Eloise Takes a Trip

by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight, Sonali Fry, Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator)

Overview

Eloise wants to take a trip — but where should she go? She fondly remembers her adventures in Paris, Moscow, and Hollywood before realizing that there's really no place like home.

Readers can use the reusable paper stickers in this book to decorate the worldly and outrageous scenes. This book has a handle so kids can take it wherever they go!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416933434
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	04/24/2007
Series:	Eloise Series
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	370,149
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kay Thompson (1909–1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he wrote himself. He lives and works in New York City, not far from The Plaza Hotel.

Sonali Fry is a children’s book editor who lives in New York City.

Date of Birth:

November 9, 1909

Date of Death:

July 2, 1998

Place of Birth:

St. Louis, Missouri

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

Washington University