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(0)Joy Cowley
Author
Language
Portuguese
Description
Bestselling New Zealand author Joy Cowley, author of hundreds of books, including the classic Mrs. Wishy-Washy, offers an indispensable manual for those who are called to write for children. Brimming with down-to-earth advice and keen insight, the book draws on Cowley's lifetime of writing and teaching writers. From plot to dialogue, and on through discipline and humor, editing and presentation, Cowley reveals the whys and hows of telling stories...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight in the war-to handle weapons, defend his country, and have a life filled with adventure. Little does he know that the secrets and danger of war don't always stay at the front line and that one boy's actions can change everything.
Author
Language
English
Description
Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh.
In this book full of absurd poems and very short, silly stories, a man takes his tadpoles for a walk in his hat, a cat is surprised by its talking feet, a tiger gobbles up a dentist, ten baggy clowns do a do-wacky dance... along with many more preposterous flights of imagination. Illustrations by David Barrow—a first-rate visual comedian—expand the humor in each fantastical suggestion. Cowley channels...
Author
Language
English
Description
Snake and Lizard live together in a burrow in the desert. They are such good friends that Lizard decides to display their names above the burrow entrance.
But three small words can cause trouble between friends.
They must decide whose name should appear first. Then Lizard makes an unfortunate spelling mistake-he thinks it's very funny but Snake is not laughing. Snake finds some spelling of her own that will teach Lizard a lesson!
The friends...
Author
Language
English
Description
An evocative bedtime picture book that distills the essence of a family summer at the beach—skin sticky with salt, sandy feet, waves hush-hushing, and a shell under the pillow.
Summer holidays by the sea have a rhythm all their own. With a few resonant images, Cowley takes us straight to the end of a long hot day with beach treasures under the pillow and the salty smell of the sea. The cadence of the final words echoes the shushing waves in a gentle...
12) Grandpa, grandpa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
16 pages : color illustrations ; 49 cm. + 7 small books (16 pages ; 25 cm.)
Language
English
13) Just this once
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
16 pages : color illustrations ; 41 cm. + 6 small books (16 pages ; 17 cm.)
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
390L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Experience close-up the many moods (and colors) of chameleons. One brave chameleon ventures from the safety of his tree in search of a new home. On his journey, he meets other rain forest animals, not all of them friendly! Alas, the new tree he chooses is already home to another chameleon. She dons her aggressive coloring until she's sure that the visitor is friend, not foe. Then they welcome each other with brilliant, happy colors. Incredible photographs...
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This frog found in the rain forest of Central America spends the night searching for food while also being careful not to become dinner for some other animal.
19) The nightingale
Author
Series
Publisher
Big & Small
Pub. Date
©2015.
Edition
English edition.
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retelling of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. An emperor banishes a nightingale in preference of a jeweled mechanical imitation. However, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him