{"product_id":"how-to-dig-a-hole-to-the-other-side-of-the-world-9780064432184","title":"How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World","description":"'[An] irresistible account of a child's imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what's inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably.' --SLJ. 'An exciting adventure. . . . Illustrations [by Caldecott Medal winner Marc Simont] explode with color and action.' --CS. \u003cp\u003e Best Books of 1979 (SLJ)\u003cbr\u003eChildren's Choices for 1980 (IRA\/CBC)\u003cbr\u003eA Reading Rainbow Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimont, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eL'Illustration, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in \u003cem\u003eA Tree is Nice, \u003c\/em\u003e by Janice May Udry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Stray Dog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimont, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eL'Illustration, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in \u003cem\u003eA Tree is Nice, \u003c\/em\u003e by Janice May Udry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Stray Dog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491480834322,"sku":"9780064432184","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44bb4e20-a1ab-467e-932c-4413da521246.jpg?v=1730541916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-dig-a-hole-to-the-other-side-of-the-world-9780064432184","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}