Petr Sís Livres

Au tournant du siècle dernier, naissait un petit garçon aux cheveux blonds, qui allait devenir un grand aventurier. En ces temps de grandes découvertes, on rêvait de nouvelles inventions. Alors que l'on assistait au début de l'aviation, Antoine construisait déjà, à l'âge de douze ans, sa propre machine volante. Et même si elle ne fonctionnait pas, cela ne le découragea pas ! Dans cet album foisonnant qui s'adresse aussi bien aux enfants qu'aux adultes, Peter Sís nous raconte l'histoire de ce petit garçon qui s'est donné tous les moyens pour réaliser son rêve : voler. On suit, pas à pas, ses débuts dans l'Aéropostale, mécanicien avant de devenir pilote, et on découvre des anecdotes de sa vie hors du commun. Au fil de rencontres et des voyages qui l'ont marqué, jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale au cours de laquelle il disparut, les planches magnifiques et captivantes de Peter Sis nous immergent totalement dans la vie de ce formidable aviateur, qui aimait par-dessus tout lire et écrire pendant qu'il volait.

Le marchand d'ailes, c'est un petit garçon adorable qui distribue à tous ceux qu'il aime des ailes de couleur, des ailes pour rêver, des ailes pour voler... Mais le vent d'hiver, jaloux, emporte la hotte pleine d'ailes.

Présentation de l'ensemble de l'oeuvre de cet auteur et dessinateur de livres pour enfants, dessinateur de presse et cinéaste d'origine tchèque qui vit au Etats-Unis. Nombreuses reproductions de ses oeuvres. Divers témoignages, notamment de Milos Forman et Vaclav Jamek.

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.

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.

Led by a cat on a magical journey through the deserted streets of Prague, a man comes upon some of the city's landmarks and finds the keys to his childhood home in three traditional Czech tales.

Rhino's good friends, the rainbow birds, leave him for better places to live, but they soon discover that beautiful places can have secret dangers.

Raised in a pool at Ocean World, a whale is released into the ocean to find others of her kind, but a spouting fire boat leads her to make the first of many mistakes.

One of the most brilliant illustrators of our time takes us on a magical journey into his father's past in the once hidden kingdom of Tibet.

Charles Darwin was an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sis transforms into a visual treasure trove.

“In my view, life without dance would be quite unthinkable. In this book, Peter Sís confirms" -- Mikhail

"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was…

Another delightful romp around Madlenka's city blockMadlenka wants a dog! She doesn't really care what kind, so long as it's a dog that she can put on a leash and walk around the block. But her mother and father say NO! What is Madlenka to do? It just takes some imagination . . . Madlenka's friends on the block all play along, remembering the dogs of their childhood, and in the end it seems quite possible that there's more to Madlenka's dog than we can see. With his considerable charm, Peter Sís uses lift-up flaps and peek-through windows to bring us into Madlenka's magical world where play and fantasy make wishes come true.Madlenka's Dog is a 2002 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe but that it and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo kept careful notes and made beautiful drawings of all that he observed. Through his telescope he brought the starts down to earth for everyone to see. By changing the way people saw the galaxy, Galileo was also changing the way they saw themselves and their place in the universe. This was very exciting, but to some to some it was deeply disturbing. Galileo has upset the harmonious view of heaven and earth that had been accepted since ancient times. He had turned the world upside down. In this amazing new book, Peter Sís employs the artist's lens to give us an extraordinary view of the life of Galileo Galilei. Sís tells his story in language as simple as a fairy tale, in pictures as rich and tightly woven as a tapestry, and in Galileo's own words, written more than 350 years ago and still resonant with truth. This title has Common Core connections. Starry Messenger is a 1997 Caldecott Honor Book.

"Not to be missed" -- Kirkus Reviews One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero. In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sís explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with legend, he paints the fascinating story of a little-known explorer and the native people who became his teachers and his friends. With maps, storyboards, panoramas, and even a myth told in pictographs, Peter Sís has concocted a visual feast.

