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The Man in the Ceiling Book

Ages 8 & up. The first children's book both written and illustrated by cartoonist Feiffer is a funny, poignant and profoundly insightful look at the inner life of an artist, who also happens to be a young boy. Jimmy Jibbett loves drawing cartoons and hopes to be great some day--but first he must cope with a lack of privacy, a father who wishes he liked sports instead of drawing, a popular older boy who pressures him to sell out and his own urge to give up when he's failing. Just when Jimmy's starting to think that he's "doomed to be as much a flop as a cartoonist as he was as a boy," he finds a way to look at failure in a new light. In a starred review, Booklist called it "wickedly funny... reminiscent of Roald Dahl's edgy lampoons." In another starred review, Publishers Weekly declared it "one of the best books of the year."Read More

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  • Product Description

    He's bad at sports and not much better at school, but Jimmy sure can draw terrific cartoons. And his dream'like that of his Uncle Lester, who writes flop Broadway musicals'is to be recognized for what he loves doing most.

    1993 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL)
    1993 Choices: The Year's Best Books (Publishers Weekly)
    Children's Books of 1993 (Library of Congress)
    1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
    100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1993 (NY Public Library)

  • 0062050354
  • 9780062050359
  • Jules Feiffer
  • 1 October 1993
  • HarperCollins Children's Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 32
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