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My Baba's Garden
Jordan Scott; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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The special relationship between a child and his grandmother is
depicted in this sumptuous book by an award-winning team. Inspired
by memories of his childhood, Jordan Scott's My Baba's Garden
explores the sights, sounds and smells experienced by a child
spending time with their beloved grandmother (Baba). He visits her
every day and finds her hidden in the steam of boiling potatoes, a
hand holding a beetroot, a leg opening a cupboard, an elbow closing
the fridge, humming like a night full of bugs when she cooks. This
is a stunning ode to the special relationship between grandmother
and grandchild, needing few words, but rooted deeply in ritual,
touch and feeling.
_______________ 'Original, compulsive, uplifting: this is another
triumph for Balen' - Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of
the Week 'Balen's best book yet: ambitious, funny, spirited,
moving, heartfelt and bold all at once. She's a force to be
reckoned with' - Ross Montgomery _______________ From the author of
October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022, comes a
life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find
room in your heart for new life and new love. Tom is still quiet
and timid, even though his dad has been gone for nearly two years
now. Zofia has a raging storm that makes her want to fight the
whole world until she gets what she wants. And what she wants is
for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud,
unpredictable Zofia just as much, but he's moving into Zofia's
house. Because his mum and Zofia's dad are in love ... and they're
having a baby. Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never
happened. But then Tom's mum gets ill, and it begins to look
horribly like their wish might come true ... A story of learning to
trust, trying to let go and diving into the unknown with hope in
your heart, with a stunning cover illustrated by CILIP Kate
Greenaway Medal winner Sydney Smith. _______________
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Inkling (Paperback)
Kenneth Oppel; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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R228
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I Talk Like a River (Paperback)
Jordan Scott; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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R225
R178
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What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you
tried to speak? After a day of being unable to speak when asked,
and of being stared at, a boy and his father go to the river for
some quiet time. "It's just a bad speech day," says Dad. But the
boy can't stop thinking about all the eyes watching his lips
twisting and twirling. When his father points to the river
bubbling, churning, whirling and crashing, the boy finds a way to
think about how he speaks. Even the river stutters. Like him. "I
talk like a river," he says. An incredibly moving picture book that
offers understanding rather than a solution, and which will
resonate with all readers, young and old. Masterfully illustrated
by Sydney Smith, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.
The seventh volume of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin covers two of the most momentous years in Darwin's life and in the history of science. Begun in 1856, Darwin's big book on species, later published as Natural Selection (Cambridge University Press, 1974) was a little more than half finished when Darwin unexpectedly received a letter and a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace indicating that he too had independently formulated a theory of natural selection. In a letter to his friend, Charles Lyell, Darwin wrote, "So all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed." On the Origin of Species was an abstract of the larger manuscript and was published in 1859. All the extant correspondence surrounding Darwin's receipt of Wallace's letter and the eventual publication of the abstract of Darwin's theory a year later is gathered in this volume. The letters detail the stages in the preparation of what was to become one of the world's most famous works, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. They reveal the first impressions of Darwin's book given by his confidants; including Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Asa Gray. Finally, the letters relate Darwin's anxious response to the early reception of this theory by friends, family members, and prominent naturalists. This volume provides the key to understanding Darwin's remarkable efforts for more than two decades to solve one of nature's greatest riddles--the origin of species. This volume also contains a supplement (1821-1857) of letters which have been located or redated since publication of Volumes One to Six of the Correspondence. Many of these letters appear in print for the first time and provide an interesting and important complement to the correspondence published to date.
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My Baba's Garden (Hardcover)
Jordan Scott; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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R568
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Footpath Flowers (Paperback)
Jon Arno Lawson; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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From award-winning poet JonArno Lawson comes a beautifully
illustrated wordless picture book - an ode to the importance of
small things, small people and small gestures. In this wordless,
beautifully illustrated picture book from award-winning poet
JonArno Lawson, a little girl collects wild flowers while her
distracted father pays her - and their surroundings - little
attention. Each flower the little girl gathers becomes a gift for a
person or animal, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both
giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. An ode to
the importance of small things, small people and small gestures,
Footpath Flowers is a quiet but powerful testament to the joy that
children can find in ordinary things and the mutual value of
giving.
