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In a story of perseverance and determination told with warmth and
sparkling with humour, a short winter day finds Samuel and Papa
walking a long road on Samuel's first trading trip. Meeting
strangers, practicing good manners, and proud to be in Papa's
company, Samuel watches and learns as Papa trades up from almost
nothing to the milk cow Mama is yearning for. Simple text combines
with vivid illustrations for a satisfying tale that will resonate
with readers who enjoy an adventure with dad.
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Breaking Stalin's Nose (Paperback)
Eugene Yelchin; Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
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R271
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Discovery Miles 2 160
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"Breaking Stalin's Nose" is one of "Horn Book"'s Best Fiction Books
of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young
Pioneers since the age of six: "The Young Pioneer is devoted to
Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism.""A Young
Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to
conscience.""A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize
shortcomings."But now that it is finally time to join the Young
Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems
to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He
accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And
worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested
just last night. Eugene Yelchin's moving story of a ten-year-old
boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in
its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility.
Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.
Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom ― from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain’s host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double crosses, blunders, and cultural misunderstandings throws these two bumbling scholars into the middle of an international crisis that may spell death for them ― and war for their nations.
Witty mixed media illustrations show Brangwain’s furtive missives back to the elf kingdom, while Werfel’s determinedly unbiased narrative tells an entirely different story. A hilarious and biting social commentary that could only come from the likes of National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson and Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin, this tale is rife with thrilling action and visual humor ... and a comic disparity that suggests the ultimate victor in a war is perhaps not who won the battles, but who gets to write the history.
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Guys Read: Heroes & Villains (Paperback)
Jon Scieszka, Christopher Healy, Sharon Creech, Cathy Camper, Laurie Halse Anderson, …
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R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read
Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an
array of characters-with and without capes. Featuring ten all-new,
original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to
contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the
most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this
collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers
for good-or evil. Authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy
Camper and Raul Gonzalez, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher
Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Munoz Ryan, Lemony
Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin, with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.
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