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ISBNdb.com is a large online database of book information available both via web interface and API. The database includes title, author, ISBN, ISBN13, publisher, publishing date, binding, pages, list price, and more. [1] It contains data on 33+ million books by more than 11 million authors, with more books added every day. [2]
Big is an American picture book written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison. It was well received, winning the 2024 Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King honor [2] for both its writing and illustrations. The book tells the story of a young black girl dealing with what it's like to be big.
Angus and the Ducks is a 1930 American children's picture book written and illustrated by Marjorie Flack and published by Doubleday & Company. It is about an encounter between a Scottish terrier named Angus and two ducks, a "true story" according to Flack. [1] The book's copyright was renewed in 1957, and it will enter the public domain on ...
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is an American children's picture book written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, [1] and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. The book teaches the alphabet through rhyming couplets , and charted The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books in 2000.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. R. J. Palacio novel Wonder Front cover, illustrated by Tad Carpenter Author R. J. Palacio Cover artist Tad Carpenter Subject Prejudice Self-acceptance Middle school Friendship Bullying Genre Children's novel Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Publication date 14 February 2012 Pages 310 Awards ...
The book is told by a mother, the author Mattick, telling a story of her great-grandfather to her son. In 1914, veterinarian Harry Colebourn, Mattick's great-grandfather, rides a train across Canada on his way to serve in World War I. Finding an orphaned female bear on the platform of the railway station at White River, Ontario for sale for $20 ($524 today), he names it "Winnie" after his ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children's picture book designed, illustrated, and written by American children's author and illustrator Eric Carle.The plot follows a very hungry caterpillar that consumes a variety of foods before pupating and becoming a butterfly.
The book is considered one of the leading examples by some scholars and educators of a postmodern picture book. [5] [6] Part of this is because of its metafictional aspect, [7] something Macaulay himself spoke of in his Caldecott Medal acceptance speech, "the subject of this book is the book.