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Grandad's Prayers of the Earth

Grandad's Prayers of the Earth Paperback - 2009

by Douglas Wood

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Winner of a Christopher Award and a Book Sense 76 Top Ten Pick. After his grandfather dies, a little boy finds comfort in remembering Granddad's explanation of how all things in the natural world pray and, in this way, add to the beauty of life. Full color.

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Candlewick Press, 2009. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Grandad's Prayers of the Earth
  • Author Douglas Wood
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G076364675XI5N00
  • ISBN 9780763646752 / 076364675X
  • Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.66 x 8.74 x 0.12 in (24.54 x 22.20 x 0.30 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Nature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011501758
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the publisher

Douglas Wood is the author of numerous books for adults and children, including the highly acclaimed and bestselling OLD TURTLE, which won the ABBY Award for 1993 and was named IRA Book of the Year. Of GRANDAD'S PRAYERS OF THE EARTH, he says, "I feel I've been getting ready to write this book all my life, for it is about my wise and gentle hero, my Grandad. It's a prayer and a thankyou, a walk in the woods and a remembering smile; and it is for anyone who has ever had a woods to walk, a prayer to whisper, a hero to love." Douglas Wood lives with his family in a log cabin on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. This is his first book for Candlewick Press.

P.J. Lynch is the renowned illustrator of many children's picture books and has twice been awarded both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Christopher Medal.

About the author

Douglas Wood is the author of numerous books for adults and children, including the highly acclaimed and bestselling Old Turtle, which won the ABBY Award for 1993 and was named IRA Book of the Year. Of Grandad's Prayers of the Earth, he says, "I feel I've been getting ready to write this book all my life, for it is about my wise and gentle hero, my Grandad. It's a prayer and a thank you, a walk in the woods and a remembering smile; and it is for anyone who has ever had a woods to walk, a prayer to whisper, a hero to love." Douglas Wood lives with his family in a log cabin on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. This is his first book for Candlewick Press.

P.J. Lynch is the renowned illustrator of many children's picture books and has twice been awarded both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Christopher Medal.

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