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  • The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Sept. 1, 2009)
    In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves, he encouraged the orphans to elect a parliament, run a court, and put out their own weekly newspaper. Even when Korczak was forced to move the orphanage into the Warsaw Ghetto after Hitler's rise to power, and couldn't afford to buy food and medicine for his charges, he never lost sight of his ideals. Fully committed to giving his children as much love as possible during a terrifying time, Korczak refused to abandon them. In his most beautiful and heartfelt book to date, with evocative acrylic illustrations and spare, poignant prose, Tomek Bogacki tells the story of a courageous man who, during one of the grimmest moments in world history, dedicated his life's work― and ultimately his life itself―to children.
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  • The Story of a Blue Bird

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), April 10, 1998)
    Curiosity overcomes fearA little blue bird is afraid to learn to fly, but is still very curious about the world beyond his nest. "Mama, mama, what is out there?" he asks. "Nothing," his mother replies. "Now go to sleep." But the little bird can't stop thinking about what his mother said. What is this nothing? Finally, curiosity draws the little bird from his nest into the wonders of the great outside world - and he learns to fly. When he returns, his family asks him, "What happened?" "Nothing!" replies the little blue bird, happily. With his characteristcally expressive and richly textured illustrations, Tomek Bogacki - whose fables for the very young have been likened to those of Leo Lionni - shows how a little bird, in his search for nothing, finds everything.
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Snow

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Oct. 18, 1999)
    A first experience with snowCat and Mouse have gone out to play together in the green meadow every day since they became friends. Then one morning they find that the green meadow is gone! The two friends set off in search of it, but everywhere they look the ground is white -- covered with snow-- and soon they are too! Cat and Mouse quickly discover that this white world has new kinds of fun to offer, and that the green meadow hasnt disappeared at all -- it's just become the white meadow for a while. In the fourth of his beguiling Cat and Mouse books, Tomek Bogacki's simple text and delightful pictures once again capture the innocence of being a child in the ever-changing natural world, in which each new day brings both surprises and pleasures.
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Rain

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Aug. 1, 1997)
    When best friends Cat and Mouse head for the green meadow for a frolic-filled day in the outdoors, their entertainment is cut short by a sudden rainstorm, until a new friend, Frog, shows them that even being wet can be fun.
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  • Cat and Mouse

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Aug. 28, 1996)
    "Softly brushed, suggestively textured illustrations depict a 'curious little mouse' and a 'curious little cat' who become fast friends...This unassuming picture book speaks volumes about the nature of friendship."--Publishers Weekly
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  • Circus Girl

    Tomek Bogacki

    School & Library Binding (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Sept. 6, 2001)
    Overcoming barriers to friendship.It was late spring. I remember the day very well. Strange sounds coming from outside woke me earlier than usual. I jumped out of bed and ran to the window. A colorful caravan of carriages was passing by. I spelled out the letters painted on the side -- C-I-R-C-U-S. The next day, the teacher introduced a new girl to the class. She would be going to school with them while the circus was in town. Her presence was exciting to all the children, but it was her kindness that opened doors for the two boys who sat nearest to her, and they began an unlikely friendship. In his highly expressive paintings, Tomek Bogacki provides an evocative glimpse into his childhood in Poland.
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  • My First Garden

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 7, 2000)
    Inspired by hearing that a garden used to grow in the yard in front of his house, a boy recreates it with loving care.
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Night

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Aug. 20, 1998)
    Nighttime doesn't have to be scary! When Cat and Mouse stay out late to play, they have fun until it gets dark and they hear strange noises. But then they meet a new friend, Owl. "Don't be afraid," he tells them. "It's a beautiful night." Cat and Mouse don't understand. How can it be beautiful when it's so dark and scary? So Owl invites them to reconsider night, from a vantage point at the top of his tree. In the third of his Cat and Mouse books, Tomek Bogacki -- whose fables for the very young have been likened to those of Leo Lionni -- confronts children's fear of the dark by showing them an alternative in his soothingly beautiful nighttime pictures.
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Snow by Tomek Bogacki

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 15, 1711)
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Rain by Tomek Bogacki

    Tomek Bogacki

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux (J), March 15, 1889)
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  • Cat and Mouse

    Tomek Bogacki

    Paperback (scholastic Inc, March 15, 1998)
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  • Cat and Mouse in the Rain

    Tomek Bogacki

    Paperback (Scholastic Books, March 15, 1999)
    Softcover. A new friend shows cat and mouse that playing in the rain can be fun.
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