Josephine Nobisso

• Jan-1993
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A scrapbook of memorabilia chronicles the tender and sometimes zany moments shared between Grandma and her granddaughter during their seaside summers. Pages of the lively scrapbook are interspersed with watercolor-rendered photographs of the girl, no...

• Mar-1993
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• Oct-1998
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• Oct-2000
• / General Fiction
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This is a recollection of the special times a young boy spent with his grandfather in the city, in the forest with the animals, at the beach, and with his family. Although the boy misses his beloved grandpa’s presence he feels assured that his pass...

• Oct-2000
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While the rest of her family sleeps, a young girl takes her little brother -- whom she knows will be frightened by the windstorm raging around their seaside house -- on an imaginary voyage with his favorite animal, the humpback whale. The bed lifts a...

• Oct-2001
• / General Fiction
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An infectious yawn begins with a small baby and moves around the home until the moon lets out one, too, which causes the yawn to travel freely from big cities to small adobe villages under the light of the moon....

• Jun-2002
• / Fantasy
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When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes “One Mass” on a scrap of paper and places it on his...

• Jan-2003
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Set in the Bronx during the 1950s, when postwar immigrant children were placed in their first American classrooms, this delightful story tells of the riotous linguistic misunderstandings of Josephine’s first day of school. The daughter of savvy Ita...

• Sep-2005
• / General Fiction
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Twirling and whirling, zigging and zagging, numerals dance across the pages, enticing children to play with numbers and develop a better understanding of numeric values in this fun and informative comic approach. Three groups of numerals make mightil...

• Jul-2009
• / General Fiction
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With exquisite artwork and evocative text, this original fable explores the events of Jesus' life, and demonstrates the role of the Virgin Mary as the benevolent agent of God's people. Reduced to desolation by a king and prince who feel they have...

• Nov-2011
• / General Fiction
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While other children’s religious titles focus on Saint Francis of Assisi as an adult, few, if any, have concentrated on the early life of the patron saint of animals and the environment. Stunning illus...

• Nov-2021
• / Christian
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Here is a Christian allegorical story that treats of superlatives. The richest man in the world, with the most varied and treasured art collection in existence, begets the most wonderful son who, like himself, loves and appreciates every creation the...