Betsy and Me
Title | Betsy and Me PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Cole |
Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
Pages | 122 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1560978783 |
Having mastered comic books and gag cartoons, in 1958 Jack Cole set his sights on the cartoonist's pot of gold—a syndicated newspaper strip. He hit the bull's-eye with Betsy and Me, a breezy domestic farce focusing on a middle-class urban couple and their smart-aleck genius son. Betsy and Me was an instant success and newpapers were lining up to buy it. Then, with only two-and-a-half month's worth of strips completed, Cole purchased a .22 caliber pistol and ended his life. For Betsy and Me, featuring city dweller Chet Tibbit's day-to-day stuggles and achievements, Cole stripped his style down to its bare essentials, creating a strip that sparkles with economy, wit, and charm. What gave the strip its edge, however, was Cole's innovative storytelling. As R.C. Harvey writes in his introduction, "Cole's storytelling manner was unique: the comedy arose from the pictures' contradicting the narrative prose. Cole's fatuous protagonist and narrator would say one thing in the captions accompanying the drawings, but the pictures of his actions showed the opposite, revealing [him] to be a trifle pretentious and wholly delusional." Harvey's intro also serves as a biographical sketch and sheds light on the circumstances surrounding Cole's suicide. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.9px Arial; color: #424242}
You're Not the Boss of Me
Title | You're Not the Boss of Me PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Brown Braun |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2010-04-20 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0061991503 |
For every parent who has ever wanted to scream, “Save me! My child is acting like a brat!” there’s You’re Not the Boss of Me. Filling a critical void in parenting manuals, revered childhood development and behavior expert Betsy Brown Braun, bestselling author of Just Tell Me What to Say, dispenses invaluable advice on how to brat-proof kids during the formative ages 4 through 12.
You Hear Me?
Title | You Hear Me? PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Franco |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2001-05-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780763611590 |
An anthology of stories, poems, and essays by adolescent boys on issues that concern them, including identity, girls, death, anger, appearance, and family.
Looking for Me
Title | Looking for Me PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy R. Rosenthal |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 054761084X |
In 1936 Baltimore, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, one of twelve siblings, tries to find her place in her overcrowded family.
Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini
Title | Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Uhrig |
Publisher | Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-09-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1534467653 |
A young boy attempts to transform his aunt’s boring children’s book into an exciting one in this funny, fast-paced adventure perfect for fans of the Book Scavenger series! Books aren’t supposed to be dangerous. Are they? Alex Harmon prefers running over sitting still reading. But when his aunt offers to pay him to point out the boring parts in her children’s book, he figures it’s an easy way to make ten bucks. The problem is that her book is about a grumpy frog and a prize-winning zucchini. It doesn’t have only a few boring pages…the whole thing is a lost cause. Alex gives his aunt some ideas to help her out—like adding danger and suspense. But books can’t just be interesting. They also have to be believable. Soon Alex recruits his friends to help him act out scenes so he can describe all the important details. He’s even getting plot twists from a mysterious stranger (who might also be a ghost). Too late, Alex discovers that being a real-life stunt double for a fictional character can land you in terrible trouble—even if your friends are laughing their heads off!
Betsy and the Great World
Title | Betsy and the Great World PDF eBook |
Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1996-03-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0064405451 |
Betsy tours Europe in 1914.
The Moon and I
Title | The Moon and I PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Byars |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1996-09-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0688137040 |
The Moon that inspires Betsy Byars's memoir isn't the one in the sky, but a huge, harmless blacksnake she finds in the rafters of her porch. This meeting begins an exploration of the writing process. With energy, wit, and delight, the Newbery medalist shows how "the good scraps" of her life, from a bully named Bubba to a gift-wrapped dime, weave into her work.