Bøger af Marion Dane Bauer

Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic concepts ¿ the evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story.Birds sing. Bees dance. Wolves howl. But we are the ones who tell stories.Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science, we have always been curious to know more, yet 95 percent of the world ¿out there¿ remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow?Marion Dane Bauer¿s glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deepti¿s luminously intricate cut-paper illustrations, to celebrate our long and ever-changing journey to understand the universe. In a comprehensive afterword, the author charts formative contributions to the study of the universe by Western and non-Western civilizations over the centuries.

Discusses how to write fiction, exploring point of view, dialogue, endings, and revision.

Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic concepts-- the evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story.

All living things need water to survive. But when there's too much rain, a flood can happen. Learn how floods form and how we try to avoid them.

In this stirring nonfiction title, a Newbery Honor-winning author brings the beauty and wonder of the Grand Canyon to early readers. Full color.

Cat bones, rat bones, and bat bones illustrate this spooky Halloween adventure, written by newbery-Honor-winning author MARION DANE BAUER.If you take your trick-or-treat sack and venture into the dark woods on Halloween night, you'll find cat bones, rat bones, and bat bones--and all are looking at YOU! "Take care! Beware! Despair!" the bone creatures will cry. "You can bet you've just met your worst nightmare!" What will you do? Cry? Sigh? NO! Because you're too tough / to worry about stuff / like the rattle / and prattle / of bones! Told in unmetered rhymed verse, this Halloween adventure is a real treat.

Travel across America as Newbery Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author Marion Dane Bauer takes you on a tour of our country’s greatest treasures with this carry-along boxed set!Take a tour of some of America’s best-known landmarks with this beautiful boxed set. Beginning readers will love traveling through the country page by page. This boxed set includes The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, The Rocky Mountains, Mount Rushmore, The Statue of Liberty, and Yellowstone.

It’s impossible to feel under the weather as Newbery Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author Marion Dane Bauer explains the wonders of weather for emerging readers in this carry-along boxed set!What is the best thing to do on a rainy day? Sit inside and read a book! What about a snowy day? Sit inside and read a book! And on a sunny day? Lay outside with a favorite book! No matter if there is rain, sun, snow, wind, clouds, or a rainbow outside, this boxed set—which includes Rain, Snow, Wind, Clouds, Rainbow, and Sun—teaches beginning readers all about the wonders of weather.

This retelling of the nativity is ideal for baby's first Christmas.

What causes an earthquake is a mystery -- until you go deep beneath the Earth's surface. Read on to find out what causes the incredibly destructive natural disaster -- the earthquake!

The time is 1950. The place is a small town in the Midwest. The girl is Claire, and she has a new black friend. But in an all-white town, how open can the girls be about their friendship?Now Claire faces being the ?new girl? in school. A year later, she is confronting betrayal . . . and sin. Finally, she is fifteen and in love. But it is not a love that can be spoken of, least of all by Claire.In five interrelated stories, Claire grows into a young woman, learning about racism, sex, and love along the way. Most of all, she learns about truth.