Books with author Elizabeth Coatsworth

Copyright 1950, 8th printing 1965, hardcover with dustjacket, ex-library, 246 pages, with b/w frontispiece and chapter heading illustrations. SYNOPSIS: "Part of 'Land of the Free' series for young adults. Set in the mid 1300s from Scandinavia to Greenland, then to North America in search of the colony that has forsaken its home and religion. Fatherless Olav Sigurdson saw a chance to vindicate his family's name as the expedition goes from legendary Vinland into present-day Minnesota where a stone reads: We were 8 Swedes and 22 Norwegians on an exploration journey from Vinland to the West." CONDITION: Library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Dustjacket is enclosed in mylar overlay taped to cover. Binding is secure.

In lush, luminous oil paintings, Anna Vojtech interprets a Christmas poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth, one of America's foremost children's poets, to create a most unusual version of the Nativity. Haunting and evocative, this is the story of the first Christmas told from the perspective of the wise men's camels as they follow the star across the desert to Bethlehem, bearing their noble masters with gifts for the Christ child. Elegant, exotic in words and pictures, this is a Christmas book to ponder and to treasure.

Kally, aka the human antenna, sensed it coming. Planet Earth was shifting under her feet. So was her family. But she never imagined their tipping points would let go this soon–or this fast. Now, she and her father are sheltering in place with strangers on an island off of Maine. As each new wave of planetary change sweeps the tiny enclave, she fears that she will never get the chance to realize her dreams.In her urgent search for bearings, Kally discovers a surprising ally in Stuart, a champion freerunner who believes he can vault and spin beyond whatever gets in his way. But, when they pool their skills, they soon realize that no map exists for what they and the earth are becoming. Setting out to find her way in a future that promises nothing but upheaval, Kally dares to steer by the only pole star she has left--her unbreakable creativity.