
The Rescuers
Margery Sharp(Author)
New York Review Books (Publisher)
Published on 6. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-68137-007-1 (ISBN)
Description
Sharp's classic tale of pluck, luck, and derring-do--featuring mouse heroes Miss Bianca and Bernard and basis for the Disney animated motion picture--is amply and beautifully illustrated by Williams.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68137-007-1 (9781681370071)
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Previous edition
Margery Sharp
The Rescuers
Book
08/2011
New York Review of Books
€33.76
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Persons
Margery Sharp (1905-1991) published fifteen novels for adults before writing The Rescuers (1959), her first book for children. Born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury, England, she spent part of her childhood in Malta before returning to England for high school. By the time she graduated with honors in French from the University of London, she had already begun publishing short stories; her work would later become a fixture in such American and British magazines as Harper's Bazaar, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Punch. Several of Sharp's novels were serialized and a number became successful films, including Cluny Brown (screenplay by Ernst Lubitsch) and Britannia Mews (written by Ring Lardner, Jr.); the Rescuers series eventually numbered nine volumes and inspired two animated feature films from Disney. Garth Williams (1912-1996) illustrated nearly one hundred books for children, including Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Born in New York City to English artist parents, Williams lived in New Jersey, France, and Canada before moving to England in 1922. He had plans to be an architect but ultimately studied painting, design, and sculpture at the Westminster Art School and the Royal College of Art. Having -returned to the United States after World War II, Williams found work at The New Yorker, where he met E.B. White just as the latter was finishing Stuart Little. Williams also wrote and illustrated several books of his own, including The Chicken Book: A Traditional Rhyme, The Adventures of Benjamin Pink, Baby Animals, and The Rabbits' Wedding.