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Patrick Benson

    Patrick Benson is a celebrated children's book illustrator whose work is cherished for its playful spirit and warmth. His distinctive style breathes life into characters, resonating with readers of all ages. His illustrations adorn a wide array of beloved stories, bringing a unique visual charm to each narrative.

    The Minpins
    It´s a dog´s life
    China's Last Nomads: History and Culture of China's Kazaks
    Soon
    Owl babies
    A Christmas carol
    • 2015

      The Summer with Ludmila

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Looking for love can take you on unexpected journeys...

      The Summer with Ludmila
    • 2015

      From Patrick Benson, the illustrator of Owl Babies, comes the read-aloud story of Raju the baby elephant and his mummy who set out on a great jungle adventure. Raju follows his mother, holding tightly onto her tail, as they bravely journey across a wide river, battle the tall grass and delve into the deep, dark forest ... meeting snapping crocodiles, slithering snakes and ferocious tigers along the way. But where are Raju and his mummy going? What will they see in the end? Little tired Raju keeps asking, "When can we go home again?" and, each time, his mummy replies, “Soonâ€. This lyrical story transports readers to the lush, wild Indian jungle and exquisitely captures the fear and excitement of new experience.Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is.

      Soon
    • 2014

      Language of Healing

      • 156 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      This wise little book of 150 meditations is like a breast cancer support group. It is exactly what a woman recuperating in her hospital bed or during any of the other milestones of treatment and recovery might need—the advice and wisdom of other women who have preceded her in confronting breast cancer. Gathered here are moving reflections, anecdotes, and practical information for women concerned with or diagnosed with this disease. Built upon the experiences of women of all ages–women who have undergone all types of breast surgery and treatments from lumpectomy and mastectomy to radiation and chemotherapy; women who are single, married, divorced, widowed, straight, gay–the reflections touch upon topics as universal as fear and grief and as intimate as sex. The meditations help women: • discover healing insights and support • explore options for defining a “new normal” • commit to living each and every moment, fully and fearlessly Every three minutes a woman in America is diagnosed with breast cancer. Shocking but true. And The Language of Healing is a place for all those women to find comfort and strength, day by day, and a reminder that breast cancer patients – at any stage of the disease or recovery – are not alone.

      Language of Healing
    • 2011

      It´s a dog´s life

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.1(56)Add rating

      This story is an energetic romp through a dog's busy day on a farm. Russ, the sheepdog, herds sheep and cows and plots against Tigger, the farm cat. He covers Lula, his master's daughter, with lots of slobbery licks but when she gets a special birthday present, he worries that she might love it more than she loves him.

      It´s a dog´s life
    • 1997

      Little Penguin

      • 36 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Comparing herself to the larger Emperor penguins, Pip the Adélie penguin feels unhappy with her size until an encounter with a huge sperm whale puts things in a different perspective for her.

      Little Penguin
    • 1997

      This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

      China's Last Nomads: History and Culture of China's Kazaks
    • 1997

      A Christmas carol

      • 38 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.6(15881)Add rating

      A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

      A Christmas carol
    • 1994

      A story in which three baby owls wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, until at last she returns and they bounce up and down with joy. Illustrated by Patrick Benson in full colour.

      Owl babies
    • 1993

      The Minpins

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      3.9(1359)Add rating

      Little Billy doesn't really believe there are monsters in the wood, but the red-hot smoke-belching gruncher is real enough, and so are the tiny minpins, whose minature world is in danger.

      The Minpins