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The Astonishing Stereoscope

The Astonishing Stereoscope( )
Author: Langton, Jane
ISBN:978-0-06-440133-3
Publication Date:Dec 2001
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.95USD $5.95
Book Description:

When Eddy Hall receives five cards for his stereoscope, he and his sister, Eleanor, can't wait to see what exotic places they reveal maybe Stonehenge, or a centuries-old European cathedral. But instead, when they look through the stereoscope, Eddy and Eleanor see some very strange things. An odd-looking rope hangs from the sky down into every picture. A marmalade coloured cat that looks suspiciously like Herm, the family cat, also appears. And one picture looks like the front hall...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Photography / History
Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.12 x 7.62 x 0.51 Inches
Book Weight:0.38 Pounds
Author Biography
Langton, Jane (Author)
Jane Langton was born Jane Gillson in Belmont, Massachusetts on December 30, 1922. She received a bachelor's degree in art history in 1944 and a master's degree in art history in 1945 from the University of Michigan. She received a second master's degree in art history from Radcliffe College in 1948. She studied at the Boston Museum School from 1958 to 1959.

Her writing career began with children's books. Her first book, The Majesty of Grace, was published in 1961. She illustrated several of her children's books. She wrote a young adult series entitled the Hall Family Chronicles. The fourth book in the series, The Fledgling, was a Newbery Honor book.

She also wrote an adult mystery series entitled the Homer Kelly mysteries. The fifth book in the series, Emily Dickinson Is Dead, received a Nero Wolfe Award and an Edgar Award. In 2017, she received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award for the series. She died from complications of a respiratory condition on December 22, 2018 at the age of 95.

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