William Low
Author
Language
English
Description
In this bright and action-packed board book, favorite trucks are here to save the day!
Whether it's a flat tire or a kitten stuck in a tree, trucks come to the rescue in this board book. Kids will love repeating the refrain "to the rescue!" with each different truck-fire truck, vacuum truck, tow truck, and more. William Low's characteristically beautiful art brings these big machines to life.
Author
Language
English
Description
A beautiful tribute to the glory of the original Pennsylvania Railroad Station
During the first half of the 20th century, the original Pennsylvania Station was one of New York City's grandest landmarks, a palace in the middle of Manhattan. William Low's glorious illustrations pay close attention to detail while still encompassing the large-scale grandeur of Penn Station.
Old Penn Station follows a very specific piece of New York City history,...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this evocative concept book about daytime and nighttime, William Low introduces several intriguing and child-friendly animals.
Who likes the day? Butterflies. Who likes the night? Owls.
Who is working today? Beavers. Who is flying tonight? Bats.
Readers turn the pages to reveal what animals are doing during the day and at night.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Interactive gatefolds, lift-the-flap pages, and detailed illustrations provide young readers with an up-close look at such big machines as cement mixers, fire trucks, helicopters, and bulldozers, and the special jobs they were made to do.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First board book edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Chinatown. There is so much to see. People practicing tai-chi, shoe cobblers, rows of herbs, outdoor fish markets, and more. And best of all, when the Lunar New Year begins, there's a New Year's Day parade, complete with a lion dance.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.
Author
Language
English
Description
In full sail with flags flying, the mighty warship capsized and began to sink.
This is the saga of the great Swedish warship, the Vasa. Built to be the crown jewel of the Swedish Navy, the Vasa capsized not a mile into her maiden voyage in 1628-a tragedy resulting in many deaths and great loss. But who was to blame? Award-winning author Russell Freedman explores the history of this ship, and her resurrection from the seas in 1961. William Low's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
Español
Description
Hace dos mil años, Jesús caminó por Galilea; allá donde viajaba, más y más personas se convertían en sus seguidores. Sus contemporáneos son figuras históricas conocidas: Julio César, César Augusto, Herodes, Poncio Pilatos. Aquella era una época de una opresión omnipresente, en la que hombres, mujeres y niños se hallaban bajo el brutal poder del Imperio Romano. Jesús vivió en este mundo; en un contexto política e históricamente volátil...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
As summer ends and they get ready to go back to school, two young girls try to deal with the news that the grandparents they love are getting a divorce.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although they become separated, they remain related by a bond of friendship and a special painting.
Author
Series
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them. Includes brief biographical sketches of the illustrators.