A Starlit Somersault Downhill

A Starlit Somersault Downhill
Author: Nancy Willard
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Having made a plan to spend the winter with Bear napping in a cozy cave, Rabbit finds himself too energetic to sleep and decides to join the world outside.

A Starlit Snowfall

A Starlit Snowfall
Author: Nancy Willard
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-11-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780316183666

"My cave is big enough for two!" a bear declares to a rabbit, inviting his small friend to share his den through the longest, coldest season. The rabbit readily accepts the bear's offer, but no sooner have the two curled up than the lively rabbit jumps up to wonder: Wouldn't it be better to be out in the crisp winter air, free to leap through the starlight and the sparkling snow? In this paperback reissue of a long out-of-print winter tale (originally titled A Starlit Somersault Downhill), Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney's rich watercolors create a cozy winter world that perfectly complements Newbery Medal winner Nancy Willard's charming poetry.

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults
Author: Barbara Thrash Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2006-12-21
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1135873542

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian charged with maintaining a children’s literature collection, or a scholar of children’s literature. The Fourth Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to children’s literature and books for young adults. The new edition contains updated and new information for existing author/illustrator entries, the addition of approximately 50 new profiles, and a new section listing online resources of interest to the authors and readers of black children’s literature.

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight
Author: Richard Jackson
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1626729433

Sophie lives with Mama and Daddy and Grandpa, who spends his days by the window. Every day after school, it's Grandpa whom Sophie runs to. "Here I am, Grandpa!" "Ah, Sophie, how was your day?" As Sophie and her grandpa talk, he asks her to find items he's "lost" throughout the day, guiding Sophie on a tour through his daily life and connecting their generations in this sweet, playful picture book from Richard Jackson, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Jerry Pinkney.

The Michigan Alumnus

The Michigan Alumnus
Author:
Publisher: UM Libraries
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1993
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

Goin' Someplace Special

Goin' Someplace Special
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-03-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481416502

Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. There’s a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color…and ’Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it’s someplace special and she’s bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life’s so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there’s a friend around the corner reminding ’Tricia Ann that she’s not alone. And her grandmother’s words—“You are somebody, a human being—no better, no worse than anybody else in this world”—echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

The Road to Oxiana

The Road to Oxiana
Author: Robert Byron
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1982
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780195030679

In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana--the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.