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Book Overview
Brock Cole's first picture book in nearly ten years Once there was an old man who ate so much his britches burst and his buttons popped one, two, three, into the fire. "Wife! Wife!" he cried. "We are undone! My britches have burst and my buttons are burnt, every one! After putting her husband to bed, the wife enlists the aid of her three daughters in replacing their father's buttons. The eldest promises to find a rich man who will give her buttons in exchange for her hand in marriage. The second daughter decides to join the army for the sake of the buttons on a soldier's uniform. And the youngest is going to run through the meadows with her apron held out before her, hoping to catch a few buttons falling from the sky. Which of these young ladies will succeed in restoring the family fortunes? The answer is the essential and satisfying stuff of fairy tales. Brock Cole's whimsical prose and pictures make this original story feel like a hundred-year-old classic.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374310017
ISBN13:9780374310011
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:32 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.3" x 9.8"
Age Range:5 to 10 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 5
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Wonderful story--and David Hyde Pierce's voice is perfect!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
My 3 1/2 year old daughter can't get enough of this book. The story and illustrations are wonderful. Lots of "big words" to explain and provoke conversations about. DHP's narrations is sublime! He captures the daughters' antics beautifully. It's a lovely, funny, sweet book for all ages. I love reading and listening to it (as does my 6-year old).
Great for older children
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This original fairy tale reads like a classic. The story is funny, and the illustrations support this humourous tone. There is plenty of detail in the pictures for older children to pore over. I would recommend this for 1st graders and up.
An Old Fashioned Fairy Tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Brock Cole's, Buttons, begins...Once upon a time and after a very silly, funny, satisfying story, has a happily ever after, ending. Buttons will delight children of every age, as three daughters are sent out into the world, by their mother, to find new buttons for their father's trousers. Mr. Cole's beautiful water color illustrations add just the right old fashioned touch to this story. The perfect bedtime story for your little ones. Read and enjoy!
Thank heavens he's back!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Brock Cole began his career as author and illustrator of a number of lovely, marginally goofy picture books, illuminated with his own careful, exuberant watercolors. Mr. Cole took a break from picture book publishing to concentrate on chapter books for older kids (not that we mind - all 3 of his novels are themselves extraordinary achievements) but has returned with _Buttons_, his first picture book for more than a decade. This _Buttons_ is a particularly fetching send up of the fairy tale genre, replete with nobles, simpletons, paupers and princes, and blessedly full of Mr. Cole's sweet, ironic sensibilities. Let us hope that with his paintbrush freshly wetted Brock Cole will again decorate our bookshelves with a succession of similar charmers.
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