Charlotte Brontë : the girl who turned her life into a book

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781904095804

Collation

88 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

Who was....

Call Number

928 BRO

She made a monster : how Mary Shelley created Frankenstein

A 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path her own mother, Mary Wollstonecraft…

C is for China

From Abacus to Lantern, from Jade to Wenzi, this photographic alphabet book introduces young readers to the rich culture and natural beauty of China. Sungwan So’s colorful variety of images explore the country’s customs ancient and modern, illustrating not only the hubbub of street life in the cities, but also the rhythms of day-to-day life in rural areas. Beautiful photographs feature scen…

A is for Australia

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0701631228

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 21 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

994 BRE

Many nations : an alphabet of Native America

From Anishanabe artists making birch bark bowls to Zuni elders saying prayers for the day that is done, the diversity of Native American cultures is simplypresented in this unique and beautiful alphabet book.

The puffin book of utterly brilliant poetry

An anthology of the best of Puffin poetry, that includes poems by Roger McGough, Michael Rosen, Charles Causley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Spike Milligan, John Agard, and Kit Wright. Each poet's work is illustrated by a different artist.

All the best : the selected poems of Roger McGough

A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.

The Roald Dahl quiz book

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780141346687

Collation

123 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823.914 MAH

The ha ha bonk book

This Young Puffin joke book is full of good jokes to tell your dad, mum, your baby brother, your teacher and anybody else you can think of, such as: What goes ha ha bonk? A man laughing his head off. and What goes 99 bonk? A centipede with a wooden leg and What goes putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt? A bad golfer and lots more besides. . . Allan Ahlberg - a …

A child's garden of verses

When the golden day is done, Through the closing portal, Child and garden, flower and sun, Vanish all things mortal.