Author: Ambrose Okosun
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491767588
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
While author Ambrose Okosun was just beginning his life in March of 1973 in Lekki, Nigeria, his parents marriage was ending. Left with his grandparents to eke out a living in a small village, Okosun was separated from his mother and was not allowed to see his birth father. From a young age, he was dealt a hard life. In A Boy and His Dream, Okosun shares the struggles he endured and how he strived to overcome those early challenges. From hunger to being ostracized by a polygamist family, he experienced severe poverty while growing up. At the same time, his elders imparted important lessons that Okosun took to heart, including the message that he was in charge of his own destiny. Learning by trial and error and with guidance from God, Okosun tells how he became educated, earned several degrees, and immigrated to the United States. A Boy and His Dream narrates the story of a man who has come a long way from being an abused little boy in Nigeria.
A Boy and His Dream
Author: Ambrose Okosun
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491767588
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
While author Ambrose Okosun was just beginning his life in March of 1973 in Lekki, Nigeria, his parents marriage was ending. Left with his grandparents to eke out a living in a small village, Okosun was separated from his mother and was not allowed to see his birth father. From a young age, he was dealt a hard life. In A Boy and His Dream, Okosun shares the struggles he endured and how he strived to overcome those early challenges. From hunger to being ostracized by a polygamist family, he experienced severe poverty while growing up. At the same time, his elders imparted important lessons that Okosun took to heart, including the message that he was in charge of his own destiny. Learning by trial and error and with guidance from God, Okosun tells how he became educated, earned several degrees, and immigrated to the United States. A Boy and His Dream narrates the story of a man who has come a long way from being an abused little boy in Nigeria.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491767588
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
While author Ambrose Okosun was just beginning his life in March of 1973 in Lekki, Nigeria, his parents marriage was ending. Left with his grandparents to eke out a living in a small village, Okosun was separated from his mother and was not allowed to see his birth father. From a young age, he was dealt a hard life. In A Boy and His Dream, Okosun shares the struggles he endured and how he strived to overcome those early challenges. From hunger to being ostracized by a polygamist family, he experienced severe poverty while growing up. At the same time, his elders imparted important lessons that Okosun took to heart, including the message that he was in charge of his own destiny. Learning by trial and error and with guidance from God, Okosun tells how he became educated, earned several degrees, and immigrated to the United States. A Boy and His Dream narrates the story of a man who has come a long way from being an abused little boy in Nigeria.
A Boy And His Dream
Author: Vinita Krishna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788176554572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On the southwestern coast of India is the little island-town Rameswaram. Many years ago, a little boy sat on the beach in the afternoon and dream of flying like the seagulls. One day this boy would grow up to be one of India's great scientists and the president of the country.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788176554572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On the southwestern coast of India is the little island-town Rameswaram. Many years ago, a little boy sat on the beach in the afternoon and dream of flying like the seagulls. One day this boy would grow up to be one of India's great scientists and the president of the country.
Dream Boy
Author: Jim Grimsley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684829924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who bravely sustain each other in a world of domestic disintegration.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684829924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who bravely sustain each other in a world of domestic disintegration.
A Boy, a Budget, and a Dream
Author: Jasmine Paul
Publisher: Createfinstew, LLC
ISBN: 9781733453837
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Kass budgets her money carefully and expects her brother Joey to do the same. But Joey spends every dollar he earns. When he realizes he hasn't saved enough money to pay for something he's been dreaming about, Joey must either learn to budget or risk giving up his dream. A Boy, A Budget, and a Dream helps teach financial literacy and money management to children ages 4-8 in a fun and easy to comprehend way! Grab yours today and encourage the children in your life to start budgeting for their dreams! Follow Jasmine on Instagram @jasminelikepaul or visit www.createfinstew.com for more financial literacy resources. Here's what others have said about A Boy, A Budget, and a Dream: ★★★★★ - My children loved learning how the children saved and budgeted their allowances to buy what they wanted. It also shows children how to prioritize their spending habits. A big win! This topic is an important lesson for children to learn at an early age. Making great financial decisions at a tender age will allow them better choices as they mature and get older. Highly recommend!
