The Best Nest

by P D Eastman (Author)

Back in 1957, Theodor Geisel responded to an article in Life magazine that lamented the use of boring reading primers in schools. Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only two hundred twenty-three words, Geisel created a replacement for those dull primers: The Cat in the Hat.

The instant success of the book prompted Geisel and his wife to found Beginner Books, and Geisel wrote many popular books in this series, including Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks,  and Green Eggs and Ham. Other favorite titles in this series are Go, Dog, Go! and Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman, A Fly Went By, by Mike McClintock, and Put Me in the Zoo,  by Robert Lopshire. These affordable hardcover books combine large print, easy vocabulary, and large, bright illustrations in stories kids will want to read again and again. 

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P D Eastman
Autor e ilustrador, P.D. EASTMAN fue el creador de numerosos libros para niños, entre ellos Are You My Mother?, Go, Dog, Go! y The Best Nest. Estudió en la Academia Nacional de Diseño y se alistó al servicio militar en 1943. Allí fue destinado a la Unidad de Películas del Cuerpo de Señales, dirigida entonces por Theodor Geisel, hoy mundialmente conocido como Dr. Seuss. Posteriormente, Geisel pidió a Eastman que escribiera una historia para su nueva colección de primeros lectores de Random House, y fue así que publicó su primer libro, Sam and the Firefly. Desde entonces, Random House ha vendido más de treinta millones de ejemplares de libros escritos por P.D. Eastman, convirtiéndole en uno de los autores de libros para niños más querido.

P. D. EASTMAN was an author-illustrator who created many children's books, including Are You My Mother?, Go, Dog. Go!, and The Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he enlisted in the army in 1943 and was assigned to the Signal Corps Film Unit--which was headed by Theodor Geisel, who would eventually become known to the world as Dr. Seuss. After Geisel later approached him to write for his new Beginner Book series at Random House, Eastman published his first book, Sam and the Firefly. Since then, Random House has sold over thirty million books by P. D. Eastman, and he has become one of the most beloved children's book authors in the world.
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9780394800516
Lexile Measure
440
Guided Reading Level
J
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication date
July 12, 1968
Series
I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books
BISAC categories
JUV002040 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
Birds

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