Author: John Yeoman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846117640
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
"Once upon a time there were seven washerwomen. They had far too much washing to do and the owner of the laundry, Mr Balthazar Tight, was simply dreadful! So they decide to go on strike. They are so happy with their newfound freedom that it seems nobody can control them. Until along come seven woodcutters, eager to teach them a lesson. But the woodcutters may have taken on more than they had bargained for!"--Book cover.
Wild washerwomen
Author: John Yeoman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846117640
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
"Once upon a time there were seven washerwomen. They had far too much washing to do and the owner of the laundry, Mr Balthazar Tight, was simply dreadful! So they decide to go on strike. They are so happy with their newfound freedom that it seems nobody can control them. Until along come seven woodcutters, eager to teach them a lesson. But the woodcutters may have taken on more than they had bargained for!"--Book cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846117640
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
"Once upon a time there were seven washerwomen. They had far too much washing to do and the owner of the laundry, Mr Balthazar Tight, was simply dreadful! So they decide to go on strike. They are so happy with their newfound freedom that it seems nobody can control them. Until along come seven woodcutters, eager to teach them a lesson. But the woodcutters may have taken on more than they had bargained for!"--Book cover.
The Wild Washerwomen
Author: John Yeoman
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
ISBN: 0761351523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Seven washerwomen, sick of their work, go on an uncontrollable rampage, only to meet their match in seven very dirty woodcutters.
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
ISBN: 0761351523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Seven washerwomen, sick of their work, go on an uncontrollable rampage, only to meet their match in seven very dirty woodcutters.
Three Perfect Peaches
Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780531087220
Category : Fairy tales.
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The king offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the young man who can produce three perfect peaches.
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780531087220
Category : Fairy tales.
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The king offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the young man who can produce three perfect peaches.
Quentin Blake's Magical Tales
Author: John Yeoman
Publisher: Pavilion Children's
ISBN: 1843655330
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A wonderful collection of more than a dozen little-known tales of magical fun from all over the globe. A beautifully illustrated edition of a classic compendium of tales from around the world. Escape to a faraway mystical world where anything can happen: where a boy can find a belt that gives him amazing strength, where a frog can be a beautiful princess in disguise, and where princes can fly on magic carpets. Retold in wonderful detail by long-time Quentin Blake collaborator John Yeoman, these stories sparkle with enchantment, adventure, and a beautifully imagined mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. Stories Include: The Blue Belt, Half-Man-Half-Lame-Horse, The Crystal Ship, The Five Strange Brothers, The Magic Handkerchief, The Pumpkin Tree, The Magic Cakes, The Frog Skin, The Three Old Crones, Prince Baki and the White Doe, The Old Man and the Jinni, The Poor Girl and Her Cow.
Publisher: Pavilion Children's
ISBN: 1843655330
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A wonderful collection of more than a dozen little-known tales of magical fun from all over the globe. A beautifully illustrated edition of a classic compendium of tales from around the world. Escape to a faraway mystical world where anything can happen: where a boy can find a belt that gives him amazing strength, where a frog can be a beautiful princess in disguise, and where princes can fly on magic carpets. Retold in wonderful detail by long-time Quentin Blake collaborator John Yeoman, these stories sparkle with enchantment, adventure, and a beautifully imagined mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. Stories Include: The Blue Belt, Half-Man-Half-Lame-Horse, The Crystal Ship, The Five Strange Brothers, The Magic Handkerchief, The Pumpkin Tree, The Magic Cakes, The Frog Skin, The Three Old Crones, Prince Baki and the White Doe, The Old Man and the Jinni, The Poor Girl and Her Cow.
The Bear's Winter House
Author: John Yeoman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842709160
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since his animal houseguests kept him awake during the winter, bear goes back to sleep when spring arrives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842709160
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since his animal houseguests kept him awake during the winter, bear goes back to sleep when spring arrives.
Black, White, Just Right!
Author: Marguerite W. Davol
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807507865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This simple story celebrates how the differences between one mother and father blend to make the perfect combination in their daughter. As this little family moves through the world, the girl notes some of the ways that her parents are different from each other, and how she is different from both of them. With each difference she lists, she highlights the ways that their individual characteristics join together to make her family. The fact that her mother is African American and her father is white is just one of the many interesting things that make this little girl and her family "just right."
