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P E N G U I N T H R E A DS Little Women Louisa May Alcott Introduction by Jane Smiley; Notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Foreword by Gregory Maguire The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum And Other Wonderful Books of Oz: The Emerald City and Glinda of Oz Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jack Zipes Covers by Rachell Sumpter Bringing together traditional handicraft with cuttingedge book design, the Penguin Threads series has already created a huge buzz among the art and book-collecting communities. This latest set features three beloved children’s books with cover art by painter and illustrator Rachell Sumpter, who brings a unique, whimsical sensibility to the Threads. With vivid colors and ambitiously intricate details, these additions to our innovative series commissioned by award-winning creative director Paul Buckley are rich works of art to be cherished and shared. Praise for the Penguin Threads series: “ Breathtaking . . . Major kudos to publisher Penguin Books for such a beautifully art-directed and realized series of covers. . . . Modern, sweet, beautiful. Inspired.” —Sublimestitching.com “ When it comes to covers, Penguin is hard to beat. But somehow, the publisher just keeps upping the ante.” —Booklicious (bookliciousblog.com) “ In a time of downloads, E-Ink and Kindles, it is nice to see that Penguin still strives to produce beautifully designed physical books. . . . Miss Tamaki is one talented artist and her collaboration with Penguin is a match made in book heaven.” —PhillyBurbs.com louisA MAy AlCott (1832–1888) is best known for her selfreflective children’s books Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. kenneth gRAhAMe (1859–1932) was a British bank secretary who had written The Wind in the Willows for his only child, Alastair. l. fRAnk BAuM (1856–1919) published numerous children’s books and is best known for his hugely popular Oz series. JAne sMiley is the author of more than ten works of fiction, including A Thousand Acres, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, as well as a biography of Charles Dickens for the Penguin Lives series. She lives in Northern California. gRegoRy MAguiRe is the bestselling author of Wicked, the basis for the Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. JACk ziPes is an award-winning scholar of folklore and children’s literature. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RAChell suMPteR lives and works on a tiny island in the Puget Sound, Washington, with her husband and fellow artist Jacob Magraw-Mickelson and their two children. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Jack Hanley, Allston Skirt, and Richard Heller galleries, and featured in The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and McSweeney’s.
The coveted Penguin Threads series continues with three more enchanting, beautifully sewn covers by a talented visual artist n All titles in the Penguin Threads series are Deluxe Editions featuring french flaps, deckle edge paper, and sculpt-embossed covers that mimic the texture of embroidery n Coming in Spring 2012: Focus Features’s 3D animated film Dorothy of Oz starring Glee’s Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, Kelsey Grammer, and Patrick Stewart n The Wind in the Willows is currently in production as a major feature film starring Ricky Gervais to be released later in 2012 n The Wizard of Oz features the original art by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill throughout Little Women iSBN 978-0-14-310665-4 528 pp. Pub history: previous edition 978-0-14-310501-5; Penguin Classic pb 978-0-14-039069-8 The Wind in the Willows iSBN 978-0-14-310664-7 240 pp. Pub history: Penguin Classic pb 978-0-14-303909-9 The Wizard of Oz iSBN 978-0-14-310663-0 432 pp. Pub history: Penguin Classic pb 978-0-14-118085-4 All: $16.00 ($17.00 CAN) Literature 5 5 /8 x 8 7 /16 Rights: DW On sale: 4/24/2012 A Cornerstone Selection SuGGeSTeD ORDeR SuGGeSTeD ORDeR SuGGeSTeD ORDeR Also AvAilABle fRoM Penguin ClAssiCs: Black Beauty 978-0-14-310647-0 $16.00 Emma 978-0-14-310646-3 $16.00 The Secret Garden 978-0-14-310645-6 $16.00 PeNGuiN ClASSiC MAy 99
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