You're Just What I Need by Ruth Krauss

You're Just What I Need by Ruth Krauss

One morning a mother saw a strange bundle under the blanket in her bed.

What is it?, she said to herself. What can it be?

So begins Ruth Krauss's charming story of a mother and child playing hide-and-seek. Baby hides beneath the blanket, and Mother tries again and again to guess what in the world the bundle could be. Can it be a bundle of laundry . . . a bundle of carrots . . . a monkey? Children will delight in this familiar game and its satisfying ending.

Originally published in 1951 as The Bundle Book, Ruth Krauss's timeless celebration of the wonderful moments between a mother and her child are brought to life by Julia Noonan's soft and playful artwork, making this a perfect story for new generations of young readers and for all families to share.

Ruth Krauss (1901-1993), a member of the experimental Writer's Laboratory at the Bank Street School in New York City in the 1940s, imaginatively used humor and invented words to create some of the very first books for children that highlighted a child's inner life. She collaborated with some of the greatest illustrators in children's literature, including Maurice Sendak and her husband, Crockett Johnson.

Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's The Happy Day, and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Children's Collection books The Wonderful O and The 13 Clocks.

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ISBN 13	9780060275143
ISBN 10	0060275146
Title	You're Just What I Need
Author	Ruth Krauss
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	1998-04-30
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.