Perfect for teachers to read aloud at the beginning of the year and for students to reread and explore on their own, Postcards from Camp is a fantastic and fun-filled book for the classroom. Moreover, each piece of mail is an intricately crafted work of art by Michael and Harry, with illustrations that layer more meaning and richness to the words that each writes. With the exception of a brief prelude and epilogue, the entire story is told through postcards and letters, some of which can be removed from their envelopes and unfolded. Caldecott Award-winning illustrator and author Simms Taback is back with a vibrant and clever interactive picture book. I hope to get it repaired soon.” So begins a hysterical correspondence between father and son, chronicling the evolution of Michael’s summer camp experience. I wish I could have taken you in our car. Sorry you had to take the bus, but I hope the ride was fun. My counselor is an alien, and a vegetarian.” Instead of rescuing his son, Michael’s father, Harry, deliberately ignores the complaints and replies with his own postcard: “Hiya Michael, Aren’t you the lucky one to be at camp?.
The book had been declined by 12 other publishers before Taback sent interactive versions to Viking's editor Regina Hayes.Michael’s summer seems off to a miserable start when he sends his father a postcard from camp, exclaiming, “I HATE camp! Come get me! P-L-E-A-S-E. Taback's breakthrough book as an author-illustrator came with his interpretation of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," which was later described as "a tour de force in innovative book illustration and design" and was a 1998 Caldecott Honour Book.
His original sketches are now held by the Smithsonian Institute. In 2000 his book Joseph had a Little Overcoat, an adaptation of a Yiddish folk song, won the Caldecott Medal. In a career spanning over five decades Taback wrote or illustrated about 50 books for children as well as working for the likes of American Express, Pepsi, Kentucky Fried Chicken, NBC and McDonald's, for whom he designed and illustrated their first Happy Meal box in 1976. Simms Taback was an award-winning children's author and illustrator.
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