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The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set (Collector's Ed.) |
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C. S. Lewis |
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the world's earliest glimpse into the magical land of Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Pauline Baynes, the first illustrator of C.S. Lewis's enchanting creatures and remarkable landscapes, has hand painted her original black-and-white pictures for a beautiful new full-color collection of all seven volumes in the Chronicles of Narnia series. In keeping with the otherworldly, earthy nature of the stories, Baynes's colors are muted yet rich, tending toward warm greens and golds, printed on lovely smooth, high-quality paper. This stunning gift box is truly a gem, containing, in addition to the best-loved classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and ... |
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The Double Life of Pocahontas |
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Jean Fritz |
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0698119355 |
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Card catalog description
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.
--This text refers to the
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Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals |
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Ed Emberley |
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0316234753 |
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Lon Po Po |
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Ed Young |
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0698113829 |
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Three little girls spare no mercy to Lon Po Po, the granny wolf, in this version of Little Red Riding Hood where they tempt her up a tree and over a limb, to her death. The girls' frightened eyes are juxtaposed against Lon Po Po's menacing squint and whirling blue costume in one of the books numerous three-picture sequences, which resemble the decorative panels of Chinese tradition. Through mixing abstract and realistic images with complex use of color and shadow, artist and translator Young has transformed a simple fairy tail into a remarkable work of art and earned the 1990 Caldecott Medal in doing so.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
This version of the Red Riding Hood story from Young ( The Emperor and the Kite ; Cats Are Cats ;... |
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Behavioral Intervention For Young Children with Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals |
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Catherine Maurice (Editor) |
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Textbook Paperback |
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0890796831 |
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...provides a wealth of practical information for parents professionals, and others concerned with helping such children ...
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Seven Blind Mice |
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Ed Young |
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0399222618 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In a stunning celebration of color Caldecott medalist Young ( Lon Po Po ) offers a vibrant variation on the fable of the blind men trying to identify an elephant. Seven differently-hued blind mice approach the "strange Something" in their midst on successive days and report their findings to the group. A large black square provides the background for each painting, a dramatic contrast to the brilliant images "felt" by the sightless rodents. Young's textured, cut-paper illustrations allow readers to visualize just how a floppy ear might be mistaken for a fan ("I felt it move!"); the elephant's curving trunk springs to life as both a jewel-green snake and a glowing yellow spear. The spare text permits greater exploration and enjoyment of the artwork--it may be difficult to read the story straight through without... |
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The Secret Garden |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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0397321651 |
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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The... |
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You |
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Ed Young |
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1582294461 |
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Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book |
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Ed E. Emberley |
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0316174483 |
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ver two million copies of Ed Emberley's innovative drawing books have been sold throughout the years. For the first time, we present a two-in-one edition of two of his most popular titles-Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book and Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book. Colorful step-by-step drawings show how to turn your thumbprints into owls, pigs, fish, or basketball players simply by adding the letters I, V, Y, L, O, and U. These titles will not only spur creativity in every child but make it easy and fun as well.
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The Creative Leader |
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Ed Young |
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0805431772 |
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Ed Young and his ministry team used creativity to help develop what is now one of the ten largest churches in the United States. The Creative Leader teaches the importance of creativity among visionaries and those who benefit from it, detailing how creative pastors, ministries, and churches are made. The book even gives hope to those who consider themselves creatively challenged.
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Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China |
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Ai-Ling Louie |
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0698113888 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Card catalog description
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.
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Total Heart Health for Women |
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Ed & JoBeth Young |
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0849900123 |
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In the age of the 'extreme makeover,' women have a unique set of pressures and expectations, but more often than not, it's about transforming the outside in a vein attempt to heal the inside. Obviously, women are not being healed. Total Heart Health for Women explores the undeniable link between our physical bodies and our spiritual state of mind. It's difficult to have a truly healthy physical life without a healthy spiritual life and vice versa. In Total Heart Health for Women, well-known author and pastor, Ed Young, and his wife, Jo Beth Young, team up with two of the country's leading physicians from the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. Richard Leachman, to bring women the guidance they so desperately need to achieve total heart health in their lives. With practical health and... |
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The Secret Garden |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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006440188X |
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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The... |
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I Wish I Were a Butterfly |
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James Howe |
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015200470X |
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From Publishers Weekly
After the frog at the pond's edge tells him that he's ugly, the cricket of Swampswallow Pond loses his zest for life and for singing. The glowworm and the ladybug try to persuade the cricket that he's just as good as the rest of them, while the dragonfly declares, "Wishing is a waste of time." Finally, the Old One, a spider who lives on the other side of the pond, spins a wise tale about the real beauty of friendship and convinces the cricket to sing again. The author tells the familiar story of the loss of identity and the uniqueness of individuals in a wistful, not particularly fresh, way. While Howe gives insects a human dimension, Young perceives that world with the eye of a cricket or a dragonfly, noting the color variations and luster on that particular wavelength. The resultant paintings are extraordinary,... |
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How to Meet Cute Boys |
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Deanna Kizis |
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0641673086 |
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The Lost Horse |
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Ed Young |
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015205023X |
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From Publishers Weekly
Both text and art are elegantly spare in Young's (Lon Po Po) newest retelling of a Chinese folktale, which may be among the Caldecott Medalist's finest works. Sai, introduced as a wise man, loses his horse; when people arrive to comfort him, he tells them, "You know, it may not be such a bad thing." It proves, in fact, to be fortunate: the horse returns with a mare. Sai rejects his friends' congratulations ("Perhaps it is not such a good thing"), and he is right again (the mare throws Sai's son). This pattern continues, and by the end, Sai's son, like his father, "trust[s] in the ever changing fortunes of life." It's a relatively metaphysical lesson for a picture book, but Young's restrained and even suspenseful telling brings the message home warmly and appealingly. The illustrationsAsubtle collages with pastels... |
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My Mei Mei |
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Ed Young |
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0399243399 |
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 2–There are other picture books about traveling to China to adopt a child, but what sets this one apart is the relationship between the first adoptive daughter, Antonia, and her Mei Mei, or younger sister. Based on Youngs experience, the text follows Antonias story beginning with her arrival from China and her early years, to her request for a Mei Mei, to her disillusionment with her less-than-perfect sibling, to the girls evolving closeness and love for each other. The narrative is told gracefully in Antonias expressive, childlike voice: When we returned, I found out that she was not what she ought to be. She couldnt walk. She couldnt talk. She couldnt play. She took all the attention away from me. Youngs illustrations in gouache, pastel, and collage are... |
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I Wish I Were a Butterfly |
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James Howe |
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0152380132 |
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From Publishers Weekly
After the frog at the pond's edge tells him that he's ugly, the cricket of Swampswallow Pond loses his zest for life and for singing. The glowworm and the ladybug try to persuade the cricket that he's just as good as the rest of them, while the dragonfly declares, "Wishing is a waste of time." Finally, the Old One, a spider who lives on the other side of the pond, spins a wise tale about the real beauty of friendship and convinces the cricket to sing again. The author tells the familiar story of the loss of identity and the uniqueness of individuals in a wistful, not particularly fresh, way. While Howe gives insects a human dimension, Young perceives that world with the eye of a cricket or a dragonfly, noting the color variations and luster on that particular wavelength. The resultant paintings are extraordinary,... |
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High Definition Living |
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| Author: |
Ed Young |
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(Paperback) - Spanish |
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031146159X |
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Evelina: The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |
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Frances Burney |
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0192840312 |
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Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the
vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities
of manners and social ambitions--as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville.
Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an... |
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