The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

Book Overview

It's bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you've lost your head, especially if it's an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen. In any case, the man who loses his head in The Man Who Lost His Head isn't about to grin (that is, if he could grin) and bear it. No, he'll make himself a new one, and starting with a pumpkin and moving on to a parsnip and finally picking up a block of wood, he sets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590173325
• ISBN13: 9781590173329
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A great story with cool illustrations!

I am 8 years old and I love this book. My mother received this book for Christmas from my uncle. She used to have it when she was a little girl. I think the story is very funny and imaginative. I especially like the drawings of the pumpkinhead and parsniphead. I recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humor.

WOW I finally found a copy of it!

This was my favorite childhood book. I read this book over and over again. It is humorous and quite a tale!

One of the Great Children's Books

I can't believe this great book is out of print! Robert McLoskey's pictures are hilarious, and at the same time nostalgic. Waking up one morning to discover that his head is missing, our poor man tries various substitutes. As he visits the county fair, his friends and neighbors hardly seem to notice that he has substituted a pumpkin or a turnip for his missing head. The story's ending is safe and predictable as he finally wakes up in bed with his own head properly in place. For the sake of the current generation, I hope publishers will rediscover this lost classic

Hillarious!

The first time my father read me this book, he fell of the chair laughing! I was right behind him!