"You have gone downtown to do some shopping. You are walking
backwards, because sometimes you like to, and you bump into a
crocodile. What do you say, dear?" This is just one of the
delightful hypothetical situations introduced by award-winning
author Sesyle Joslin in this "handbook of etiquette for young
ladies and gentlemen to be used as a guide for everyday social
behavior." Maurice Sendak''s quirky, comical illustrations are
perfect for this old-fashioned, whimsical guide to manners. F
內容簡介:
What do you say when:
you bump into a crocodile on a crowded city street?
a nice gentleman introduces you to a baby elephant?
the Queen feeds you so much spaghetti that you don''t fit in your
chair anymore?
This is the funniest book of manners you''ll ever read!
關於作者:
Sesyle Joslin is a children''s literature author. Sesyle''s book
What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was
a Caldecott Medal Honor book in 1959.
Joslin was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. During the
late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as an editorial assistant
and assistant editor in Philadelphia, and was the book columnist at
Country Gentleman magazine from 1949 through 1951. In 1950, she
married writer Al Hine. The couple had three children. In addition,
she served as a production assistant on Peter Brook''s Lord of the
Flies 1963 film and worked on location in Puerto Rico.
In addition to writing under her own name, Joslin also used a few
pseudonyms. Under the name Josephine Gibson, she and her husband
wrote Is There a Mouse in the House? Macmillan, 1965. And under
the name G. B. Kirtland they wrote One Day in Ancient Rome
Harcourt, 1961, One Day in Elizabethan England Harcourt, 1962,
and One Day in Aztec Mexico Harcourt, 1963.