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Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Poetry and Color
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Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Poetry and Color Paperback - 1990

by O'Neill, Mary

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Award-winner Wallner has illustrated this full-color edition of O'Neill's classic poetry book. With a compelling sense of rhythm and with images that are clear and fresh, O'Neill explores the spectrum in 12 poems and 12 different colors.

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Doubleday Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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  • Title Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Poetry and Color
  • Author O'Neill, Mary
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Doubleday Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 1990-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # V15C-02608
  • ISBN 9780385410786 / 0385410786
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.23 x 0.25 in (23.72 x 15.82 x 0.64 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, American, American poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88000484
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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From the publisher

Mary O'Neill knew from childhood that she wanted to be a writer. She began her careeras an advertising copywriter, and after becoming a partner in her own agency, she moved to New York. There she divided her time, as author and housewife, and she started to write children's books for Doubleday, of which Hailstones and Halibut Bones is the most famous.

John Wallner is the award-winninf illustrator of more than thirty books for children. His many awards and honors include several ALA Notables, the Certificate of Excellence from the American Institute of Graphic Excellence(1080), and the American Writers award for best illustrator (1977).

From the jacket flap

Since its original publication in 1961, "Hailstones And Halibut Bones, Mary O'Neill's renowned work of poetry about the colors of the spectrum, has become a modern children's classic. This newly illustrated edition features lavish full-color illustrations from an award-winning artist, yet the poems have been left intact with all the powerful rhythm and rich language of the original.

Media reviews

“An exploration in imaginative, evocative verses of the world of color and its relationship to the other senses.”
—The New York Times Book Review, “Ten Distinguished Juveniles of 1961”

“Has inspired young poets all over the country.”
—Publishers Weekly


From the Hardcover edition.

About the author

MARY O'NEILL knew from childhood that she wanted to be a writer. She began her career as an advertising copywriter and after becoming a partner in her own agency, she moved to New York. There she started to write children's books for Doubleday, of which Hailstones and Halibut Bones is the most famous.

JOHN WALLNER is the award-winning illustrator of more than thirty books for children. His many awards and honors include several ALA Notables, the Certificate of Excellence from the American Institute of Graphic Excellence(1080), and the American Writers award for best illustrator (1977).

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