Morris the Artist

by Lore Segal

Book Overview

You're invited to a birthday party! It's Benjamin's birthday. The present Morris brings to give Benjamin is what Morris would like to get himself, and he refuses to hand it over. But Morris can't have fun at a party while he's holding on to a package. The longer he holds it, the bigger it seems to get. It grows into one enormous nuisance, and the only way to get rid of it is to open it up. Morris's present turns out to be something marvelous for everyone to do. With the colorful Morris and the beautiful and funny pictures, Lore Segal and Boris Kulikov have made a birthday party that young readers will want to come to again and again.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374350639
• ISBN13: 9780374350635
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Frances Foster Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.3" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Join the party

Poor Morris can't bear to part with the gift of paints he brought the birthday boy. The tiny package grows and weighs on Morris until he is unable to enjoy the party. When he's finally ready to give it --the birthday boy has gone on to his other presents. Morris opens the paints and soon has the whole party joining in creating fantastical painting on paper and on themselves. The art draws the reader in, it's peculiar, but appealing with lots of different perspectives, the artist has fun with the sizes of things. A lovely book.