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Verlag: Holiday House Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682635023ISBN 13: 9781682635025
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Kocsmiersky, Jenn (illustrator). Neuware - When family visit from India, Nina Soni has the opportunity to be the perfect hostess, but her annoying cousin Montu and her own assumptions and intentions may complicate matters. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Holiday House Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823453278ISBN 13: 9780823453276
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Stadtlander, Becca (illustrator). Neuware - Scientist. Artist. Rule-breaker. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World.In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like they'd never seen before.As a self-taught artist and scientist, Marianne North challenged gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. Her technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters.Laurie Lawlor deftly chronicles North's life, from her restrictive childhood to her wild world travels to the opening of the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens to her death in 1890. The North gallery at Kew Gardens remains open to the public today.Becca Stadtlander's award-winning lush, verdant artwork pairs wonderfully with the natural themes.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students 48 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Holiday House Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 082345116XISBN 13: 9780823451166
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Rohmann, Eric (illustrator). Neuware - Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life! Now available in paperback.An Orbis Pictus Honor BookSelected for the Texas Bluebonnnet Master ListFinalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon BookA tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly Not yet! Apis builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. And finally, she begins her new life as an adventurer. The confining walls of the hive fall away as Apis takes to the air, finally free, in a brilliant double-gatefold illustration where the clear blue sky is full of promise-- and the wings of dozens of honeybees, heading out in search of nectar to bring back to the hive. Eric Rohmann's exquisitely detailed illustrations bring the great outdoors into your hands in this poetically written tribute to the hardworking honeybee. Award-winning author Candace Fleming describes the life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Similar in form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid, Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees.A New York Public Library Best Book of the YearA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Shelf Awareness, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and more!A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the YearA Booklist Editor's Choice 40 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Holiday House Inc Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823453375ISBN 13: 9780823453375
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A lush and beautiful fantasy set in a world where music is magic and the fate of many thrones lies with one girl?Twelve-year-old Elissa has been raised in seclusion as a devotee of the Mother Goddess. She is a special child, a blessed child, a child who can sing miracles into being. Her voice can heal wounds, halt landslides, cure hungerand even end wars. But there are those who would use her gift for darker things. And when Elissa finds herself the farthest from home she's ever beenalong with her vain and jealous music tutor, Lucioshe will have to develop the judgment to decide who wants to use her song to heal? and who wants to use her song to hurt. "Unique."The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"Excellent."Booklist"Captivating."School Library Connection "Enthralling."YA Books Central "Alluring."School Library Journal 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Holiday House Inc Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823450988ISBN 13: 9780823450985
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A boy struggling to fall asleep peeks beneath his covers to find a world filled with nighttime adventures under a starry, tented sky.Watson is having trouble sleeping. He lies awake at night, doing his best not to think about the lurking, creeping things that might be hiding in his closet or under his bed. But the more he tries, the harder it gets.Then he notices a mysterious light coming from under his covers. When he takes a peek he discovers a beautiful, tented night sky full of twinkling stars. And because he isn t sleepy, he follows a path the stars show him. It leads him through a forest and onto an adventure that includes friendly creatures and a magical trolly ride to a tiny island with a very tall tower and finally, sleep.Landis Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident by David Carlson. His quirky and wonderful work is perfect for fans of Edward Gorey. With his debut picture book, The Night Tent, he celebrates the exploration of imagination and possibility that becomes so potent in the late hours of the night.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
Verlag: Holiday House Inc Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823443426ISBN 13: 9780823443420
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Based on true-life histories, Buffalo Flats shares the epic, coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1800s.Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like hera girl filled with ideas and opinions Someone gallant and exciting like Levi Howard Or a man of ideas like her childhood friend Coby Webster Rebecca decides to set her sights on something completely different. She loves the land and wants her own piece of it. When she learns that single women aren't allowed to homestead, her father agrees to buy her land outright, as long as Rebecca earns the money 480 dollars, an impossible sum. She sets out to earn the money while surviving the relentless challenges of pioneer lifethe ones that Mother Nature throws at her in the form of blizzards, grizzles, influenza and floods, and the ones that come with human nature, be they exasperating neighbors or the breathtaking frailty of life. Buffalo Flats is inspired by true-life histories of the author's ancestors. It is an extraordinary novel that explores Latter-Day Saints culture and the hardships of pioneer life. It is about a stubborn, irreverent, and resourceful young woman who remains true to herself and discovers that it is the bonds of family, faith, and friendshipeven romance--that tie her to the wild and unpredictable land she loves so fiercely.
Verlag: Holiday House Inc Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0823445100ISBN 13: 9780823445103
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Rose, Tiffany (illustrator). Neuware - A young girl stops to call out all the sights and sounds on her morning trip to pre-school, but that s not what makes her late it is her dad s goodbye hug.Kate was late for preschool, but not for the reasons you might expect. It wasn t because her daddy brushed her hair into poofs, or because they slowed to say hello to neighbors on the way to the bus stop. It wasn t even because she had to wave to all the trucks, cars, and street cleaners on the road. No, Kate was late because just after they arrived at school, her daddy swooped in to give her a great big goodbye hug that lasted a very long time. Janice N. Harrington is the Ezra Jack Keats Award winning author of Going North. With Hurry Kate or You ll be Late, she has teamed up with illustrator Tiffany Rose to create a delightful picture book about a vehicle obsessed girl and her very patient father.