Black Beauty: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

Black Beauty: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Sue Purkiss
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0008429944

A retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic adventure story of Black Beauty as he starts life carefree in the field with his mother, and is then sold from owner to owner. Will he survive as his treatment gets worse and worse, and will he ever find an owner worthy of his unending loyalty?

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
Author: Emma Chichester Clark
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007351593

Retelling of the classic in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

Sapphire’s Literary Breakthrough

Sapphire’s Literary Breakthrough
Author: Neal A. Lester
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2012-12-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137330864

The first collection focused on the writing of provocative author and performance artist Sapphire, including her groundbreaking novel PUSH that has since become the Academy-award-winning film Precious.

Push

Push
Author: Sapphire
Publisher: Vintage Books
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2009
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307474841

A courageous and determined young teacher opens up a new world of hope and redemption for sixteen-year-old Precious Jones, an abused young African American girl living in Harlem who was raped and left pregnant by her father.

Devil and the Bluebird

Devil and the Bluebird
Author: Jennifer Mason-Black
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1613128967

Blue Riley has wrestled with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it’s her runaway sister’s soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue’s voice—inherited from her musically gifted mother—in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass. Armed with her mother’s guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister. When the devil changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil and open herself up to finding family in unexpected places. In Devil and the Bluebird, Jennifer Mason-Black delivers a captivating depiction of loss and hope.

Ellingtonia

Ellingtonia
Author: W. E. Timner
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0585040842

More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars.

The Shang Dynasty: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)

The Shang Dynasty: Band 16/Sapphire (Collins Big Cat)
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0008429782

A fascinating insight into the history of one of our ancient civilisations – the Shang dynasty, their society, culture, belief system and way of life in China over 500 years ago. Who were they, how did they rule and what was life like under their power?

The Big Bang

The Big Bang
Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Collins Big Cat
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780007336418

What was the Big Bang? What was the universe like just after the Big Bang? Who discovered the Big Bang? Stunning photographs and detailed information help to explain the answers to these and many other questions.