Emily Hughes
1) The snail
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all time. This is his story. Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. But the world was not so giving in return. Growing up mixed-race, born in the United States and raised in Japan, Noguchi found himself perceived as an outsider who did not belong in either country. Unable to identify fully as either Japanese or American, he turned to his art to shape, hold, and create...
3) Wild
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The story of a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth. Bears taught her to eat, birds to speak, foxes to play; she is unabashedly, irrefutably, irrespressibly Wild. That is, until one day she meets a new animal that looks oddly like her...
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Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Lost and found things are the theme of the day, from Mouse's missing blanket, to a large friendly dog (which Kittenhead does not like), and finally a puppy (which Kittenhead prefers).
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Charlie and Mouse and their parents are going on a camping trip, and there will be hiking, storytelling, marshmallows, and campfires, and the joy that comes from sharing it all.
Author
Series
Charlie and Mouse volume 3
Language
English
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Description
It's Mom's birthday, and Charlie and Mouse and their Dad want everything to be perfect--so when the cake gets burnt the boys have to come up with a new plan, pronto.
11) A brave bear
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After suggesting he and his father go to the river to cool down, a little bear tries to impress his father along the way.
Author
Series
Tales from the multiverse volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of six short stories in a variety of genres and settings, all featuring ice cream"--
13) Brilliant
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
The Black Dog of Depression has descended over the adults of Dublin. Uncles are losing their businesses, dads won't get out of bed, mothers no longer smile at their children. Siblings Raymond and Gloria have had enough and set out one night with one goal in mind: to stop the Black Dog, whatever it takes. In a chase through the streets and parks and beaches of Dublin, the children run after the Black Dog, and soon dozens, then hundreds, then thousands...
14) The Snail
Author
Language
English
Description
Award-winning illustrator Emily Hughes offers a luminous picture book about the life of renowned Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi.
Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all time. His Akari lamps changed the way modern buildings light their space. But before he was important, he was a kid. This is his story.
Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. The world, however, was not always so giving in return....