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Mary Casanova - Wake Up, Island - 9780816689354 - V9780816689354
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Wake Up, Island

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Description for Wake Up, Island Hardback. Illustrator(s): Wroblewski, Nick. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.

Wake up, little one, a soft voice beckons, the world around you is already stirring. As Wake Up, Island gently rouses the sleepy child, it summons a world of nature coming to life on a summer island in the magical North Woods. Sunlit fingers touch the shores, pine trees stretch their limbs, and lichen warms on ancient rock. Doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and pearls of dew bead a spider’s finely woven web. Mallards skim the water’s surface. Ravens perch and gargle greetings, chickadees call dee, dee, dee, and a heron swoops—minnows flee! The moose and her ... Read more

Conjuring the morning life around a cabin fragrant with berry pancakes, this timeless book wakens the child in every reader to the wonders of nature that greet every new day in the charmed world of a northern woodland island.


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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816689354
SKU
V9780816689354
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Mary Casanova
Mary Casanova grew up in a camp-like atmosphere on the edge of St. Paul, with parents who regularly packed the station wagon to capacity—ten kids and the family dog—and headed “up north” to a cabin. Mary is the author of One-Dog Canoe and thirty other books. Several of them—including Moose Tracks, Wolf Shadows, When Eagles Fall, and most recently Frozen—are ... Read more

Reviews for Wake Up, Island
"With Mary Casanova’s simple text, and Nick Wroblewski’s exquisite, muted woodcuts, we have a kind of meditation on the pleasures found in the North Woods." —Star Tribune "With simple statements and delicate woodcuts, Wake up, Island creates a vivid sense of an island coming to life on a beautiful morning. Each page is a unique work of art. ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Wake Up, Island


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