Secret Lives of Walter Mitty and of James Thurber
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The WISP series (short for Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces) represents an ingenious marriage of two creative forces: the artistry of today's foremost children's book illustrators and the literary legacy of beloved authors of popular short works for adults. The resulting offspring of this union are captivating, full-color illustrated editions of timeless classics that readers will want to savor and collect. For the first time ever, the series makes selected popular short works previously offered only in collections available in a unique, stand-alone format. Also for the first time, WISPs harness the talents of top children's book illustrators for the benefit and delight of a new, older audience. The unique appeal of WISPs is brought to life in Marc Simont's The Secret Lives of Walter Mitty and James Thurber, which imaginatively renders the fantastic adventures of the famed protagonist in Thurber's beloved story, first published in 1939. Also included in this edition are Simont's renderings of Thurber's tongue-in-cheek autobiographical essay "The Secret Life of James Thurber", which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1943 and is not widely available. These one-of-a-kind, attractively priced and invitingly formatted illustrated editions will make a great impulse buy with broad appeal.
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This is another of the series, Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces. I like this series and I want to find more of it. The publishers have taken short stories and essays from the past and teamed up the pieces with a suitable illustrator to make a, yes, Wonderfully Illustrated Short Piece. This is the second book in the series that I've read and I loved. I'm raving about it. I have put the other two in the series on my wishlist and I hope the publishers will continue to find great short works for this series.
