Author: Anita Silvey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395653807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this timely, single-volume reference covers the books our children are--or should be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Enriched with dozens of color illustrations and the voices of authors and illustrators themselves, it is a cornucopia of delight. 23 color, 153 b&w illustrations.
Children's Books and Their Creators
Author: Anita Silvey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395653807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this timely, single-volume reference covers the books our children are--or should be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Enriched with dozens of color illustrations and the voices of authors and illustrators themselves, it is a cornucopia of delight. 23 color, 153 b&w illustrations.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395653807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this timely, single-volume reference covers the books our children are--or should be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Enriched with dozens of color illustrations and the voices of authors and illustrators themselves, it is a cornucopia of delight. 23 color, 153 b&w illustrations.
A Portrait of Rose
Author: Milan Svanderlik
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3756510530
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Milan Svanderlik's mother, Rose, was born in 1908 in rural Croatia, then still part of the mighty Hapsburg Empire. This portrait of her depicts a rustic childhood and adolescence on the family farm, overseen by her talented and strong-minded mother, Christina, effectively the matriarch of the family, particularly after her husband returns from the Great War a broken man. But village life is not for Rose and she dreams of the more sophisticated life of towns and cities. Her passport to freedom is the striking Theo, an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army. They marry and after some years on the military base of a country town, where they have two children, the family is posted to Zagreb, the cosmopolitan capital, where Rose enjoys the happiest years of her life. As World War II looms, Theo's unit is posted to Petrinja, an important garrison town, where Rose has to face her greatest challenges. As the Yugoslav Army disintegrates, Theo simply disappears, leaving Rose to fend for herself and their children, Vera and Mirko. With her husband suspected of joining Tito's Partisans, making him a traitor in the eyes of Croatia's new nationalist rulers, Rose and the children are threatened with the concentration camps. In the nick of time, two guardian angels appear and Rose and her family are safe from the threats of fascist militias. But what will happen when the war takes an unexpected turn? Will Rose come to be seen as a traitor herself? And what will her husband think if and when he ever returns? This Portrait, the story of a long life lived through the 20th century's most turbulent times, is illustrated with 61 remarkable contemporary photographs, bringing to life the period from 1908 to 1946.
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3756510530
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Milan Svanderlik's mother, Rose, was born in 1908 in rural Croatia, then still part of the mighty Hapsburg Empire. This portrait of her depicts a rustic childhood and adolescence on the family farm, overseen by her talented and strong-minded mother, Christina, effectively the matriarch of the family, particularly after her husband returns from the Great War a broken man. But village life is not for Rose and she dreams of the more sophisticated life of towns and cities. Her passport to freedom is the striking Theo, an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army. They marry and after some years on the military base of a country town, where they have two children, the family is posted to Zagreb, the cosmopolitan capital, where Rose enjoys the happiest years of her life. As World War II looms, Theo's unit is posted to Petrinja, an important garrison town, where Rose has to face her greatest challenges. As the Yugoslav Army disintegrates, Theo simply disappears, leaving Rose to fend for herself and their children, Vera and Mirko. With her husband suspected of joining Tito's Partisans, making him a traitor in the eyes of Croatia's new nationalist rulers, Rose and the children are threatened with the concentration camps. In the nick of time, two guardian angels appear and Rose and her family are safe from the threats of fascist militias. But what will happen when the war takes an unexpected turn? Will Rose come to be seen as a traitor herself? And what will her husband think if and when he ever returns? This Portrait, the story of a long life lived through the 20th century's most turbulent times, is illustrated with 61 remarkable contemporary photographs, bringing to life the period from 1908 to 1946.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library (London)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Grey Owl
Author: Armand Garnet Ruffo
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
An Englishman with the imagination and the arrogance to pose as a North American Indian, a fur trapper who kept beaver as pets, a drunken brawling bigamist who embraced the wilderness to escape his ghosts, a compelling champion of that wilderness who travelled much of the world speaking to huge audiences about the fate of the natural world - who was the real Archie Belaney, known to many as Grey Owl?Grey Owl, the Mystery of Archie Belaney is a unique, accessible collection of narrative poetry and journal entries which examines this dynamic, often contradictory, always fascinating man who reconstructed his identity and delivered a message of conservation to the world.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
An Englishman with the imagination and the arrogance to pose as a North American Indian, a fur trapper who kept beaver as pets, a drunken brawling bigamist who embraced the wilderness to escape his ghosts, a compelling champion of that wilderness who travelled much of the world speaking to huge audiences about the fate of the natural world - who was the real Archie Belaney, known to many as Grey Owl?Grey Owl, the Mystery of Archie Belaney is a unique, accessible collection of narrative poetry and journal entries which examines this dynamic, often contradictory, always fascinating man who reconstructed his identity and delivered a message of conservation to the world.
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Author: Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Canadiana
Author:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
The Authors, Playwrights & Composers Handbook .. 1935-
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
In Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description