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When Jessie Came Across the Sea

Hest, Amy
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780744569636
Publisert
1999-10-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Books Ltd
Vekt
82 gr
Høyde
255 mm
Bredde
280 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
02, J
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
40

Forfatter
Hest, Amy
Illustratør
Lynch, P.J.

Biographical note

Amy Hest is the author of many much-loved and bestselling picture books, including Kiss Good Night, illustrated by Anita Jeram, and Charley's First Night and When Charley Met Granpa, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. About this book, she says, "I love snuggling up with someone special on those beautiful snowy nights ... I love cocoa!" Amy Hest lives in New York City, USA. Find her online at www.amyhest.com.

P.J. Lynch has won many awards throughout his incredible illustrative career, including the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal three times, the Irish Bisto Book of the Year award and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal on two occasions, first for The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, and again for When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. He lives in Dublin with his wife and their three young children. Find him online at www.pjlynchgallery.blogspot.co.uk and on Twitter as @PJLynchArt.

When Jessie Came Across the Sea

Hest, Amy
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk
Hest, Amy
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk
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In an inspiring pairing, Amy Hest and P.J. Lynch create an unforgettable tribute to the immigrant experience.Jessie lives with her grandmother in a poor village in the valleys of eastern Europe. When, to everyone's surprise, young Jessie is chosen by the village rabbi to travel to America, and to leave her grandmother behind, they both feel their hearts will break. Award-winning author Amy Hest brings her sure and inspired touch to the story of our immigrant heritage as she follows Jessie across the ocean to a new life--and a new love--in America.
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Set at the turn of the 19th century, this is the story of a young girl's adventure. Voyaging across the sea to a new life in America, Jessie leaves behind her village home and her beloved Grandmother, to whom she entrusts a precious keepsake, hoping that one day they will be reunited.
Les mer
Brings alive a period and it's people so immediately, it's almost painful... This is an arresting piece of work that takes the picture book into another dimesion. * Scotland on Sunday *This gentle, romantic story ends on a note of aching joy that brought a tear to the eye of this reviewer. * The Irish Times *
Les mer
P.J. Lynch won the 1987 Mother Goose Award for "A Bag of Moonshine" and has twice been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon" and "Catkin". He won the award in 1996 for "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey".
Les mer

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In an inspiring pairing, Amy Hest and P.J. Lynch create an unforgettable tribute to the immigrant experience.Jessie lives with her grandmother in a poor village in the valleys of eastern Europe. When, to everyone's surprise, young Jessie is chosen by the village rabbi to travel to America, and to leave her grandmother behind, they both feel their hearts will break. Award-winning author Amy Hest brings her sure and inspired touch to the story of our immigrant heritage as she follows Jessie across the ocean to a new life--and a new love--in America.
Les mer
Set at the turn of the 19th century, this is the story of a young girl's adventure. Voyaging across the sea to a new life in America, Jessie leaves behind her village home and her beloved Grandmother, to whom she entrusts a precious keepsake, hoping that one day they will be reunited.
Les mer
Brings alive a period and it's people so immediately, it's almost painful... This is an arresting piece of work that takes the picture book into another dimesion. * Scotland on Sunday *This gentle, romantic story ends on a note of aching joy that brought a tear to the eye of this reviewer. * The Irish Times *
Les mer
P.J. Lynch won the 1987 Mother Goose Award for "A Bag of Moonshine" and has twice been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon" and "Catkin". He won the award in 1996 for "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey".
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780744569636
Publisert
1999-10-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Books Ltd
Vekt
82 gr
Høyde
255 mm
Bredde
280 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
02, J
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
40

Forfatter
Hest, Amy
Illustratør
Lynch, P.J.

Biographical note

Amy Hest is the author of many much-loved and bestselling picture books, including Kiss Good Night, illustrated by Anita Jeram, and Charley's First Night and When Charley Met Granpa, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. About this book, she says, "I love snuggling up with someone special on those beautiful snowy nights ... I love cocoa!" Amy Hest lives in New York City, USA. Find her online at www.amyhest.com.

P.J. Lynch has won many awards throughout his incredible illustrative career, including the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal three times, the Irish Bisto Book of the Year award and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal on two occasions, first for The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, and again for When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. He lives in Dublin with his wife and their three young children. Find him online at www.pjlynchgallery.blogspot.co.uk and on Twitter as @PJLynchArt.

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