In 1952 kan een jonge vrouw in Ierland geen werk vinden en emigreert, net als veel andere jonge Ieren in die tijd, naar Amerika, waar een baan voor haar is geregeld bij een warenhuis.
" --Booklist, starred review "Scieszka mixes science and silliness again to great effect." —Kirkus Reviews "In refusing to take itself too seriously, it proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful." —Publishers ...
From the bestselling author of Oracle Night and The Book of Illusions, an exhilarating, whirlwind tale of one man's accidental redemption Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die.
This board book celebrates the unique New York City borough of Brooklyn with rhythmic language that guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons.
ash burn longer, the glowing end of the abandoned cigarette inching toward the wood of the dresser. “That's right, Tony. Fucking Frank Minna Junior. I'm sorry, Lionel, did you want to be Frank? Did I hurt your feelings?
Die junge Irin Eilis wandert um 1950 aus, um in Brooklyn Arbeit zu finden.
An ABC tour of the New York borough celebrates a range of definitive regional highlights, from Coney Island and Prospect Park to jazz music and bagels, in a colorful tribute to urban culture and community that invites youngsters to identify ...
A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD!
Mid-century Brooklyn was the home of the Dodgers, stoop-ball and stick-ball, a booming Coney Island amusement scene, and some of the best high schools in America. It also had a...
The goal is here is not to undermine Brownstone Brooklyn's legitimacy as a historic landscape. Rather, it is to suggest that modernist urban renewal sites, rooming houses, and even highways are also historic and worth preserving.
Mari Takabayashi’s diminutive scenes, busy with cheerful detail, bring the beauty and bustle of New York City to life for children all around the world.