A Corner of the Universe
ISBN: 9780439388818 / Angielski / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ann Martin's phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback
The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition invovles schizophrenia and autism. Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that... Ann Martin's phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback
The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her... |
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What the Moon Saw
ISBN: 9780440239574 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An intimate, award winning story of immigrants and their families, the borders they cross, and the ties that bind us all together. Fourteen-year-old Clara Luna's name means "clear moon" in Spanish. But lately, her life has felt anything but clear. A letter has arrived from her grandparents in Mexico inviting her to stay with them for the summer. But Clara has never met her father's parents. All she knows is that he snuck over the border from Mexico as a teenager. When she arrives, she's stunned by how different her grandparents' life is from her own in the United States. They...
An intimate, award winning story of immigrants and their families, the borders they cross, and the ties that bind us all together. Fourteen...
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
ISBN: 9780440418702 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about Tia Lola, his quirky, carismatica, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures.
A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. Moving to Vermont after his parents spl...
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The War with Grandpa
ISBN: 9780440492764 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The hilarious story of a boy who leaps into battle when he's forced to share a room with his grandfather. Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs. Peter loves his grandpa but wants his room back. He has no choice but to declare war With the help of his friends, Peter devises outrageous plans to make Grandpa surrender the room. But Grandpa is tougher than he looks. Rather than give in, Grandpa plans to get even. They used to be such...
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The hilarious story of a boy who leaps into battle when he's forced to share a room with his grandfather. |
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Messy Bessey's Family Reunion
ISBN: 9780516265520 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rookie Readers "RM" have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Every new title contains a Word List and a color-coded reading-level key on the back cover.
Rookie Readers "RM" have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, ofte...
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Grandfather Tang's Story
ISBN: 9780517885581 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This folktale told using ancient Chinese puzzles and watercolor illustrations has been beloved for over twenty-five years and is the perfect addition to your Father's Day reading list When Little Soo asks for a story, Grandfather Tang arranges the tangram pieces and two magic fox fairies spring to life. The foxes change shapes as quick as a wink, from rabbits to dogs to squirrels and geese. But their game turns dangerous when a hunter raises his bow. . . . Originally published in 1990, Grandfather Tang's Story will continue to delight new readers as the wonder of the tangram...
This folktale told using ancient Chinese puzzles and watercolor illustrations has been beloved for over twenty-five years and is the perfect additi...
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Grandmother's Dolls: A Secret Revealed
ISBN: 9780595366286 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Shannon watched as Grandmother walked into the kitchen. Once she was out of sight, Shannon jumped up, grabbed the doll, sat back in the chair, took a deep breath and squeezed the doll real hard, twice.
Shannon felt like she was being shot out of a cannon and before she could even blink her eyes she was standing on a cobblestone street in well, she really didn't know where, but it definitely wasn't anywhere she had ever seen before. " Shannon loves to spend time with her grandmother-after all, her grandmother always has wonderful stories to tell about the places she's been and people... "Shannon watched as Grandmother walked into the kitchen. Once she was out of sight, Shannon jumped up, grabbed the doll, sat back in the chair, took a...
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Rachel's Journey
ISBN: 9780595376513 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rachel's journey began the day she was diagnosed with leukemia. But her fear of the disease was not as crippling as the thought of having to face it alone when her best friend, Nicci, turns up missing right after her diagnosis. Nicci disappears from the face of the earth after a fall into an abandoned well. The accident is witnessed only by a fleeing convict who is running from his own haunting demons from his childhood. But divine intervention connects these three young people in a series of climatic events that lead them on a journey together to save Rachel's life. Rachel's Journey is the...
Rachel's journey began the day she was diagnosed with leukemia. But her fear of the disease was not as crippling as the thought of having to face it a...
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CHRISTMAS COOKIES are for Any Time You Need Them: Treasured Traditions Can Ease the Pain of Alzheimer's Disease
ISBN: 9780595405602 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From an early age, Katie has lived with her grandmother, whom she calls Gramby. Over the years, Katie and Gramby have built many cherished memories through their tradition of baking Christmas cookies whenever they needed them whether it was December or April There were cookies to distract from the irritating itch of chicken pox, cookies to ease the pain of a broken arm, and of course, cookies to go with every Christmas, birthday, or celebration that came along. As a teenager, Katie began to notice that Gramby sometimes struggled to remember things; she couldn t recall the cookie recipe that...
From an early age, Katie has lived with her grandmother, whom she calls Gramby. Over the years, Katie and Gramby have built many cherished memories th...
