Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Oliver Button Is a Sissy
ISBN: 9781481477574
Publication Date: 4 July 2017

This beautiful new edition of Tomie dePaolas progressive 1979 classic stars a special little boy who wont give up on the dreams that make him unique.

Oliver Button is a sissy.
At least thats what the other boys call him.
But heres what Oliver Button really is: a reader, and an artist, and a singer, and a dancer, and more.
What will his classmates say when he steps into the spotlight

About the Author

Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children's book authors and illustrators of our time and the recipient of the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books for Simon &; Schuster, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona , as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy, Charlie Needs a Cloak, Michael Bird-Boy , and Andy, That's My Name.

A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire.