商品簡介
Poor Peacock is nakedwhile the rest of his friends are covered with warm, colorful feathers! A kindcommunity response provides an original explanation for why the peacock hassuch beautiful feathers.Award-winning author Jacqueline Jules blends folktale motifs from around theworld in a gently humorous tale of generosity. An appendix provides moreinformation about peacocks. Stunning illustrations by Helen Cann give readersfun opportunities to identify the colors and plant life of spring.
作者簡介
JacquelineJules is theauthor of over two dozen books for children, including the award-winningZapatoPower series and Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain.A former school librarian and teacher, Jacqueline enjoys visiting schools toshare her passion for reading and writing. She is a word person, who lovesrearranging words on the page, the same way people have fun fitting the piecesof a jigsaw puzzle together. She lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Helen Cann’s illustrations have graced the pages ofalmost thirty books. She has won several international awards,includingthe NautilusAward and Junior Library Guild Award for LittleLeap Forward and NewYork’s Bank Street College award forBrigid’s Cloak. Her books have been exhibitedaround the world. She loves to travel and has seen the Northern Lights,slept in an igloo, eaten reindeer with Sami herders, and journeyed 1,300 milesin a sailing boat across the North Atlantic searching for whales. Havingpainted in studios of all shapes and sizes, she now stirs up inspiration abovethe sugary smells of a milkshake shop in seaside Brighton, UK.
