Liam Francis Walsh Libri

A page-turning adventure featuring a clever 11-year-old girl who must, against all odds, protect her family and town during the height of the communist "red scare."In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be left alone, but then she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds herself smack in the middle of the Cold War arms race.

New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh's Make a Wish, Henry Bear is the story of a young bear, a birthday wish gone awry, and a new friendship to set things right. Henry Bear has very unusual parents. They encourage him to stay up all night, eat chocolate cake at every meal, and get into trouble with his teacher. But what happens when Henry Bear grows tired of indulging in childish things? Find out in this droll tale about making wishes with unanticipated consequences written and illustrated by the creator of Fish, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “full-bodied” and “rewarding.”

In Peggys Leben gibt es vieles, wovor sie sich fürchtet: Sie hat eine schlimme Polio-Krankheit überstanden, aber noch weiß sie nicht, ob sie je wieder richtig laufen kann. Ihre Nachbarn, ihre Klassenkameraden und sogar die Lehrerin vermuten überall in Peggys amerikanischer Heimatstadt lauernde kommunistische Spione. Und seit ihr Vater aus Korea zurückgekehrt ist, ist ihre Mutter oft sehr traurig. Als Peggy in den Besitz eines seltsamen roten Stabs gelangt, der ihr die Fähigkeit verleiht, zu fliegen, glaubt sie, die Lösung für alle ihre Probleme gefunden zu haben. Aber auch einige finstere Gestalten haben ein Auge auf das fantastische Objekt geworfen…