Chloe and the Lion - by Mac Barnett (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Mac, the author, fires Adam, the illustrator, over their artistic differences about Chloe, the main character of their book, until Mac realizes both of their talents are needed and they must work together or their story about Chloe will never be finished. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The bestselling, dynamic duo of Mac Barnett and Adam Rex creatively spar as they battle to tell a tantalizing tale in this clever comedy sketch that breaks "the fourth wall".</b><br /><br />Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from--"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barnett, the author of this book. But Adam Rex, the illustrator, thinks a dragon would be so much cooler (don't you agree?). Mac's power of the pen is at odds with Adam's brush, and Chloe's story hangs in the balance. Can she help them out of this quandary to be the heroine of her own story?<br /><b>"Twisty plotting, irreverent dialogue, visual hilarity, and sophisticated book design...an arch package." --<i>Booklist</i><br /><br />Don't miss these other books by Mac Barnett<br /><i>Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem<br />How This Book Was Made<br />Rules of the House<br />Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World)<br />Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History)</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* "Children old enough to understand the constructs of a book will delight in the comedic deconstruction, and adults will enjoy the references to traditional tales, from King Arthur to Frankenstein... Use this book to teach point of view and collaborative process."--<i><b>School Library Journal</b></i><br><br>"Take a vaudeville stage with some flimsy painted scenery, two clay figures that represent Barnett and Rex (<i>Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem</i>), a brash and bespectacled heroine named Chloe (hand-drawn), a lion (also drawn), and some walk-on characters, and you've got a comedy sketch in picture-book form about the chaos involved in collaborative storytelling....Rat-a-tat dialogue and fresh visuals should keep it at the top of the bedtime pile."--<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i><br><br>"The fourth wall is broken to bits in this meta-musing on the creation of a picture book....Storytelling tropes abound, skewered one after another by Chloe's infallible wherewithal, until she secures her just reward. As entertainment the story functions well, combining twisty potting, irreverent dialogue, visual hilarity, and sophisticated book design into an arch package. But beneath the silly surface, children will find a meaningful exposition of just what goes into a successful picture book, and how author, illustrator, and character must collaborate and compromise."--<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mac Barnett</b> is the author of many books for children, including<i> Extra Yarn</i>, illustrated by Jon Klassen, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; <i>The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse</i>, a <i>New York Times </i>bestseller; <i>Sam and Dave Dig a Hole</i>, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award. Other titles include <i>The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, Chloe and the Lion, How This Book Was Made, Count the Monkeys, </i>and<i> Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem</i>. He is the co-author, with Jory John, of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series<i> The Terrible Two</i>. Mac lives in California.<br /><br /><b>Adam Rex</b> is the multi-talented author of books for children, middle readers and young adults, as well as an accomplished illustrator. He has written such beloved picture books as <i>School's First Day of School</i> (illustrated by Christian Robinson), has created both pictures and words for favorites like <i>Are You Scared, Darth Vader?, Nothing Rhymes with Orange, </i>and<i> Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich</i>; and he has illustrated books by bestselling authors like <i>The Legend of Rock Scissors Paper</i> by Drew Daywalt, <i>Chloe and the Lion </i>by Mac Barnett, and <i>Chu's Day</i> by Neil Gaiman. <i>The True Meaning of Smekday</i> was his first novel, followed by <i>Smek for President! </i>and other books for middle and teen readers. He grew up in Phoenix, got a BFA from the University of Arizona, and now lives in Tucson.
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