 This sweet, small-format book is all about books and their place in the world. It promotes reading, libraries, bookshops, sharing of stories, and a love of reading. It tells where you can read, and where you cannot- the shower. You can even read an e-reader in a tree. It also includes a bookmark with trees of the world, inserted at the appropriate page. The finely detailed acrylic and gouache illustrations make the book a perfect gift for bibliophiles of all ages. This book celebrates the 20th birthday of the Whitireia publishing program. mjw |
| Title: A Book Is A Book Author: Jenny Bornholdt Illustrator: Sarah Wilkins Publisher: Gecko Press and Whitireia Publishing Copyright: 2013 Original language: English ISBN: 978-1-877579-92-9 Hardcover pages: 40 Age range: 4 up Genre: Picture book Author’s residence: New Zealand Illustrator’s residence: New Zealand Subjects: Books, New Zealand, Oceania, Reading |
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Absent-minded Mister Whistler wakes up with a song in his head and a dance in his feet. He gets dressed in dotted boxer shorts, checked trousers, a striped shirt, a waistcoat, a jacket, a fur-collared coat, and his hat. But he is distracted and promptly loses his train ticket. His search for his ticket involves him dancing out of his clothes down to his boxer shorts, only to discover that the ticket was clenched between his teeth the whole time. He gets dressed again, boards the train, but then swallows his ticket. Energetic ink and watercolor drawings and flowing musical notes reveal a happy, hilarious ending. mjw
Twenty-two nursery rhymes from around the globe are presented in English, the original language, and the original alphabet when appropriate. New Zealand, China, Australia, Norway, Ireland, Tonga, Jamaica, Japan, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Indonesia, Denmark, Iran, Germany, Samoa, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, France, Holland, Iceland, and India are illustrated in bright collage and mixed-media artwork. Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen introduces the collection. Source notes are provided, but the name of the original language is not always given. mjw
Through fictional first-person poems and brief non-fiction prose, thirteen different Latino and Latina young people in the U.S., who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are introduced to readers. The poems are reflective and heartwarming and provide specific stories. The nonfiction essays explain historical and social context, the Ladino language, the Chinese and Japanese presence in Latin America, African roots, Latino immigration to the U.S., U.S.-Cuban relations, environmentalists, and more. Bold, hand-cut illustrations, a bibliography for teachers and parents, and additional resources for young people complete this celebration of the diversity of the Latino community. mjw
Lottie keeps her found treasures and secrets locked in a battered brown leather suitcase that was a gift from her grandfather. Sometimes she wishes there was someone with whom she could share her secrets. But the other children find Lottie odd and her suitcase ugly. Leon, the boy next door, sits alone every day in his back garden playing his tuba to Mozart, his cat. One day, the cat disappears and the music stops. These two different children become friends. Lovely drawings with old photos and collage support this delicate story of acceptance and understanding. mjw
Eleven-year-old Thomasine lives in her great-great Aunt Henrietta’s dusty, dark house with her father and her aunt, uncle, and cousins. The relatives are all troubled in one way or another. There are no mirrors in the house. Except one night, the youngest cousin finds a wardrobe, filled with all the missing mirrors. The mirror images reveal other sides of the old house and a mysterious young girl. Twenty magical black and white illustrations enhance this moving ghost story. mjw
Young Themba lives in poverty with his mother and younger sister in rural South Africa and dreams of becoming a famous soccer player. This is a rags to riches story about hope, triumph, and family love, but it is also an eye-opening story about the secretiveness and shame surrounding HIV/AIDS. The novel was made into an international movie which won the UNICEF Child Rights Award in 2010. mjw
Hamda feels left out. She wants to make necklaces, go shopping, and bake cakes like her older sisters do. She has also made up her mind that she wants to wear the veil. She chooses four different scarves and unsuccessfully tries four different ways to wear them. She finally finds her own special way to prove she’s a big girl. Told in five short chapters and illustrated with bold, colorful patterns, this entertaining story focuses on the Muslim experience of wearing the veil mjw
When Stanley Potts’s Uncle Ernie, who cans pilchards, sardines, and mackerel in the living room, tins Stanley’s beloved goldfish, Stanley decides to leave home. He joins a traveling carnival of wacky characters and gets a job washing plastic ducks for the “Hook A Duck” master, Mr. Dostoyevsky. He meets Pancho Pirelli, who swims with piranhas and believes that Stanley could be his successor. Wonderful and quirky things happen to “good and true” Stanley as he seeks his own way. Stylized cartoon drawings add humor. mjw
In 2002, ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s village in Afghanistan fell prey to the Taliban. His mother sent him alone to fend for himself. Dangerous border crossings, trekking on foot across snow-covered mountains in Turkey, hiding in a false bottom of a truck, and steering an inflatable dinghy to Greece are some of the seemingly insurmountable and unimaginable obstacles he faced on his five year journey to Italy, where he sought political asylum. This is an incredible story of courage, hope, and survival reconstructed from Eniat’s memories by Italian novelist Fabio Geda. A map of Eniat’s journey is included. mjw
Twenty-one emotions that a child encounters are portrayed by fish in this splashy, simple concept book. Each double page spread presents one dazzling fish against a dark, deep sea background, expressing a particular emotion and its name in a font style and color that also conveys the emotion. Fish are curious, proud, loving, confused, shocked, and much more until finally delighted. The red, turquoise, chartreuse, magenta, and other neon-like oil pastel scribbly drawings are radiant. mjw
In these thirteen eccentric fairytales, written by one of the most successful twentieth century French authors for children, quick-witted young people overcome greedy kings, wicked witches, giants, naughty pigs, magical spells, and even silly names like Lustucru. Shoes fall in love, a doll can see everything, and a potato wants to be a French fry. Absurd line drawings illustrate these tales where good is always rewarded and evil is always punished. mjw
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