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SHARING CHRISTMAS WITH MAGNUS.

Author: Workman, Gwen Welk; Illustr Robert Arista
Country: Texas
Language:
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 40
Illustrations: 23 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”x 11”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9781467596732
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6999

Price: $14.95

The third in a series about Magnus the Troll and his friends, this time doing all the traditional Christmas activities together in this heartwarming and richly illustrated book.

STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: THE .

Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2012
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 22 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9781419704321
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7071

Price: $24.50

With her signature warmth and lyricism, Newbery winner Cynthia Rylant has crafted a new version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a tin soldier who falls in love with a ballerina. As in the original story, the tin soldier’s love for the beautiful ballerina is thwarted by a goblin. The tin soldier is separated from the other toys and washed down a sewer, where he encounters a rat and gets swallowed by a fish, but somehow, against all odds, he manages to end up back home only to be cast into the nursery fire. Rylant adds her own twist to the end of the tale, however, for in this version, the tin soldier and the ballerina are melded to each other, rather than melted, in the heat of the fire, so they’ll never be parted again. Rylant’s expert storytelling paired with Corace’s stunning illustrations create a beautiful, unforgettable tale of everlasting love.

STORIES OF HANS ANDERSEN, THE.

Author: Andersen, Hans Christian. Retold by Robert Mathias. Illustrations by Robin Lawrie
Country: New Jersey
Language:
Year Published: 1985
No. of pages: 76
Illustrations: 26 Color Illustrations. 22 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound w/ Jacket
Size: 11”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 382091531
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4195

Price: $19.50

Andersen’s fairy tales, once read, are never forgotten. They capture the imagination and live in the memory forever. Using highly visual language, Mathias beautifully retells six of Hans Andersen’s most celebrated stories, including The Little Mermaid, The Wild Swans, The Little Match Girl and The Emperor’s New Clothes. The superb and charming illustrations perfectly reflect the magical quality of these stories and add a unique dimension to these world-favorite fairy tales.

TALE OF THE LITTLE, LITTLE OLD WOMAN, THE.

Author: Beskow, Elsa
Country: England
Language: English
Year Published: 1980
No. of pages: 10
Illustrations: 12 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 863150799
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 1150

Price: $29.50

This little folk rhyme concerns an old woman and her naughty cat.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CAPTAIN ERICSSON.

Author: Nordheim Wooldridge, Connie. Illustrated by Andrew Glass
Country: USA
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 31
Illustrations: 18 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 11”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 823416267
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6302

Price: $16.95

This illustrated biography of the inventor and captain of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor depicts Swedish immigrant John Ericsson as a visionary inventor. The only thing keeping him from huge successes with a fire engine, a fast railway engine, and a screw propeller, the book tells us, was the shortsightedness of the men who couldn't see the value of them. Years before the Civil War, Ericsson had invented an iron-covered ship with a gun turret, but no one was interested-until another ironclad builder saw his design and recommended it over his own to a navy committee. For readers 6 to 10, with watercolor cartoons.