Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #414557 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 80 pages

About the Author
Kay Thompson (1909-1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s.

The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he wrote himself.

He lives and works in New York City, not far from The Plaza Hotel.

Customer Reviews

AN absolute necessity for the Eloise lover
I purchased this book for my granddaughter, and almost couldn't give it to her because I wanted to keep it for myself! It has the traditional Eloise stories, which are great, but the real jewel here is the back section of the book. In this section you'll find photos of many of the Eloise products through the years, and a lovely history of the little girl and how she grew to be America's most precocious, most lovable six year old.

An original...
I loved the original Eloise and was so happy to be able to share it with my granddaughter. She also loves Eloise. It's nice to pass good reading experiences on.

Eloise book review
I Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove the books
i got my first eloise book when i was 6, and i am now 13 and last year i got my first eloise doll.
i think the book has no age limits, as kay thompson wrote in the front cover of "Eloise" the first book "a book for precious grown-ups".
my mum still sometimes borrows my copy to read.
there are alot of things in it that you dont pick up on the first time you read it, and only now am i getting some of the jokes in it.
i agree, to hard for a 4 year old, but it should go from 6-106 years old.
once you have met eloise, she stays in your family forever.
(go to www.meeloise.com for more eloise stuff, and also www.eloisewebsite.com is good too!)