"The Owl and the Pussycat" is the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (English Language, Illustration).Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is "The Owl and the Pussy...(展开全部)

A board book edition of the acclaimed picture book offers a beautifully illustrated, richly detailed version of Lear's nonsense verse about the whimsical adventures of the romantic Owl and Pussycat."

"Brett sets Lear's beloved poem of courtly nonsense in a lush, brilliantly lit Caribbean landscape . . . her gorgeously colored double-page spreads combine deadpan realism with the wildest flights of fancy and a mocking undercurrent in setting and character."--Booklist, starred review. Full color.

The Silent Cry traces the uneasy relationship between two brothers who return to their ancestral home, a village in densely forested western Japan. While one brother tries to sort out the after-effects of a friend's suicide and the birth of a retarded son, the other embarks on a quixotic mission to incite an uprising among the local youth. Oe's description of this brother's mes...(展开全部)

The Silent Cry traces the uneasy relationship between two brothers who return to their ancestral home, a village in densely forested western Japan. While one brother tries to sort out the after-effects of a friend's suicide and the birth of a retarded son, the other embarks on a quixotic mission to incite an uprising among the local youth. Oe's description of this brother's mes...(展开全部)

The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire – beautifully illustrated by artist Kate Boxer. ‘I was entranced… It is a work that takes wing in the mind’ ROBERT MACFARLANE In ten chapters, each dedicated to a different bird, and each beautifull...(展开全部)

Since his introduction of modern philosophy to American psychiatric practice in the United States ( Existence , 1958), May has provided readers with accessible texts on many psychological issues (including Freedom and Destiny, LJ 10/1/81). In his newest book he directs our attention to the psychology of our culture by providing a distinctly American portrait of the place--and d...(展开全部)

The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire – beautifully illustrated by artist Kate Boxer. ‘I was entranced… It is a work that takes wing in the mind’ ROBERT MACFARLANE In ten chapters, each dedicated to a different bird, and each beautifull...(展开全部)