NOTHING EVER HAPPENS ON MY BLOCK

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His name was Carlos Alberto and, as far as he could see, nothing ever happened in his block. He dreamt of parades, haunted houses, ferocious lions and tigers and even fireworkds. But what did he have ? Nothing. Nothing that he could see. But if we look carefully, se might see a couple of things that escaped Carlos Alberto : a fire rages, a man digs up some buried treasure, an unlucky postman, a parachute lands, an ambulance is called and other different scenes that unfold offering a pictorial counterpoint in bright color that will offer hours of fun to readers.

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Born in Milwaukee, EUA, Ellen Raskin was a writer, illustrator, and designer She lived in many worlds: in the world of books; in the world of dreams; and in New York City, where she wrote and illustrated in an 1820 haunted house. As a designer, she created dust jackets for more than 1,000 books including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). After years of illustrating the ideas of others, Ellen Raskin had an idea for her first ever picture book : Nothing Ever Happens on My Block, published in 1966. After that first one she went on writing and illustrating many more. Raskin died at the age of 56 on August 8, 1984, in New York City.