MEREDITH HOOPER

This delightful story follows Ponko the Penguin and his friend Joey Bear as they stow away on a sledge to take part in the Great Expedition to the South Pole, munching expedition biscuits and chocolate raisins as they go. Disaster strikes when they fall off the sledge and it looks like the pair will never reach the South Pole. But then Sid Skua comes to the rescue. Based on the real toy penguin Ponko, who belonged to Antarctic explorer and photographer Herbert Ponting, this is a beautifully crafted picture book that will enchant young readers.

Where do pebbles come from How were they made This book tells the story of a pebble from its origins in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago to a busy modern landscape

Una vez al a:amp;ntilde;o, los perros de los cuadros de la National Gallery viven una excitante noche libre. Perros gordos y perros flacos, con manchas o de pelo liso, toda clase de perros se pasan varias horas en la galer:amp;iacute;a correteando arriba y abajo por sus enormes escaleras, se persiguen unos a otros y husmean todos sus rincones. Pero una noche, cuatro de esos perros trepan a los cuadros equivocados. Este hecho tan ins:amp;oacute;lito convierte a la galer:amp;iacute;a -a la que acude gente de todas partes- en la m:amp;aacute;s popular del mundo. El lector sigue a los perros a trav:amp;eacute;s de los cuadros: El matrimonio Arnolfini, de Jan van Eyck, Madame de Pompadour, pintado por Fran:amp;ccedil;ois-Hubert Drouais, El se:amp;ntilde;or y la se:amp;ntilde;ora Andrews, de Thomas Gainsborough, y Ba:amp;ntilde;istas en Asnieres, de Georges-Pierre Seurat. Las reproducciones de los cuadros se incluyen en un :amp;iacute;ndice pict:amp;oacute;rico al final del libro.Este fant:amp;aacute;stico cuento, magn:amp;iacute;ficamente ilustrado por Alan Curless y Mark Burgess, ofrece a los j:amp;oacute;venes una encantadora introducci:amp;oacute;n al Arte en may:amp;uacute;sculas.

Es la Noche de Entrada Libre para Gatos en el museo y desde todas partes de la ciudad acuden los gatos. Pero ¿dónde se encuentran ellos retratados? Hay cantidad de cuadros con perros, con pájaros, con tigres, e incluso con peces¿¡pero no es nada facil ver pintado un gato!La gata Felicia se hace cargo del problema y, de vuelta a su estudio, pincel en la garra, decide pintar gatos donde ella cree que deberian estar. Este delicioso cuento de Meredith Hooper, magnificamente ilustrado por Bee Willey, acerca al joven lector a seis grandes obras de arte pertenecientes a museos de Londres, Madrid, Nueva York y Paris.Meredith Hooper es la autora deLa gran noche de los perros, libro publicado por Serres. Ella es australiana, pero viveen Londres (cuando no esta de viaje investigando para sus libros). Escritora a tiempo completo de libros de no-ficcion y ficcion para niños.Le encanta la fauna de la Antartica y puede aguantar el frio mucho mejor que la mayoria de la gente. El Gobierno Americano le dio una medalla por su trabajo en el Polo Sur.Meredith ha publicado mas de 50 titulos de no ficcion. Escribe sus libros sobre la historia natural de la Antartica para un publico muy amplio.

Scotts Northern Party played an integral role in his iconic last expedition, but how did they survive? Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy which befell Scott. Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished and the ship had failed to pick them up as planned. Gale-force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded and desperate, the six men of the Northern Party faced disaster. Searching out a snow drift they burrowed inside. Lieutenant Victor Campbell drew a line across the floor in the gloom to establish naval order: three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. A birthday was celebrated with a carefully hoarded biscuit and they sang hymns every Sunday, so what kept these men going? Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred and a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible and somehow they made it through the longest winter. To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that the Polar Party must be dead and hoped that another six men would not be added to the death toll. Working from expedition diaries, journals and letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scotts other expedition.

Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy that befell Scott.??Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished, and the ship had failed to pick up the members of Scotts Northern Party as planned. Galeforce winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded and desperate, Lieutenant Victor Campbell and his five companions faced disaster. They burrowed inside a snowdrift, digging an ice cave with no room to stand upright, but space for six sleeping bags on the floorthe three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred, and a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible and somehow they made it through the longest winter.??To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that Scott and his Polar party must be dead and hoped that another six lives would not be added to the death toll. Working from diaries, journals, and letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scotts other expedition.