Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?
  • Published: 3 December 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375841958
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00

Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?

And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries

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Nursery tale ne'er-do-wells receive justice at the hands of Officer Binky in this humorous, noir-style retelling of classic stories.

Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told from the point of view of a streetwise police officer called Binky, who just happens to be a toad in a suit and a fedora. When Snow White doesn't make it to the beauty pageant, Officer Binky is the first to find the apple core lying by her bed. When an awful giant mysteriously crashes to the ground, upsetting the whole town, Binky discovers exactly who is responsible. Author David Levinthal and illustrator John Nickle retell these classic stories in the style of a 1940s noir detective novel—for kids!
  • Published: 3 December 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375841958
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

David Levinthal

David Levinthal, born in San Francisco in 1949, has been working with toy figures and tableaux as the subject matter for his artwork since 1972. In January of 1997, the International Center of Photography presented a survey of his work from 1975 to 1996. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and was named a 1995 Guggenheim Fellow. His work is included in numerous museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, and The Menil Collection.

Praise for Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?

Praise for Alphabet Explosion! by John Nickle:

"Nickle's finely rendered scenes are imaginative, humorous, and sophisticated, and he incorporates a free-flowing range of artistic styles that adds energy to the pages."--Booklist

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