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Product Description: When a child looks up to find drawings on the ceiling of a cave, she wonders how they were painted. Planets that spin, the birds and the beasts, woman and man―how did the old man in the sky paint it all? Based on the 1879 discovery of ceiling paintings in Spain's Altamira Cave, this imaginative story expresses the awe of contemplating the creation of the world and locating beauty in an unexpected place...read more
By Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780805067514 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, July 21, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When a child looks up to find drawings on the ceiling of a cave, she wonders how they were painted.

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By Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

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9781416940210 | Margaret K McElderry, June 9, 2009, cover price $17.99

Product Description: A child asks his mother why a happy day must come to an end, in a reassuring story that combines illusion with the concepts of renewal and new beginnings.

Reinforced:

9780606120821 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, February 1, 1997), cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A mother explains to her son that in nature an end is also a beginning as day gives way to night, winter ends and spring begins, and, after it stops falling, rain makes clouds for other storms

Prebinding:

9781439563274 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A child asks his mother why a happy day must come to an end, in a reassuring story that combines illusion with the concepts of renewal and new beginnings.

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Through full-color illustrations and moving text, a poet and activist shares her thoughts on the destructive and devastating impact of war and the reasons why she feels it never serves a purpose in the world in which we live. 35,000 first printing.
By Stefano Vitale (illustrator) and Alice Walker

School and Library:

9780060753856 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 2007, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequences.

Library:

9780060753863 | Harpercollins, September 1, 2007, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequences.

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Brilliant illustrations and poetic verse capture the beauty and wonder of the world of nature and its relation to the human spirit in an exciting picture book from the celebrated author of The Color Purple.
By Stefano Vitale (illustrator) and Alice Walker

Hardcover:

9780060570804 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 2006, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A poem that captures the wonderful interaction between nature and humans with such verses as 'There is a sky at the end of my eye seeing me' and 'There is a sunrise at the edge of my skin praising me.

Library:

9780060570811 | Harpercollins, May 1, 2006, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A poem that captures the wonderful interaction between nature and humans with such verses as 'There is a sky at the end of my eye seeing me' and 'There is a sunrise at the edge of my skin praising me.

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A collection of fifteen folktales from all over the world--the companion book to Nursery Tales Around the World--includes stories that resemble 'The Three Pigs,' 'The Bremen Town Musicians,' 'The Frog Prince,' and 'Rumpelstiltskin.'
By Judy Sierra and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780618133284 | Clarion Books, October 21, 2002, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: A collection of fifteen folktales from all over the world, including stories that resemble 'The Three Pigs,' 'The Bremen Town Musicians,' and 'Rumpelstiltskin.

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A mother lovingly sings her child a bedtime tale of a sailor on his way home from the sea, in a whimsical picture book accompanied by radiant and magical nighttime oil paintings on wood.
By Nancy Jewell and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

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9780395825112 | Clarion Books, March 22, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A mother sings her child a song that describes how a sailor makes his way home from the sea to his family

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Mystical creation poems explore the ancient Far North, a place where people can become anything they imagine, weather is born of a child's imagination, and rainbows mark the beginning of a new frontier.
By Edward Field and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

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9780152014988 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1998, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A collection of poems based on songs and stories gathered by Knud Rasmussen on the Fifth Thule Expedition, which recorded Inuit legends about the universe and its creation

Presents the background and significance of the Christian celebration of Easter
By Aileen Lucia Fisher and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780060272968 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Presents the background and significance of the Christian celebration of Easter

Paperback:

9780064434904 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, February 1, 1998), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Presents the background and significance of the Christian celebration of Easter

Library:

9780060272975 | Harpercollins, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Presents the background and significance of the Christian celebration of Easter

Reinforced:

9780606130431 | Demco Media, February 1, 1998, cover price $13.66 | About this edition: Presents the background and significance of the Christian celebration of Easter

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A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with him

Paperback:

9780763603984 | Reprint edition (Candlewick Pr, November 1, 1997), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with him

School and Library:

9781564023230 | Candlewick Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with him

Reinforced:

9780606138550 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, November 1, 1997), cover price $13.70 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with him

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Farizad, a young maiden, must set out on a dangerous journey to discover the three treasures missing from her garden that will seal her fate and lead her to happiness, in a beautifully illustrated version of an old Arabian tale.
By David Kherdian and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780805039122 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Only the courage of the beautiful Farizad is able to bring happiness out of the evil deeds of her mother's two jealous older sisters

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A creatively designed picture book written in lyrical prose offers two animal fables, one told by the Fox and the other by the Bear, that challenge young readers to determine which of the stories is indeed true.

Hardcover:

9780689800122 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When Fox sees the sun fall from the sky, his selfish actions set in motion a series of events that lead to war

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Traditional folktales representing eighteen different cultures are grouped together according to theme and complemented by vivid paintings and borders based on the artwork of each country of origin.
By Judy Sierra (editor) and Stefano Vitale (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780395678947 | Clarion Books, February 18, 1996, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Presents eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes, such as 'Runaway Cookies,' 'Slowpokes and Speedsters,' and 'Chain Tales'

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