Fast Cheetah, Slow Tortoise
Poems of Animal Opposites
Published on 17. September 2024
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-0-8028-5635-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Titled with antonyms such as 'Tidy' and 'Messy,' these poems introduce animal opposites like cats and dogs, snakes and worms, and sloths and ants"
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Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 293 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-5635-7 (9780802856357)
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Bette Westera is the author of the Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book Later, When I'm Big (Eerdmans) and over fifty other books for children. She has also translated books by Dr. Seuss, Astrid Lindgren, and Julia Donaldson into the Dutch language. Bette lives in the Netherlands, where her books have received two Golden Pencil awards and six Silver Pencil honors. Visit her website at bettewestera.nl. Mies van Hout is a Dutch illustrator and author whose work has been published in over twenty countries. Her books in English include Happy, From One to Ten, This Is My Daddy!, and What Cats Think (all Pajama Press). Mies lives in the Drenthe province of the Netherlands. Visit her website at miesvanhout.nl or follow her on Instagram @miesvanhout. David Colmer is an Australian writer and translator of Dutch and Flemish literature. He has translated over eighty books throughout his career, including Little Fox (Levine Querido), I'll Root for You, and A Pond Full of Ink (both Eerdmans). His translations have won several prestigious awards, such as the PEN Translation Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. David lives in Amsterdam.