Jessie Willcox Smith is celebrated as one of the foremost children's book illustrators, renowned for her sensitive portrayal of childhood moods and expressions. Her evocative artwork, which graced countless magazine covers, established a distinctive style that influenced American nurseries and playrooms. Collaborating with her peers as 'The Red Rose Girls,' she produced enduring images for beloved children's classics. Her remarkable ability to capture the joy and tenderness of youth makes her work a touching and endearing experience for readers.
Presents a collection of both familiar and lesser known English fairy tales, including "Tattercoats", "Jack and the Beanstalk", and "Mollie Whuppie and the Double-Faced Giant".
'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily.In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair.But how can Heidi live without the mountains? And what can she do about Fraulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, an interactive MultiROM, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the new edition of the series makes reading motivatingfor students while making it easy for you to develop their reading and language skills.
Verhalen en versjes uit de 19e eeuw, vooral gekozen vanwege de bijbehorende prenten van bekende illustratoren uit die tijd.