Author: Nelda LaTeef
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789988647469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Animal Village
Author: Nelda LaTeef
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789988647469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789988647469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Gifts of the Year
Author: Jane Van Cleef
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578948683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A story of celebration with the characters of Hazel Village.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578948683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A story of celebration with the characters of Hazel Village.
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Author: Adrianna Cuevas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374313628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals. All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad’s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low. He definitely doesn’t want to anyone find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals. But when the animals in his new town start disappearing, Nestor's grandmother becomes the prime suspect after she is spotted in the woods where they were last seen. As Nestor investigates the source of the disappearances, he learns that they are being seized by a tule vieja—a witch who can absorb an animal’s powers by biting it during a solar eclipse. And the next eclipse is just around the corner... Now it’s up to Nestor’s extraordinary ability and his new friends to catch the tule vieja—and save a place he might just call home.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374313628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals. All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad’s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low. He definitely doesn’t want to anyone find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals. But when the animals in his new town start disappearing, Nestor's grandmother becomes the prime suspect after she is spotted in the woods where they were last seen. As Nestor investigates the source of the disappearances, he learns that they are being seized by a tule vieja—a witch who can absorb an animal’s powers by biting it during a solar eclipse. And the next eclipse is just around the corner... Now it’s up to Nestor’s extraordinary ability and his new friends to catch the tule vieja—and save a place he might just call home.
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear
Author: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541788486
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears. Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road. When they descended on Grafton, public funding for pretty much everything shrank: the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws became meek suggestions, scarcely heard in the town's thick wilderness. The anything-goes atmosphere soon caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. The bears smelled food and opportunity. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear is the sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods. Complete with gunplay, adventure, and backstabbing politicians, this is the ultimate story of a quintessential American experiment -- to live free or die, perhaps from a bear.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541788486
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears. Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road. When they descended on Grafton, public funding for pretty much everything shrank: the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws became meek suggestions, scarcely heard in the town's thick wilderness. The anything-goes atmosphere soon caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. The bears smelled food and opportunity. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear is the sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods. Complete with gunplay, adventure, and backstabbing politicians, this is the ultimate story of a quintessential American experiment -- to live free or die, perhaps from a bear.
Shady Hollow
Author: Juneau Black
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593466276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy. Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera’s cunning and quickness to crack the case. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593466276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy. Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera’s cunning and quickness to crack the case. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL
Piebald and Alpha Visit the Emerald Isle
Author: Gordon J. Eaton
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1613792530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The third and last book of the "Piebald Trilogy" finds world travelers, Piebald and Alpha, traveling to beautiful Ireland. There they will join with Joseph and Mary in the founding of an Irish Village where they will live with Irish Mice and teach them about The Great Creator God, maker of heaven and earth. The Irish Small Animal Village is built on a dairy farm owned by George and Lucy Woods. A neighbor of George and Lucy's is an Irish Schoolmaster, Mr. Maclaine, who put on classes for adults at George and Lucy's home. This year Mr. Maclaine's lessons will cover several topics that immediately captured Piebald's imagination, and mine! Piebald and Joseph were asked to come to Scotland and start a Scottish Village like the Irish Village. Red the Troll was actually living in Scotland but frequently visited Lepie at the Irish Village. Red encouraged Piebald to go to Scotland and start a Scottish Animal Village and he did just that. Red the Troll asked Piebald to let him teach history in the new Scottish School. Red would make an excellent Scottish history teacher he had lived hundreds of years in Scotland and he could teach with authority the long exciting history of Scotland without having to read history books. Lepie and Troll and Piebald and Alpha are invisible and waiting for a bus to take them to the International Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This time there was no problem with transportation and in due time they walked into the American Small Animal Village to the cheers of American mice! Let the Celebration Begin! Dr. Gordon J. Eaton is a Ph.D. Biologist. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I. He completed a two-year post-doctoral research program at the University of California, Davis Campus. He investigated problems in developmental genetics and genetic diseases including Type II Diabetes and Immunological Diseases. Dr. Eaton is a Christian and a Member of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Willow Grove, PA.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1613792530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The third and last book of the "Piebald Trilogy" finds world travelers, Piebald and Alpha, traveling to beautiful Ireland. There they will join with Joseph and Mary in the founding of an Irish Village where they will live with Irish Mice and teach them about The Great Creator God, maker of heaven and earth. The Irish Small Animal Village is built on a dairy farm owned by George and Lucy Woods. A neighbor of George and Lucy's is an Irish Schoolmaster, Mr. Maclaine, who put on classes for adults at George and Lucy's home. This year Mr. Maclaine's lessons will cover several topics that immediately captured Piebald's imagination, and mine! Piebald and Joseph were asked to come to Scotland and start a Scottish Village like the Irish Village. Red the Troll was actually living in Scotland but frequently visited Lepie at the Irish Village. Red encouraged Piebald to go to Scotland and start a Scottish Animal Village and he did just that. Red the Troll asked Piebald to let him teach history in the new Scottish School. Red would make an excellent Scottish history teacher he had lived hundreds of years in Scotland and he could teach with authority the long exciting history of Scotland without having to read history books. Lepie and Troll and Piebald and Alpha are invisible and waiting for a bus to take them to the International Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This time there was no problem with transportation and in due time they walked into the American Small Animal Village to the cheers of American mice! Let the Celebration Begin! Dr. Gordon J. Eaton is a Ph.D. Biologist. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I. He completed a two-year post-doctoral research program at the University of California, Davis Campus. He investigated problems in developmental genetics and genetic diseases including Type II Diabetes and Immunological Diseases. Dr. Eaton is a Christian and a Member of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Willow Grove, PA.
