A Dragon On The Roof

Author : Cecile Alix
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9783791373911

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A Dragon on the Roof by Cecile Alix Pdf

A brave young girl, a whimsical house, and a ticklish dragon help young readers see the world through Gaudí's eyes. Set in Casa Batlló, one of Antoni Gaudí's most renowned buildings, this joyful story introduces young readers to the architect's work, inciting their curiosity and imagination along the way. While her nanny is sleeping, young Paloma hears a noise. She climbs the stairs of her house until she reaches the roof, where a dragon is perched. Unafraid, Paloma reaches out to pet the dragon--but he is ticklish, and as he laughs, he spews a myriad of sea animals that he had unwittingly swallowed. The house is transformed into a dreamy aquarium and the dragon settles into a deep sleep on the roof. Cécile Alix's playful story and Fred Sochard's boldly graphic illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to Gaudí's exuberant vision. As readers make their way through Paloma's home, they are introduced to its fabulous elements--columns shaped like elephant legs; marine-inspired tiles, glass, and ironwork; and of course the spectacularly undulating, iridescent roof, which resembles a sleeping dragon. The end of the book includes a brief history of Gaudí's career and provides helpful background to Paloma's story. Kids will want to linger over the pictures and imagine what their own house would be like if a dragon were living on their roof.

Author : Terry Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : OCLC:1200290220

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The Dragon on the Roof by Terry Jones Pdf

Author : Hannah Carmona
Publisher : Lantana Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781913747602

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Anita and the Dragons by Hannah Carmona Pdf

A beautifully tender story touching on the range of emotions immigrants may feel when leaving their home countries – excitement and sorrow, fear and courage. Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures? A Barnes & Noble Bookseller Favorite. A BookTrust Book of the Month. A Love Reading For Schools Book of the Month. “A gorgeous story about the love of one’s homeland and the courage it takes to emigrate”—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED “Anita's courage as she flies off with the dragons to a new land will linger long after the final page”—Girls Read The World “What a punch this book packs. Hannah Carmona’s lyrical narrative is paired with THE dreamiest artwork by Anna Cunha – I’m obsessed with the color palette, and the gentle simplicity of her spreads is calming, yet full of energy”—The Little Literary Society

Author : Dao Strom
Publisher : HMH
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547972831

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Grass Roof, Tin Roof by Dao Strom Pdf

A Vietnamese family flees its war-torn home and resettles in California, in a novel that offers a “brilliant exploration of exile, loss, and identity” (Robert Olen Butler). Told from multiple perspectives and spanning several decades, Grass Roof, Tin Roof begins with the story of Tran, a Vietnamese writer facing government persecution, who flees her homeland during the exodus of 1975 and brings her two children to the West. Here, she marries a Danish American man who has survived a different war. He promises understanding and guidance—but the psychic consequences of his past soon hinder his relationships with the family, as the children, for whom the war is now a distant shadow, struggle to understand the world around them on their own terms. In delicate, innovative prose, Strom’s characters experience the collision of cultures and the spiritual aftermath of war on the most visceral level. Grass Roof, Tin Roof is “an affecting study on the slippery nature of home” (Los Angeles Times). “[Strom] explores the mysteries of loss, culture and identity, with skill, poignancy and imagination.” —Detroit Free Press

Author : Haiyan Chen,Fang Li
Publisher : Long River Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 0835100049

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Eight Dragons on the Roof and Other Tales by Haiyan Chen,Fang Li Pdf

Collection of the best Chinese dragon folktales from 1,000 years ago to the present.

Author : Jack Kent
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Dragons
ISBN : 0307102149

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There's No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent Pdf

Billy Bixbee's mother won't admit that dragons exist until it is nearly too late.

Author : Prestel Publishing
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9783791372037

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Colouring Book Antoni Gaudi by Prestel Publishing Pdf

Children can enter the surreal world of the master architect, Antoni Gaudí, and color in his weird and wonderful creations inspired by nature and the intricate beauty of the world around us. This delightful coloring book introduces children to one of the world's most recognized and admired architects, Antoni Gaudí. His masterpiece, the still-uncompleted Sagrada Família Basilica of Barcelona, is one of the most visited monuments in Spain. The Catalonian architect is especially appealing to children, who will marvel at the organic forms inspired by nature he employed in his buildings and designs. This engaging activity book will inspire learning and creativity in children, and will encourage young readers to build their own Gaudí-like creations.

Author : Gardner Dozois,Jack Dann
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781742754406

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The Dragon Book by Gardner Dozois,Jack Dann Pdf

Nineteen fiery dragon stories from the world’s best fantasy writers Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them, dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. In modern times, they can be found far from their medieval settings in locales as mundane as suburbia or as barren as post-apocalyptic landscapes - and in THE DRAGON BOOK, today's greatest fantasists reignite the fire with legendary tales that will consume readers' imaginations.With stories by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, Tamora Pierce, Harry Turtledove, Sean Williams and Tad Williams as well as tales by Naomi Novik, Peter Beagle, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Cecelia Holland, Kage Baker, Samuel Sykes, Diana Wynne Jones, Mary Rosenblum, Tanith Lee, Andy Duncan and Bruce Coville.

