Tomie dePaola

Text and photographs introduce the biography of Tomie dePaola, a famous author and illustrator.

26 Fairmount Avenue

Tomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "…

The American flag

Animals. American History. Earth Science. Geography. Health. Space. True Books covers all this and more in photo-filled chapter books that provide a basic introduction to curriculum-relevant topics. Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and an index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Inte…

Bigmama's

Donald Crews, the Caldecott Honor artist and award-winning creator of Freight Train, Truck, and many other classic picture books for young children, writes of his own childhood experiences visiting his grandparents in Florida. Share this book at home or in the classroom. Everyone will enjoy the memories of a perfect day in the country, exploring and playing, and the connections among family mem…

Cool melons--turn to frogs! : the life and poems of Issa

Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing haiku as a young child. Matthew Gollub has integrated the story of Issa's life and selections of his best-known work with Kazuko Stone's visual interpretations in the form of whimsical watercolors. Full color.

She made a monster : how Mary Shelley created Frankenstein

A 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path her own mother, Mary Wollstonecraft…

Flags of the world

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781840844627

Collation

12 pages : illustration ; 30 cm

Series Title

Action sticker book

Call Number

929.9 MOR

Italy

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0333466020

Collation

46 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Series Title

People & places

Call Number

945 TOL

Greece

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0333466144

Collation

46 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Series Title

People & places

Call Number

949.5 ARD

You wouldn't want to be a Viking explorer : voyages you'd rather not make

Living in 10th century Norway, you are keen to join other Viking explorers in the search for a new life elsewhere. You will travel vast distances across the ocean in a long ship and face many perils along the way. Do you really want to be a Viking explorer? It'a a dangerous and difficult job. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.