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Tell Me a Mitzi (New York Review Books Kids) Hardcover – Picture Book, June 25, 2024

by Lore Segal (Author), HARRIET PINCUS (Illustrator)
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Three hilarious, quirky tales about a young city girl's adventures big and small.

Mitzi lives with her mother and father and her baby brother in the big city where every day is an adventure. Or at least Mitzi makes it one, though sometimes the adventure is more than a little surprising. One day it’s time to pay an impromptu visit to her grandparents. And what will happen when the president comes to town? Who knows what Mitzi will get up to next?

In Tell Me a Mitzi Lore Segal’s droll dialogue and off-kilter storytelling is beautifully matched by Harriet Pincus’s gritty and colorful illustrations. These are stories that capture childhood in all its puzzlement, resourcefulness, and unsentimental wonder.
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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    40 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Dimensions
    10.65 x 0.39 x 9.3 inches
  6. Publisher
    NYRB Kids
  7. Publication date
    June 25, 2024
  8. ISBN-10
    1681377950
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1681377957
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"Author and illustrator have caught the essence of childhood in this captivating picture book. The three stories mix fantasy with reality and are told with naturalness and warmth. The illustrations, so filled with details and surprises they invite repeated scrutiny, have verity and vitality, poignancy and endearing humor." —Booklist, starred review

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"A remarkable joint tour de force." —The Washington Post Book World

"This is possibly one of the funniest books in print." —The Saturday Review

"Thanks to Lore Segal's antic words, and Harriet Pincus's antic pictures, children will find Tell Me a Mitzi a hilarious picnic." —Publishers Weekly

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"[The first book I fell in love with] was a children's book called Tell Me a Mitzi by Lore Segal and illustrated by Harriet Pincus. My mother used to read this to me every night before I went to sleep.... I loved it because it was about the pleasures of radical independence and the discovery of the world." —Ottessa Moshfegh

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About the Author

Lore Segal is a novelist, translator, short story writer, and author of children's books. Born in Vienna, she was raised in England after her parents sent her away during Hitler's rise to power. Segal has written five novels, including Other Peoples' Houses and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Shakespeare's Kitchen, and eight books for children. She lives in New York City.

Harriet Pincus (1938–2001) was born in the Bronx and her first illustrated book was The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and Broom Handle and Who Was in It (1967) by Carl Sandburg. She illustrated other books and wrote one of her own, Minna and Pippin (1972).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ NYRB Kids (June 25, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1681377950
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1681377957
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.65 x 0.39 x 9.3 inches
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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Choux Goûter
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, fascinating illustrations and good punchlines
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2011
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These three stories - which I remembered vividly from my own childhood - became a treasure for my own 3 y.o. In the first, Mitzi wakes early and decides to dress her baby brother and take him to visit their grandparents. Feeding, dressing, elevator, etc. She gets as far as the back seat of a cab, but she doesn't know the address, and the whole story unfolds in reverse. This story is so immediate for kids, because they think they know how to do so much and yet there are certain obstacles they still can't overcome. The other two stories are more of these iterative exercises. The pictures summon a Lower Manhattan where kids sat on stoops and stores sold gum, but the people are dressed for Nixon's re-election. The faces are a wink to the grandchildren of greenhorns.
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Amanda Kobayashi
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it !
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013
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I received this book when my oldest daughter was around 3 or 4, I think, soon after I gave birth to twins.
All three of my children loved the book, but especially my oldest. We read it and read it and read it again.
Our first copy is completely worn out.

My children are now in their 20's, and we still have 2 shelves of our favorite children's illustrated books.
Tell Me A Mitzi is one of the prizes in children's literature, wonderful stories and wonderful illustrations.

Lore Segal did not write many books. This is her only children's book, I think. Among her very few other books,
My First American was written for adults, but it is also an absolute prize.
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C.B
4.0 out of 5 stars One Of Our Favorites
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2016
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Not as much fun as Tell Me A Trudy, but still a cute book.
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Lana
5.0 out of 5 stars A quirky favorite!
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
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My parents read this to me as kid (and I loved it) so I bought it mainly for nostalgia, (not expecting my kids to really like it, since it is not your typical children's book). The illustrations are a little strange, but apparently they have a certain charm since I as a child, and now my own children, really enjoy the pictures as well as the stories. I really was happily surprised that my own kids seem to like this book as much as I did! I wish there were more Mitzi stories, for my sake as well as for my kids!
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Ellen Tro
5.0 out of 5 stars Glad to have found I
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
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Used to read this book to our daughter and she is 47 years old. Now I reading it to her two children.
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Catherine Birdsall
5.0 out of 5 stars We all love it, I was surprised I’d never heard of ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2017
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So simple in inception, but impeccably written and fascinating to my 3 1/2 year old daughter. It perfectly captures the way children think but is secretly and adult book. We all love it, I was surprised I’d never heard of her children’s books, Lore Segel who writes fiction and short fiction. Highly recommend!!
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Diane
5.0 out of 5 stars All my kids love this book and still love to read it
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018
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This bill ok is a treasure! I read this to my kids and now I’m reading it to my granddaughter. All my kids love this book and still love to read it. Highly recommend it!!!!
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Howard Isenberg
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
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Very funny!
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5.0 out of 5 stars New and good
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