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Falling Into Place
ISBN: 9780618689286 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All the good things in Margaret's world are collapsing, one by one, like a row of dominoes. First her dad remarried--plink. Then her grandfather died--plinkplink. Then her grandmother had to sell the house and move into a retirement community--plinkplinkplink. Now Dad's new wife is having a baby, and Margaret is going to visit Gran at Carol Woods. There she learns that Gran is having an even harder time adjusting to change than Margaret herself.
Determined to cheer Gran up, Margaret and her younger cousin, Roy, set out to find her some new friends. Their quest leads them to some of... All the good things in Margaret's world are collapsing, one by one, like a row of dominoes. First her dad remarried--plink. Then her grandfather died-...
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Song and Dance Man: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
ISBN: 9780679819950 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A beautifully nostalgic picture book about one grandfather's younger days that shows you're only as old as you feel A perfect read for Father's Day "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled,...
A beautifully nostalgic picture book about one grandfather's younger days that shows you're only as old as you feel A perfect read for Father's Da...
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Music, Music for Everyone
ISBN: 9780688078119 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma's illness....Community, family and personal triumphs converge, making unforgettable music for everyone."--School Library Journal.
"Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma's illness....Community, family and...
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Up North at the Cabin
ISBN: 9780688097325 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Up north ath the cabin, Up north at the cabin, Up north at the cabin The magic of summer, the call of the north woods, and the exuberance of childhood imagination combine here to create a book that will be treasured long after the last autumn leaf has fallen. Up north ath the cabin, Up north at the cabin, |
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The Raft
ISBN: 9780688139773 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspired in part by his own childhood, this gorgeous picture book from Jim LaMarche, the beloved illustrator of A Story for Bear and The Elves and the Shoemaker, tells the story of one stubborn boy's unexpectedly wonderful summer on the river. This is an imagination-sparking story about appreciating the simple, natural joys of the world and the people in it, and about discovering and exploring one's own talents. School Library Journal proclaimed, "This dazzling picture book is an artistic triumph." The author's note describes the similarities between his... Inspired in part by his own childhood, this gorgeous picture book from Jim LaMarche, the beloved illustrator of A Story for Bear and T... |
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The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's
ISBN: 9780688158408 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -A familiar story of differing viewpoints between mother and child is presented in charmingly simple cumulative verse and rebuses. A young boy is packing for a trip to visit his grandmother. He fills a shopping bag with his mitt, cars, space ship, wooden animals, his favorite stuffed rabbit, his pillow, a book a flashlight. But then along comes mom with ideas of her own ....This is a real winner....Great fun.---School Library Journal.
-A familiar story of differing viewpoints between mother and child is presented in charmingly simple cumulative verse and rebuses. A young boy is pack...
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Grandpa's Corner Store (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9780688167165 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new supermarket threatens Grandpa's corner store. Lucy brings the neighborhood together to show Grandpa they need him.
A new supermarket threatens Grandpa's corner store. Lucy brings the neighborhood together to show Grandpa they need him.
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Grandfather and I
ISBN: 9780688175269 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers. With them there is always time to stop...and look...just as long as you like.
This gentle story about the warm, happy relationship between the oldest and youngest ones in the family was originally published in 1959 with illustrations by Paul Galdone. Now freshly reillustrated by the internationally acclaimed Jan Ormerod, it is sure to find its way into the hearts of a brand-new generation of readers.
Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers. W...
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What Grandmas Do Best What Grandpas Do Best
ISBN: 9780689805523 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grandmas can do lots of things, like paint with you, take you on a picnic, and teach you how to dance. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly clear in this Irresistible celebration of grandparents and the everyday things they do.
Grandpas can do lots of things, like play hide-and-seek, help you build a sand castle, and sing you a lullaby. But what do they do best? The answer is made perfectly clear In this irresistible celebration of grandparents and the everyday things they do. Grandmas can do lots of things, like paint with you, take you on a picnic, and teach you how to dance. But what do they do best? The answer is ...
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81,75 zł |
A Birthday Basket for Tia
ISBN: 9780689813283 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Exemplifies the best of recent multicultural publishing". -- The Horn Book
When her great-aunt, her tia, turns ninety, little Cecilia lovingly gathers together a basket full of memories. "Vibrant, detailed cut-paper illustrations portray family warmth and individuality with verve and panache". -- School Library Journal "Exemplifies the best of recent multicultural publishing". -- The Horn Book
When her great-aunt, her tia, turns ninety, little Cecilia lovingly gath... |
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The Keeping Quilt
ISBN: 9780689844478 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna's mother said. "It will be like heaving the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night.
And so it was. From a basket of old clothes, Anna's babushka, Uncle Vladimir's shirt, Aunt Havalah's nightdress and an apron of Aunt Natasha's become The Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. In strongly moving pictures that are as heartwarming as they are... "We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna's mother said. "It will be like heaving the family in backhome Russia dance around us at ...
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