Peter Sis

• Oct-2017
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A boy who loves adventure. A mysterious ocean journey. A remote island wilderness. Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of courage and loneliness, independence and friendship. Lush, transporting paintings ...

• Jun-2015
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From Hans Christian Anderson Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sis comes a delectable picture book that is as breezy, sweet and irresistible as ice cream in summer. Dear Grandpa, Summer is going well. I am very busy. But don't ...

• Jul-2012
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• Apr-2012
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• Oct-2010
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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 mail...

• Jul-2005
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It starts in the tub, with a dinosaur bath toy.But then another dinosaur pops out of the water. And look out -- here comes another -- and another -- and ANOTHER.

Fill the bathtub.It could happen.All it takes is imagination!

• Jun-2005
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• Jul-2004
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• Apr-2002
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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 b...

• Apr-2001
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"Not to be missed" -- Kirkus Reviews

One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thi...

• Oct-2000
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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 mee...

• Oct-1999
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While sitting on his living room couch that is atop a big blue rug, little Matt begins to pretend that he is on an incredible sailing adventure on the wide-open seas, yet when his mothers enters the room with the vacuum, his journey takes an unexpect...

• Dec-1998
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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 littl...

• Oct-1998
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Matt loves fire trucks, and one morning when he wakes up, he is a fire truck--right down to his hoses, hooks, and ladders! His wheels and sirens couldn't be handier for performing many important duties around the house, especially rescuing teetering ...

• Aug-1996
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Illus. in full color. The 15th century comes alive in this splendidly original picture book about Christopher Columbus. "The illustrations, executed in a variety of media, show scenes from the explorer's life as well as some imaginary creatures that ...

• Oct-1994
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The incomparable range and imagination of Czech artist Peter Sis is known the world over through his animated films, paintings, and best-selling children's books such asKomodo!, The Dragons Are Singing, and Follow The Dream. Now, with The Three Golde...

• Sep-1993
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Illus. in full color. "A delightfully original fairy tale, Rainbow Rhino recounts the adventures of a rhinoceros and his three colorful avian companions. They lead a peaceful existence until they wander out of their territory, where new sights lure e...

• Jun-1993
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"Mad about dragons, the boy who narrates this picture book is pleased when his doting parents decide to take him to Indonesia, home of the Komodo dragon....[The boy] takes the road less traveled through the jungle, where he encounters the dragon of h...

• Oct-1992
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• Sep-1990
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"A stiff breeze blows Mary's beach ball along the water's edge for miles and miles. People, objects and animals appear and disappear as Mary gallops from page to page, chasing the ball....Sis's inimitably cheerful illustrations fuse a riot of unsulli...

• Mar-1989
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• Apr-1988
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