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Striking and stylish, Look Look! is the ideal first board book for babies just beginning to look and learn and a perfect gift for little hands. Look, look! Children run, fish swim, stars shine . . . all for baby's eyes to see. This sturdy board book, full of high-contrast black-and-white cut-paper art perfect for staring at, is just the thing for the eyes of the youngest babies. A few words in curving red type on each spread describe the scenes—a car races, a cat stretches, flowers bloom—and extend the book's age appeal so that it will be fascinating to older babies, too.
Jaya's Golden Necklace is the first children's book to tell of the origin and cultural roots of the beloved Buddha image. A story of East and West, it teaches lessons and entertains while also opening a door into Asian culture. Set along the Silk Road, Jaya's journey highlights the interconnected and multicultural worlds of yesterday and today.
Introduces Maria Rodriguez, an elementary school librarian, describing what she does during the school day and how she interacts with other staff and students.
A neighborhood in the southeast corner of San Francisco, Potrero Hill enjoys some of the citys finest weather and most spectacular views. Once pastureland and home to immigrants working in the shipbuilding industries, Potrero Hill was long ignored by guidebooks. Now The Hill is regenerating, and these pages highlight what is gone and what remains on these sunny slopes.
Various holidays celebrated around the world including Diwali, Posadas, and Hanukkah.
Phyllis Limbacher Tildes deftly delivers the pieces to put together these pattern puzzles. First take a peek at each black-and-white animal and read a short clue. Can you guess who it is? Turn the page and the answer is revealed in vivid color. Animal facts are included at the end.
OLD GOD'S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWAnnie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote and beautiful part of Wicklow in late 1950s Ireland. All about them the old green roads are being tarred, cars are being purchased, a way of life is about to disappear. Like two old rooks, they hold to their hill in Kelsha, cherishing everything. When Annie's nephew and his wife are set to go to London to find work, their two small children, a little boy and his older sister, are brought down to spend the summer with their great-aunt.It is a strange chance for happiness for Annie. But against that happiness moves the figure of...
A baby-sized introduction to sounds we hear every day, and a delightful companion to Baby Signs Long before they can speak, babies are listening. And with this book of fourteen everyday sounds, babies and toddlers are encouraged to interact with parents, caregivers, and the noisy world around them in ways that widen their sensory awareness and expand their vocabulary. From a tweeting bird to clanging pots, a beeping phone to honking cars, the splash! of water to the sound of a kiss--mmmwah!--this book is full of the sounds that fill a baby's day. Perfect for little hands to grasp, this is a delightful stand-alone or a lovely companion to Baby Signs.
Play with Baby in this soft, squishy cloth book. Join in Baby's day as Baby wakes up, eats breakfast, plays hide-and-seek, swings high in the air, takes a bath, reads a book, and goes night-night. What fun for babies of all ages!
Grandpa Jarvis is a boatbuilder and grew up in Southwest Harbor. Grandma Susan cares for the home and makes teddy bears. The children enjoy spending time with their grandmother whom they call "Nana." She often reads to them and takes them on trips to her childhood haunts. Sometimes they cook family recipes together or go to the local wharf to eat lobsters. Sometimes they watch her make teddy bears or play with the teddy bears she has made for them.