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Stone Soup |
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Marcia Brown |
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0684922967 |
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From Publishers Weekly
This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldecott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Hardcover
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Book Description
Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or tow...some meat...so it went.Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a very gay book, a carnival of... |
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Stone Soup |
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Marcia Brown |
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0689711034 |
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From Publishers Weekly
This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldecott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
First published in 1947, this picture book classic has remained one of Marcia Brown's most popular and enduring books. This story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.
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Cinderella |
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Charles Perrault |
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0689814747 |
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In this kinder, gentler version of the old French fairy tale, the poor cinderwench forgives her stepsisters in the end and gives them a home in her palace. This Cinderella is pretty, but not perfect, and instead of having the tiniest feet in the kingdom, she in fact has wide feet (which fit the glass slipper nonetheless). From the details of the ball gowns to the trees of jewels glittering at the palace, Susan Jeffers's glowing, imaginative artwork is breathtaking. Jeffers has illustrated many fairy tales, as well as the popular McDuff books. With pen and ink and brilliant colors, she creates paintings of exquisite detail and clarity, wonderfully showcased by this book's large format and abundant full-page illustrations. The magical transformation of Cinderella into a beautiful princess never fails to capture the imagination... |
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Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry |
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Marcia Brown |
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1574322885 |
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Stone Soup |
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Marcia Brown |
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0689878362 |
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From Publishers Weekly
This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldecott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
First published in 1947, this classic picture book has remained one of Marcia Brown's most popular and enduring books. The story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.
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Once a Mouse... |
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Marcia Brown |
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0689713436 |
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Book Description
A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -- and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.
Card catalog description
As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
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Raising NLD Superstars: What Families with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Need to Know about Nurturing Confident, Competent Kids |
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Marcia Brown Rubinstien |
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1843107708 |
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Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry |
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Marcia Brown |
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1574323679 |
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Shadow |
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Blaise Cendrars |
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0689718756 |
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Shadow lives in the forest...It goes forth at nightto prowl around the fires.It even likes to minglewith the dancers...Shadow...It waves with the grasses,curls up at the foot of trees...But in the African experience Shadow is much more. The village storytellers and shamans of an Africa that is passing into memory called forth for the poet Blaise Cendrars an eerie image, shifting between the beliefs of the present and the spirits of the past.Shadow...It does not cry out,it has no voice...It can cast a spell over you...It follows man everywhere,even to war...Marcia Brown's stunning illustrations in collage, inspired by her travels in Africa, evoke the atmosphere and drama of a life now haunted, now enchanted by Shadow.
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff |
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Peter Christen Asbjornsen |
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0156901501 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Where Tim Arnold (see review below) uses a folk-art-like style to freshen up an old standby, Bender saturates his story with almost otherworldly colors and lines. Building on the acetate and vinyl animator's paint medium which gave so much luster to A Little Witch Magic , the author/artist creates bold, potent spreads. Fantastic elements coexist with virtually palpable reminders of the natural world--for example, land- and skyscapes of fluid teals and greens contrast with a chilly blue river. Theatrical perspectives deepen the mood: the bulldog-faced troll leans menacingly toward his would-be victims; the largest billy goat's kick tosses the picture frame into new angles. Although the text is occasionally coy ("I'm just a low-calorie snack!" cries the littlest goat), this volume has the power to haunt its... |
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Once a Mouse... |
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Marcia Brown |
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0684126621 |
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Book Description
"No one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!" roars the tiger. But an old hermit, mighty at magic, does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger from a wretched little mouse to a stout cat, to a big dog, and finally, to his proud and royal self. Youngest readers will take special delight in seeing these changes take place in Marcia Brown's dramatic picturing of the tiger's fall from grace. Older boys and girls will read more meaning into the text.A rajah of ancient India is said to have had such popular animal fables collected as a "mirror for princes" to instruct his errant sons. Marcia Brown retells this fable from the Hitopadesa in vigorous style and illustrates it in woodcuts of exceptional quality. With a fluidity rare in the medium, they achieve the difficult feat of retaining their strong appeal... |
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Brown Bears |
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Marcia S. Freeman |
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Card catalog description
Simple text and photographs present the appearance, food, and behavior of the brown bear.
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Unsigned Beauties of Costume Jewelry: Identification and Values |
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Marcia Sparkles Brown |
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157432182X |
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Cinderella |
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Charles Perrault |
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0684126761 |
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Book Review
In this kinder, gentler version of the old French fairy tale, the poor cinderwench forgives her stepsisters in the end and gives them a home in her palace. This Cinderella is pretty, but not perfect, and instead of having the tiniest feet in the kingdom, she in fact has wide feet (which fit the glass slipper nonetheless). From the details of the ball gowns to the trees of jewels glittering at the palace, Susan Jeffers's glowing, imaginative artwork is breathtaking. Jeffers has illustrated many fairy tales, as well as the popular McDuff books. With pen and ink and brilliant colors, she creates paintings of exquisite detail and clarity, wonderfully showcased by this book's large format and abundant full-page illustrations. The magical transformation of Cinderella into a beautiful princess never fails to capture the imagination... |
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Shadow |
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| Author: |
Blaise Cendrars |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0684172267 |
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Ships within 2-3 days. |
Book Description
Shadow lives in the forest...It goes forth at nightto prowl around the fires.It even likes to minglewith the dancers...Shadow...It waves with the grasses,curls up at the foot of trees...But in the African experience Shadow is much more. The village storytellers and shamans of an Africa that is passing into memory called forth for the poet Blaise Cendrars an eerie image, shifting between the beliefs of the present and the spirits of the past.Shadow...It does not cry out,it has no voice...It can cast a spell over you...It follows man everywhere,even to war...Marcia Brown's stunning illustrations in collage, inspired by her travels in Africa, evoke the atmosphere and drama of a life now haunted, now enchanted by Shadow.
Language Notes
Text: English, French (translation)
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