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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When a high-steppin eastern fashion artist, Priscilla Hutchens, swoops down on the fort to gain custody of her twin niece and nephew she is met with resistance by their uncle, post surgeon Major Elliot Ryder, who thinks he knows what is best for them. Who will win the battle? Or will a truce be called for the sake of love and family?
123) The Seuss, the whole seuss, and nothing but the seuss: a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Giesel
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Theodor Seuss Geisel, creator of Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, and a madcap menagerie of the best-loved children's characters of all time, stands alone as the preeminent figure of children's literature. But Geisel was a private man who was happier at the drawing table than he was across from any reporter or would-be biographer. Under the thoughtful scrutiny of Charles D. Cohen, Geisel's lesser known works yield valuable insights...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"As soon as artist Robert McCloskey saw the ducks in Boston Public Garden, he knew he had to write about them. But how? Studying stuffed birds didn't help... As the ducklings grew, he got down on his hands and knees and followed them with pad and pencil. At times he even acted like a duck! Through revision, after revision, Robert improved the art and story, until he and his editor were finally satisfied."--
126) Here we all are
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.
127) Dr. Seuss
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the childhood, education, influences, marriage, and writing career of the author known as Dr. Seuss.
130) The shape game
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.
131) Dr. Seuss
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simple text and photographs present the life of Dr. Seuss.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Andy and Terry live in the world's best treehouse! It's got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster ... oh, and, whatever you do, don't get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble!...
134) When I was nine
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Description
James Stevenson remembers his family life during his ninth year, particularly a summer car trip through several states in the West.
Author
Pub. Date
[1977]
Description
In January of 1906, Edith Holden made the first entry in a diary which wqas to record the ocuntryside through the changing seasons. There are beautiful paintings on every page of birds, butterflies, bees, and flowers reflect her deep love nature. She allowed no one to see this for seventy years.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Rosalie Laurent is the proud owner of Luna Luna, a little post-card shop in St. Germain, and if it were up to her, far more people would write cards. Her specialty is producing "wishing cards," but where her own wishes are concerned the quirky graphic artist is far from lucky. Every birthday Rosalie sends a card inscribed with her heart's desire fluttering down from the Eiffel Tower - but none of her wishes has ever been fulfilled. Then one day when...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Artist Oliver Jeffers gives readers an unprecedented and intimate window into his creative process, weaving his popular works with never-before-seen art and illustrations, alongside his personal story of how he came to art, his love of books, and his bookmaking, fashioned from his personal sketchbooks. This dynamic visual biography is Jeffers's personal chronicle of an artist who blends his love of creating stories with his love of art and his infectious...