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Tessa Takes Wing
Contributor(s): Jackson, Richard (Author), Downing, Julie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1626724393     ISBN-13: 9781626724396
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: July 2018
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2017957302
Lexile Measure: 410
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.3" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:

It's almost morning and everyone's asleep. Everyone except Tessa.

Quiet as a mouse, Tessa takes flight . . . UP . . . UP until she's flying high above her crib. Her first stop: her sister Maggie's blue elephant Then, Maggie's fire truck . . . and her polka-dot umbrella. But she better be quiet and quick before her daddy hears and stops all her fun

Follow Tessa on a soaring adventure, one only she and the reader experience, as she flies even higher than she did yesterday, in Tessa Takes Wing, by veteran children's book editor Richard Jackson with warm, inviting illustrations by Julie Downing.


Contributor Bio(s): Downing, Julie: -

Julie Downing is an internationally published author and illustrator. She has written and or illustrated over 30 books for children. This San Francisco artist is known for her innovative approach in illustrating traditional stories, and her list of books include; The Night Before Christmas, Lullaby and Goodnight, and The Firekeeper's Son. Downing has won many awards for her work, including a Parents Choice Award, and the New York Public Library Best Books Award. She was recently selected to appear in Talking with Artists Too, a book about 12 of the nation's best Children's' Book Illustrators.
Downing is most noted for her rich, jewel like watercolor illustrations. Her work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and England.

Jackson, Richard: - Richard Jackson, co-founder of Bradbury Press, Orchard Books, and DK Ink, has been an editor and publisher since 1962. He is the author of Have A Look, Says Book, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, and lives in Towson, Maryland.