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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771473507Author Nadia HohnFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Owlkids Books Inc.Publisher Owlkids Books Inc.

This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's books-John Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing...

Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 1990.Book InformationISBN 9780395689820Author Bill PeetFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton...

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

Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all...

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 -...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448467061Author Patricia Brennan DemuthFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780237521189Author Nicola BarberFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Evans Brothers LtdPublisher Evans Publishing Group

"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.....

Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe's ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia family who worked as tombstone merchants. In 1827 he...

A lyrical nonfiction picture book about the inspired life of C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia-from Free as a Bird author-illustrator Lina Maslo. Perfect for fans of The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown and Some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965083317Author Carol Reed-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Paper Crane PressPublisher Paper Crane PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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...

Readers adore Judy Blume for her personal stories about the journey from childhood to adolescence. She has always been an imaginative person and an avid reader. As a child, Judy spent time looking through library shelves for the perfect books, and if she...

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 9780688137045Author Betsy ByarsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 100g

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 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 9781584302414Author Matthew GollubFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books IncWeight(grams) 164g

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...

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.AwardsWinner of Lupine Award (Picture Book) 2008. Commended for Caldecott Medal 2009 and Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2009 and Parents...

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...

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!One of the most iconic monsters of all time comes to life in our What Is the Story Of? series.From his origins in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, through his many movie portrayals in the twentieth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541976924Author Dissected LivesFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Dissected LivesPublisher Dissected LivesWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm...

Published in 1865 by British author Lewis Carroll, this fantasy adventure story introduced the world to Alice and introduced Alice to some very strange but beloved creatures, including The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and The Queen of...

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

Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhill is Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary's heartfelt and relatable memoir-now with a beautifully redesigned cover! Generations of children have read Beverly Cleary's books. From Ramona Quimby to Henry...

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 *...

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved--and frightening!--characters of our time.Find out how Dracula--a smooth-talking count with a dark secret--became the infamous creature we all know and fear.From appearances in films and animated...

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 9780448486772Author Patrick KinneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 120gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448488509Author James BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932096323Author Janet BengeFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Emerald Books,U.S.Publisher Emerald Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and...

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...