Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596433787
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.
Grandma and the Great Gourd
Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596433787
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596433787
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.
My Great-grandmother's Gourd
Author: Cristina Kessler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531302842
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531302842
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.
The Very Hungry Lion
Author: Gita Wolf
Publisher: Tara Publishing
ISBN: 9788186211021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Adapted from a traditional Indian folktale, The Very Hungry Lion describes the adventures of a lazy lion who is outsmarted by his prey. The illustrations are rendered in the quirky and arresting Warli style of folk painting traditionally used to decorate the walls of village homes in western India. This award-winning children's book has sold over 35,000 copies in five languages worldwide. The book is silkscreen printed on special handmade rice paper from India and then bound by hand making each book a work of art and a special collector piece.
Publisher: Tara Publishing
ISBN: 9788186211021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Adapted from a traditional Indian folktale, The Very Hungry Lion describes the adventures of a lazy lion who is outsmarted by his prey. The illustrations are rendered in the quirky and arresting Warli style of folk painting traditionally used to decorate the walls of village homes in western India. This award-winning children's book has sold over 35,000 copies in five languages worldwide. The book is silkscreen printed on special handmade rice paper from India and then bound by hand making each book a work of art and a special collector piece.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Author: Cari Meister
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404873759
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404873759
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.
T is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet
Author: Varsha Bajaj
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489652299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489652299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.
Mother's Day Surprise
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761456339
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A snake dreams up an unusual Mothers Day gift
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761456339
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A snake dreams up an unusual Mothers Day gift
My Friend Suhana
Author: Shaila Abdullah
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 1615992111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
While volunteering with her mother at a community center, a seven-year-old girl befriends Suhana, also seven, whose cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to communicate or control her movements. Includes facts about cerebral palsy.
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 1615992111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
While volunteering with her mother at a community center, a seven-year-old girl befriends Suhana, also seven, whose cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to communicate or control her movements. Includes facts about cerebral palsy.
Living in Deserts
Author: Tea Benduhn
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 0836883411
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Describes desert conditions, how people can live in deserts, the lives of traditional desert peoples, and the effects of the modern world on deserts.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 0836883411
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Describes desert conditions, how people can live in deserts, the lives of traditional desert peoples, and the effects of the modern world on deserts.
Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People
Author: Holly Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429761058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Extending the discussion of critical content analysis to the visual realm of picturebooks and graphic novels, this book provides a clear research methodology for understanding and analyzing visual imagery. Offering strategies for "reading" illustrations in global and multicultural literature, chapter authors explore and bring together critical theory and social semiotics while demonstrating how visual analysis can be used to uncover and analyze power, ideologies, inequity, and resistance in picturebooks and graphic novels. This volume covers a diverse range of texts and types of books and offers tools and procedures for interpreting visual images to enhance the understandings of researchers, teachers, and students as they engage with the visual culture that fills our world. These methods are significant not only to becoming a critical reader of literature but to also becoming a critical reader of visual images in everyday life.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429761058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Extending the discussion of critical content analysis to the visual realm of picturebooks and graphic novels, this book provides a clear research methodology for understanding and analyzing visual imagery. Offering strategies for "reading" illustrations in global and multicultural literature, chapter authors explore and bring together critical theory and social semiotics while demonstrating how visual analysis can be used to uncover and analyze power, ideologies, inequity, and resistance in picturebooks and graphic novels. This volume covers a diverse range of texts and types of books and offers tools and procedures for interpreting visual images to enhance the understandings of researchers, teachers, and students as they engage with the visual culture that fills our world. These methods are significant not only to becoming a critical reader of literature but to also becoming a critical reader of visual images in everyday life.
Why the Sky Is Far Away
Author:
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780750814
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This ancient African Pourquoi tale explains why people today must grow and harvest their own food.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780750814
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This ancient African Pourquoi tale explains why people today must grow and harvest their own food.