Uma Wimple Charts Her House
$39.64
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2021
Summary
Hip, funny, unique–and a perfect curriculum tie-in–here’s a picture book with mega kid-appeal about the challenges a student faces when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home!
Uma’s been making charts since she was a little kid. But when her teacher gives the class Uma’s dream assignment–to make a chart of their own homes–she is thrown for a loop. Oh, the possibilities! Oh, the pressure! What makes a house housey? she wonders. In order to figure it out, she asks ea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593181188 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593181182 |
| Author: | Reif Larsen, Ben Gibson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 436g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Readers will delight in looking closely and learning more about Uma’s quirky hobby.” —Kirkus Reviews“As an introduction to the visual presentation of data and the creative process, it’s a useful classroom adjunct.” —Publishers Weekly“A creative discussion of charts and their purpose that remembers to keep enjoyment as a key component.” —Booklist
About The Author
Reif Larsen
Reif Larsen is the author of two novels for adults, The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (a New York Times bestseller) and I Am Radar. The Selected Works was acquired by Penguin in a ten-house auction for almost one million dollars and was made into a movie, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet, starring Kathy Bates and Helena Bonham-Carter. He also writes articles on travel for The New York Times, GQ, and others. Reif received an MFA from Columbia University.
Ben Gibson spends his days making charts about things like birds, cats, dogs, wizards, skyscrapers, outer space, grammar, rap music, invisible things, fruits, vegetables, sharks, bicycles, and dinosaurs at the company he co-founded, Pop Chart. Pop Chart’s award-winning designs can be seen in people’s homes all around the world, and in collaborations with brands such as The New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Wired, HBO, and Comedy Central, among others.
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