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  • 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

  • Starry Messenger

    Galileo Galilei (Caldecott Honor Book)

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series
    "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

  • Tibet Through the Red Box

    Through The Red Box

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series
    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 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

  • 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 Wall

    Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series
    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

    $12.99 USD

  • Madlenka Soccer Star

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series Madlenka
    Three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sis rides the rising tide of soccer enthusiasm to score another winner.Madlenka -- that cosmopolitan little girl whose city block is a world of its own -- is back and ready to play! When she dribbles her brand new soccer ball out the door and around the corner, it seems that everyone wants to get in the game -- the mailbox, a dog, even a parking meter, but ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Robinson

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Hans Christian Andersen Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís delivers an epic tour de force and his most beautiful, accessible work to date!A boy who loves adventure.A mysterious solo journey.A remote island wilderness.Cast away in this beautiful dreamlike story and discover what surprises await. Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhoodwith the fictional adventure of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Madlenka's Dog

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    Series series Madlenka
    Note to Readers: Double-tap on images with golden borders to see more!Another delightful romp around Madlenka's city blockMadlenka wants a dog! She doesn't really care what kind, so long as it's a dog that she can put on a leash and walk around the block. But her mother and father say NO! What is Madlenka to do? It just takes some imagination . . . Madlenka's friends on the block all play along, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Madlenka Soccer Star

    by Peter Sís ...
    Illustrated by Peter Sís ...
    This ebook includes audio narration.Three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sis rides the rising tide of soccer enthusiasm to score another winner.Madlenka—that cosmopolitan little girl whose city block is a world of its own—is back and ready to play! When she dribbles her brand new soccer ball out the door and around the corner, it seems that everyone wants to get in the game—the mailbox, a dog, even ... Read more

    $14.99 USD