Author: Barbara Wiechmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781583427798
Category : Storytelling
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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It is 1910. Annabelle, a quiet 11-year-old, and her depressed and lonely great-aunt Leaf develop a secret ritual of storytelling. Each night the old lady sends the child into the woods to look for the ghost of her dead husband. Each night the girl brings back stories--made-up "proof" of her uncle--to cheer up the old woman.
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152661977
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. "Children will beg to share this book over and over."--American Bookseller
Author: Monica Wellington
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399185917
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The brilliant colors of fall foliage take center stage in this picture book perfect for fans of the classic Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. With her trademark bold, graphic style Monica Wellington has created a picture book about autumn, trees, and leaves. When the seasons change, a young girl visits the arboretum to collect fallen leaves and make a book with them. Brilliant illustrations show each variety of tree the girl encounters, from the common oak to the lesser known gingko. Spreads silhouetting leaves up-close help young children learn to identify them. Like the girl in the book, young readers will be eager to make their very own leaf books.
Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Author: Asmahan Sallah
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292702820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Walid Ikhlassi evokes the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. His characters' seeking of personal fulfillment parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition. The changing political and cultural landscape of Syria challenges individuals in their attempts to live lives of integrity, as Ikhlassi provides analytical insights into the civil society of Syria, the axis of his writing. From the boy Antara who personifies the Arab legend of a half-African slave warrior/hero to everyday middle-aged lovers, Ikhlassi's characters fight colonial oppression and corruption from the newly formed government. Foreign and internal forces challenge the evolution of a modern nation rooted in traditional Arab values. Its strong and determined men and women refuse to accept victimhood. The introduction by author and critic Elizabeth Warnock Fernea places the stories in their historical and literary context. An avowed experimentalist, Ikhlassi portrays the modern human situation through techniques as widely divergent as realism, surrealism, interior monologue, and stream-of-consciousness. Selections of his work have been translated into English, Russian, French, German, Dutch, Armenian, and other languages.
Author: Julia Rawlinson
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1913634310
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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As the autumn season sets in, Fletcher is very worried his beautiful tree has begun to loose all of its leaves. Whatever Fletcher attempts to do to save them, it's simply no use. When the final leaf falls, Fletcher feels hopeless... until he returns the next day to a glorious sight. A tender, uplifting tale about acceptance and hope for the future.'Captivating' Publishers Weekly'Preschoolers will love being in on the joke, even as they marvel at the bright petals that herald the astonishing beauty of spring' ALA Booklist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823423538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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In a homonym-filled tale reminiscent of "The little red hen," a monkey asks for help moving a stack of bananas so that he can bake a pie.
Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399563261
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections. Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides respite from our crazy world and demonstrates how mindfulness can define and transform a life, moment by moment, poem by poem.” —The Washington Post “It’s as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration.” —Chicago Tribune Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.
Author: Lavante Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329971426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Troy is a young American boy living the American dream. He as everything he wants and more.That is, however, until he experiences a traumatic event that rips his reality apart. Being thrown neck deep into the real world, he begins to see the world for what it truly is. Troy experiences despair, lost, and heartbreak and comes to a realization that the dream he was living was only a dream. As he comes to realize that what he once knew is no more, he's given a golden opportunity. With this he sets out to change the world.
Author: Thomas Wingate Mann
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561012610
Category : God in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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In this engaging study, the author compares Mary Oliver's poetry and traditional religious language and provides a fresh perspective from which to enjoy her work.
