That’s Good! That’s Bad!

Written by Joan M. Lexau

Illustrated by Aliki

The original edition of this book was published in 1963 in the Weekly Reading Children’s Book Club collection from American publisher The Dial Press. The book has been unavailable for over 50 years, but was republished for the first time in French by Le Lièvre de Mars. According to the illustrator, Aliki, the most challenging part of the story was to find a way to present the face-to-face meeting of the boy and the tiger in the simplest way possible, while still illustrating all the action in the background.

THEMES

Trick, storytelling, courage

RIGHTS SOLD

Chinese (complex) — Hwai Books

Chinese (simplified) — Hachette Phoenix Beijing

English (USA & Canada) — Prestel

French — Éditions Saltimbanque

French (paperback) — Gallimard Jeunesse

German — Prestel Verlag

Italian — Il Castello

Korean — Pulbit Publishing Co.