The Worlds of William Joyce
"William Joyce's illustrated books for children are
marvels of wit and wonder..."
– NPR​​​
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Santa Calls
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"A Christmas story that Jules Verne and Gene Autry might have come up with together."
– The New Yorker
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"A tour de force that should not be missed."
– School Library Journal
(starred review)
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"A glorious stocking stuffer of a book. Joyce combines fast-paced narrative with his witty, infectious illustrations. With insouciant confidence, the author brilliantly meets the challenge of giving a fresh rendition to the stalest of visual cliches, Santa Claus."
– The New York Times
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"Once you enter Joyce's world, you'll never want to leave."
– Newsweek
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"William Joyce creates books for young children that adults can't wait to read."
– Entertainment Weekly
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The Man in the Moon
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"A fabulous recapturing of an old, real fairy-tale world. Dark. Mysterious. Stunning!"
– Maurice Sendak
Caldecott-winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are
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"William Joyce, to put it simply, is a genius, and we are lucky to have another book from him. The Man in the Moon is filled with tenderness, love, and enchantment. It's an unforgettable story, which will, I predict, take its rightful place
in the hearts of children everywhere."
– Brian Selznick
Author/illustrator of Caldecott-winning of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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"Each of William Joyce's books has been more beautifully painted, more magically imagined, and more deliciously written than the one that came before.
The Man in the Moon is the latest dazzling matsterpiece -
the one we Joyceans, young and old, have been pining for."
– Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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A Day with Wilbur Robinson
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"Weirdly wonderful... This guy has a vision all his own."
– ALA Booklist
(starred review)
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"Joyce is arguably the most original talent working in the children's-book field today. Who else could have created a family as endearingly wacky as the Robinsons? Joyce's style as an artist is as exuberantly zany and distinctive as his writer's imagination. Buy two copies, one for the kids and one for yourself."
– Los Angeles Times
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"A charming. new-fangled, old-fashioned book."
– The New York Times Book Review
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"William Joyce: One of the Top 100 People to Watch in the New Millennium."
– Newsweek
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The World of William Joyce Scrapbook​​
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"The king of kiddy lit... Joyce is arguably the most original talent working in the children's book field today."
– The Los Angeles Times
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"William Joyce creates books for young children that adults can't wait to read."
– Entertainment Weekly
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"Everything he touches is so much fun. What I love about his stuff
is his wonderful view of life."
– John Lasseter
Director of Toy Story
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"If I were placed up against a wall and threatened with popguns and peashooters if I didn't name my favorite currently active children's book illustrator,
I would probably pick William Joyce."
– The Washington Post
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"William Joyce's elegant but anarchic books extend a grand tradition of kids' entertainment that embraces Beatrix Potter, King Kong and N.C. Wyeth."
– The New Yorker
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Bently & Egg
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"A classic tour-de-force."
– The Horn Book
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"An engaging story of 'eggnapping,' the cycle of nature, and the nature of friendship."
– School Library Journal
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"Bently, a veritable Indiana Jones of his species..."
– The Washington Post