A Hitch at the Fairmont

A Hitch at the Fairmont PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442494484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Book Description
When his aunt is kidnapped, an eleven-year-old boy staying at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel in 1956 tries to find her, with the help of Alfred Hitchcock.

Oh No, Little Dragon!

Oh No, Little Dragon! PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442442700
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Little Dragon wreaks adorable havoc in this energetic picture book from the creator of Except If. With a PHOOSH and a Grrrrrr and a CANNONBAAAALLLLLL! Little Dragon tears through his day (and the house). But even when he gets a little too rambunctious, there’s no OH NO! that Mama’s kiss can’t fix. Jim Averbeck celebrates both the tremendous energy of a little boy and the tenderness shared between mother and child in this vibrant picture book that begs to be read aloud.

Except If

Except If PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416995447
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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An egg is just an egg, except if, after hatching it becomes something else.

Love by Sophia

Love by Sophia PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1481477900
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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The precocious Sophia and her pet giraffe Noodle learn how to look at life, love, and art in this latest installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “fun, clever, and empowering.” Sophia loves her family and her wonderful pet giraffe Noodle, so when she gets an assignment to draw something she loves, she wants to make it extra special. Taking her teacher’s advice, Sophia uses a little perspective and creates a work she calls Love. Before she can place her masterpiece on the refrigerator, her whole family has to approve of the painting. But this is the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Louvre of refrigerators. Can Sophia persuade them to take a chance on a new perspective, so they can see love from her point of view?

One Word from Sophia

One Word from Sophia PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481405144
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
All Sophia wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.

The Market Bowl

The Market Bowl PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684446856
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Yoyo has listened to Mama Cécile’s song about how to make ndolé (bitterleaf stew) her entire life—long enough to know how to make it herself, now that she is finally old enough. But slicing the bitterleaf, grinding the pumpkin, measuring out the shrimp—it just takes too long. Yoyo is confident that her variation on the stew will be good enough. As Mama Cécile and Yoyo set off to market, Mama reminds Yoyo what will happen if she refuses a fair price for the stew—Brother Coin, the Great Spirit of the Market, will put a curse on their market bowl. When Yoyo refuses to heed Mama’s advice, she is faced with the task of trying to regain a blessing from the god himself. An original folktale set in modern-day Cameroon, THE MARKET BOWL teaches readers a lesson about patience, humility, and the value of a fair price. Back matter includes further information about Cameroon and its people and traditions as well as a recipe for ndolé—Cameroon’s national food dish.

The WVU Coed Murders

The WVU Coed Murders PDF Author: Geoffrey C. Fuller
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439673969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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Some said that the killer couldn't be a local. Others claimed that he was the wealthy son of a prominent Morgantown family. Whispers spread that Mared and Karen were sacrificed by a satanic cult or had been victims of a madman poised to strike again. Then the handwritten letters began to arrive: "You will locate the bodies of the girls covered over with brush--look carefully. The animals are now on the move." Investigators didn't find too few suspects--they had far too many. There was the campus janitor with a fur fetish, the "harmless" deliveryman who beat a woman nearly to death, the nursing home orderly with the bloody broomstick and the bouncer with the "girlish" laugh who threatened to cut off people's heads. Local authors Geoffrey C. Fuller and S. James McLaughlin tell the complete story of the murders for the first time.

In a Blue Room

In a Blue Room PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547540698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

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Alice is wide, wide awake. Mama brings flowers, tea, a quilt, even lullaby bells to help her sleep. But none of these things are blue, and Alice can sleep only in a blue room. Yet when the light goes out, a bit of magic is stirred up. Pale blue moonlight swirls into her bedroom window. Then the night swirls out, around the moon and into the universe, leaving Alice fast alseep in a most celestial blue room.

Two Problems for Sophia

Two Problems for Sophia PDF Author: Jim Averbeck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481477897
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Sophia quickly learns her new pet comes with two giraffe-sized problems in this enterprising sequel to One Word from Sophia, which was named one of the best picture books of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews. Sophia and Noodle, her One True Desire, are together at last. But Noodle comes with two gigantic problems, and those problems are tearing Sophia’s family apart! Can a little creative experimenting save Noodle? Or will Sophia have to bid him adieu?

The Black Diamond

The Black Diamond PDF Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 826

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