It’s a Whole Great Big Fun Thing — Tomi Ungerer, 1972

It’s a Whole Great Big Fun Thing turns the simple pleasure of reading into an imaginative scene by Tomi Ungerer. A green frog dressed in a suit sits in a small rowboat with an enormous open book, rowing gently across pale blue-green water. Below, a fish appears beside the reeds with a book of its own, continuing the visual joke beneath the surface.

Created in 1972, the poster combines Ungerer’s distinctive humorous illustration with a spacious composition and softly washed color. The cream border and large green headline frame a scene dominated by pale blue, green and warm brown, while fine black outlines give the characters their expressive clarity. The Library of Congress identifies the work as a reading promotion poster and includes it in the Artist Poster filing series.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Tomi Ungerer
• Title: It’s a Whole Great Big Fun Thing
• Original title: It's a whole great big fun thing
• Series: Artist Poster Filing Series
• Date: 1972
• Period: 1970s
• Place of Origin: New York, United States
• Medium: Color print, poster format; sheet 48 × 31 cm

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• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
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