Little Monster's Sports Fun Sticker Book 75 Reusable Press-On Stickers

Young: Cartwheel Books. Very Good+. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0590486446 . Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. All stickers are included and unused. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some glue residue from a previous store sticker on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front inside cover. "Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book—one that tells its story entirely through the use of pictures. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited with using this format. Five more books in this series followed. He also produced If I Had a Gorilla about the advantages of ape ownership. The book There's a Nightmare in My Closet drew on Mayer's childhood fears of monsters in his room at night. Critics compared the book unfavorably to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are (ironically Mayer and Sendak were friends) , but children and their parents loved the story and it became very popular, with at least 14 editions being released since its publication in 1968, and was featured on Reading Rainbow. An animated special was made, which faithfully followed the book and added two small sections where the boy is playing outdoors at sunset and reflects how the monster will soon come, as well as arranging his planes and toy soldiers around the closet to form a "defense force"." (from Wikipedia) .