Author : Briony Stewart
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780702256462

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Kumiko and the Dragon by Briony Stewart Pdf

Kumiko doesn't like going to bed. She can't sleep, and the reason she can't sleep is because of the giant dragon that sits outside her bedroom window, every single night. So one night she plucks up the courage to ask the dragon to leave, not knowing that the truth she is about to discover is more thrilling than anything she could ever have imagined. This delightful story will take the young readers on a soaring dragon adventure, as Kumiko discovers a strength she never even knew she had.

Author : Roy Bates
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781435703223

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All About Chinese Dragons by Roy Bates Pdf

All About Chinese Dragons attempts to foster a wider understanding about the Chinese dragon and the many forms it took, in art, legend, and folklore. It is dedicated to the dragon, and its many offshoots and variations, and gives not only details of what a Chinese dragon was, where it was used, and what it was called, but also a few of the hundreds of legends about it that have arisen. The reader will become more acquainted with the dragon, and will gain a greater understanding of this magnificent beast. This book will interest and please the serious student and the enthusiastic tourist alike.

Author : Sharon Washington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781786826299

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Feeding the Dragon by Sharon Washington Pdf

'Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a library...' Deep in the bowels of a New York Public Library lies a dragon: the monstrous coal furnace that Sharon's father, the live-in custodian, must feed every night. A moving examination of family secrets, forgiveness, and the power of language, Feeding the Dragon explores Sharon's life growing up in the library and the fire she never allowed to fade.

Author : Irene C. Fountas,Gay Su Pinnell
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Reading
ISBN : 032504385X

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LLI Red System by Irene C. Fountas,Gay Su Pinnell Pdf

Author : Josh Katz
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780500024911

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On the Roof by Josh Katz Pdf

This view of a life-altering moment in our history—captured from one photographer’s Brooklyn rooftop—is a testament to human hope and resilience, and what we’ve learned about living in community. The roof of a New York apartment building, like some New York neighbors, can be elusive—you could live there for years and never see it. The unique constraints of 2020’s quarantine drove photographer and Brooklyn transplant Josh Katz up to his Bushwick rooftop and introduced him to both. What he discovered there astonished him. Families, lovers, dogs, meditators, artists, exercise fanatics, daredevils, drinkers, dancers—in this strange time the world below had found a way to continue ticking on up above, subject to new patterns and distances. And then, there were the pigeon fanciers, who had been up there for decades, watching the neighborhood change around them. Josh reached for his camera. The project grew from a man’s attempt to cope with his own isolation to a tender portrait of his community—captured entirely from his own roof—and a resonant chronicle of how some of us found new hope and space in a life-altering year. Characters as heartfelt as any in the now-classic Humans of New York accompany Josh’s keen observations on urban space, human interaction, and new ways of city living we can bring down from the roof to apply in a post-quarantine world.

Author : Jonathan Strahan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062877178

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The Book of Dragons by Jonathan Strahan Pdf

R.F. Kuang, Kate Elliott, Ken Liu, Todd McCaffrey, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and other modern masters of fantasy and science fiction put their unique spin on the greatest of mythical beasts—the dragon—in never-before-seen works written exclusively for this fantasy anthology compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan and with art by Rovina Cai! Here there be dragons . . . From China to Europe, Africa to North America, dragons have long captured our imagination in myth and legend. Whether they are rampaging beasts awaiting a brave hero to slay or benevolent sages who have much to teach humanity, dragons are intrinsically connected to stories of creation, adventure, and struggle beloved for generations. Bringing together nearly thirty stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today— Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Seanan Maguire, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang—and illustrated by award-nominated artist Rovina Cai with black-and-white line drawings specific to each entry throughout, this extraordinary collection vividly breathes fire and life into one of our most captivating and feared magical creatures as never before and is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales.

Author : Professor Sue C
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1954932022

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Auggie the Dragon by Professor Sue C Pdf

Auggie the Dragon began with inspiration resulting from a conversation between three-year-old Ciera and her eccentric Gramma Sue. Gramma Sue's heater went on, and the rest will become literary legend! Auggie came to life through Ciera's vision. The resulting saga follows Auggie and Gramma Sue on heartrending adventures, filled with whimsical accounts, and life lessons, all narrated by the voice of a five-year-old Ciera. The twists and turns of this narrative for all ages fills the heart with anticipation and joy as Gramma Sue and Auggie overcome obstacles in assuring Auggie's acceptance in a world often unwelcoming to those who are distinct.