A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who rides the waves, falls, and finds her way back to the shore Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit inΓÇöher olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single motherΓÇÖs footsteps to become a doctor. And when PhoenixΓÇÖs past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening AvaΓÇÖs hold on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs. With ocean-like rhythm and lyricism, Wave is about a girl who rides the waves, tumbles, and finds her way back to the shore.
A romp of a tale about the surprising similarities between dinosaurs and children Iamasaurus. I am noodlevorous. One of the genus Ridiculorous. Mothers abhor us. Babies adore us. We romp and we stomp and we chomp on the floras. Turns out kids are not unlike T. rexes. Did you know both creatures share many of the same body partsΓÇömaxillae, mandibles, clavicles, ribs. Scapulas, humeri, tibias, fibs? This fun romp of a book will make young readers'' inner dinosaurs roar with delight.
A splashy story celebrating a fun-filled day at a public pool Splash, dash! ItΓÇÖs time for a pool bash! Grab your swimsuits, inner tubes, noodles, and floats, and jump, belly flop, or dive into this wet and wild ode to sun-kissed, pruned-fingered, swimming pool fun.
When the tide is out the curtain is up on this clever tale of an underwater, watercolor ballet featuring dancing crabs and all of their aquatic friends Welcome. Enter. Sit right there. The Crab Ballet is about to begin! This spectacular seaside show, starring dancing crabs, an aquatic corps de ballet, and a cast of French ballet terms, is sure to delight ballet dancers of all stripes.
Pip Pip Toodle Doo follows Pinky the bird as she sings her playful song, dives through the clouds, and meets new friends Fred, Sue, Jean, and Ray! These birds aren't like Pinky, but as she'll find out, that only makes them more fun and more interesting. Lisa Sobiek's buoyant story, accompanied by Paula L. Robison's colorful illustrations, demonstrates the fun of being actively interested in others and how asking questions leads to new understandings and new friends!
Moon, Raven, and Child embark on a mythical quest across enchanting lands in Sophie Sheppard's The Moon's Tear: A Desert Night's Dream, a quiet tale that captures the legendary beauty and wonder of the high desert to tell a visually stunning tale of loneliness conquered by love.
- first of a two-volume set, Pickles Tails Vol. I collects the beloved Pickles' family cat and dog, Muffin and Roscoe, in their featured strips from 1990 - 2007. (Pickles Tails Vol. II will contain strips from 2008-2019) - Hardcover - Full-color - syndicated worldwide in over 900 papers and online - syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group - Brian Crane draws his Pickles strip daily, and has since 1990
Simple, quick, tasty, and contemporary recipes to fit the millennial lifestyle Is avocado toast your primary food group? Do you own a small family of succulents? Do you suck at cooking, but thrive at brunch? Well, you might be a millennial that would like this cookbook. Inside, you'll get more than 30 simple recipes that any 20-something can easily make and love. Buy now! Or don't. No pressure.
A breathtaking collection of work celebrating 125 years of San Franciscös legendary museumThe de Young is San Franciscös oldest art museum, treasured in a unique verdant setting. Beginning as the Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum in 1895, the museum has been a valued center of world art and culture, serving the Bay Area and, increasingly, national and international visitors and scholars. A city museum since 1924, it joined the Legion of Honor in 1972 to become part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, together preserving and exhibiting the most widely inclusive art collections in the city. Over the years, the de Young buildings changed in telling ways, transforming to protect and present a continuously expanding array of objects and their histories.Published to mark the 125th anniversary of the de Young, this volume offers a new path to artworks from across its departmental disciplines: art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; American art; contemporary art and programming; costume and textiles; and works on paper. Poetic themes, curatorial insights, brief institutional histories, and an expanded historical timeline are accompanied by lavish new photography, presenting this beloved museum to audiences today. de Young 125 features a selection of 125 works from around the world that span more than two millennia and convey a shared human experience and creative achievement.
A sweet ode to dreams of all kinds. If you are the squirrel, I am the tree. If you are the traveler, I am the sea. If you are the writer, I am the nook. If you are the reader, I am the book. In simple poetic language, a child is reassured that no matter what or where they are, they will never be alone.
Even the future president of the United States has to wash up, put his toys away, settle down, and go to bedGo to bed, Ted! It¿s time for little Theodore Roosevelt, the future president, to take a bath, quit playing, and put away his toys. Time to stop rough-riding the bed, keep his nightclothes on, and dream big. It¿s tough going to bed every night¿for presidents and kids alike.
A picture book biography about an ordinary New York City couple and their extraordinary collection of artIn the heart of Manhattan lived a librarian and a postal clerk who loved art so much that they collected it. Over the years, Dorothy and Herbert brought home hundreds of works of art¿from little-known SoHo artists to luminaries such as Chuck Close and Christo and Jeanne-Claude¿to their small, empty-walled apartment, much to the curiosity and delight of their eight cats and tank of fish. Their passion for art and support of artists was so impressive, Dorothy and Herbert became famous themselves. And when they gifted their extraordinary collection to the National Gallery of Art, their art became ours, inspiring new generations of artists.
A comprehensive survey of Arnold Genthe's legendary photography of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fireWhen disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs. For the first time ever, this important body of work is shown in its entirety with newly printed photographs from ultra-high-resolution scans created from the original negatives, an overview of Genthe's life, a mapping of his journey on that day, and a look at the aftermath of the disaster.
A picture book of haiku-inspired poems celebrating the four seasonsBeautiful day!Teach me, too, how to fly,mother swallow! In simple, poetic verse, a child observes their world from spring to summer, and autumn through winter, in this gentle ode to the seasons, accompanied by exquisite illustrations.