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Sidewalk Flowers (Hardcover)
Jon Arno Lawson; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's
Illustrated Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book
of the Year In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects
wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention.
Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or
ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their
encounter. "Written" by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and
brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an
ode to the importance of small things, small people and small
gestures. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English
Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and
details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Darwin's notebooks provide an invaluable record of his scientific
thinking and most importantly, the development of his theory of
natural selection. This edition of the notebooks, prepared to the
highest standard of textual editing, thus affords a unified view of
Darwin's professional interests. The Red Notebook, used on the
voyage of H. M. S. Beagle and afterwards in England, contains
Darwin's first evolutionary statements. In July of 1837, Darwin
began his 'Transmutation Notebooks' (B - E) devoted to the solution
of the species problem and in the third notebook of this series he
first formulated the theory of natural selection. This volume also
contains Notebook A and the glen Roy Notebook on geology, Notebooks
M and N on man and behaviour and a notebook labelled Questions and
Experiments. Fresh transcriptions have been done for all previously
published manuscripts, with readings made directly from Notebooks
B, C, D and E, presenting them with previously excised pages and
restored to their original sequence.
Part of the The Open Pen Novelettes, Max Sydney Smith's 'I, Nerd'
is a funny and warming meditation on sub-culture under threat.
Robin plays the Game in a club on the top floor of a converted
warehouse. Every week Robin's Halflings do table top battle against
Daemons, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Humans and the forces of Undead. And
every week he loses. But when the twin who collects Elves announces
the club is closing and their weekly games night is on the verge of
being lost forever, the seven friends decide to enter the National
Masters Tournament and so immortalise the club name in the national
rankings. Will Robin overcome his lifelong losing streak and how
much is he prepared to risk to lead his Halfling army to victory?
Set against the backdrop of a sub-culture under threat, this
sharp-edged story-in-miniature is an ode to friendships and the
secret languages that bind them.
This volume covers the culmination of Darwin's work on species. From early in 1856, when he was persuaded that the time had come to publish an account of his heterodox theories through 1857, Darwin's letters document the labor involved in composing his "big species book," his zest for research, and his unflagging determination to succeed. As always, old friends and more recent acquaintances are drawn into the project. Darwin writes for the first time to Alfred Russel Wallace seeking specimens of Malayan fowls. Joseph Dalton Hooker is his sounding board for botanical speculations and Thomas Henry Huxley soon takes up a similar role in matters of comparative anatomy and embryology. William Bernhard Tegetmeier is the provider of pigeons and poultry and Asa Gray dispatches from Massachusetts invaluable botanical data. Darwin fully exploits his gift for drawing the best from his correspondents and, collectively, their letters provide a remarkable survey of what was--and was not--believed about the nature and origin of species in the middle years of the century.
The correspondence in this volume reveals the two sides of Darwin's life in a new intensity. It opens with a tragedy, the death of Darwin's oldest and best loved daughter, Anne, and goes on to show how Darwin sought relief from his loss through his work, with a single-minded but increasingly weary commitment to the completion of his cirripede monographs. In September 1854, as soon as the final proofs of the last barnacle volume had been returned to the printer, Darwin threw himself into a resumption of his species work. He followed up old ideas by initiating new experiments and establishing a worldwide correspondence that encompassed geographical distribution, variation, and plant and animal breeding. The wealth of letters through 1855 makes evident the frenzy of intellectual activity that followed Darwin's terse announcement in his diary: "Sept. 9th (1854) began sorting notes for Species Theory..." These letters are indispensable for the Darwin scholar both historically and biologically, while they provide the general reader with a fascinating look at the scientist at work.
