Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups -- Kay Thompson - Hardcover

Eloise has been delighting readers for more than sixty years--though she's still not a day over six!

Eloise is a very special little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. She may not be pretty yet, but she's definitely already a real person. She loves learning about people who aren't boring. Take Eloise home with you and she'll introduce you to life at The Plaza. You'll be glad you did!

Author: Kay Thompson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/30/1969
Pages: 65
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 10.90h x 7.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780671223502
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 31095 / Eloise/The Absolutely Essential Eloise (English)

Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 38

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.