“My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.”—Edith Wharton
The perfect wumber for every1’s best friend. Get the book to enjoy more wumbers!
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or book long enough to suit me.” —C.S. Lewis
A wumber for book lovers everywhere! Find more wumbers in the book!
Here’s a wumber in honor of the Mars Curiosity Rover! Check out the book for even more wonderful wumbers.
What do you get when you combine a word and a number? A wumber! Paying tribute to William Steig’s CDB!, best-selling book, cre8ors Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld have wri10 and illustr8ed this s2pendous book that is 1derful 4 readers in kindergar10 and up. If we’ve confused you, just take a look at the book—4tun8ly it has helpful pictures. We are sure you will get it ins10tly! Click here to learn more!
What’s a wumber? It’s a word cre8ed with numbers! Here’s a fun excerpt from the new picture book Wumbers by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.
The L8est candid8 4 a Wumber. (I 8 here!)
A shoe-in 4 a Wumber, spotted in Philadelphia.
Two things authors can do that would get most kids grounded:
1. Write in books
2. Draw on walls
I got to do both today at Booktenders in Doylston, Pennsylvania. Here I am putting some scribbles on the wall alongside drawings by famous illustrators like Marc Brown, Dan Yaccarino and David Shannon - such an honor!
I think this is about as close to Yoko Ono that I’ll ever get! this window display at Chronicle Books headquarters (thanks @chroniclebooks for a 1derful visit this am!) (Taken with Instagram)
just the right purse to have with me on book tour! (can u tell what it’s made from?) @chronicleboks
Wumber book 2r upd8, in rhyme!…at the g8, flight is L8, but all is fine when u can caffein8 !!! (see u soon, seattle) @chroniclebooks, @tlichtenheld (Taken with Instagram)
4get the red carpet…a red folding chair with my name and red balloon is wayyyyy more fun and my speed! This is how I was greeted (and how a parking space was saved for me!) by the Red Balloon bookstore in St. Paul last night. We had a Wumbers slumber book party! (Taken with Instagram)
window display at Wild Rumpus bookstore in Minneapolis…they suggest a “wumbers picnic” this summer: pack up some 2na sandwiches, pl8s, and 4ks! no d9 how fun that’d be! (Taken with Instagram)
Jessie at the fabulous Wild Rumpus bookstore drew this “wumberful” sign for my appearance today. how gr8! (Taken with Instagram)
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Get cre8ive and write your own wumbers!
Check out the illustration above and then write 1 caption for each speech bubble in the comments below. (Be sure to use at least 1 wumber in each caption!)
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