{"product_id":"the-man-who-lost-his-head-isbn-9781681378435","title":"The Man Who Lost His Head","description":"\u003cb\u003eA man searches for the right head on his shoulders in this funny parable that teaches kids ages 4-8 about problem-solving—with illustrations by Caldecott winner Robert McCloskey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you’ve lost your head, especially if it’s an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen. In any case, the man who loses his head in \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Lost His Head\u003c\/i\u003e isn’t about to grin (that is, if he could grin) and bear it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo, he’ll make himself a new one, and starting with a pumpkin and moving on to a parsnip and finally picking up a block of wood, he sets about getting it just right. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill, for all his efforts, it somehow isn’t right. It isn’t the head he had before. It turns out that only a brash bold boy can save the man who lost his head from losing it altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Huchet Bishop’s charming parable is illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey, whose books for children include \u003ci\u003eOne Morning in Maine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlueberries for Sal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Caldecott Medal–winning \u003ci\u003eMake Way for Ducklings\u003c\/i\u003e.“It’s always a pleasure when a book is rereleased, but it’s a particular pleasure when that same book has such an illustrious pedigree. The Bishop\/McCloskey pairing didn’t happen very often, but we can sure be glad that it did with this hidden treasure.” —Elizabeth Bird, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Awakening sans his head, the man at the center of the tale tries to remember where  he left it.... The solution is as madcap as the rest of the story ... but the prose  and Caldecott winner McCloskey's deliciously crisp artwork are evergreen.\u003ci\u003e” —Publishers  Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Bishop] has contrived out of what seems to be an impossible situation an  entirely diverting farce, beautifully turned in phrase with the kind of zany logic  essential to good nonsense.... Strongly drawn pictures cap the tale with comedy in  good country style.\u003ci\u003e” —The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) \u003c\/b\u003ewas a librarian, storyteller, critic, and writer.  She grew up in Le Havre, France, and attended the Sorbonne for a time before founding  France’s first library for children, L’Heure Joyeuse. Her children’s books grew out  of the popular stories she told both at L’Heure Joyeuse and at the New York Public  Library, where she worked after marrying the pianist Frank Bishop and settling in  the United States. Among the seventeen works of fiction she wrote for children are  \u003ci\u003eThe Five Chinese Brothers \u003c\/i\u003e(1938), \u003ci\u003eTwenty and Ten\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), and the Newbery Honor books  \u003ci\u003ePancakes-Paris\u003c\/i\u003e (1947) and \u003ci\u003eAll Alone \u003c\/i\u003e(1953). Bishop also wrote several biographies  for children and nonfiction works for adults, and served as children’s book editor  at \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e during the 1930s. Active during the Second World War in the cause of  European Jews, she devoted herself after the war to fostering better understanding  between Jews and Christians, writing \u003ci\u003eHow Catholics Look at Jews\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) and encouraging  the Vatican’s recognition of the State of Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert McCloskey (1914–2003) \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ohio and moved east to study art in Boston and New York. He was awarded  a prestigious Rome Prize, but World War II made it impossible for him to go to Rome.  Renowned as a draftsman, McCloskey provided illustrations for a variety of authors  and also wrote and illustrated eight books of his own, including \u003ci\u003eBlueberries for  Sal\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eOne Morning in Maine\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), and the Caldecott Award–winning stories  \u003ci\u003eMake Way for Ducklings\u003c\/i\u003e (1941) and \u003ci\u003eTime of Wonde\u003c\/i\u003er (1958). McCloskey’s last book, \u003ci\u003eBurt  Dow: Deep-Water Man\u003c\/i\u003e, came out in 1963. In 2003, he died on the Maine island where  he had lived with his family since the 1940s.","brand":"NYRB Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304779534565,"sku":"NP9781681378435","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681378435.jpg?v=1767740397","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-man-who-lost-his-head-isbn-9781681378435","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}