M.T. Anderson

Handel, Who Knew What He Liked: Candlewick Biographies

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The award-winning work is reissued as a Candlewick Picture Book Biography.George Frideric Handel always knew what he liked. And he was never afraid to do what he liked - whether smuggling a clavichord into the attic, sneaking off at a duke's castle to play the organ, ordering forty-five pounds of snow to chill his wine, or writing operas that no one wanted to hear. Even in his darkest hour, when it seemed everyone and everything were against him, Handel stayed true to himself. And because he did, he has become one of the best-loved composers in the world. In this absorbing biography, M. T. Anderson's narrative and Kevin Hawkes's stunning art… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Hawkes, Kevin

ISBN: 978-0-7636-6599-9
EAN: 9780763665999
Produktnummer: 14372704
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 48 S.
Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.

Über den Autor

M. T. Anderson is the author of several celebrated young adult novels, including The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party, a National Book Award Winner, and Feed, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner. M. T. Anderson lives outside Boston.Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator and author-illustrator of a number of popular books for children, including Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, awarded a Kate Greenaway Medal, and Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, a New York Times bestseller. Kevin Hawkes lives in Gorham, Maine.