Search Results: Authors starting with O from pacaritambo books

Crestline, 2013. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Color & colorized era portraits and artwork. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2013 Crestline large paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. Short scratch on back cover. Colorized and color era portraits, artwork, sketches, early photos. CONTENT: This book depicts a continent emerging as both a bloody battleground between Native Americans and Europeans and a place where alien cultures began to mesh. This is the history they left out of the textbooks--thanks to Cormac O'Brien, the forgotten history of America will be forgotten no more. From the founding of the first permanent European settlement in North America (1565) to the bloody chaos of the British frontier in Pontiac's War (1763), this vividly written narrative spans the two centuries of American history before the Revolutionary War. These lesser known conflicts of the past are brought brilliantly to life, showing us a world of heroism,… Read More

HarperCollins, 2008. 1st Edition 12th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Robin Preiss Glasser color illus.. CONDITION: NEW c. 2008 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 12th printing. DJ front panel shows text and various art points in non-shedding glitter. Red end pages. Color illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser. CONTENT: Fancy words are simply fascinating! Learn how to speak fancy with help from Nancy in this A-Z guide. From everyone's favorite fancy girl comes an alphabetical guide to enhancing vocabulary. Why say "beautiful" when there are fancy words like "gorgeous" and "glamorous"? Instead of "hello," try "bonjour," which is French and so much fancier! An umbrella will keep you dry, but a parasol will make you feel like a Hollywood movie star! With this helpful A-to-Z guide, Fancy Nancy shows that making plain words into fancy ones is not only educational, it's fun. Glossary of words included.

HarperCollins, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Stephen Gilpin (DJ art and Cast of Characters); B&W map. CONDITION: NEW 2020 HarperCollins hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Jacket art & interior cast of characters art by Stephen Gilpin. B&W map. CONTENT: Dungeons & Dragons meets Jumanji in the second book in the laugh-out-loud adventure series Homerooms and Hall Passes! Months after saving suburbia from destruction, our heroes are back to their old lives of dungeon delving and magical quests. All except the wizard Albiorix, who has given up adventuring and uses his time trying (unsuccessfully) to create his own board game. When the party finds their old friend June Westray's smartphone for sale in a Bríandalörian bazaar, however, they fear the Realm of Suburbia is under threat. Thus, the five young adventurers must travel back into Homerooms & Hall Passes, a role-playing game where they assume the… Read More

Nancy Paulsen/Penguin, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New>/New. Tomie dePaola color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Nancy Paulsen/Penguin hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. As ever, bright, colorful illustrations by the late, great Tomie dePaola. CONTENT: Capturing the magic and fun of early childhood, this lively collection of poems, from the creators of Little Poems for Tiny Ears, is a book to be treasured. Being a preschooler means days full of discovery every time you step out of your door. It's a time filled with wonder, at all the sights and sounds of the outdoors and at the huge variety of people there are to meet. This collection of nineteen original poems features little ones eager to explore, whether it's splashing in puddles, riding in an elevator or through a car wash, or visiting the library. They go full-steam ahead to the park, the beach, and dance class, somewhat begrudgingly learn to share… Read More

Nancy Paulson/Penguin Books for Young Readers Group, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tomie dePaola. CONDITION: NEW 2014 Nancy Paulsen hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Stickers included. NOTE: I was going to put a mylar cover on this dust jacket since it is white, BUT this book really does wrap itself! See the scans to see how. CONTENT: The dynamic, best-selling team of Lin Oliver and Tomie dePaola have created a charming collection of baby poems that makes the perfect gift for baby showers and first birthdays. For babies and toddlers, each moment is full of wonder and discovery. This delightful collection of original poems celebrates the everyday things that enthrall little ones, such as playing peekaboo, banging pots and pans, splashing at bath time, and cuddling at bedtime. Full of contagious rhythm and rhyme, this inviting picture book introduces young children to the sound of poetry, and beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola's engaging… Read More

Walker & Company, 2005. 1st Edition 7th printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Ptrick O'Brien color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2005 Walker hardcover (pictorial boards), but . . NO DUST JACKET, first edition, 7th printing. Great, detailed color illustrations by Patrick O'Brien. Decorated end pages. Space will never be the same! CONTENT: The planet Jurassica is in an uproar. An unidentified flying object has crashed into the mysterious moon of Eon. This looks like a job for ... CAPTAIN RAPTOR! ... hero of a thousand space missions; champion of truth, justice, and dinosaurs in space throughout the galaxy! If anyone can solve the terrible moon mystery, it's Captain Raptor and his fearless crew! [Absolutely guaranteed to be weird! A trip!]

Candlewick Press, 2012. Reissue 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Maurice Sendak color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2012 Candlewick small hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, reissue edition, first printing. Wonderful fun color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. CONTENT: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren-more than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures-vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad-it offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Grades 2 - 5+.