Sís, Peter
Summary: I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2007
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Summary: Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 1996
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Summary: Gives information about each state, including capital, motto, state tree, state bird, source of name, and date of statehood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2004
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Summary: Robin and his friends are planning to dress up as pirates for their school's annual costume party, but instead his mother creates a Robinson Crusoe costume for him, and while the adults love it, his friends are less welcoming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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Summary: Presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003