Word: tomy
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, by Barbara Hazen and Tomi Ungerer (Lancelot; $3.95). The lazy young apprentice tries some magic spells of his own-with optional help from an LP record ($5.98 for set) of Paul Dukas' music interpreted by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic...
CLEOPATRA GOES SLEDDING, by André Hodeir, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (Grove Press; $3.95). Two wicked crocodiles try to lure a turtle into a boiling soup pot, but the turtle, aided by a mischievous monkey, wins out, and the disappointed crocodiles have to settle for mock-turtle soup...
ZERALDA'S OGRE by Tomi Ungerer (Harper & Row; $3.95). This lonely ogre has sharp teeth, a big nose, a bad temper and he sometimes eats little children for breakfast that is, until he meets Zeralda, who is such a good cook that he swiftly switches to pompano, roast chicken and other goodies. Though it may sound scary to adults, it is the kind of story that is invariably amusing to children and the youngsters will love the menacing drawings. Also recommended: Ungerer's Moon Man, a story of the man in the moon's brief visit to earth...
...TOMI UNGERER-D'Arcy, 1091 Madison Ave. at 82nd St. Author-Illustrator Un-gerer (Crictor) turns to gallery drollery. The paintings poke fun at Madison Avenue's other life, the world of the ad agencies; the constructions are funny animals and people built out of everyday objects and lots of whimsy. Through...
...first grade? Or are they to be regarded not as books at all, but as some kind of toy barely distinguishable from building blocks except that they are flatter and can be torn up? The economics of such kiddieware is impressive. One, a book written and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer, is about a cute bat and offers 334 words for $2.95, which would be fair enough if the author-artist personally baby-sat with each small customer. "Bats. Not for me," observed D. H. Lawrence, who wrote notably of game as well as gamekeepers. His Birds, Beasts and Flowers (suitably...