CDC? by William Steig - 1984 First Edition - Vintage Child Book, Word Puzzles

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Fun 1984 first edition of CDC? by William Steig, the companion volume to his first puzzler, CDB!

Written and illustrated by William Steig. 1984 first edition. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York.

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"At last, a sequel to CDB!, William Steig's popular puzzler. "Add to the ingratiating quality of Steig's drawings the fun of playing with words made out of letters, and you have a book that is sheer chucklebait," said Zena Sutherland of CDB! in Saturday Review. This companion volume, a flawless formula for laughter, is a bigger, more ingenious, and more fun in every way."

The first page shows a man and woman appearing to waive goodbye to each other. The man, in hat and cowboy boots, is walking away carrying a musical instrument case. The text reads: C U N 10-S-E.

Guesses? Solve the puzzle by reading the letters, numbers, and symbols out loud and pronounce their names rather than sound them out. Answer to the first puzzle: See U N Ten S E = See you in Tennessee!

William Steig (1907 - 2003) was an artist, sculptor, and well-known New Yorker cartoonist, and at age 61 he became a children's book author with the publication of CDB. He also wrote Silvester and The Magic Pebble, for which he won a Caldecott Medal, Abel's Island, Doctor De Soto, and many others. He's also the creator of Shrek, a favorite in our families!

Steig's tribute at The New Yorker -
Newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/william-steig

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Condition*: Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket: Mild shelf wear; small dampstain visible on the back, lower left corner; Blue cloth cover: Bookplate stamped on front flyleaf; faint dampstain on the back, at lower left corner; lower back corner lightly bumped. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.

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