: A Mud Flat Story (2004) 20 exemplares
The Worst Goes South (1995) 19 exemplares
All Aboard! (1995) 19 exemplares
Wilfred the rat (1977) 19 exemplares
The Flying Acorns (1993) 19 exemplares
Clams Can't Sing (1980) 19 exemplares
Here Comes Herb's Hurricane! (1973) 18 exemplares
Uptown Local, Downtown Express (1983) 18 exemplares
Oh No, It's Waylon's Birthday! (1989) 18 exemplares
National Worm Day (1990) 17 exemplares
Emma at the Beach (1990) 17 exemplares
Un-Happy New Year, Emma! (1989) 16 exemplares
The Wish Card Ran Out! (1981) 12 exemplares
The Supreme Souvenir Factory (1924) 11 exemplares
Let's Boogie! (1978) 10 exemplares
Winston, Newton, Elton, and Ed (1978) 8 exemplares
Barbara's birthday (1983) 7 exemplares
The Bear Who Had No Place to Go (1972) 5 exemplares
Cool Jack and Beanstalk (1976) 4 exemplares
Sometimes, But Not Always (1967) 3 exemplares
Yes, Virginia 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The New Kid on the Block (1984) — Ilustrador — 2,212 exemplares
I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! (1987) — Ilustrador, algumas edições2,030 exemplares
A Pizza the Size of the Sun (1996) — Ilustrador — 1,505 exemplares
Something Big Has Been Here (1990) — Ilustrador — 1,471 exemplares
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One (2007) — Ilustrador, algumas edições735 exemplares
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (2007) — Contribuidor — 535 exemplares
Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (2000) — Contribuidor — 354 exemplares
I Know a Lady (1984) — Ilustrador — 319 exemplares
My Dog May Be a Genius (2008) — Ilustrador — 317 exemplares
Rocks in His Head (2001) — Ilustrador — 285 exemplares
Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One (2008) — Ilustrador, algumas edições277 exemplares
Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One (2008) — Ilustrador — 260 exemplares
Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One (2008) — Ilustrador, algumas edições189 exemplares
The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons (1992) — Contribuidor — 175 exemplares
Grandaddy and Janetta (1993) — Ilustrador — 126 exemplares
If I owned a candy factory (1968) — Ilustrador — 99 exemplares
Grandaddy's Place (1987) — Ilustrador — 98 exemplares
Think Small (1965) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
Percy and the Five Houses (1989) — Ilustrador — 35 exemplares
Jack the Bum and the Ufo (1978) — Ilustrador — 6 exemplares
Jack the Bum and the Halloween Handout (1977) — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1929-07-11
Data de falecimento
2017-02-17
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Connecticut, USA (children's book illustrator)
New York, New York, USA (birth) (children's book illustrator)
Ocupações
children's book author
illustrator
Relações
Stevenson, Suçie (daughter)

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This author and illustrator of children's books often has his cartoons and drawings appear in The New Yorker. His books have won numerous awards. He has also illustrated the books of a number of other authors.

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Substance:
On the morning after Christmas,Teddy the Bear and Annie the doll, having been dumped by their kids who received all the newest toys, are rescued from their garbage cans by Chauncey the dog.

Stevenson's witty story of their attempts to get used to being rejected has a happy ending, of course, but is a subtle lesson on the importance to all of us of being loved, and having someone to love.

Style: Stevenson's illustrations, not-quite-realistic watercolors, are perfectly suited to the story.

NOTE: Okay, I'm a Stevenson fan, and can't believe we missed this one when our kids were small, because they loved "The Sea-view Hotel" and "The Worst Person in the World." My favorite is "Could Be Worse!," especially since becoming a grandparent myself.
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librisissimo | 1 outra crítica | Feb 16, 2023 |
Oh my gosh ness... this is adorably funny.
 
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JMigotsky | 2 outras críticas | Jan 27, 2023 |
When Louie and Mary Ann ask Grandpa what day it is, he says he has no idea. They tell him that it is Easter and they are going to hunt for eggs.

“Did you ever hunt for eggs, Grandpa?”

Grandpa tells the children about his egg-hunting adventure . . . an adventure that includes a conversation with the Easter bunny, a trip to the far-off Frammistan Mountains [home of the world’s greatest eggs], a giant bird, a bear, a blizzard, three sea monsters, and Grandpa’s friend, Charlotte.

And just what did happen to that giant egg that Grandpa got for Charlotte?

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The story, told in a combination of traditional picture book and comic book fashion, is sure to elicit giggles from young readers. Colorful illustrations, a story filled with magical, laughter-inducing moments, and unexpected encounters and events all combine to create a story sure to please. [The cigar-smoking Easter bunny might be a bit over the top, but it sort of fits in a book written in 1983.]

Hilarity will ensure as Grandpa spins his fantastical story, a tall tale for sure . . . or is it?

Highly recommended.
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jfe16 | 3 outras críticas | Apr 25, 2022 |
Rather amusing Scrooge-lite tale of a grump who inadvertently falls into the Christmas spirit.
 
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KSchellVT | 1 outra crítica | Dec 9, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
99
Also by
22
Membros
5,326
Popularidade
#4,672
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
203
ISBN
390
Línguas
7
Marcado como favorito
3

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