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3) On my way
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A memoir in which children's author Tomie DePaola recalls his baby sister's frightening bout with pneumonia, and the exciting events of the summer between kindergarten and first grade.
4) Strega Nona
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Tomie de Paola's first story featuring his beloved Strega Nona character, who began life in the 1970s as a doodle, and was the perfect creation for his Italianized retelling of Der süße Brei, Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 103. Der süße Brei, or The sweet porridge, is better known in English as The magic porridge pot.
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Updated to incorporate the final decades of dePaola's career, an anecdotal portrait explores the biographical elements in the Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning artist's folktale and nursery-rhyme interpretations as well as the inventive world of his famed character, Strega Nona.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Loren Long's touching interpretation of "Twas the night before Christmas, " readers are invited to visit the homes of four families-- each on Christmas Eve. What do these four homes share? The excitement and anticipation of the most splendid night of the year. In this reimagined tale, the author and illustrator reminds us that no matter where we live, all children share the same wish for Christmas magic.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone loves popcorn! Newly updated with the latest research, a delicious 40th anniversary edition of a POP-ular classic.
Tony likes to cook. Tiny likes to read. And both twins like to eat . . . POPCORN!
So while Tiny cooks it, Tony reads about it: what popcorn is, how it's stored and prepared, legends and stories about it, and its history in Europe and North America.
A favorite since its original release in 1978, The Popcorn...
Tony likes to cook. Tiny likes to read. And both twins like to eat . . . POPCORN!
So while Tiny cooks it, Tony reads about it: what popcorn is, how it's stored and prepared, legends and stories about it, and its history in Europe and North America.
A favorite since its original release in 1978, The Popcorn...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti. Find out how and why art is made. Explore colors, shapes, patterns and themes. Discover the world's great rtists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama.
11) Wings
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Follows a baby bird on its first flight, one that starts cautiously and ends with delight.
12) Scary stories
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An imp, a goblin, and a scalawag get together to tell the scariest stories they can think of.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Once there were five giants... It was a very hot summer at Fe-Fi-Fo-Farm and the perfect time for Grizzle, Dazzle, Grab, Grub, and Dab to go on a camping vacation. They packed up their tent and knapsacks, climbed into their van, and headed for a cool lake. But a swingy hammock, flopping fish, and a shaggy bear turn their vacation from peace and quiet into dread and disaster!"--
Author
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A note to parents from the author: Talking to your baby from infancy is known to expand a child's learning skills for life. This book is my gift to you." -- back cover.
16) The giants' farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A big-hearted group of giants living on a farm have many hilarious adventures as they work together to call Fe-Fi-Fo Farm home sweet home.
Author
Publisher
Magnificat/Ignatius
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Petook the rooster meets Jesus when the boy stops in the chicken yard on his way to Jerusalem. Years later, Petook sees Jesus die for the salvation of the world on distant Calvary. He crows with joy on Easter Sunday at the birth of a new chick that coincides with the Resurrection. Caryll Houselander's artful storytelling and Tomie dePaola's delightful illustrations will invite young readers to enter into the mystery of new life"--Back cover.
19) Erandi's braids
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
In a poor Mexican village, Erandi surprises her mother by offering to sell her long, beautiful hair in order to raise enough money to buy a new fishing net.
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