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Isabella of Castile

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Shirin Yim Bridges’ first book, Ruby's Wish, was a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book and won the Ezra Jack Keats award. It is on several state reading lists, has been translated into seven languages, and is now in its eleventh edition. The Umbrella Queen made TIME/CNN’s Top 10 Lists and was also named a Best Children’s Book by the Bank Street College of Education. Horrible Hauntings won an IRA/CBC Children's Choices Award. Mary Wrightly So Politely launched in April 2013 to starred reviews in both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. To date, every book that Shirin has written or published has achieved national acclaim.Responsible for the pen-and-watercolor illustrations that bring our princesses to life, Albert Nguyen received his MFA from the Academy of Art in 2006. He grew up in Minnesota before moving to San Francisco. In addition to being fond of drawing, painting, comics, and cartoons, Albert has a special affection for chubby animals.The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses are his first children’s books. Klappentext In a twist on the classic fairy tale, a princess in fifteenth century Spain refused to wait to be rescued by a prince but instead chose one for herself. Even then, she would not marry him until they'd reached an agreement that was revolutionary for her time?their marriage would be an equal partnership captured in the motto: To stand as high, as high to stand, Isabella and Ferdinand. This book tells the real and remarkable story of the princess, Isabella of Castile. The partnership that she made with her prince was a happy and successful one. Without her, both Spain and America would not exist as we know them.Richly illustrated and narrated with humor, The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses brings to life the stories of real and remarkable princesses who managed to do what few thought possible. Zusammenfassung In a twist on the classic fairy tale, a princess in 15th-century Spain refused to wait to be rescued by a prince and instead chose one for herself. This book tells Isabella of Castile's story with sections on the clothes she wore, the foods she ate, and why she is remembered today....

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Authors Shirin Yim Bridges, Shirin Yim Bridges, Shirin/ Nguyen Yim Bridges
Assisted by Albert Nguyen (Illustration)
Publisher External catalogues_US
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 9 to 13
Product format Hardback
Released 02.10.2010
 
EAN 9780984509843
ISBN 978-0-9845098-4-3
Dimensions 210 mm x 273 mm x 13 mm
Series Thinking Girl's Treasury of Re
Thinking Girl's Treasury of Re
Subject Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics

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