Anna is the child of Mennonites from Mexico, who have come north to harvest fruit and vegetables. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall, sometimes like a jackrabbit in an abandoned burrow, since her family occupies an empty farmhouse near the fields, sometimes like a kitten, as she shares a bed with her sisters . . . But above all Anna wonders what it would be like to be a tree rooted deeply in the earth, watching the seasons come and go, instead of being like a "feather in the wind."
Anna is the child of Mennonites from Mexico, who have come north to harvest fruit and vegetables. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the...
Helene has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies Helene weighs 216; she smells like BO. Her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Helene has one consolation, Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre. Helene identifies strongly with Jane s tribulations, and when she is lost in the pages of this wonderful book, she is able to ignore her tormentors. But when Helene is humiliated on a class trip in front of her entire grade, she needs more than a fictional character to allow her to see herself as a...
Helene has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies Helene weighs 216; she...
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the...
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous ...
His mum is a spoon. His dad is a fork. And he's a bit of both. He's Spork
Spork sticks out in the regimented world of the cutlery drawer. The spoons think he's too pointy, while the forks find him too round. He never gets chosen to be at the table at mealtimes until one day a very messy ... thing arrives in the kitchen who has never heard of cutlery customs. Will Spork finally find his place at the table?
This ?multi-cutlery? tale is a humorous and lively commentary on individuality and tolerance. Its high-spirited illustrations capture the experience and emotions of anyone...
His mum is a spoon. His dad is a fork. And he's a bit of both. He's Spork
Spork sticks out in the regimented world of the cutlery drawer. Th...
Bei Albert zuhause ist es zu laut. Da kann er nicht in Ruhe lesen. Er flüchtet nach draußen und sucht sich ein ruhiges Plätzchen. Doch als nach und nach alle seine Freunde dort auftauchen, ist es mit dem schönen Frieden vorbei. Wie können alle zusammen Spaß haben? Isabelle Arsenault liefert ein besonderes Lesevergnügen in Wort und Bild.
Bei Albert zuhause ist es zu laut. Da kann er nicht in Ruhe lesen. Er flüchtet nach draußen und sucht sich ein ruhiges Plätzchen. Doch als nach und...
