What a wonderful book about the love of music. A colorful picture book is based on the true story of Joshua Bell, the renowned American violinist who famously took his instrument down into the Washington D.C. subway for a free concert. It is full of onomatopoeia of music, people talking, trains, and subway noise. A child who notice little things even in a rush walk with his mother. Children who love music will love this book. The illustrator did a marvelous job depicting the actions in the story lines.Adults will love this book because it is so well written and illustrated that it draws you in to every page. A good page turner.
A beautiful picture book honoring Rosa Park for her courage in the December 1, 1955 Montgomery City bus arrest. The illustrator does a wonderful work in displaying the emotion of the story-lines in each of his pictures. Rosa Park, a black American who had something to say in her quiet demeanor.
It is filled with wonderful pictures by an award wining photographer Nic Bishop. It all information about spiders, what they like to eat how they live and how they hunt. With beautiful colors, this book can capture any ones fascination. This is one of Nic Bishop's book series of animals.
A True story how Macy's Parade got it's big balloons. Tony Sarg a puppeteer and brilliant man who displayed his big balloons on the Thanksgiving Day parade. The author used a collage of illustrations to explain how he would create the balloons that were used in the famous parade. Each page filled with wonderful knowledge of the puppeteers life and work. Meticulously done and visually enjoyable a sure eyeful for all ages.
Jane Goodall adventures as a child living around animals. Written for children with delightful pictures tells about Jane and her fascination to animals and how the toy chimpanzee became a big impact in her life.
Beautiful book that took several years to make because the author wanted to capture every uniform and baseball field of that era. It's about the history of hundreds of unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues. Who went out to do what they loved and had to endure segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay for the love of baseball.the Negro League. It is a treasure book worth having.
A book that tell what Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas, three of the most remarkable women scientists' life and how they impacted the field of primatology. It is a nonfiction book with colorful pictures that tell their own depiction of the struggles they endured as female in the science field. Very interesting and easy to read book you will enjoy to read.
