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Paul Owen Lewis

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Comprende il nome: Owen Paul Lewis

Opere di Paul Owen Lewis

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Davy spends his free time daydreaming on a hillside by the bay thinking about the orca whales that live in the waters below. His dreams feel so real, but when he tells the fishermen in town about them, they laugh him off and tell him the orcas are dangerous. Davy is determined to make their acquaintance. During a dream, Davy plans how he might do this and sets his plan in action. By painting the underside of a boat to look like an orca whale, the orcas are not so afraid of his boat and they come to greet him. Davy has finally found his friends! On the way home as the sun sets, Davy's boat strikes some rocks and starts to sink! Luckily, his new friends are nearby to rescue Davy and get him to the shore safely. This is a sweet story by a local Washington author that I have had the honor of meeting on several occasions. The illustrations are gorgeous and really capture the feeling of the hills and waterways of the Pacific Northwest and the majesty of the orca whales. A local classic!… (altro)
 
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anicol83 | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 28, 2022 |
 
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lcslibrarian | 2 altre recensioni | Aug 13, 2020 |
This book was short, sweet, and lovable. It is a perfect book for introducing to children the basic concepts of space, time, and the universe as whole. We see a stone that landed on Earth during the time of the dinosaurs. We then see the stone progressing through time until a young boy finds the stone on a beach. After being inspired by the origin of the rock, the boy sends it back to space which allows the reader to contemplate the timeline of the rock, where it might have come from, and the possibilities of it's future life in the expanse of space. My favorite part of the book was it's ending. It ends by showing another boy on another planet finding the rock. I loved this suggestion that there is life on another planet somewhere out there in the vast universe.… (altro)
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BeauLou | 1 altra recensione | Nov 28, 2018 |
My mother in law works at the Northwest Museum of Art and brought us this book when our son was young. We would pour over the beautiful illustrations. It is a beautiful traditional story from Northwest Indians of animal and human transformation and tells the story of a boy who washes up on a strange shore after being swept up in a storm. The people are also whales and take him to their giant home. the pictures of where they live and the traditional art spread throughout the book make this one I will keep forever.… (altro)
 
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catiebarber | 10 altre recensioni | Jul 7, 2018 |

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Opere
14
Utenti
881
Popolarità
#29,074
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
34
ISBN
48
Lingue
1

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