A stunning monograph, depicting the real, unstaged, natural beauty of Californiäs wine industry by a photographer and wine industry insider Behind the polish and the glamour of the tasting room is an industry notable for its complex labor challenges and its constant duel against unforgiving natural conditions. Longtime Napa-based photographer Jimmy Hayes, who has been documenting the California wine industry since 2014, offers an intimate look at the demanding reality and rugged beauty of winemaking. Hayes¿s structural, minimal, and poignant photographs present unromanticized, unscripted beauty and quietly magnificent details from an insider¿s vantage point. To work with wine is to work hard, with one¿s whole body, mind, and heart¿and it¿s in those messy moments where the real beauty lies.
A blackout poetry version of the classic fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," offering a new, spare, and lovely tale of empowerment, body acceptance, and knowing where you belongYou know the story of the Little Mermaid¿the girl who traded her tail for legs, her beloved sea for sand, to land the prince. Or do you? In this refreshingly subversive blackout poetry version of the classic fairy tale, a new and empowering message emerges from the depths: our girl pines for land and that prince, but this daughter of water discovers she loves the sea and her body¿mermaid tail and all¿more.
Age range 5 to 7An artistic picture book about an autumn leaf's journey that beautifully evokes the season A lone autumn leaf falls and flies away on a breeze. It travels up and over the world and down again--where it finally lands on the page of a little girl's open book and becomes a keepsake.
The stellar photography of Stephanie Rausser and craftsmanship of doll maker Jess Brown tell a timeless story of a girl and her doll in Paris. The images and silhouette art take the young reader deep in the cotton stuffed heart of Coco, a beautiful rag doll, as she twirls from hand of her beloved girl Kiki.
Jesse DeLong's full-length debut, The Amateur Scientist's Notebook, is a collection of poems set among the mines and farmlands of Idaho. The severe landscapes move the speaker to investigate his romantic and familial relationships through lyric considerations of the natural world and scientific concepts. Like the seeds on the face of a sunflower, each poem is both whole and a piece of a whole. Mimicking this structure, or the "struggle of scale," these poems combine love and science, and the product is both declaration and interruption, elusive and graspable, love and the deconstruction of love. In The Amateur Scientist's Notebook, the friction between the stone and the mountain demonstrates the wonder generated in this struggle to become, to grow, and to change.
Vincent D¿Onofrio has a strong social following (Twitter: 266,600; Facebook 81,000; Instagram: 129,600) Foreword by actor and poet Ethan Hawke (Twitter: 13,900; Facebook: 664,000; Instagram: 312,700) Blend of poetry and raw thoughts and observations offers a new perspective on a public figure Gift and humor potential
Wearing food is much more fun than eating it in this sweet and sticky ode to toddler mealtime Applesauce is fun to wear on your nose or in your hair. Toast is always nice and flat. What could make a better hat? What¿s more fun than eating your food? Wearing it, and toddlers are especially talented at that. This adorable picture book features a diverse cast of babies making a delightful mess at mealtime.
A poetic picture-book biography about artist N.C. Wyeth¿s daughter, Henriette, a talented painter in her own rightAnd I think of the girl I am and the girl I¿ll be:A painter, like Pa.An actress (maybe).A fairy with wings. A father and daughter sneak away from their big, busy family to paint in the wild landscape. Together, they paint a lily, bright and white as a star; the green growing into the cap of a strawberry; the blue in the sky running pink. Henriette¿s father is N.C. Wyeth, the famous artist, who encourages her to paint what she sees, to awaken into her dreams, and she does, in this poetic picture book inspired by a famous American family of artists.
A tea party in the garden becomes a cautionary tale in this lovely book featuring whimsical collage illustrations Your garden tea party might turn into a breezy adventure in this gentle cautionary tale featuring Kelly PousetteΓÇÖs beautiful, dimensional collage illustrations.
A captivating exploration of the life, work, and insider insight of legendary film producer Howard Kazanjian Howard Kazanjian, a film producer whose career spans 50 years, has collaborated with Hollywood legends such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, and worked on such classics as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi. Complete with personal anecdotes from the front lines, and coupled with rare archival photographs, this full-length biography tells the story of Kazanjian’s rise in Hollywood and takes us behind the scenes of the producer’s role in some of the biggest blockbusters in film history.
This beautifully designed and playfully illustrated novelty board book is the perfect starting point for tiny ballerinas and parents alike. Sweet and spare rhymes prance across the pages, engaging the reader with real ballet terms and plenty of pink. Parents and toddlers together will sigh "Bravo" as they turn off the light.
Set in Chicago, M-theory, revolves around two murders in all of their profundity and anonymity. Using elements of noir and romance Cates successfully nests deeper philosophical and societal considerations into a tight, brilliant plot that expertly braids three separate narrative threads: the investigations of Detective Lesley Powell, the love life of one Donovan James, and the liaisons of Mrs. Emily Monroe. The result is a fast-paced novel that contains all the thrills of a police procedural-while scrutinizing those procedures-and titillates, while exploring the dangers of love. Timely in its considerations of the abuses of power inherent in the culture of corporations and law enforcement, M-theory is an engrossing, accessible, yet formally complex, study in human emotion, psychology, and motivation that will leave readers considering their own conceptions of reality.
Most books about the presidents are either biographies or political science tomes, hundreds of pages long. If they cover the full list of presidents, then they often devolve into lists of trivia. Execute the Office seeks to balance both halves of the creative nonfiction genre by writing succinct essays that are invested as much in lyrical writing and experimental forms as they are with factual accuracy.
Age range 5 to 9 A is for apple unless you're being chased by a bloodsucking vampire, then A is for Aaaaaagghhh!! in this irreverent and unusual ABCs book that will have readers laughing, but hopefully not vomiting, all the way from A to Zee End.
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