Bøker av Antoinette Portis

"Bunny wants to build a cardboard city. Bunny stacks one cardboard box on top of another and another. Bunny doesn't want any help. Bunny doesn't need any help, either. But what's a cardboard city without friends?"--

Splash! A spunky little girl plays a spirited game of hide-and-seek with water, in this gorgeously illustrated informational picture book for the very young. Now in paperback.Hey, water! I know you! You''re all around.Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn''t always look the same, it doesn''t always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it can be a tear, or it can even be a snowman. As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms. This paperback edition of the latest work from award-winning author/illustrator Antoinette Portis is an engaging, aesthetically pleasing nonfiction picture book, complete with accessible backmatter on the water cycle, water conservation, and more.

Explore nature through evocative riddles and bold imagery that take the reader from day to night and back again. Winner of the English Association Picture Book Awards 2021, non fiction 4-7, and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2021

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real?when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboard box, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

Splash! A spunky little girl plays a spirited game of hide-and-seek with water, in this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book.A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookAn ALA Notable Children's BookHey, water! I know you! You're all around.Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn't always look the same, it doesn't always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it can be a tear, or it can even be a snowman. As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms. This latest work from award-winning author/illustrator Antoinette Portis is an engaging, aesthetically pleasing nonfiction picture book, complete with accessible backmatter on the water cycle, water conservation, and more.A School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Bank Street Best Book of the YearSelected for the CBC Champions of Change ShowcaseA Pennsylvania Center for the Book Baker's Dozen Selection!

A beautifully designed book, celebrating the power of the imagination to transform even the most ordinary of objects into something magical.

A beautifully designed book, celebrating the power of the imagination to transform even the most ordinary of objects into something magical.