Award-winning author-photographer George Ancona follows José through a season in the barrio and reveals a community as rich and varied as America itself.
Everyone remembers that cozy bed, the snoring granny, the dreaming child, the dozing dog…and the unexpected visitor who wakes up the house on a rainy afternoon of napping.
In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the natural miracles of the Earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family.
Exhausted from his labors, a man chopping down a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest puts down his ax, and as he sleeps, the animals that live in the tree plead with him not to destroy their world.
Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard. In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exup+ry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Saint-Exup+ry's beloved artwork was restored and remastered to present his work in its original and vibrant colors.
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. Their lives may be quite different from one another’s, but inside the children are all alike.
This is the dramatic and inspiring true story of runner Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.
