David Slonim - He Came with the Couch

To my brother, Robert, and to the memory of Jim Henson First Chronicle Books LLC paperback edition, published in 2021.
Originally published in hardcover in 2005 by Chronicle Books LLC. Copyright 2005 by David Slonim.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. ISBN 9781797211886 (pb), 9781797214733 (epub2), 9781797216720 (epub3), 9781797216713 (Kindle) The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:
Slonim, David.
He came with the couch / by David Slonim.
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Summary: When a family acquires a new couch, they discover that something else comes along with it, and they gain a new friend in the process.
ISBN 0-8118-4430-7
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2004021583 Original book design by Kristine Brogno.
Paperback design by Kayla Ferriera.
The illustrations in this book were rendered in oil paint, pencil, and ballpoint pen on linen. Chronicle Books LLC
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San Francisco, California 94107 Chronicle Bookswe see things differently. Our family needed a new couch. We looked and looked... but we couldnt find a couch we liked. By nighttime all we had found was a tin horn for me and a squeaky bone for Roscoe. By nighttime all we had found was a tin horn for me and a squeaky bone for Roscoe.

Then Dad suddenly hit the brakes. Aha! he cried. Soon we were heading home with a new couch. Who is that back there? I asked. I dont know, said Dad. The next morning he was still there. The next morning he was still there.

So I gave him some toast and let him play with Bonnie. Im Sophie, I told him. Who are you? But he didnt say anything. Can we keep him? I asked. No, said Dad. Mom and Dad tried to persuade him to leave.

But he didnt budge. Maybe hes sick, I said.
So they called the doctor. Its an acute case of upholsterosis, said the doctor. He needs to get out more. So we took him to the Grand Canyon. We took him to Washington, D.C. We took him to Washington, D.C.

But he never left the couch. Mom and Dad said wed just have to get used to him. Great! I said. Then one day a branch snapped and I fell from my tree. Help! I screamed. He saved me! Thats why were all so glad he came with the couch. But it wasnt long before we were off to another rummage sale. She came with the chair! David Slonim is the author-illustrator of Patch; Oh, Ducky!; and I Loathe You. She came with the chair! David Slonim is the author-illustrator of Patch; Oh, Ducky!; and I Loathe You.

He has illustrated more than twenty-five other books, including You Think Its Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt and Moishes Miracle by Laura Krauss Melmed, which was named one of the top ten childrens books of the year by the New York Times. David is also an abstract painter represented and collected nationally. He and his wife, Bonnie, have four adult children and several grandchildren. Visit him at davidslonim.com and davidmichaelslonim.com.