Book #1
Caps for Sale
Written by Esphyr Slobodkina
3 - 7
Reading
age
48
Page
count
674
Word
count
Jan 1, 1940
Publication
date
Paperback
$9.99
$9.58
Summary
Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddlers efforts to outwit the monkeys in this new, enlarged, and redesigned edition, and will ask to read it again and again.
Caps for Sale Series
Published from 1940 - 2015
2 books
| Year | Title | Author | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Caps for Sale | Esphyr Slobodkina | 48 |
| 2015 | More Caps for Sale | Esphyr Slobodkina, Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer | 40 |
The Creatives Behind the Books
Author & Illustrator
Esphyr Slobodkina (1908-2002), internationally renowned artist and author of the children’s classic Caps for Sale, was among the first female American artists to explore abstraction and the first to use collage in American storybooks. She studied art in Russia and China before immigrating to the United States in 1928. She was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group, and her work is represented in prominent museum collections across the country.
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