{"product_id":"the-wonderful-o-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"The Wonderful O: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Simont\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eRansom Riggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreat American humorist James Thurber's beloved, madcap, and eerily timely fairy tale about an island society robbed of the wonders of the letter O--in a stunning Deluxe Edition featuring flaps, deckle-edged paper, and the original, full-color illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island, and Black has a ship to get there. So the two bad men team up and sail off on Black's vessel, the \u003ci\u003eAeiu.\u003c\/i\u003e The name, Black explains, is all the vowels except for O--which he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole: They couldn't pull her in, so they had to push her out. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place--to no avail. But Black has a better idea: He will take over the island and purge it of O. (\"I'll issue an edict \") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The harsh limits of a life sans O (where shoe is she and woe is we) and how finally with a little luck and lots of pluck the islanders shake off their overbearing interlopers and discover the true treasure for themselves (Oh yes--and get back their O's)--these are only some of the surprises that await readers of James Thurber's timelessly zany fairy tale about two louts who try to lock up the language--and lose. It is a tour de force of wordplay that will delight fans of Lewis Carroll, Dr. Seuss, Edward Lear, and Roald Dahl, and a timely reminder of how people can band together in the name of freedom to overthrow a tyrant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e (1894-1961) was one of the preeminent American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century. Most famous for his widely anthologized short story \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,\" he was a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for more than thirty years and wrote nearly forty books--collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children's stories, including \u003ci\u003eThe 13 Clocks \u003c\/i\u003eand the Caldecott Medal winner \u003ci\u003eMany Moons.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarc Simont\u003c\/b\u003e (illustrations; 1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books, among them James Thurber's \u003ci\u003eThe 13 Clocks \u003c\/i\u003eand a 1990 edition of Thurber's \u003ci\u003eMany Moons.\u003c\/i\u003e He worked with such authors as Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (on the Nate the Great series) and Margaret Wise Brown and won both a Caldecott Honor and a Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of children's books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRansom Riggs\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) is the author of the multimillion-copy #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children\u003c\/i\u003e--now a major motion picture by Tim Burton--as well as its bestselling sequels \u003ci\u003eHollow City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLibrary of Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and the companion volume \u003ci\u003eTales of the Peculiar.\u003c\/i\u003e He grew up in Florida and now lives in Los Angeles.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753770090784,"sku":"9780143130420","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75a34b417b9bc30c8dd3106057c3ddd2.webp?v=1780027145","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wonderful-o-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}