ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author photography by Moonbot Studios LA, LLC
William Joyce does a lot of stuff, but children’s books are his true bailiwick (Big Time Olie, Sleepy Time Olie, Ollie’s Odyssey, The Man in the Moon, Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, The Mischievians, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which is also an Academy Award®–winning short film, to name a few). He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. Talk to William Joyce and look at upcoming work at @heybilljoyce on Twitter and Instagram.
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Text copyright © 1997 by Jim Henson Pictures. All rights reserved. Under exclusive license to Jim Henson Publishing. “Buddy” and other characters’ names and likenesses are trademarks of Jim Henson Pictures. All rights reserved. The Jim Henson signature logo is a trademark of Jim Henson Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Illustrations copyright © 1997 by William Joyce
Originally published in 1997 by Laura Geringer Books, HarperCollins Publishers.
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Book design by Alicia Mikles, based on an original design by Christine Kettner
The illustrations for this book were rendered in colored pencil and oil (for the jacket).
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ISBN 978-1-4814-8962-1 (eBook)