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Isaacs, Anne Elizabeth was born on March 2, 1949.
(There's a cat up a tree. What could be more familiar? Yet...)
There's a cat up a tree. What could be more familiar? Yet with her astonishing gifts of imagination and language, Anne Isaacs discovers in this seemingly ordinary event a world of cosmic reach -- from the earthy roots and leafy branches of the forbearing tree to the mysterious ginger cat himself, then higher still to the cool, unblinking moon and beyond. Creating a rich texture of personalities and possibilities, her story unfolds one poem at a time, ultimately sweeping the reader into a pageant of feline concern from which no one, young or old, cat-lover or not, will emerge unmoved. Does the cat need catching? The fireman and the cat-catcher think so. To the consternation of her father, a little girl wants to take the cat home as a pet. IN the sky, a balloon lady drifts by to sing praises to a like minded free spirit; a wary robin sets up an alarm; the mayor tries to organize everyone. And then there's the box-car racer, who couldn't care a white about the cat and only wishes that the crowd around the tree would get out of his way! But of course it's the cat who -- knowing very well why he's up there -- has the last word. Anne Isaacs, author of the Caldecott Honor book Swamp Angel and the highly praised Treehouse Tales, again freshly, brilliantly conceives the read-aloud experience. Effortless changing mood and voice, evoking everyday wishes and secret longings, the poems here cast a rich storytelling spell by virtue of their insight, versatility, and dexterity. Stephen Mackey's lush, color-drenched paintings, tinged with humor, wit, and romance, beautifully partner the text. Achieving a charmed balance between the familiar and the fanciful, the create a pliant, responsive world over which these remarkable verses may preside.
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(THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN KOREAN. 세상에서 가장 큰 여자 아이 안젤리카(비룡소의...)
THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN KOREAN. 세상에서 가장 큰 여자 아이 안젤리카(비룡소의 그림동화 70) On the day of her birth, nothing about Angelica Longrider suggested that she would one day become the greatest woodswoman of Tennessee. In fact, the newborn was "scarcely taller than her mother and couldn't climb a tree without help." It's not long, though, before Angelica is vanquishing varmints such as Thundering Tarnation, a huge bear with a taste for settlers' winter rations, and swallowing entire lakes in a gulp. This tallest of tall tales is an original from an intriguing newcomer to children's books, Anne Isaacs. In the tradition of Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, the story of a self-sufficient, tornado-wielding, unflappable heroine lopes along at a perfect pace. Paul O. Zelinsky's folksy oil illustrations are painted on cherry, maple, or birch veneers, with old-fashioned frames; the extravagant and fanciful paintings have garnered the distinguished illustrator yet another Caldecott Honor. (Zelinsky has already received one Caldecott Medal for Rapunzel and two Caldecott Honors for Hansel and Gretel and Rumpelstiltskin.) The dry and fantastically far-fetched humor of the author-illustrator team will make readers of all ages feel as though Angelica herself has tossed 'em in the air so high that they are still on the way up at nightfall. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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(In these three short stories Anne Isaacs again shows her ...)
In these three short stories Anne Isaacs again shows her gift for vivid images, wry humor, and memorable characters. The stories relate the adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children in their family treehouse, which serves as a refuge, a lookout post, and a frightening dragon's lair. Lloyd Bloom's art, suffused with the shimmer of sunlit foliage, beautifully captures the stories' rural setting and spirit of romance. Whether heard aloud or read alone, these humorous, lighthearted tales that so artfully mingle desire and possibility, solitary experience and familial togetherness, will speak through an earlier period of our history to America's children today.
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Isaacs, Anne Elizabeth was born on March 2, 1949.
Bachelor in English magna cum laude, University Michigan, 1971. Master of Science in Behavior and Environment, University Michigan, 1975.
Program director Schuylkill Environmental Education Center, Philadelphia, 1975-1976. Educational programs coordinator Alberta Parks Visitor Services Branch, Edmonton, Canada, 1977-1980. Educational consultant various, 1981-1989.
(In these three short stories Anne Isaacs again shows her ...)
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(THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN KOREAN. 세상에서 가장 큰 여자 아이 안젤리카(비룡소의...)
(There's a cat up a tree. What could be more familiar? Yet...)
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