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Du iz tak?

Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug&...

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Main Author: Ellis, Carson, 1975- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: Artificial
English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Insects > Juvenile fiction.
Growth (Plants) > Juvenile fiction.
Imaginary languages > Juvenile fiction.
Fortification > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Summary: Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?
Physical Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Audience: Preschool
ISBN: 9780763665302
0763665304
Author Notes: Carson Ellis was born in Vancouver, Canada on October 5, 1975. She received a BFA in painting from the University of Montana in Missoula in 1998. She has illustrated several children's books including The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, and The Wildwood Chronicles series by her husband Colin Meloy. She received a 2010 Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for her art in Dillweed's Revenge by Florence Parry Heide. She also creates album art, t-shirts, websites, posters, and stage sets for the rock band The Decemberists.

Carson's picture book, Home, made the New York Times bestseller list in March of 2015. She is the author of the bestseller Du iz tak?.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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