Bøger af Davies Jacqueline Davies

John James Audubon was a boy who loved the out-of-doors more than the in. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring. This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds. Capturing the early passion of Americas greatest painter of birds, this story will leave young readers listening intently for the call of birds large and small near their own homes.

In the third book in the Lemonade War series, siblings Evan and Jessiemust solve the mystery of a missing cherished family treasure while coming to terms with their beloved grandmother's unsettling behavior.

In the much-anticipated sequel to The Lemonade War, brother and sister duo Evan and Jessie turn the playground into a full-blown courtroom and attempt to take the law into their own hands. This engaging chapter book entertains and explores the issue of fairness.

A magic show, card tricks, and a disappearing rabbit named Professor Hoffmanthe Treski kids are at it again as they try to put on a show in the face of an approaching hurricane. But nothing prepares them for what blows into town next: their long-lost dad.

Evan Treski is people-smart. He is good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smartbut not especially good at understanding people. She knows that feelings are her weakest subject. So when their lemonade war begins, there really is no telling who will winand even more important, if their fight will ever end. Here is a clever blend of humor and math fun. As it captures the one-of-a-kind bond between brother and sister, this poignant novel subtly explores how arguments can escalate beyond anyone's intent. Evan Treski es astuto con la gente. Es bueno hablando con personas, hasta con adultos. Por lo contrario, su hermana menor, Jessie, es buena con las matemticas, pero no tan buena entendiendo a la gente. Sabe que los sentimientos son su tema ms debil. Entonces, cuando comienza su guerra de la limonada, realmente no se sabe quien ganar . . . y an ms importante, si su pelea alguna vez terminar. Aqu hay una ingeniosa y divertida mezcla de humor y matemticas. Mientras captura el vnculo nico entre hermano y hermana, esta conmovedora novela tambien sutilmente explora como las peleas pueden intensificarse ms all de la intencion de nadie.