Everything Under a Mushroom - Hardcover

by Ruth Krauss (Author), Margot Tomes (Illustrator)

This whimsical classic is a perfect read-aloud book for kids ages 3-7, with charmingly silly rhymes that will inspire giggles and out-of-the-box thinking.

The celebrated author of The Carrot Seed reveals a tiny world where big imaginations roam free...all under a mushroom.

If children were small enough to fit under a mushroom, what would they do? Everything and anything that's fun to do!

This delightfully whimsical book about a tiny under-a-mushroom world is full of fanciful goings-on as the little inhabitants let their imaginations soar.

Rhyming words on every page suggest the games they play. They smile and laugh and pretend they are cows... They set up a little town, complete with a pizza stand... They watch the moon come up and pretend they are little stars... They become flowers in a garden who greet a beautiful morning.

It's all wonderful nonsense, and just the kind of "let's pretend" fun that appeals to kids. Even the tiniest readers (and listeners) will be enchanted with this very special world.

Author Biography

Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) was a playwright and a poet as well as an author for children. Her book A Hole Is to Dig was written collaboratively with nursery-school students and was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The many outstanding illustrators Krauss worked with in the course of her long career include Marc Simont, with whom she collaborated on The Backward Day, published by NYRB Kids, and her husband, Crockett Johnson, the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Margot Tomes (1917-1991) was an American artist and illustrator of children's books. Two books she illustrated were cited by The New York Times as among the best children's books of the year: Jack and the Wonder Beans in 1977 and If There Were Dreams to Sell in 1984. She is also known for illustrating books by Judith St. George and Aileen Fisher, and by the Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz.