Batavia's Graveyard

Batavia's GraveyardBy: Mike Dash In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a kings ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the worlds richest and most powerful monopoly. The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help

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something deep inside Beth’s soul responds and she wants to help the unknown artist find homes for his work–including Lizzy’s dry goods store

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It requires us to be who we are

Thayer knows her Nantucket history

this elegant little book is the perfect gift for mothers looking for a little dose of enlightenment

Helen Oxenbury’s incomparable line drawings

the more crazy objects he collects

then I say Newt Gingrich can't be president

or conjuring monsters to roam the Earth

Delilah Harlow is still picking up the pieces

碩士畢業於美國紐約普瑞特藝術學院。喜歡老鼠、喜歡書，也曾是個喜歡在課本上塗鴉的孩子。在這套書中，畫了許多科學家搞笑的一面，配上主角人物邊讀書、邊吐槽的內心戲，畫得十分過癮。希望這些有趣的圖，能幫這套化學書注入新活力，讓內容變得更加好讀好看。作品曾獲得兒童文學牧笛獎、入圍信誼幼兒文學獎及台北國際書展大獎。著作有《天氣100問：最強圖解X超酷實驗 破解一百個不可思議的天氣祕密》。