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Reviews

"Irresistible and infectious" -Time Out NY Kids

 

"Playful innocence, rendered with the tenderness and simplicity of a bedtime story." -Book Buds Reviews

 

"Wacky Illusrations" -Kirkus Reviews

 

"Offbeat, yet endearing tale about learning to accept others" -Scholastic Parent and Child

 

"Adults won't mind reading this funny story to their kids multiple times." -curled up with a good kid's book

 

"Slonim's paintings are both silly and clever." -Publishers Weekly

 

"An utterly wacky yarn, matched with surprisingly witty cartoon-style drawings" -The Washington Post

 

"Libraries looking for a book that generates laughs need look no further." -Indianapolis Star

 

"Bright, energetic pictures-- with hilarious details..." The White Ravens International Youth Library

 

"This is a wacky, offbeat book in the most engaging possible way...my daughter was absolutely enchanted by it."   -The Savvy Source for Parents

 

 

He Came With The Couch

 

What's Cute and Blue and Sticks Like Glue??

 

Sophie's family has found the perfect couch, but it comes with something extra, and getting rid of that extra something is impossible. In the end, though, who would want to? This zany tale of upholsterosis (a chronic state of couch-potato-ness) is sure to tickle the funny bones of young readers—and not-so-young-readers too!

 

 

time for a new couch!  

 


not this one! 

 

Who is that back there?
 

the famous Grand Canyon...

 

Find out what happened in He Came With the Couch! 

 

Awards and Honors

  • The Original Art 2005, Museum of American Illustration
  • Publisher's Weekly Silly Salutations of the Season
  • Pottery Barn Kids Selection
  • Mazza Museum Permanent Collection, University of Findlay, OH
  • Bright Horizons Top 3 "Books of Excellence" 2006
  • Best Books of the Year,  The Savvy Source for Parents
  • Virginia Reader's Choice, Recommended Books 2007-2008
  • Washington Children's Choice, Picture Book Nominee 2008
  • Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Nominee 2006
  • Alabama Emphasis on Reading Program Book List 2006-2007

 Korean Translation 2007
 Hebrew Translation 2007 
Spanish Translation 2007 
 
 
He Came With the Couch is available in Spanish 
online from Liberia Norma! 
 
 
Also available in Hebrew.  Contact Chronicle Books for purchasing info.
 

Available in Korean.  Contact Chronicle Books for purchasing info. 
 

 

Here's an interview with David Slonim about He Came with the Couch:  Couch Interview 

Copyright © 2007, David Slonim