Petr Sís Orden de los libros

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved.Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter Sís dramatizes Winton’s story in this picture book. He intertwines Nicky’s efforts with the story of one of the children he saved—a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky’s aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must find balance in her dual identities—one her birthright, the other her choice.

Nová kniha Petra Síse vypráví skutečný příběh o holocaustu, který by neměl být zapomenut. Mladý Angličan Nicholas „Nicky“ Winton se v roce 1939 podílel na záchraně dětí a jejich převozu vlaky z Prahy do Londýna. Věra Gissingová je jednou ze zachráněných dívek. Opravdoví hrdinové bývají často nenápadní a skromní. Vizuálně působivé zpracování využívá autorovy charakteristické mapy, bludiště i razítka, jemné akvarelové obrázky skrývají tajemné perokresby. Kniha o odvaze a slušnosti je inspirující i pro dnešní dobu – všichni se totiž rodíme svobodní a sobě rovní, všichni máme stejné právo na život.

A boy who loves adventure.A mysterious ocean journey.A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of courage and loneliness, independence and friendship.Lush, transporting paintings float from reality to fantasy and back again as Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhood with the fictional…

A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer--but all his activities revolve around ice cream.

A biography of French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem Celebrated children’s book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds—a lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey. Sis’s deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian epic poem tells the story of a flock of birds in search of the true king, Simorgh, who lives on the mountain of Kaf. Drawn from all species, the flock travels through the seven valleys: quest, love, understanding, detachment, unity, amazement, and death. The birds that endure reach the mountain to learn a profound lesson: that Simorgh the king is, in fact, each of them and all of them.

Esmerada y conmovedora reconstrucción de algunos de los episodios de la infancia de Neftalí Reyes quien se convertiría posteriormente y por voluntad propia en Pablo Neruda, una de las grandes voces de la poesía del siglo XX. La autora se basa decisivamente en lo que en el Tomo IV de las Obras Completas de Neruda y bajo el epígrafe textos del 50o cumpleaños, aparece con el título de infancia y poesía. Se trata de un texto breve, de escasamente quince páginas (la concisión se explica porque originalmente fue una conferencia leída en la Universidad de Chile), que recoge las anécdotas principales de las que da cuenta este libro.