Kathryn Hewitt
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Upon realizing that lack of clothing is the only thing keeping dogs out of many places, Norman, Ginger, and Rufus borrow clothes from their owners and have a wonderful time doing all the things humans do, until they make a simple mistake.
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English
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"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...
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English
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It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people—and other famous musicians—really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? What were they like as children? What were their phobias, obsessions, and bad habits? And what did their neighbors think of it all? Here are the fascinating and often humorous...
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English
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History comes to life in this dynamic volume! Here are inside views of twenty writers—people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and lifestyles, from various countries and historical periods. Included are William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Charles Dickens, and many others.
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English
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In this entertaining, informative collection, listeners will discover the idiosyncrasies—sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic—of twenty famous artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Peter Bruegel, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rembrandt van Rijn, Katsushika Hokusai, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp, Georgia O'Keeffe, William H. Johnson, Salvador Dali, Isamu...
Author
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages (some folded) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.
11) Godiva
Author
Publisher
Golden Books Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
With only her long hair as a cloak, Lady Godiva takes her heroic ride through the English village of Coventry in exchange for her husband's promise to lower the people's taxes.
14) Sunflower house
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.