Publisher: Createfinstew, LLC
ISBN: 9781733453837
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Kass budgets her money carefully and expects her brother Joey to do the same. But Joey spends every dollar he earns. When he realizes he hasn't saved enough money to pay for something he's been dreaming about, Joey must either learn to budget or risk giving up his dream. A Boy, A Budget, and a Dream helps teach financial literacy and money management to children ages 4-8 in a fun and easy to comprehend way! Grab yours today and encourage the children in your life to start budgeting for their dreams! Follow Jasmine on Instagram @jasminelikepaul or visit www.createfinstew.com for more financial literacy resources. Here's what others have said about A Boy, A Budget, and a Dream: ★★★★★ - My children loved learning how the children saved and budgeted their allowances to buy what they wanted. It also shows children how to prioritize their spending habits. A big win! This topic is an important lesson for children to learn at an early age. Making great financial decisions at a tender age will allow them better choices as they mature and get older. Highly recommend!
Knock Knock
Author: Daniel Beaty
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316400947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316400947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.
A Boy's Dream - Ohio State
Author: Dennis Bunda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954868649
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Dennis Bunda had a life-long dream to attend Ohio State. Follow along as he makes his dreams come true. Follow along as there surprises, detours, and challenges that he deals with along the journey to his ultimate destination.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954868649
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Dennis Bunda had a life-long dream to attend Ohio State. Follow along as he makes his dreams come true. Follow along as there surprises, detours, and challenges that he deals with along the journey to his ultimate destination.
The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project
Author: Lenore Appelhans
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
ISBN: 1541512596
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Riley, a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, lives in Trope Town, where he makes a living appearing as a side character in novels--until he and his fellow manic pixies must ban together to save themselves from retirement"--
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
ISBN: 1541512596
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Riley, a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, lives in Trope Town, where he makes a living appearing as a side character in novels--until he and his fellow manic pixies must ban together to save themselves from retirement"--
Every Boy's Dream
Author: Chris Green
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408132095
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Short listed for the Best Football Book in the 2010 British Sport Book Awards The way Britain develops its top football talent is a hot topic of debate. The failure of all four of the UK's national teams to reach the 2008 European Championships and the ever-increasing reliance of England's top clubs on foreign talent underlines an undisputable fact: that Britain now lags well behind the world's top countries in producing the best footballers, despite having the wealthiest league in the world and untold riches at the game's disposal. Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line investigates why - despite unprecedented expenditure on a huge overhaul of youth development in the past decade - British football continues to fail to nurture top-class football talent. With some 10,000 boys in the system at any time - and less than one per cent of those boys likely to make it as professional footballers - there is a real need for a long, hard look at our domestic football development system. Who funds the system? How are the boys recruited? Who is responsible for their coaching and what qualifications do they have for the job? Who looks after their welfare, ensuring they are enjoying the sport and still keeping up with their schooling while under the clubs' stewardship? What happens when the boys don't make the cut and are released by the clubs? Every Boy's Dream does not pull any punches. It lays the blame at the doors of the authorities in charge of youth football. But, rather than just listing the faults of system - which are many, as the hard-hitting real-life examples demonstrate - it provides tales of inspiration and a blueprint for the future of the national game. It is the most thorough book ever written about football youth development, and cracks through the age-old veneer of perceived wisdom that has stifled debate on the subject.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408132095
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Short listed for the Best Football Book in the 2010 British Sport Book Awards The way Britain develops its top football talent is a hot topic of debate. The failure of all four of the UK's national teams to reach the 2008 European Championships and the ever-increasing reliance of England's top clubs on foreign talent underlines an undisputable fact: that Britain now lags well behind the world's top countries in producing the best footballers, despite having the wealthiest league in the world and untold riches at the game's disposal. Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line investigates why - despite unprecedented expenditure on a huge overhaul of youth development in the past decade - British football continues to fail to nurture top-class football talent. With some 10,000 boys in the system at any time - and less than one per cent of those boys likely to make it as professional footballers - there is a real need for a long, hard look at our domestic football development system. Who funds the system? How are the boys recruited? Who is responsible for their coaching and what qualifications do they have for the job? Who looks after their welfare, ensuring they are enjoying the sport and still keeping up with their schooling while under the clubs' stewardship? What happens when the boys don't make the cut and are released by the clubs? Every Boy's Dream does not pull any punches. It lays the blame at the doors of the authorities in charge of youth football. But, rather than just listing the faults of system - which are many, as the hard-hitting real-life examples demonstrate - it provides tales of inspiration and a blueprint for the future of the national game. It is the most thorough book ever written about football youth development, and cracks through the age-old veneer of perceived wisdom that has stifled debate on the subject.
