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Books with author Allan Drummond

  • Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World

    Allan Drummond

    Paperback (Square Fish, March 24, 2015)
    Hold onto your hats! It's windy on the Danish island of Samsø. Meet the environmentally friendly people who now proudly call their home Energy Island.At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of CO2, the rather ordinary citizens of Samsø have accomplished something extraordinary―in just ten years they have reduced their carbon emissions by 140% and become almost completely energy independent. A narrative tale and a science book in one, this inspiring true story proves that with a little hard work and a big idea, anyone can make a huge step toward energy conservation.
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  • Solar Story: How One Community Lives Alongside the World's Biggest Solar Plant

    Allan Drummond

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 17, 2020)
    In his signature style, Allan Drummond tells the story of the largest solar plant in the world, the Noor Solar Power Plant in Morocco's Sahara Desert, in Solar Story--by relating it to the everyday life of a schoolgirl in a small village next to the plant.As we see on a class field trip, the plant is not only bringing reliable power to the village and far beyond, but is providing jobs, changing lives, and upending the old ways of doing things--starting within the girl's own family. Blending detail-filled watercolors, engaging cartoon-style narration, sidebars, and an afterword, the author showcases another community going green in amazing ways.
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  • The Willow Pattern Story

    Allan Drummond, Alan Drummond

    Paperback (NorthSouth Books, April 1, 1995)
    Any child who has ever imagined a journey into a two-dimensional expanse will be carried away by the passion Drummond brings to the subject. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full color.
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  • Casey Jones

    Allan Drummond

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 23, 2001)
    Listen to the story of the railroad's greatest hero!Now all of this happeneda hundred years agobut it's a story that everyoneought to know'cause the railroad back thenwas the mightiest thingand the loco engineerwas the Iron Horse King! With action-packed, intricately detailed pictures and text that whistles off the page, here is the tale of the locomotive engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones, who died at his post with one hand on the whistle and the other on the air-brake lever -- a hero to the end. Drummond paints a lively picture of railroading in its heyday as he tells the story of an American legend.
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  • Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

    Allan Drummond

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 28, 2017)
    Cycling rules the road in Amsterdam today, but that wasn't always the case. In the 1970's, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move, but moms and kids relied on their bicycles to get around the city. PEDAL POWER is the story of the people who led protests against the unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do! Author and illustrator Allan Drummond returns with the story of the people that paved the way for safe biking around the world.
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  • Liberty!

    Allan Drummond

    Paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Feb. 21, 2006)
    A symbol of freedom – the Statue of LibertyHere is the story of the exciting day in 1886 when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled to the world. A small boy stands at the foot of the statue, ready to relay a signal to its creator way up in Liberty’s crown, telling him it is time. As anticipation builds, the boy describes the bustling scene in the harbor and on the island – all of New York waiting, including two hundred women suffragists and the President of the United States. In detailed vignettes we see the construction of the statue in France, its voyage to America, and its installation in New York Harbor.Through rhythmic, evocative prose and energetic pen-and-wash illustrations, we are made to feel the excitement of those gathered to see Liberty’s face for the first time, and to remember all that she represents.
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  • Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future

    Allan Drummond

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 15, 2016)
    In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and the residents were at a loss as to what to do next--they didn't want to rebuild if their small town would just be destroyed in another storm. So they decided they wouldn't just rebuild the same old thing; this time, they would build a town that could not only survive another storm, but one that was built in an environmentally sustainable way. Told from the point of view of a child whose family rebuilt after the storm, this companion to Energy Island is the inspiring story of the difference one community can make--and it includes plenty of rebuilding scenes and details for construction lovers, too!
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  • Solar Story: How One Community Lives Alongside the World's Biggest Solar Plant

    Allan Drummond

    eBook (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 17, 2020)
    In his signature style, Allan Drummond tells the story of the largest solar plant in the world, the Noor Solar Power Plant in Morocco's Sahara Desert, in Solar Story--by relating it to the everyday life of a schoolgirl in a small village next to the plant.As we see on a class field trip, the plant is not only bringing reliable power to the village and far beyond, but is providing jobs, changing lives, and upending the old ways of doing things--starting within the girl's own family. Blending detail-filled watercolors, engaging cartoon-style narration, sidebars, and an afterword, the author showcases another community going green in amazing ways.
  • Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World

    Allan Drummond

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 1, 2011)
    Hold onto your hats! It's windy on the Danish island of Samso. Meet the environmentally friendly people who now proudly call their home Energy Island.At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of CO2, the rather ordinary citizens of Samsø have accomplished something extraordinary--in just ten years they have reduced their carbon emissions by 140% and become almost completely energy independent. A narrative tale and a science book in one, this inspiring true story proves that with a little hard work and a big idea, anyone can make a huge step towards energy conservation.
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  • Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future

    Allan Drummond

    eBook (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 15, 2016)
    In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and the residents were at a loss as to what to do next--they didn't want to rebuild if their small town would just be destroyed in another storm. So they decided they wouldn't just rebuild the same old thing; this time, they would build a town that could not only survive another storm, but one that was built in an environmentally sustainable way. Told from the point of view of a child whose family rebuilt after the storm, this companion to Energy Island is the inspiring story of the difference one community can make--and it includes plenty of rebuilding scenes and details for construction lovers, too!
  • Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

    Allan Drummond

    eBook (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 28, 2017)
    Cycling rules the road in Amsterdam today, but that wasn't always the case. In the 1970's, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move, but moms and kids relied on their bicycles to get around the city. PEDAL POWER is the story of the people who led protests against the unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do! Author and illustrator Allan Drummond returns with the story of the people that paved the way for safe biking around the world.
  • The Willow Pattern Story

    Allan Drummond, Alan Drummond

    Hardcover (NorthSouth, Sept. 1, 1992)
    The author retells a story heard as a child, one of many invented to explain the landscape on willow pattern china, popular for the last 200 years. In this, two young Chinese lovers are punished by one's cruel mandarin father.
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