Ludlow Laughs

New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (1985) , so stated. Very Good: Lacks DJ: shows very light shelving wear to the lower extremities; numerous light-toned smudges to the black cloth over boards; a "P" rubber stamped at the front endpaper; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and some rather unsightly cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (10.3 x 8.25 x 0.3 inches) . 32 pages. Illustrated in Color by the author. Black cloth-covered boards. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. Grade Level: 2 - 3. Hardback: Lack DJ. Born with his mouth in a downward curve, Ludlow never smiles. When he becomes an adult, he works in a complaint department, the right place for a grump. But one night, a funny dream coaxes a laugh out of Ludlow while he sleeps. On the following nights, the dream gets funnier, and all the people in the area roar their laughter in tune with Ludlow. A team from a radio station sets up a microphone in his room and the laughter is flashed around the globe until it stops, as suddenly as it had started. Readers discover, however, that great things happen to affect Ludlow thereafter and they will give a cheer for the erstwhile grump. My daughter and I were watching reading rainbow one morning together. & this book was read and it cracked us up so much that we had to have it! ! A truly wonderful book! ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 32 pages .