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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world. A visionary, Henson always believed that puppets could reach a wider audience. Henson's story celebrates and encourages creative thinking, determination, and courage. Full color.
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"Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
Bieschke guides readers through the art and history of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history. Though little recorded history exists for events before the mid-1600s, anti-colonial...
3) Imagine
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"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life."-- dust jacket.
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Rye O'Chanter has seen a lot of strange things happen in Village Drowning. She and her friends have grown up on Drowning's treacherous streets -- its twisted rooftops and forgotten cemeteries are their playground. Now a terrifying encounter on the night of the Black Moon has Rye convinced that the monstrous, supposedly extinct Bog Noblins have returned from the forest Beyond the Shale. There's nobody left who can protect the village. There was once...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Christina Stead became one of the greatest writer's Australia has produced and one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Her books, especially The Man Who Loved Children (1940), have attracted admirers throughout the English-speaking world and have been translated into many other languages. Through her long life she cared nothing for publicity or reviews. In her long life, she only agreed to one filmed interview. This is it. Over two days...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A profile of Adriana Lisboa, Brazilian author, winner of the Jose Saramago Award for her novel Symphony in White, the Moinho Santista Award, and the Outstanding Newcomer of the Year Award from the National Foundation of Books for Children and Youths. Adriana Lisboa grew up in Laranjeiras where her family still resides in the house her grandfather built more than fifty years ago. By all means, Lisboa is a true Carioca, a native of Rio de Janeiro....
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