James Herriot's Yorkshire Village
Author: Jane Reynolds
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312133320
Category : Toy and movable books
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Describes the rolling dales of the countryside as well as the characters, shops, and storefronts of this quaint village of northern England.
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312133320
Category : Toy and movable books
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Describes the rolling dales of the countryside as well as the characters, shops, and storefronts of this quaint village of northern England.
The Hunter and the Ebony Tree
Author:
Publisher: Moon Mountain Publishing
ISBN: 9780967792996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
From the Zarma culture of West Africa come this folk tale of a hunter who must overcome am impossible challenge before he can marry the girl he loves.
Publisher: Moon Mountain Publishing
ISBN: 9780967792996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
From the Zarma culture of West Africa come this folk tale of a hunter who must overcome am impossible challenge before he can marry the girl he loves.
Legends of the Northern Paiute
Author: Wilson Wewa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870719004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Legends of the Northern Paiute shares and preserves twenty-one original and previously unpublished Northern Paiute legends, as told by Wilson Wewa, a spiritual leader and oral historian of the Warm Springs Paiute. These legends were originally told around the fires of Paiute camps and villages during the "story-telling season" of winter in the Great Basin of the American West. They were shared with Paiute communities as a way to pass on tribal visions of the "animal people" and the "human people," their origins and values, their spiritual and natural environment, and their culture and daily lives. The legends in this volume were recorded, transcribed, reviewed, and edited by Wilson Wewa and James Gardner. Each legend was recorded, then read and edited out loud, to respect the creativity, warmth, and flow of Paiute storytelling. The stories selected for inclusion include familiar characters from native legends, such as Coyote, as well as intriguing characters unique to the Northern Paiute, such as the creature embodied in the Smith Rock pinnacle, now known as Monkey Face, but known to the Paiutes in Central Oregon as Nuwuzoho the Cannibal. Wewa's apprenticeship to Northern Paiute culture began when he was about six years old. These legends were passed on to him by his grandmother and other tribal elders. They are now made available to future generations of tribal members, and to students, scholars, and readers interested in Wewa's fresh and authentic voice. These legends are best read and appreciated as they were told--out loud, shared with others, and delivered with all of the verve, cadence, creativity, and humor of original Paiute storytellers on those clear, cold winter nights in the high desert.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870719004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Legends of the Northern Paiute shares and preserves twenty-one original and previously unpublished Northern Paiute legends, as told by Wilson Wewa, a spiritual leader and oral historian of the Warm Springs Paiute. These legends were originally told around the fires of Paiute camps and villages during the "story-telling season" of winter in the Great Basin of the American West. They were shared with Paiute communities as a way to pass on tribal visions of the "animal people" and the "human people," their origins and values, their spiritual and natural environment, and their culture and daily lives. The legends in this volume were recorded, transcribed, reviewed, and edited by Wilson Wewa and James Gardner. Each legend was recorded, then read and edited out loud, to respect the creativity, warmth, and flow of Paiute storytelling. The stories selected for inclusion include familiar characters from native legends, such as Coyote, as well as intriguing characters unique to the Northern Paiute, such as the creature embodied in the Smith Rock pinnacle, now known as Monkey Face, but known to the Paiutes in Central Oregon as Nuwuzoho the Cannibal. Wewa's apprenticeship to Northern Paiute culture began when he was about six years old. These legends were passed on to him by his grandmother and other tribal elders. They are now made available to future generations of tribal members, and to students, scholars, and readers interested in Wewa's fresh and authentic voice. These legends are best read and appreciated as they were told--out loud, shared with others, and delivered with all of the verve, cadence, creativity, and humor of original Paiute storytellers on those clear, cold winter nights in the high desert.
The Talking Baobab Tree
Author: Nelda LaTeef
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789988860387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A rabbit, lost in the desert and saved by a baobab tree, outwits a stronger, envious neighbor.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789988860387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A rabbit, lost in the desert and saved by a baobab tree, outwits a stronger, envious neighbor.