Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - Ancient Civilizations

Internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino presents a powerful picture book that celebrates storytelling--from the past to the present and beyond.

From cave drawings to the invention of the printing press to our digital age, discover how a story has been told in many different ways from the past to today. It's always been around, making us happy, sad, excited, or scared and bringing people together.

With simple text and delightful illustrations, Dan Yaccarino reminds us of the power of story.

A Junior Library Guild Selection and a Chicago...

"Action-packed" Middle Grade Fiction Finder

"A great read" Spike Brown, 'Escape to Molokai'

"Peters is such a natural and gifted storyteller" Historical Novel Society

"I could not put this book down." Upstate NY

You, who have dug deep and sifted hard for a story to read, have unearthed an ancient treasure: a mystery from the dusty ages, when a boy could be a hero and fight for the good of all . . .

Aidan Alvarado's birthday present when he turns eleven is anything but normal, but for Aidan's family it is 'normally abnormal' the key to his grandfather's wondrous study and a student membership to the League of Dream Detectives. Aidan doesn't know what that means, but he'll soon find out as he tries to solve the mystery of a glowing 1300-year-old Chinese vase with the help of his new friends, Denise, her brother Jeremiah, some teenagers with a very cool car, and the dragon girl Lotus. They have to use their wits, courage, compassion and the power of Aidan's dreams to survive and solve...

In this exciting Middle Grade adventure set in Egypt, a 5000-year-old mystery comes to life. A scruffy peddler gives Adam and Justin Sinclair an old Egyptian scarab on their very first day in Egypt. Only when the evil Dr. Faisal Khalid shows a particular interest in the cousins and their scarab, do the boys realise they are in terrible danger. Dr. Khalid wants the relic at all costs. Justin and Adam embark upon the adventure of a lifetime, taking them down the Nile and across the harsh desert in their search for the legendary tomb of the Scarab King, an ancient Egyptian ruler. They are...