A monk leads a simple life. He studies his books late into the
evening and searches for truth in their pages. His cat, Pangur,
leads a simple life, too, chasing prey in the darkness. As night
turns to dawn, Pangur leads his companion to the truth he has been
seeking. The White Cat and the Monk is a retelling of the classic
Old Irish poem "Pangur Ban." With Jo Ellen Bogart's simple and
elegant narration and Sydney Smith's classically inspired images,
this contemplative story pays tribute to the wisdom of animals and
the wonders of the natural world.
The letters, most of which are published for the first time, include all that have been preserved from Darwin's correspondence with family, undergraduate friends as well as others in Shropshire and Staffordshire. voyage.
The letters, most of which are published for the first time, include all that have been preserved from Darwin's correspondence with family, undergraduate friends as well as others in Shropshire and Staffordshire. voyage.
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My Baba's Garden (Hardcover)
Jordan Scott; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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The special relationship between a child and his grandmother is
depicted in this sumptuous book by an award-winning team. Inspired
by memories of his childhood, Jordan Scott's My Baba's Garden
explores the sights, sounds and smells experienced by a child
spending time with their beloved grandmother (Baba), with special
attention to the time they spent helping her tend her garden,
searching for worms to keep it healthy. They visit her every day
and find her hidden in the steam of boiling potatoes, a hand
holding a beet, a leg opening a cupboard, an elbow closing the
fridge, humming like a night full of bugs when she cooks. A
ritualistic relationship with few words, rooted in feeling and
emotion.
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Mabel Murple (Paperback)
Sheree Fitch; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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What if there was a purple planet with purple people on it? Sheree
Fitch answers this question with a zany tongue-twister of a poem
featuring Mabel Murple, a daredevil who rides a purple motorbike
through purple puddles, skis on purple snow, and on her pancakes
pours maple syrup. With a rich and vivid purple palette, Kate
Greenaway Medal recipient Sydney Smith's illustrations reflect the
wild joy in this classic poem. Mabel Murple won the Ann Connor
Brimer award for children's literature.
Grant Wood believed that to be a real artist, he had to live in
Paris. But once he got there, he realized that to be a great
painter he needed to return to the people and places—and even
animals—that he knew and loved the best. Inspired by the life of
artist Grant Wood, this is the sensitively imagined story of the
great American painter and a cow named Tillie. Skillfully mixing
fact with fiction, Monica Kulling’s text explores the making of
an artist, while Sydney Smith’s illustrations echo Grant Wood’s
own techniques. The result is a gently wise picture book that will
encourage young readers and artists to trust the love that is
sometimes only found close to home. Includes an author’s note
that provides biographical information about Grant Wood.
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Do You Remember?
Sydney Smith; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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From the Double Kate Greenaway Medal-winning creator of Small in
the City and illustrator of Town Is by the Sea, Footpath Flowers, I
Talk Like a River and My Baba's Garden comes a moving look at how
memories are made. Tucked up in bed at their new flat, a boy and
his mum share memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad,
but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled
hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power
out. Now it’s just the two of them, and the house where all of
those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will
be a favourite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning
intertwined. Do You Remember? is another unforgettable book from
award-winning author and illustrator Sydney Smith.
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Small In The City (Paperback)
Sydney Smith; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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I know what it's like to be small in the city...
Being small can be overwhelming in a city. People don't see you. The loud sounds of the sirens and cyclists can be scary. And the streets are so busy it can make your brain feel like there's too much stuff in it. But if you know where to find good hiding places, warm dryer vents that blow out hot steam that smells like summer, music to listen to or friends to say hi to, there can be comfort in the city, too.
We follow our little protagonist, who knows all about what its like to be small in the city, as he gives his best advice for surviving there. As we turn the pages, Sydney Smith's masterful storytelling allows us to glimpse exactly who this advice is for, leading us to a powerful, heart-rending realization...
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Town Is By The Sea (Paperback)
Joanne Schwartz; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
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While a young boy enjoys a summer's day, his thoughts constantly return to his father, who is digging for coal deep under the sea.
"An atmospheric, haunting story" - The Bookseller
Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Footpath Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. This beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of mining history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a mining town will enthral children and move adult readers, as a young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather's grave after lunch and comes home to a cosy dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea.
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