Vyner sue vyner tim (8 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Tim Vyner (ilustrador).

Condición: Good. Stated First US. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. [36]pp, 9 x 11 inches. Tim Vyner (ilustrador).

Paperback. Condición: Used: Acceptable. Paperback in good condition but some creasing to cover. This tale of mistaken identity features one egg, one albatross and a string of five confused mothers. After scooping up an anonymous egg in her beak and transporting it across two seas, the albatross deposits it in another nest on another continent. Did she steal the egg? Or is it hers? When she is frightened away by a snake, a succession of African animals temporarily adopt the orphaned ovoid only to discover it is too big, too small, too hard or too round to be theirs. Finally, the albatross reclaims the embryonic offspring, carries it back across the oceans and drops it at the feet of its father just in time for it to hatch as a penguin. Although maintaining the mystery, sparse textual details and missing visual clues confuse the story's initial premise. However, the close perspective of brisk earth-tone illustrations heightens the drama of the repetitive "Somebody was coming . . . " providing the tale with some page-turning energy. Although Vyner employs general names for indigenous species (crocodile), older readers will appreciate their more specific and colorful monikers (the Emperor Penguin, the Gaboon Viper), profiled in a glossary at the book's conclusion. Ages 3-8.…

Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Small ownership signature on the corner of the title-page, o/w fine in like dustjacket. Wonderful colour illustrations, a story introducing young readers to reef life, focusing on an octopus, but including puffer fish, sea dragons, coral cod, stingrays etc.