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Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids (Ages 8-12) - Hardcover

Henkes, Kevin

 
9780061964176: Junonia: A Tender Tale of Summer, Seashells, and Special Moments for Kids (Ages 8-12)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0061964174 ISBN 13: 9780061964176
Verlag: Greenwillow Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

For Alice Rice, returning to the beach cottage—a cottage named Scallop—where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special occasion, the highlight of her annual family vacation.

Who will see the first dolphin this time? The first pelican? What will have changed? Stayed the same? And will this be the year she finally finds a junonia shell?

Alice’s friends are all returning, too. And she’s certain her parents have the best party planned for her. Alice can’t wait. If she’s lucky, everything in this coming of age story will be absolutely perfect. But will Alice be lucky?

Multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including:

  • Billy Miller Makes a Wish
  • Bird Lake Moon
  • The Birthday Room
  • Junonia
  • Olive's Ocean
  • Protecting Marie
  • Sun & Spoon
  • Sweeping Up the Heart
  • Two Under Par
  • Words of Stone
  • The Year of Billy Miller
  • The Zebra Wall

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Children’s Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; Newbery Honors for Olive’s Ocean and The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Is It Spring?, The World and Everything in It, A House, A Parade of Elephants, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Returning to the beach cottage—a cottage named Scallop—where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special occasion for Alice Rice.

Who will see the first dolphin this time? The first pelican? What will have changed? Stayed the same? And will this be the year she finally finds a junonia shell?

Alice's friends are all returning, too. And she's certain her parents have the best party planned for her. Alice can't wait. If Alice is lucky, everything will be absolutely perfect. Will Alice be lucky?

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Verlag
Greenwillow Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0061964174
ISBN 13 
9780061964176
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Henkes Kevin
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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