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Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
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Alice Provensen
A biography of French pilot Louis Bleriot who, in 1909, became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel. This picture book tells of the very first time Bleriot saw an airship, his quest to build his own flying machine, his many disastrous attempts to learn how to fly a plane, and finally of his triumphant flight into history. ...
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The animal fair
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
This collection of poems and stories about animals features critters found on a farm, in the wild, and at the zoo. Color illustrations accompany the text. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1952.
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Our animal friends at Maple Hill Farm
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
A colorful and month-by-month introduction to the many different animals that typically live on a farm--from roosters to horses to dogs.
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Year at Maple Hill Farm
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Alice Provensen
The look, mood and activities of a farm as it changes from month to month, shown in bright, engaging pictures.
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Shaker Lane: 9
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
As two sisters grow old they observe the changes that progress brings to their small rural town. Color paintings accompany the text.
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The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States
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Detailed pictures present both personal and political facts about the Presidents of the United States and some historical events occurring during their terms.
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Tales from the ballet
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Louis Untermeyer, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
A brief history of ballet is followed by synopses of twenty ballets: The Wood Nymphs; Ondine; Billy, the Kid; Graduation Ball; The Firebird; The Sleeping Princess; Petrouchka; Children's Games; Bluebeard; Swan Lake; Prince Igor; Coppelia; Giselle; Rodeo; The Golden Cockerel; The Rite of Spring; The Phantom of the Rose; The Nutcracker; Scheherazade ...
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Our Friends at Maple Hill Farm
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
A colorful and month-by-month introduction to the many different animals that typically live on a farm--from roosters to horses to dogs.
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Klondike Gold
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Alice Provensen (Illustrator)
Imagining the difficult, exciting travels of Bill Howell, one of the many adventurous, real-life prospectors during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897, author and illustrator Alice Provensen shares a riveting story in picture-book format. Along with his pal, Joe, Howell makes his way to Seattle, where the two take a boat to Dyea, Alaska. Once there, they ...
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The Golden treasury of myths and legends : adapted from the world's great classics
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Anne Terry White, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
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The Golden Circus
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Kathryn Jackson, Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
The circus comes alive in this classic featuring colorful, fuzzy flocking that's fun to touch on the cover and throughout and the stylistic art of Caldecott medalists Alice and Martin Provensen. Full color.
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The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill: Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson
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Nancy Willard, Martin Provensen (Illustrator), Alice Provensen (Illustrator)
This picture book give a partially fictionalized account of author Robert Louis Stevenson's journey from London, England to New York City. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Punch in New York
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Alice Provensen
The adventures of the puppet Punch after he is kidnapped while performing in New York. Will the clever Mr. Punch be able to find his way around the muggers, alligators, and wealthy tycoons he encounters in the city? Color illustrations accompany the text. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books ...
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Town and Country
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Alice Provensen
Readers of all ages can discover the delights of living in both town and country in this book. Full of colourful and detailed illustrations, it escorts the reader through busy city streets bursting with life, to the quiet lanes of peaceful country villages where the pace is more gentle.
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The Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense
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Louis Untermeyer, Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
Limericks, clerihews and other forms of light verse by contemporary and classic poets are introduced with delightful commentary. Color illustrations throughout.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
A biography of the Italian Renaissance inventor, artist, and scientist presented in a pop-up book format. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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My Fellow Americans: A Family Album
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Alice Provensen
This book gives a pictorial vision of Americans who shaped our history and culture, including Pocahontas, Henry Ford, Al Capone, and Rachel Carson.
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Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909
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Alice Provensen
"This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel. . . . The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity. . . . The paintings . . . add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen".--School Library Journal. Caldecott Medal.
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The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States
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Alice Povensen, Alice Provensen
Detailed pictures present both personal and political facts about the Presidents of the United States and some historical events occurring during their terms.
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A Book of Seasons
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
An easy-to-read description of the continuously changing seasons.
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Winter Song
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William Shakespeare, Melanie Hall (Illustrator), Alice Provensen (Introduction by)
Charming illustrations open the door to the world of William Shakespeare. Icicles hang by the wall, children's noses are red and raw, and Joan is busy in the kitchen stirring the pot. It is winter in Shakespeare's England. Shakespeare wrote a number of songs for his own productions. Among the most charming is "Winter Song," performed at the end of ...
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Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes
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Alice Provensen
An illustrated collection of traditional rhymes.
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Who's in the egg
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Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Lists some of the many animals that lay eggs with illustrations of what hatches from them.
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Owl and Three Pussycats
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Alice Provensen
When the oldest of all the trees on Maple Farm is blown down in a gale, life changes very dramatically for a small owl who suddenly finds himself living in a farmhouse with three cats!
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The Master Swordsman & the Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China
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Alice Provensen
In two original stories set in ancient China, Little Chiu masters the sword and Mu Chi escapes death through his marvelous painting.
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