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Quite a Mountain
A Fable for All Ages
2017
First Published
3.83
Average Rating
64
Number of Pages

Award-winning cartoonist Jim Benton presents an all-ages book about following your dreams and the ups and downs of friendship. A bear and a frog decide to climb a mountain. The bear is determined to reach the top, but the frog isn’t so sure. When everyone says you’ve gone far enough, how do you decide to keep going? A whimsical journey of self-discovery, as well as a gentle look at the ups and downs of friendship, this inspirational book features the elegant art and gentle humor of cartoonist’s cartoonist Jim Benton.

Avg Rating
3.83
Number of Ratings
80
5 STARS
31%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Jim Benton
Author · 64 books

Benton began his career in a custom design t-shirt shop where he started designing his own characters. At the same time, Jim did illustrations and artwork for magazines and newspapers. People magazine named him "the most visible cartoonist in America" . Benton also created greeting cards and worked in the magazine and publishing industry. In 1998, his SpyDogs characters became an animated series, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, that aired on Fox Kids. Licensing his own creations brought them widespread attention on products, such as It's Happy Bunny, The Misters, Just Jimmy and more. Benton currently lives in Michigan, where he operates out of his own studio.

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