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Discover the poetry of Carl Sandburg in Poetry for Kids: Carl Sandburg. Carefully chosen for kids, these 35 poems are presented, illustrated, and explained by an expert. There is no better time to introduce children to poetry and literature than during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award 2019 and Information Book Award 2019 and UK School Library Association Information Book Award -...

Junior Library Guild Selection Just Like Beverly follows the life of beloved children's author Beverly Cleary from her early years in Oregon to her career as a successful writer who wrote stories, including the wildly popular Ramona and Henry Huggins...

"Lovely art comes with unusual perspectives on familiar tales about lions, mice and trickster foxes." -Kirkus, starred review "Many children are familiar with Aesop's fables but it is a fair bet that few know much about the storyteller himself.....

A beautifully illustrated and lyrical picture-book biography of eccentric and beloved writer and artist Edward Gorey In this lyrical biography of one of literature's most creepily creative authors and illustrators, kids will learn about the inspiration...

Who could care for a bear? When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his...

Introduce a new generation of readers to the man who wrote the phenomenally beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien for Kids takes young readers through the exciting life of the man who created amazing new worlds and helps...

When Madeleine L'Engle was very small, she marvelled at the stars. They guided her throughout her life, making her feel part of a big and exciting world, even when she felt alone. They made her want to ask big questions - Why are we here? What is my...

When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, he likely had no idea that the story and its main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, would remain so popular nearly two centuries later. Today, readers still find themselves entertained by the story of a...

Before C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, he was a young boy named Jack who spent his days dreaming up stories of other worlds filled with knights, castles, and talking animals. His brother, Warnie, spent his days imagining worlds filled with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635923926Author Emma Bland SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Calkins CreekPublisher Astra Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584302414Author Matthew GollubFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books IncWeight(grams) 164g

This is the story of how Winnie-the-Pooh came to be the nation's favourite teddy bear. Winnie-the-Pooh is one of the best-loved children's characters of all time. But how did he become so popular? In this beautifull book, author Brian Sibley...

This picture-book biography of Gabriel Garcia Mrquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude) traces the Nobel Prize-winning novelists life from his childhood in Colombia to today, using the imagery from his eclectic novels. Full color.Book InformationISBN...

Find out how stories about his son's stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world's best-known children's authors in this informative biography from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series, Who Was?.Born in England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553497601Author Kate KlimoFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A practical guide to Sylvia Plath's works for middle and secondary school students One of the most dynamic and admired poets of the 20th century, Sylvia Plath wrote work about war, motherhood, jealousy, rage, grief, death, and mental illness that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375871580Author Richard BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm)...

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston went on to become a talented...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506466408Author Rochelle MelanderFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Beaming BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156030564Author Melanie RehakFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 205mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250010247Author Ralph FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

An exceptional picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and other beloved children's classics, that's as groundbreaking as the icon herself was-from award-winning, bestselling author Mac...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689714801Author Miriam E. MasonFormat PaperbackImprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 198g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544319592Author Melissa SweetFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series!Ernest Hemingway wasn't just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416939399Author Gary PaulsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 130mm...

A lyrical picture book biography about American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's childhood and the two sisters who inspired her Good things come in threes, like peas like wishes like sisters. Vincent-American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay-began writing and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847808899Author Lisbeth KaiserFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Frances Lincoln Children's BooksPublisher Quarto Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062748690Author Anika Aldamuy DeniseFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 216g

A practical guide to Vonnegut's works for young adults, secondary, and college students Kurt Vonnegut was a prolific American writer whose career spanned more than 50 years. Vonnegut's world is a complex web. His books, short stories, and essays are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780873589086Author Monica BrownFormat HardbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547417462Author Louise BordenFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 275mm * 216mm * 6mm

A practical guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's works for middle and secondary students F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and writer best known for his glamourous novels that detailed life in America's Jazz Age-a term which he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593379578Author Beth KephartFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Newbery Honor Book.Book InformationISBN 9780698118645Author Tomie dePaolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Publisher Putnam...

He was born in the year dynamite was invented (1866) and died a year after the first explosion of the atomic bomb (1946). Herbert George (H. G.) Wells was a man whose life dominated the century and whose ideas both predicted and shaped the future. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781547604272Author Elizabeth BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens BooksPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 446g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732457010Author Brad StricklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Brushmush BooksPublisher Brushmush BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735843882Author Heinz JanischFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint North-South BooksPublisher North-South Books