Christopher Wormell
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Lyra is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. The arrival of Lyra's fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, to Jordan College draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle-- a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. As she hurtles toward danger in the far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth"--Container.
Author
Series
His dark materials volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.
Fantasy.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A monster who is shunned for his ugliness finds relief from loneliness when he befriends an inanimate rabbit he carved from stone. Annotation. Once in a cave, lived a horrible ugly monster. Perhaps the most horrible and ugly monster in the world. . . . So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond just by dipping his toe in it. No living thing can stand to be in his presence. But the monster is not ugly on the inside;...
8) Mythology
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of Greek, Roman and Norse myths.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
66 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The first portion of the work is a counting book covering the numbers one to twenty with block prints of animals. The second portion of the work has factual information concerning the animals. With his trademark colorful and compelling images of animals both familiar and exotic, acclaimed British illustrator Christopher Wormell brings a uniquely artful point of view to the traditional counting book. Wormell's inventive approach to illustrating the...
16) Planetarium
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces "all aspects of space, from the sun and our solar system to the lives of stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond"--Publisher marketing.
17) Dinosaurium
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dinosaurium is a stunningly curated guide to dinosaurs. With artwork from Chris Wormell of H is for Hawk fame, Dinosaurium gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book. Featuring a wonderful range of dinosaurs from the most loved Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex to more unknown species such as Coelophysis and Tsintaosaurus. The dinosaurs are organised by their family suborder group. In total over 50...
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A companion to Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," in which Una Spenser tells the story of her life, and discusses her loving marriage to Captain Ahab before the white whale took his leg and drove him into madness.