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Caps For Sale
''Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business'' is a children's picture book, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina and published by W. R. Scott in 1940. Summary Based on a folktale, the story follows a mustachioed cap-selling peddler (unnamed in the book, he is known as Pezzo in the sequel ''Circus Caps for Sale'') who wears his entire stock of caps on his head. When the peddler goes to sleep under a tree, a troupe of monkeys steal all the caps but his own and put them on. The peddler tries in vain to get the monkeys to return the caps (first shaking his finger, then shaking both of his hands, then stamping one of his feet, and finally stamping both feet), but they only imitate his actions. Finally, he waves his own cap in the air, throws it on the ground in disgust and walks away, causing the monkeys to do the same. The peddler collects all the caps off the ground and goes on his way. Popularity It is Slobodkina's best-known work, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esphyr Slobodkina
Esphyr Slobodkina (russian: Эсфирь Соломоновна Слободкина; September 22, 1908 – July 21, 2002) was a Russian Empire-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book ''Caps for Sale''. Slobodkina was a celebrated avant garde artist and feminist in the middle part of the 20th century. Biography Esphyr Slobodkina (''ESS-phere sloh-BOD-kee-nah'') was born in Chelyabinsk, Russian Empire in 1908.Ari L. Goldman,Esphyr Slobodkina, Artist And Author, Is Dead at 93" ''New York Times'', July 27, 2002. The Russian Revolution of 1917 created an unstable and dangerous climate for their Jewish family and she emigrated with her family to Harbin, Manchuria (China), where she studied art and architecture. Slobodkina immigrated to the United States in 1928. She enrolled at the National Academy of Design. It was there that she met her future husband, Russian-born Ilya Bolotowsky (they divorced in 1938). Along with Ilya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |