Comments on: Will Cuppy http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/08/will-cuppy/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/08/will-cuppy/comment-page-1/#comment-248 John Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:56 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=496#comment-248 <a href='#comment-246' rel="nofollow">@marta</a> - Another fun book by him that my younger sister and I liked was called <i>C-D-B!</i>. On every page was a complete sentence consisting of letters of the alphabet -- which made sense only if you said (or imagined saying) them out loud. The cover illustration showed a man and a child; the man was pointing at a flower -- or rather, at the honeybee flying around it. (My favorite was the cranky little kid being quizzed by an adult: "Y R U Y N G?", something like that.) It's kind of a shame that Steig did the original "Shrek" book; I have a feeling that in 25 years, maybe less, that's all he'll be remembered for. @marta – Another fun book by him that my younger sister and I liked was called C-D-B!. On every page was a complete sentence consisting of letters of the alphabet — which made sense only if you said (or imagined saying) them out loud. The cover illustration showed a man and a child; the man was pointing at a flower — or rather, at the honeybee flying around it. (My favorite was the cranky little kid being quizzed by an adult: “Y R U Y N G?”, something like that.)

It’s kind of a shame that Steig did the original “Shrek” book; I have a feeling that in 25 years, maybe less, that’s all he’ll be remembered for.

]]> By: marta http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/08/will-cuppy/comment-page-1/#comment-246 marta Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:15:19 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=496#comment-246 I don't know Cuppy, but I do know that feeling of loving a writer at one age and then deciding later maybe that love isn't quite what you thought. I do enjoy Steig's illustrations. My son likes his Pete's a Pizza picture book. I don’t know Cuppy, but I do know that feeling of loving a writer at one age and then deciding later maybe that love isn’t quite what you thought.

I do enjoy Steig’s illustrations. My son likes his Pete’s a Pizza picture book.

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