Books by John Bemelmans Marciano
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review 1: This is a great little book for all the word nerds like myself who are fascinated with how words came to be. It is written in a very casual, wryly humorous style that meanders through its collections of words whose origins came from names of people. Each entry, however, gives mor...
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review 1: 27th - 2011Mulanya buku ini dibaca karena iseng. Di dalam taksi, jalanan macet, tidak bawa buku pula, daripada bengong aku pun membuka ponsel dan mencari ebook yang lumayan sedikit halamannya. Jreng! Terpilihlah buku ini dengan manisnya. Baca satu halaman, dua halaman... eh, lha ...
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review 1: The classic Madeline picture books have always seemed to intrigue me since I was a little girl. I love Madeline's character, how she is mischievous but has a warm heart and cares about everyone and everything. The storyline is fun for the reader, because the text rhymes throughou...
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review 1: Mostly I just Sophie Blackall illustrations are cute.This was standard and meh and a bit bleh. Like, I'm all about these parodies of Victorian children's stories where kids who are wealthy and live in mansions with servants are horrible instead of polite and do silly things, but ...
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review 1: Part of me wanted to give this book 2 stars, but it was well written, and the story and characters were interesting. What bothered me was the message. I don't want to give the story away, even though it says close to the beginning how it would end.I don't like the way the book ...
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review 1: This is a great book to help a child if he/she is only child in the family and bring a heartfelt friendship. John Bemelman Marciano made a bright and elegant pictures in the book. In Washington, D.C., Candle needed a friend to talk to and could be able to use her imagination. She...
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review 1: The Madeline series has continued on thanks to Ludwig Bemelmans’ grandson, John Bemelmans Marciano, who keeps with the same style, look and spark that made us fall in love with Madeline in the first place.Madeline and Pepito are up to their usual adventures, this time to help a g...
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review 1: While the title of the book makes it seem like it primarily deals with the U.S. and the Metric system, it really covers quite a bit of the history of global weights and measures, but it does so essentially from the start of the U.S. as a nation and uses the U.S. as the central fr...