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Books with author Melissa%20Sweet

  • Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

    Melissa Sweet

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Nov. 1, 2011)
    2012 Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner Winner of the 2012 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Everyone’s a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who first invented these “upside-down puppets”? Meet Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire! In brilliant collage illustrations, the award-winning artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy’s Parade.
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  • Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

    Melissa Sweet

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Nov. 1, 2011)
    2012 Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner Winner of the 2012 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Everyone’s a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who first invented these “upside-down puppets”? Meet Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire! In brilliant collage illustrations, the award-winning artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy’s Parade.
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  • Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

    Melissa Sweet

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 4, 2016)
    6 Starred Reviews! New York Times Bestseller! A People Magazine Best Children’s Book! A Washington Post Best Book! A Publishers Weekly Best Book! Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.
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  • Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

    Melissa Sweet

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, Nov. 1, 2016)
    6 Starred Reviews! New York Times Bestseller! A People Magazine Best Children’s Book! A Washington Post Best Book! A Publishers Weekly Best Book! Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.
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  • Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

    Melissa Sweet

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, Nov. 1, 2011)
    Everyone’s a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who first invented these "upside-down puppets"? Meet Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire! In brilliant collage illustrations, Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy’s Parade. Winner of the 2012 Robert F. Sibert Medal and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award.
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  • Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

    Melissa Sweet

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 15, 2019)
    A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award A People Magazine Best Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Book A Publishers Weekly Best BookBoston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.
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  • Tupelo Rides the Rails

    Melissa Sweet

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, April 7, 2008)
    Award-winning author/illustrator Melissa Sweet introduces Tupelo, an abandoned dog, who must find a new home for herself and her sock toy, Mr. Bones. With creative language and brilliant illustrations, Melissa shows how home is sometimes found in the most unexpected places.
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  • Carmine: A Little More Red

    Melissa Sweet

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, May 5, 2008)
    Carmine is a painter, always in search of just the right color (especially anything in the red family) to add to her paintings. So when she and her dog Rufus set off on their bike to Granny’s, she is too easily lured by a lovely meadow full of poppies. And, as she begins painting, she is too oblivious to danger lurking along the path.
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  • Carmine: A Little More Red

    Melissa Sweet

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, May 2, 2005)
    And, as Carmine takes off on her bicycle with Rufus, that is just what she intends to do. But Carmine is a dreamy painter, always in search of capturing just the right hue in her drawings, and this drawing—the one she begins in a lovely forest clearing just off the path to Granny’s—must be her best yet. Here is a new, lively retelling of a timeless tale with enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing until the very end.
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  • Fiddle-I-Fee by Melissa Sweet

    Melissa Sweet

    Paperback (Trumpet Club, Aug. 16, 1992)
    In this cumulative nursery rhyme and folk song, a parade forms when several farm animals join a boy as he dances around the farmyard feeding the animals.
  • Fiddle-I-Fee

    Melissa Sweet

    Board book (Little, Brown Young Readers, April 1, 2002)
    In this cumulative nursery rhyme and folk song, a parade forms when several farm animals join a boy as he dances around the farmyard feeding the animals.
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  • Fiddle-I-Fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young

    Melissa Sweet

    Paperback (Little Brown & Co, Sept. 1, 1994)
    A parade of farm animals follows a young boy all around the farmyard, in a sing-along adaptation of a popular American folksong
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