Another selection to continue November’s celebration of Native American Heritage. Title: The Chsitams Coat, Memories of My Sioux Childhood Author: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Illustrator: Ellen Beier Publisher: Holiday House, 2011 Themes: Christmas, Native Americans, Sioux, generosity, gifts Ages: 5-8 Awards: American Indian Youth Literature Award Opening: The frigid gale blew sideways across the South … Continue reading
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In this image, Jean Valjean returns to the house of the Bishop: from the (abridged) text: “What a wretch I am!” he exclaimed, and he burst into tears for the first time in 19 years. Valjean realized that he had to change. When the church clock chimed three on that morning, he was kneeling in prayer at the bishop’s door.
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I know we are already into Spring and flowers, but here it just keeps on pouring—endless rain! Here is an image from Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel. This is what it looks like outside my window—well ... without the horse.
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This is an illustration for the story "Call Me Blessed" written by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, about the birth of Jesus, for a story anthology which has yet to be published. Mary passes by with some of the local girls teasing behind. --- Happy holidays everyone! - Ellen Beier.
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Albert Einstein's class at the Luitpold Gymnasium in Germany, 1889, when Einstein was 10 years old (from Young Albert Einstein published by Troll, written by L. Santrey & illustrated by Ellen Beier, 1989).
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"Squishy slime sucked at their rubber overshoes ..." from A Christmas Coat: Memories of my Sioux Childhood by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
Illustration by Ellen Beier.
Illustration by Ellen Beier.
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House of the Bishop by Ellen Beier, from Les Miserables |
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From a CLICK magazine story, "Flowers on the Rooftop," about a family settling into a sod house on the prairie long ago ...
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Image by Ellen Beier from Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride |
I know we are already into Spring and flowers, but here it just keeps on pouring—endless rain! Here is an image from Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel. This is what it looks like outside my window—well ... without the horse.
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This is an illustration for the story "Call Me Blessed" written by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, about the birth of Jesus, for a story anthology which has yet to be published. Mary passes by with some of the local girls teasing behind. --- Happy holidays everyone! - Ellen Beier.
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This is from an anthology of ghost stories: the story is entitled "How He Left the Hotel", illustrated by Ellen Beier
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Page from The Christmas Coat by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, illustrated by Ellen Beier, to be released in August. A true story from the author's life, set on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, in winter, 1945.
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South Dakotan home at dusk in winter, 1945, from My Christmas Coat
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to be released later this year - illustrated by Ellen Beier
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A scene from a Ladybug Magazine piece: Flowers on the Roof, about a family living in a sod house on the prairie. What to do when it rains inside over the stove!
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Here are 2 images from Mrs. Peachtree's Bicycle by Erica Silverman, which has a bicycle on almost every page... Read the rest of this post
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Lovely use of watercolour, and great characters.