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The Story of a Story by Deborah Hopkinson; Hadley Hooper (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint- It involves persistence. A mostly empty page Then another. And still another. There are squiggles. There are doodles. But the words won't come. If you've ...Show more
Under the Bodhi Tree - A Story of the Buddha by Deborah Hopkinson; Kailey Whitman (Illustrator)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
Who was the Buddha? Once upon a time in ancient India, a prince was born. His name was Siddhartha, and one day he would inherit a powerful kingdom. His father tried to protect him from the suffering and hardship beyond the palace walls, but just like children everywhere, the prince longed to see the wo ...Show more
We Had to Be Brave - Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson
Category: Education
Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced ...Show more
Who Was Charles Darwin? by Deborah Hopkinson
Category: Education
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa ...Show more