Personal Appearance by Award Winning Childrens Book Author Paul O. Zelinsky

Rochester, MN ---- Paul O. Zelinsky, Winner of the 1997 Caldecott Medal for Rapunzel will be signing copies of his newest book Knick-Knack Paddywack! Saturday, September 28th, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Pied Piper bookstore.

Artist extraordinaire, Paul O. Zelinsky, has created his first moving-parts book since the best-selling Wheels on the Bus. To the verses of "This Old Man," he has constructed an ingenious visual narrative. A young boy goes outside with his dog and skateboard. Along the way, children can push tabs, turn wheels, or lift flaps to see a different-but always engaging-old man appear out of hiding and play Knick-Knack, holding a numeral. By similarly clever mechanics, each old man's dog chases a bone, and the men roll home. A paper-engineering extravaganza at the end shows us where everyone has been heading and what playing Knick-Knack really means. With more moving parts than in his earlier book and fabulously appealing characters, this takes the interactive book to a new level.
Paul Zelinsky was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Yale University, where he took a course with Maurice Sendak, which later inspired him to pursue a career in children's books. Afterwards he received a graduate degree in painting from Tyler School of Art, in Philadelphia and Rome. Paul Zelinsky lives in New York with his wife, Deborah and their two daughters
Pied Piper Books and Music is located in Miracle Mile Shopping Center at
8 17th Ave. NW Rochester, MN 55901
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