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Great Joy (Hardcover)
Kate Dicamillo; Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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R315
R270
Discovery Miles 2 700
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Just before Christmas, an organ grinder and his monkey appear on the street corner outside Frances' apartment. Frances can see them from her window and, sometimes, when it's quiet, she can hear their music. She can't stop thinking about them, especially after she sees the man and his monkey sleeping outside on the cold street at midnight. Even when it is her turn to speak in the Christmas play, all she can think about is the organ grinder's sad eyes. Everyone is silent until Frances finds the perfect words to share, just in time.
Jane Yolen introduces us to the fickle scarecrow, who decides to
leave his station and dance away the fall night. He leaps through
the fields until he reaches the farmhouse, where he sees a small
light in the window. Inside, a boy is saying his prayers, and he
offers up a special prayer for the corn that will be harvested in
the morning. Humbled, the scarecrow knows what he has to do: He
returns to the field and watches over the corn as only he can.
Masterfully told, with illustrations by award winner Bagram
Ibatoulline, this book has all the makings of a new classic.
The Incredible Journey meets The Mouse and His Child, an enchanting
tale that begs to be read aloud. The magical story of the
adventures of a lost toy rabbit from a New York Times bestselling
author, twice winner of the Newbery Medal. Abilene loves her blue
china rabbit, but Edward Tulane is extremely vain and only loves
himself. On a voyage from New York to London, Edward falls
overboard and from there finds himself on an amazing journey. He
travels with tramps, works as a scarecrow, comforts a dying child
... and finally learns what it is to truly love.
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud china rabbit, loves only
himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him
and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening
to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
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The Matchbox Diary (Paperback)
Paul Fleischman; Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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R243
R175
Discovery Miles 1 750
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A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations.
When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled
home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar
box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of
matchboxes making up her great-grandfather’s diary, containing
objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory.
Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country,
before he could read and write – the olive stone his mother gave
him to suck on when there wasn’t enough food; a hairpin he found
on the boat; a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first
baseball game. With a narrative entirely in dialogue, Paul
Fleischman makes immediate the two characters’ foray into the
past. With warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, Bagram Ibatoulline
gives expressive life to their journey through time – and towards
each other.
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The Matchbox Diary (Paperback)
Paul Fleischman; Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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R237
R187
Discovery Miles 1 870
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Beautifully illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, an inspirational
biography of the Peace rose and its creator digs deep into world
history, botany and the rewards of perseverance. From a young man's
experiments in cross-pollination to the rose that became an
international symbol of hope, this gentle picture book biography,
beautifully illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, is a quiet epic of
war and peace. Francis Meilland was passionate about roses. He
loved their rich perfume, their buds unfurling in the summer sun,
and their petals, soft as lambs' ears. Like his father and
grandfather before him, Francis cultivated flowers on the family
farm in France. In his teens, he set about grafting and
experimenting, determined to create a rose no one had seen before,
and as the world braced for World War II, he rushed cuttings to
rose-growing friends around the globe. Ten patient years later,
word reached him: his rose had not only flourished; people were
calling it the Peace Rose. An ideal gift for science and history
buffs and for gardeners of all ages, this life story of a special
flower is also a love song to living a dream from beginning to end,
through sun and through storm.
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named
Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for
good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him
completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . .
Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the
depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of
an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way,
we are shown a miracle -- that even a heart of the most breakable
kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
Based on a true story and set in a Massachusetts fishing village
during the summer of 1817, this picture book pays tribute to the
beauty and mystery of the ocean as it tells the story of the
legendary Gloucester sea serpent. Full color.
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Bella at Midnight (Paperback)
Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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R217
R196
Discovery Miles 1 960
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Bella has grown up thinking that she was just a simple peasant
girl. But suddenly, Bella's world collapses. First, her best
friend, Julian, betrays her. Then she finds out that she is, in
fact, Isabel, the daughter of a knight who abandoned her in
infancy. And now he wants her back. Bella is torn from her beloved
foster family and tries to accept her new life with her deranged
father and his resentful wife. But when she finds out about a
terrible plot that threatens the kingdom, she sets out on a journey
that will lead her to a destiny far greater than she could have
imagined.
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