Peter Sís

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1) Trucks, trucks, trucks

Author

Sís, Peter

Publisher

Greenwillow

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

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As a little boy cleans up his room, he gives one word descriptions of the work his various toy trucks do, such as hauling, plowing, and loading. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

2) Nicky & Vera: a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued

Author

Sís, Peter

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc

Pub. Date

2021.

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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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"Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sís honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia-a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter...

3) The three golden keys

Author

Sís, Peter

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

c1994

Language

English

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Led by a cat on a magical journey through the deserted streets of Prague, a man comes upon some of the city's landmarks and finds the keys to his childhood home in three traditional Czech tales.