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  • The whipping boy

    by Sid Fleischman, Peter sis ...
    ward-winning author Sid Fleischman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.A Prince and a Pauper . . . Prince Brat and his whipping boy inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like each other. But when they find themselves taken hostage ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Starry Messenger

    Galileo Galilei (Caldecott Honor Book)

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    "If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo GalileiIn every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ice Cream Summer

    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    by Peter Sís ...
    ***"Sís delivers an encomium to summer, to the power of learning, and to that beloved, creamy-cold treat." --Kirkus, starred reviewSavor summer anytime with this breezy, sweet and irresistible picture book from Hans Christian Anderson Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís!***Dear Grandpa,Summer is going well. I am very busy. But don't worry, I am not forgetting about school! I ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Dreamer

    by Pam Muñoz Ryan ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Pura Belpré Award WinnerA tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís!From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftalí knows he cannot ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Wall

    Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Nicky & Vera

    by Peter Sís ...
    Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sís honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis.In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved.Czech-American artist, ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • In Praise of Mystery

    by Ada Limón ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper.A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year"A work of wonder for kids of all ages." —Los Ange... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Madlenka

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series Madlenka
    A trip around a city block is like a trip around the world!Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city block, but as we meet Madlenka's neighbors -- the French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice-cream man, the Latin American grocer, a retired opera singer from ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Magician's Apprentice

    by Kate Banks ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    From award winning author Kate Banks, and with pictures from Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis, a magical parable for readers who ask big questionsBaz has always dreamed about following his two older brothers out of his dusty little town, so when a stranger comes to his family's home and asks him to be a weaver's apprentice, Baz is eager to start his journey. But when he reaches the village of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Tibet Through the Red Box

    Through The Red Box

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    A father's diary, an artist's memoir.By the author of the best-selling Three Golden Keys.While my father was in China and Tibet, he kept a diary, which was later locked in a red box. We weren't allowed to touch the box. The stories I heard as a little boy faded to a hazy dream, and my drawings from that time make no sense. I cannot decipher them. It was not until I myself had gone far, far away ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Pilot and the Little Prince

    The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Peter Sís's remarkable biography The Pilot and the Little Prince celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilot—and that was when his adventures began. He found a job delivering mail by plane, which had never been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House

    by Mary Chase ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sis ...
    Maureen Swanson is the scourge of the neighborhood. At age nine, she already has a reputation as a hard slapper, a loud laugher, a liar, and a stay-after-schooler. The other kids call her Stinky. So sometimes when Maureen passes the crumbling (and haunted?) Messerman mansion, she imagines that she is Maureen Messerman–rich, privileged, and powerful. Then she finds a way into the forbidden, boarded ... Read more

    $4.99 USD