Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis [...]
Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared.
In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds she discovers in books be enough to draw Nasreen out of her shell of sad[...]
Children young and old will delight in the artistic splendor of this illustrated nonfiction tale from the author of "Henri's Scissors," which "Booklist "called an "exemplary picture-book biography."
Joseph Cornell loved to draw and paint and collect things. With these drawings and paintings and [...]
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--is told in Spanish and English. Vibrant miniature paintings convey the sense of adventure and magic that marked Rivera's early years. And the story shows how his passion for painting and love for his country combined to m[...]
When war comes, Alia Muhammad Baker, the librarian of Basra, fears the library will be destroyed, so she asks government officials for help, but they refuse, which means Alia must take matters into her own hands to protect the books that she loves.[...]
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something - and starts by planting nine seedlings in her [...]
Meet two heroes of Pakistan who stood up for the rights to freedom and education in these inspirational nonfiction tales Jeanette Winter.[...]
Under den heta sommaren 2012 reser Emanuel Sidea genom ett Sydeuropa i brand. I Aten, Rom, Madrid och Lissabon träffar han människor som ger sin bild av den pågående krisen â och de åtgärder som nu tas till för att stävja den.Eurosamarbetet skulle lyfta de fattiga länderna i södra Eur[...]