Peter Sís Book order

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved.Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter Sís dramatizes Winton’s story in this picture book. He intertwines Nicky’s efforts with the story of one of the children he saved—a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky’s aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must find balance in her dual identities—one her birthright, the other her choice.

Nová kniha Petra Síse vypráví skutečný příběh o holocaustu, který by neměl být zapomenut. Mladý Angličan Nicholas „Nicky“ Winton se v roce 1939 podílel na záchraně dětí a jejich převozu vlaky z Prahy do Londýna. Věra Gissingová je jednou ze zachráněných dívek. Opravdoví hrdinové bývají často nenápadní a skromní. Vizuálně působivé zpracování využívá autorovy charakteristické mapy, bludiště i razítka, jemné akvarelové obrázky skrývají tajemné perokresby. Kniha o odvaze a slušnosti je inspirující i pro dnešní dobu – všichni se totiž rodíme svobodní a sobě rovní, všichni máme stejné právo na život.

A boy who loves adventure.A mysterious ocean journey.A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of courage and loneliness, independence and friendship.Lush, transporting paintings float from reality to fantasy and back again as Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhood with the fictional…

A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer--but all his activities revolve around ice cream.

A biography of French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Peter Sis creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth- century Sufi epic poem, The Conference of the Birds. In The Conference of the Birds Caldecott Honor-winning children's book author and illustrator Peter Sis breathes new life into this foundational Sufi poem, revealing its profound lessons.Sis's deeply felt adaptation tells the story of an epic flight of birds in search of the true king, Simorgh. Drawn from all species, the band of birds is led by the hoopoe. He promises that the voyage to the mountain of Kaf, where Simorgh lives, will be perilous and many birds resist, afraid of what they might encounter. Others perish during the passage through the seven valleys: quest, love, understanding, friendship, unity, amazement, and death.Those that continue reach the mountain to learn that Simorgh the king is, in fact, each of them and all of them. In this lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the meaning of it all, Peter Sis shows the pain, and beauty, of the human journey.

Pura Belpré Award Winner A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Munoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís! From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftalí knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain on an inspiring voyage of self-discovery that will transform his life and, ultimately, the world. Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and transporting illustrations, Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sís take readers on a rare journey of the heart and imagination as they explore the inspiring early life of the poet who became Pablo Neruda.