How Many Stars in the Sky?

Informationen zum Autor Lenny Hort, author of How Many Stars in the Sky? and Tie Your Sock and Clap Your Feet: Mixed-up Poems (Atheneum), lives in Fort Lee, NJ. James E. Ransome’s work has appeared in nearly fifty books for children, including The Creation by James Weldon Johnson, a Coretta Scott King Award Book; Uncle Jed’s Barbershop , a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Old Dog by Charlotte Zolotow; How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort; and This Is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander. His highly acclaimed illustrations for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told By A Freeman Of Color won the NAACP Image Award, and his traveling exhibit “Visual Stories” is featured in libraries and museums throughout the country. He teaches illustration at Syracuse University and lives in Rhinebeck, NY, with his family. Klappentext Mama's away one night, and her son can't sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one. Then the boy finds that Daddy can't sleep either. Together, the two of them set off on an unforgettable all-night journey of discovery. Zusammenfassung Mama's away one night, and her son can't sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one... Then the boy finds that Daddy can't sleep either. Together, the two of them set off on an unforgettable all-night journey of discovery. "James E. Ransome's oil paintings complement Lenny Hort's poetic text perfectly." — Washington Post

Product details

• Authors: Lenny Hort, Lenny/ Ransome Hort
• Assisted by: James Ransome (Illustration), James E. Ransome (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.1997
• EAN: 9780688152185
• ISBN: 978-0-688-15218-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 279 mm x 2 mm
• Series: Reading Rainbow Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION: Bedtime & Dreams, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / New Baby, JUVENILE FICTION: Biographical / United States, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION: Mathematics, JUVENILE FICTION: African American & Black