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Julie Paschkis

Julie Paschkis

·3.91·6,048 Ratings
“ The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. ” ― Carl Sagan
Authors' Books
  • Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella

    2007·
    ·4.11·1,458 Ratings
    Once upon a time, in Mexico . . . in Ireland . . . in Zimbabwe . . . there lived a girl who worked all day in the rice fields . . . then spent the night by the hearth, sleeping among the cinders.Her name is Ashpet, Sootface, Cendrillon . . . Cinderella. H
  • Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile

    2003·
    ·4.07·184 Ratings
    Mrs. Chicken has to think fast to outwit hungry Crocodile, who wants to eat her for dinner.One morning Mrs. Chicken took her bath in a puddle.“Cluck, cluck,” she said proudly. “What a pretty chicken I am!”Mrs. Chicken can’t see her wings in the
  • P. Zonka Lays an Egg

    2015·
    ·3.81·432 Ratings
    Extraordinary hen P. Zonka spends her time taking in the beauty around her: shiny green grass, buttery yellow dandelions, deep blue sky. The other hens can't understand why she never lays eggs like they do. Finally, P. Zonka gives in and lays an egg. To e
  • Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar?

    2013·
    ·3.79·235 Ratings
    It’s easy to take a cookie out of the cookie jar: just reach in. But how does it get in there in the first place? It’s more complicated than you might think. Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane—everyone has a special
  • Apple Cake: A Recipe for Love

    2012·
    ·3.81·237 Ratings
    In this lovely valentine of a book, Julie Paschkis offers young readers a glimpse of the extraordinary world that can be hidden in the simplest of things. Alfonso loves his colorful, magical existence. He also loves the brilliant, beautiful Ida. But Ida,
  • Flutter and Hum / Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animales

    2015·
    ·4·271 Ratings
    All sorts of animals flutter and hum, dance and stretch, and slither and leap their way through this joyful collection of poems in English and Spanish. Julie Paschkis's poems and art sing in both languages, bringing out the beauty and playfulness of the a
  • Mooshka: A Quilt Story

    2012·
    ·3.95·238 Ratings
    Karla loves Mooshka, a quilt composed of scraps of fabric from many members of Karlas family. But Mooshka is more than a quilt it can talk, comforting Karla at bedtime. Each square or schnitz, tells her stories of her ancestors and their lives. When new b
  • The Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story

    2008·
    ·4.1·208 Ratings
    Yasmeen, a seven-year-old Pakistani-American girl, celebrates the Muslim holidays of Ramadan, "The Night of the Moon" (Chaand Raat), and Eid. With lush illustrations that evoke Islamic art, this beautiful story offers a window into modern Muslim culture�
  • Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

    2010·
    ·3.89·497 Ratings
    In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. Maria Merian was only a child, but she disagreed. She watched carefully as caterpillars spun themselves cocoons, which opened to reveal s
  • Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

    2011·
    ·4.13·514 Ratings
    Once there was a little boy named Neftalí who loved wild things wildly and quiet things quietly. From the moment he could talk, he surrounded himself with words. Neftalí discovered the magic between the pages of books. When he was sixteen, he began publ
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