Book Week 2014 Pre-Sale Book Order Form
For Books by Author/Artist in Residence Richard Sobol: Traveling Photographer
Books written by Book Week Author/Artist in Residence Richard Sobol: Traveling
Photographer, will be available for sale prior to his visit. On the attached sheets you
will find the titles, descriptions, prices for the books on offer. There is a * under specific
titles that he will be focusing on during his visit.
Please circle the title and binding that you would like to purchase return the order sheet
with the exact change and bottom filled out to either your child’s teacher or the
ES Library. Mr. Sobol will sign the books when he arrives and your child will receive
them in class during Book Week at the end of February.
Please return the order form by Friday, January 24. There will be limited extra copies
available for purchase during Book Week and to ensure that your child will receive one
order early
Books Author/Artist in Residence Richard Sobol: Traveling Photographer
will Focus on Throughout the Week
Gold Light and Gold Ray are the only
known pair of elephant twins in the world!
Photojournalist Richard Sobol has
masterfully captured the twins' playfulness,
as he shows the twins feeding, bathing,
napping, and learning with their trainer Pai.
Elephant Twins transports readers to Ban
Tha Klang, Thailand, to play with the baby
elephants and meet this unique pair of
brothers!
70 RMBPaperback
130RMB Hardback
*Pre-school and Kindergarten
*1st and 2nd Grade Story
Rice is one of the most abundant and widely
grown crops in the world today. In
Thailand, rice is grown everywhere—and it
is almost always a part of every meal.
Photographer Richard Sobol invites us on a
journey to Thailand to explore the life of
rice: from the beginning of the growing
season at the Royal Plowing Ceremony, to
the hard work of transplanting and
harvesting the rice plants, and finally ending
with a delicious dinner—of rice, of course!
*3rd and 4th Grade Story
In this Richard Sobol story students will
have an Join author and photographer
an in-depth exploration of the story of silk
and the labor-intensive process of making it.
From nurturing the silkworms to weaving
the fabric and photographing the children as
they proudly model the finished product,
this first-person narrative, illustrated with
richly detailed photographs, chronicles the
amazing process of creating one of history’s
most desired textiles.
130RMB Hardback
130RMB Hardback
Child’s Name: __________________________________________________________
Teacher: __________________________________ Grade: ______________________
Additional Books by Richard Sobol available for Pre-Order
Powerful but shy, the African mountain gorilla
struggles for survival in the rainforests of Uganda’s
national parks. Through extraordinary images and a
compelling text, wildlife photographer Richard Sobol
leads us on an arduous journey to the gorillas’ hidden
habitats and offers a hushed, close-up look at the gentle
giants as they nibble on leaves for their morning meal.
70RMB –
Paperback
130RMB Hardback
A SMITHSONIAN Notable Book for Children
In 1100 CE, the mighty Khmer people of Cambodia
built the world's largest religious monument: the
sprawling stone temple of Angkor Wat. Now,
thousands visit the crumbling ruins each year to see
the last remains of the ancient and mysterious Khmer
civilization. Photographer Richard Sobol explored
these fascinating ruins, searching among the fallen,
moss-covered stone slabs and wall carvings for clues
that might link the ancient Khmer people to presentday Cambodian culture. A personal narrative and
illustrative photography document his pilgrimage,
capturing the historical legacy and mystery contained
within the walls of Angkor Wat. A glossary, maps,
and key facts are included.
Put on your hard hat and step inside
CONSTRUCTION ZONE! Young readers are invited
to come on a virtual tour of a building in progress, led
by award-winning photographer Richard Sobol. It
takes hundreds of workers, thousands of trucks and
machines, and millions of nails and bolts to transform
an idea on paper into an actual building in which
people will live, play, shop, or work. Every single
piece of the construction puzzle — big and small —
must fit together flawlessly. With a clear, direct
narrative and handy definitions of constructionrelated jobs, machines, and terms, Cheryl Willis
Hudson distills this most complex of projects into
language a young child can grasp. The building itself
— the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning
architect Frank O. Gehry — is playful and colorful,
sculpted to excite, delight, and surprise. Richard
Sobol's vivid color photographs capture all the
excitement of the busy construction site, while
offering a close-up view of its breathtaking genius.
130RMB Hardback
130RMB Hardback
Child’s Name: ___________________________________________________
Teacher: __________________________________ Grade: _______________________