Nach dem Untergang von Aramanth und dem Reich des Meisters ziehen die Geschwister Kestrel und Bowman mit ihrer Familie und den übrigen Manth durch unwegsames Land. Sie sind auf der Suche nach ihrer unbekannten Heimat. Dort werden sie Schutz finden in dieser Zeit der Grausamkeit, dort wird alles gut werden – das prophezeihen die Träume von Ira Hath. Doch der Weg dorthin ist hart und voller Gefahren, zudem weiß keiner, ob sie ihr Ziel erreichen werden, bevor der letzte, alles entscheidende Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse beginnt: Das geheimnisvolle Volk der Sänger wird sich dem zerstörerischen Morah entgegenstellen – und die Geschwister haben eine wichtige Aufgabe in diesem Kampf.

Trucks that dig. Trucks that haul. Trucks that lift. Trucks that push. Trucks everywhere!

Illus. in full color. The 15th century comes alive in this splendidly original picture book about Christopher Columbus. "The illustrations, executed in a variety of media, show scenes from the explorer's life as well as some imaginary creatures that populated the Europeans' picture of the outside world at that time. The details on each page invite individual readers to pay close attention, but the brief, clear text and framed illustrations lend themselves equally well to group sharing. Make room on your crowded Columbus shelf for this one."--(starred) School Library Journal.   

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 collectionof Halloween stories and poems by a variety of authors. Includes recipes and a bibliography.

"Mad about dragons, the boy who narrates this picture book is pleased when his doting parents decide to take him to Indonesia, home of the Komodo dragon....[The boy] takes the road less traveled through the jungle, where he encounters the dragon of his dreams....Full of intriguing detail....picture book, original in concept and beautiful in design."--Booklist.

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.

Presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sís.

Samostatný katalog ke knize Zeď / Jak jsem vyrůstal za železnou oponou a k dokumentární výstavě Vždy připraven! / Diskotéka Petra Síse. Hlavní pozornost je v publikaci věnována druhé polovině 60. let (především roku 1969), kdy tehdy mladý student výtvarné školy Petr Sís se svými přáteli prozkoumával evropskou (a československou) hudební scénu a prosadil se jako jeden z prvních DJs.

Cesta do tajemné země před padesáti lety, jak ji zažil autorův otec. Po otevření červené krabičky najde syn deník, který si jeho otec, filmový režisér Vladimír Sís, psal, když v polovině padesátých let zůstal ztracen v Tibetu. V této velmi osobní knize Petr Sís předkládá kaleidoskopickou směsici pravdy, snů a vzpomínek. Nezapomenutelná kniha autora obdařeného vzácnou představivostí. Kousek po kousku odhaluje tajemství otcovy více než dvouleté cesty včetně setkání s tehdy osmnáctiletým Dalajlámou.

Poslouchejte příběh zázračného dítěte. Malý Wolfgang, který pod přísným dohledem svého otce musel cvičit každý den a již v šesti letech komponoval, si vymyslel vlastní svět. V jeho království ožívají roztodivné věci, nástroje a dokonce i postavy z Kouzelné flétny. U příležitosti 250. výročí narození Wolfganga Amadea Mozarta představil mezinárodně uznávaný výtvarník Petr Sís nezaměnitelným stylem slavného skladatele nejmenším čtenářům.... celý text

Peter Sis is an internationally acclaimed author, artist, and filmmaker. He was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague. He also studied at the Royal College of Art in London. His picture books for children include Play, Mozart, Play!; the Caldecott Honor Books Tibet: Through the Red Box and Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei; the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Tree of Life: Charles Darwin; and several popular books inspired by his own children, such as Madlenka and Fire Truck. He has also illustrated bestselling books written by Jack Prelutsky, among them Scranimals and The Dragons are Singing Tonight.

Pura Belpré Award Winner A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Munoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís! From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftalí knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain on an inspiring voyage of self-discovery that will transform his life and, ultimately, the world. Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and transporting illustrations, Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sís take readers on a rare journey of the heart and imagination as they explore the inspiring early life of the poet who became Pablo Neruda.

Rhino, das graue Rhinozeros, und seine drei bunten Vogelfreunde machen sich gemeinsam auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in die Fremde. Sie möchten herausfinden, was sich hinter den Bergen ihres Tales verbirgt. Unterwegs findet jeder Vogel sein kleines Paradies und Rhino bleibt allein zurück. Müde und traurig macht er an einem Baum Halt. Doch dann geschieht etwas ...

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