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One Earth (Hardcover)
Eileen Spinelli; Illustrated by Rogerio Coelho
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R449
R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
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Celebrate our planet and discover easy ways to take care of it with
this picture book that's perfect for budding environmentalists and
nature lovers. Kids can count reasons to love the planet and ways
to protect it in the pages of this conservation-themed book. Gentle
verse reminds the reader of Earth's beauties--starting with "one
wide sweeping sky, two honey bees" and continuing all the way to
"ten fields to plow." The text then starts counting backwards,
listing simple ways children can help, such as reducing waste and
reusing items. The conclusion takes us back to number one with the
book's key message: "One Earth so beautiful. Remember--only one."
At once celebration and challenge, this book will encourage
children to take better care of the planet.
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In My Neighborhood (Hardcover)
Oscar Loubriel; Illustrated by Rogerio Coelho
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R429
R352
Discovery Miles 3 520
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A search for one's place in the world provides the storyline: The
narrator, a drum, feels like an outcast because he alone-unlike his
family and friends-cannot play a melody. Like all kids growing up,
he must find out where he fits. The narrator, a drum, wanders the
streets of Coelho's vividly realised city of musical
instruments-where even the birds sprout miniature trumpets from
their mouths-feeling like an outcast because he alone, among all
his family and neighbours, can't play a melody. He adores his
violin brother, cello father and piano mother but feels he has
nothing to offer to their music. "My father is Cello, and oh, what
a fellow. The tone of his laugh is low, smooth and mellow. But me?
My name's Drum. BOOM-CLACK, RAT-A-TAT. My head is a snare and I
wear a hi-hat. My stomach's a bass drum, my arms are drumsticks and
my only song is CLICK-CLACK, CLACK-CLICK". But one day a trio of
saxophones ask him to join their band and what they tell him gives
him an epiphany "So that's what a drum does! I now understand. I
don't carry a tune; I carry a band". But he must still prove it to
himself, and that takes all his courage. Loubriel's story of
bravery and identity, infused with Latin rhythms and joy, provides
a fine vehicle for Coelho's vibrant technique and palette. Coelho's
city of music bursts with exuberance. In backmatter, Loubriel, a
lifelong drummer, explains how the drum kit lays a song's
foundation. The bass drum is the heartbeat; the hi hat is the
dynamic metronome; the snare drum is the drum kit's singer.
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Nadine Gordimer
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Discovery Miles 3 180
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