Lester Fizz
Bubble Gum Artist
By Ruth Spiro; Thor Wickstrom
(Dutton Children's Books, Hardcover, 9780525478614, 32pp.)
Publication Date: August 2008
Categories: Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Humorous Stories, Art (painting sculpture artists architecture etc.)
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Everyone in the Fizz family is an artist. Everyone except Lester, whose paintings are pitiful and doodles are drab. Lester doesn't think he'll ever be an artist, until the day a mouthful of gum becomes a work of art on Lester's talented lips. Drawing inspiration from all directions, Lester develops his special talent for artful bubbles and blows the competition away!
Full of wordplay, tongue-in-cheek humor, clever art references, and notes about the famous works referenced in Thor Wickstrom's exuberant illustrations, this is a delight for young artists and bubble-gum fans.
Ruth Spiro lives in Deerfield, Illinois.
Thor Wickstrom lives in Massachusetts.
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