Béatrice Alemagna
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
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Sent outside by their mother on a rainy day, a child is dismayed when their handheld game falls into the pond before they encounter giant snails, wet mushrooms, and other elements that awaken them to the sensory aspects of nature.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Lonely seven-year-old Harold Phillip Snipperpot is excited when his parents, not known for their affection, throw him a birthday party attended exclusively by animals, but things take a turn when his guests start destorying the house, forcing Harold to try and save his party from calamity with surprising results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Eddie is five and a half and thinks she is the only one in her family without a special talent. So when she hears her sister say "birthday-Mommy-fluffy-little-squishy," she worries that her sister will give Mom the better present.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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"There are many things that go away: leaves fall, tears dry, music lasts only for a few moments, and bubbles pop, vanishing without a trace. Everything in life passes, moves on, or transforms--except one thing that never fades."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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A story about difference, exclusion, and ultimately self-acceptance, Child of Glass explores the interplay between inner and outer and the journey we have to go on to become ourselves. Child of Glass is about Gisele, a fragile, strong, transparent girl who denounces the meanness that can mark life in the world. In sparse, poetic language that all of us, however young or old, can understand, Child of Glass reminds us of our birthright to become ourselves....
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 35 cm
Language
English
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A retelling of Snow White from the point of view of the stepmother queen, whose blinding obsession and insatiable jealousy lead inexorably to her own violent undoing.
9) Pepper & me
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages: color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this utterly enchanting and unexpected tale from international picture book star Beatrice Alemagna, a childhood mishap is the occasion for growth and self-reflection. When a little girl falls on the street, scraping her knee, her father tells her not to worry, that "a beautiful scab will form." But she does worry! The scab is not beautiful and it's keeping her from bending her knee! When will it ever go away? By the time the scab-whom she has...