The Dream Peddler
Author: Martine Fournier Watson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525504958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“Astonishing . . . Explores the vast underground legacy of our own desires. This is the must-read book of the year.” —Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child Finder A richly imagined debut novel about a traveling salesman and the small town he changes forever If someone offered you a magic elixir that could conjure any dream you wanted . . . would you take it? Traveling salesmen like Robert Owens have passed through Evie Dawson’s town before, but none of them offered anything like what he has to sell: dreams, made to order, with satisfaction guaranteed. Soon after he arrives, the community is shocked by the disappearance of Evie’s young son. The townspeople, shaken by the Dawson family’s tragedy and captivated by Robert’s subversive magic, begin to experiment with his dreams. And Evie, devastated by grief, turns to Robert for a comfort only he can sell her. But the dream peddler’s wares awaken in his customers their most carefully buried desires, and despite all his good intentions, some of them will lead to disaster. Gorgeously told through the eyes of Evie, Robert, and a broad cast of fully realized characters, The Dream Peddler is an imaginative, moving novel of overcoming loss and reckoning with the longings we keep secret.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525504958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“Astonishing . . . Explores the vast underground legacy of our own desires. This is the must-read book of the year.” —Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child Finder A richly imagined debut novel about a traveling salesman and the small town he changes forever If someone offered you a magic elixir that could conjure any dream you wanted . . . would you take it? Traveling salesmen like Robert Owens have passed through Evie Dawson’s town before, but none of them offered anything like what he has to sell: dreams, made to order, with satisfaction guaranteed. Soon after he arrives, the community is shocked by the disappearance of Evie’s young son. The townspeople, shaken by the Dawson family’s tragedy and captivated by Robert’s subversive magic, begin to experiment with his dreams. And Evie, devastated by grief, turns to Robert for a comfort only he can sell her. But the dream peddler’s wares awaken in his customers their most carefully buried desires, and despite all his good intentions, some of them will lead to disaster. Gorgeously told through the eyes of Evie, Robert, and a broad cast of fully realized characters, The Dream Peddler is an imaginative, moving novel of overcoming loss and reckoning with the longings we keep secret.
An Iranian Boy and His American Dream
Author: Mahmood Shairi
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662402627
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
There are many stories of journeys made to the United States in search of the American Dream. This is one in particular. The story of one man's life. As a fourteen-year-old boy from Iran. He had a vision for his life as well as the determination it took to achieve it. Coming from a poor origin. With no real family or direction, the decision was to pursue a chance, though many mistakes were made. Marriages, broken families lost and divided, the idea that God was always there with him was never doubted. As a young man with heroes like Elvis Presley and Tom Seaver, he found the encouragement that he many times needed, to keep going through all the good and the bad decisions. This self-taught dreamer finally found what he had been looking for.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662402627
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
There are many stories of journeys made to the United States in search of the American Dream. This is one in particular. The story of one man's life. As a fourteen-year-old boy from Iran. He had a vision for his life as well as the determination it took to achieve it. Coming from a poor origin. With no real family or direction, the decision was to pursue a chance, though many mistakes were made. Marriages, broken families lost and divided, the idea that God was always there with him was never doubted. As a young man with heroes like Elvis Presley and Tom Seaver, he found the encouragement that he many times needed, to keep going through all the good and the bad decisions. This self-taught dreamer finally found what he had been looking for.