Grahame Baker-Smith
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English
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
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Cassi watches a little swift dive and swoop in the still air. In the rising sun the world seems to be holding its breath. Then a small breeze stirs the leaves in the trees, and as the wind grows bolder, a whiff of danger sends small creatures running for cover. Across the ocean, the wind awakes with a fury, whipping the waves and cresting each one with wild white horses. And further on, around the still eye of a hurricane, clouds are carved into a...
3) Life: the first four billion years : the story of life from the big bang to the evolution of humans
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Before humans took their first steps, there were billions of years of vibrant and varied life-forms on Earth. Discover the story of our planet during this time, from the formation of the universe to the first mammals and all the incredible life that flourished in between. Covering ice ages and fossils, the first life in the sea and on land, the time of the dinosaurs, and the rise of mammals, Martin Jenkins navigates through millennia of prehistory...
4) Robin Hood
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Publisher
Barefoot Books
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny. Features excerpts from the medieval ballads on which the legend is based.
6) Farther
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Journey into an incredible world where dreams that are passed from father to son make anything possible.
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Wanting to prove to his brothers and sister that magic really exists, Leon volunteers to be in Abdul Kazam's magic show and gets transported to a mysterious world. The reader may accompany Leon to the Place Between by looking through die-cut holes in the pages.