How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn? Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn't even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn't want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . .
With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is...
How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn? Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too po...
It's a fine bright day, and all the animals are working--all except Anansi, that is He's sleeping, as usual. Warthog, Lion, and Zebra laugh so hard at his messy house that they wake him up. Anansi stomps off in a huff--right into an amazing secret Hyena has a magic stick that follows his orders. If Anansi steals the stick, he'll never have to work again, and his home will be the neatest one in town. Is the magic stick his secret for success? Or the beginning of disasters he can't even imagine?
It's a fine bright day, and all the animals are working--all except Anansi, that is He's sleeping, as usual. Warthog, Lion, and Zebra laugh so hard a...
Rose Zar flees the Piotrkow ghetto to live under false papers as an Aryan Pole. Tough, quick and gutsy, she outwits and outbluffs those who would turn her in. Rose's ironic picture of Nazi domesticity and her genuine friendship with the colonel's wife make this a unique book from beginning to end.
Rose Zar flees the Piotrkow ghetto to live under false papers as an Aryan Pole. Tough, quick and gutsy, she outwits and outbluffs those who would turn...
Walk among the gods and goddesses, men and monsters, in this enchanting volume of classic Greek myths Here are twelve of the most beloved legends of Greek mythology, from Pandora and her dreaded box to Icarus with his wings of wax, and, of course, that greedy, gold-fingered King Midas. Vibrant art adds a fresh twist to this collection, giving today's readers their own version of these timeless tales. Eric A. Kimmel brings these adventures to life with language that is colloquial and easy to read. Pep Monserrat breathes beautiful modern colors and style into his paintings, even as he...
Walk among the gods and goddesses, men and monsters, in this enchanting volume of classic Greek myths Here are twelve of the most beloved legends of ...
While the three little tamales cool off on a windowsill, a tortilla rolls by. -You'll be eaten. You'd better run - he tells them. And so the tamales jump out the window. The first runs to the prairie and builds a house of sagebrush. The second runs to a cornfield and builds a house of cornstalks. The third runs to the desrt and builds a house of cactus. Then who should come along but Senor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, who plans to blow their houses down
While the three little tamales cool off on a windowsill, a tortilla rolls by. -You'll be eaten. You'd better run - he tells them. And so the tamales j...
Eric Kimmel takes the traditional tale Stone Soup south of the border in this whimsical picture book. Brilliant watercolors and a text interspersed with Spanish words make this retelling a treat to read and hear. A savory stew.--Booklist, starred review.
Eric Kimmel takes the traditional tale Stone Soup south of the border in this whimsical picture book. Brilliant watercolors and a text interspersed wi...