"From a Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author, a mystery that begins with clues in a school in modern-day Brazil and continues through the ages to ancient Egypt, a medieval wizard’s castle laboratory, and the ships that sailed from Europe to discover the New World Gaming whizz Will, along with his friends Sonia, Miguel, Matt, and Faye, gets an A for a group history project. But when their teacher reads from their work, none of the ..."
"A fast-moving middle-grade novel set in the 17th century about two Portuguese orphans who are sent to Brazil, where they encounter slaves from Africa. The novel opens when Bento is wrongly thrown into Lisbon's prison, leaving his younger sibling, Manu, to fend for himself. Fortunately, a nobleman's family reunites the siblings -- although they will have be exiled to Brazil. They keep secret the fact that Manu is a girl in disguise so th ..."
"If it is just a few days until your birthday, and your mother says you can invite anyone you like to come over to play, be careful! If you don’t watch out, you might soon be having the craziest party ever, with people and food from around the world. Before you know it, night could come and go and a new day could begin, and the dancing might still be going strong. At least, that is what happens in this humorous and irresistibly joyful ca ..."
"While helping his parents transform an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn, Martin and his friends encounter the ghost of a slave girl from the late 1800s named Rosario who relates her story of slavery--a tale of evil and brutality- ..."
"... Enquanto odia não chega. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN
9781554984558 (bound).—ISBN 9781554984572 (html) I. Springer, Jane,
translator II. Title. III. Title: Enquanto o dia não chega. English. PZ7.M1795Un
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Rudnicki Designby Michael Solomon About the Publisher Groundwood Books,
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"When Manny Wolf sees an ad in the paper announcing Wolf Wanted” he responds right away, only to realize the company is looking for a real wolf. Luckily for Manny, so many wolves respond to the ad that he is hired to answer all the letters. As Manny reads between the lines of the wolves’ letters, with their glowing descriptions of themselves, he realizes that all the applicants are famous fictional wolves! Finding no suitable candidates ..."
"Martin and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children have a fun time helping to renovate the old place and they sleep in a shed that is being converted into a guest room. But one night they hear the sound of a young girl crying. Gradually, the ghost of a slave girl from the late 1800s named Rosario appears to them. Rosario tells them the story of her life and in doing so re ..."
"One day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet, and inside the box is a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike. Bel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo. To keep her Bisa Bea close to her heart, she tucks the picture inside the waistband of ..."
El Canto de La Plaza (Spanish Edition) by AnaMariaMachado Library, Published 2001 by San Val ISBN-13: 978-0-613-80730-2, ISBN: 0-613-80730-8
Nina Bonita A Story (Children's Books from Around the World) (English and Spanish Edition) by AnaMariaMachado, Elena Iribarren, Rosana Faria Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 2001 by Kane/Miller Book Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-929132-11-9, ISBN: 1-929132-11-5
"This beautiful and charming story deals with a sensitive subject in a sensitive way. "Black is beautiful" to a little white rabbit and while trying to discover the secret that will make him black, readers get a funny, yet educational introduction to genetics. Full color."
"Explorers have traveled the world and have been helped throughout the centuries by the inhabitants of the lands they visited. People have offered outsiders lodging, carried their belongings, paddled their canoes, showed them amazing animals, and often housed, clothed, fed, rescued, and cured them. This series tells you about these people and the explorers with whom they interacted."
Nina Bonita A Story (Children's Books from Around the World) by AnaMariaMachado, Rosana Faria, Elena Iribarren Hardcover, 24 Pages, Published 1996 by Kane Miller Book Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-916291-63-1, ISBN: 0-916291-63-4
"This beautiful and charming story deals with a sensitive subject in a sensitive way. "Black is beautiful" to a little white rabbit and while trying to discover the secret that will make him black, readers get a funny, yet educational introduction to genetics. Full color."
Exploration Into Explorations into Latin America by AnaMariaMachado Library, 48 Pages, Published 1994 by Prentice Hall & Ibd ISBN-13: 978-0-02-718084-8, ISBN: 0-02-718084-0
"They also thought that the new lands were as wealthy as the Venetian trader
Marco Polo (1254- 1324) had written in his famous Travels of Marco Polo. ..."
"One of a series which describes the cultural history of continents or regions through several centuries, this book decribes the periods of Latin America's great civilizations from the time of exploration by European adventurers and traders, and explains the significance of the colonization that followed. It describes the geography of Latin America, the mountains and tropical rainforests, the remains of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples, ..."
"Kids will be surprised and enchanted with all the adventures their imaginations could take them through on a rainy day without even leaving their own homes."
From Another World by AnaMariaMachado 264 Pages, Published 2014 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-463-3, ISBN: 1-55498-463-7
"The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario, a young slave from the late 1800s appears to them and tells the story of why she is so sad."
Me in the Middle by AnaMariaMachado 112 Pages, Published 2013 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-474-9, ISBN: 1-55498-474-2
"But something unusual has happened. Suddenly it is as if Bisa Bea is alive inside her, telling Bel what life was like when she was a girl. Bel loves hearing the stories about the old days -- until Bisa Bea starts to tell her how to behave."
What a Party! by AnaMariaMachado 32 Pages, Published 2013 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-349-0, ISBN: 1-55498-349-5
"Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Machado, Ana Maria
What a party! / written by Ana Maria Machado ; illustrated by Hélène Moreau ;
translated by Elisa Amado. Translation of: Mas que festa! ISBN 978-1-55498-168
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