In this enchanting picture book, Stella and Sam are spending the day at the beach. Stella has been there before and knows all the sea's secrets, but Sam has many questions. Does a catfish purr? Does a sea horse gallop? Stella has an answer for them all. The only thing she isn't sure of, and neither are we, is whether Sam will ever come into the water. Exquisite watercolors bring a day at the beach alive in this perfect summer story. Gently humorous, Stella, Star of the Sea also captures the special relationship between a young girl and her baby brother -- a responsibility that can be both...
In this enchanting picture book, Stella and Sam are spending the day at the beach. Stella has been there before and knows all the sea's secrets, but S...
When Stella was small she thought she was a turtle, that trees could talk, and that words were like ants running off the pages of her books. She couldn t tie her shoes, but she could survive a wild sandstorm. Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by the children who read and love her Stella books. Although she didn t know what she would find when she started to explore Stella s childhood, she soon realized that when Stella was very small, she saw the world in her own unique way with wonder, curiosity and the sense that everything is possible. And when Sam...
When Stella was small she thought she was a turtle, that trees could talk, and that words were like ants running off the pages of her books. She could...
Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay s new picture book provides them with some delightfully inspiring answers though a fictional encounter between an author and some very curious children together they collaborate on writing and illustrating a story. Marie-Louise Gayhas scribbled, sketched, scrawled, doodled, penciled, collaged, and painted the words and pictures of a story-within-a-story that show how brilliant ideas creep up on you when you least expect it and how words sometimes float out of nowhere, asking to be written. Any...
Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay s new picture book provides them with some delightfully in...
Young Mustafa feels invisible in his adopted home until a "girl-with-a-cat" extends a welcoming hand in this gentle, thoughtful story about coming to feel at home in a new country. Full color.
Young Mustafa feels invisible in his adopted home until a "girl-with-a-cat" extends a welcoming hand in this gentle, thoughtful story about coming to ...
A collection of three early readers featuring the sublime Princess Pistachio from internationally acclaimed author May, complete with ribbon bookmark, gold foil stamping on the cover, and a reinforced spine. Full color.
A collection of three early readers featuring the sublime Princess Pistachio from internationally acclaimed author May, complete with ribbon bookmark,...