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807507865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This simple story celebrates how the differences between one mother and father blend to make the perfect combination in their daughter. As this little family moves through the world, the girl notes some of the ways that her parents are different from each other, and how she is different from both of them. With each difference she lists, she highlights the ways that their individual characteristics join together to make her family. The fact that her mother is African American and her father is white is just one of the many interesting things that make this little girl and her family "just right."
Big Bad Bun
Author: Jeanne Willis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842709450
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This Willis-Ross collaboration is guaranteed to amuse all ages, but especially anyone who has ever gone home with a bad school report! There never was a rabbit as bad as Big Bad Bun. Or so you'd think if you read the letter which he left on his bed after school one day—but it turns out Big Bad Bun (whose real name is actually Fluff) might not be as bad as he makes out. His school report aside, that is!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842709450
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This Willis-Ross collaboration is guaranteed to amuse all ages, but especially anyone who has ever gone home with a bad school report! There never was a rabbit as bad as Big Bad Bun. Or so you'd think if you read the letter which he left on his bed after school one day—but it turns out Big Bad Bun (whose real name is actually Fluff) might not be as bad as he makes out. His school report aside, that is!
Sixes and Sevens
Author: John Yeoman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849393089
Category : Stories in rhyme
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
While traveling on a raft to Limber Lea, Barnaby picks up a varied assortment of passengers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849393089
Category : Stories in rhyme
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
While traveling on a raft to Limber Lea, Barnaby picks up a varied assortment of passengers.
The Book of Esther
Author: Emily Barton
Publisher:
ISBN: 1101904097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
"In a counterfactual world resembling the 1930s, the state of Khazaria, an isolated nation of warriors Jews, is under attack by the Germanii. Esther, the precocious daughter of Khazaria's chief policy advisor, sets out on a quest to ensure the survival of her homeland"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 1101904097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
"In a counterfactual world resembling the 1930s, the state of Khazaria, an isolated nation of warriors Jews, is under attack by the Germanii. Esther, the precocious daughter of Khazaria's chief policy advisor, sets out on a quest to ensure the survival of her homeland"--
Maladies of Empire
Author: Jim Downs
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674971728
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A sweeping global history that looks beyond European urban centers to show how slavery, colonialism, and war propelled the development of modern medicine. Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of LondonÕs 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence NightingaleÕs contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War revolutionized medical hygiene, transforming hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key sources of medical knowledge, especially when it comes to the science of infectious disease. Reexamining the foundations of modern medicine, Jim Downs shows that the study of infectious disease depended crucially on the unrecognized contributions of nonconsenting subjectsÑconscripted soldiers, enslaved people, and subjects of empire. Plantations, slave ships, and battlefields were the laboratories in which physicians came to understand the spread of disease. Military doctors learned about the importance of air quality by monitoring Africans confined to the bottom of slave ships. Statisticians charted cholera outbreaks by surveilling Muslims in British-dominated territories returning from their annual pilgrimage. The field hospitals of the Crimean War and the US Civil War were carefully observed experiments in disease transmission. The scientific knowledge derived from discarding and exploiting human life is now the basis of our ability to protect humanity from epidemics. Boldly argued and eye-opening, Maladies of Empire gives a full account of the true price of medical progress.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674971728
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A sweeping global history that looks beyond European urban centers to show how slavery, colonialism, and war propelled the development of modern medicine. Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of LondonÕs 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence NightingaleÕs contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War revolutionized medical hygiene, transforming hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key sources of medical knowledge, especially when it comes to the science of infectious disease. Reexamining the foundations of modern medicine, Jim Downs shows that the study of infectious disease depended crucially on the unrecognized contributions of nonconsenting subjectsÑconscripted soldiers, enslaved people, and subjects of empire. Plantations, slave ships, and battlefields were the laboratories in which physicians came to understand the spread of disease. Military doctors learned about the importance of air quality by monitoring Africans confined to the bottom of slave ships. Statisticians charted cholera outbreaks by surveilling Muslims in British-dominated territories returning from their annual pilgrimage. The field hospitals of the Crimean War and the US Civil War were carefully observed experiments in disease transmission. The scientific knowledge derived from discarding and exploiting human life is now the basis of our ability to protect humanity from epidemics. Boldly argued and eye-opening, Maladies of Empire gives a full account of the true price of medical progress.