Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1635924820
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.
Big Moon Tortilla
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1635924820
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1635924820
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.
The Tortilla Curtain
Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143119079
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143119079
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.
Tortilla Flat
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140187405
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"Steinbeck is an artists; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." —New York Herald Tribune A Penguin Classic Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a “Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging—men who fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil and civil rectitude. As Nobel Prize winner Steinbeck chronicles their deeds—their multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking—he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him. This edition features an introduction by Thomas Fensch. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140187405
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"Steinbeck is an artists; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." —New York Herald Tribune A Penguin Classic Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a “Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging—men who fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil and civil rectitude. As Nobel Prize winner Steinbeck chronicles their deeds—their multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking—he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him. This edition features an introduction by Thomas Fensch. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Rusty Trusty Tractor
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1563978733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Micah's grandfather is convinced that his rusty, trusty, fifty-year-old tractor will make it through another haying season. But Mr. Hill of Hill's Tractor Sales is doing his best to sell him a brand-new tractor. He even wagers twenty jelly doughnuts that Grandpappy's old tractor will break down. Will Grandpappy buy a new tractor to replace his faithful old friend? This charming, multigenerational story offers a solid lesson in friendship and trust.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1563978733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Micah's grandfather is convinced that his rusty, trusty, fifty-year-old tractor will make it through another haying season. But Mr. Hill of Hill's Tractor Sales is doing his best to sell him a brand-new tractor. He even wagers twenty jelly doughnuts that Grandpappy's old tractor will break down. Will Grandpappy buy a new tractor to replace his faithful old friend? This charming, multigenerational story offers a solid lesson in friendship and trust.
The Children's Moon
Author: Carmen Agra Deedy
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338815342
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Have you ever seen the moon on a clear blue day and wondered why? “...Emotive watercolors...The well-told tale works on multiple levels....” --School Library Journal There once was a time when the sun alone ruled the day, the moon graced the night, and little children were sent to bed before sunset. Then early one dawn, the moon heard sounds of children laughing, and she yearned to see them by daylight. "Certainly not!" snapped the sun. "The day is mine. The night is yours!" But the moon had a clever plan... Carmen Agra Deedy and Jim LaMarche have brilliantly crafted an original pourquoi tale about finding one's place in the universe.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338815342
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Have you ever seen the moon on a clear blue day and wondered why? “...Emotive watercolors...The well-told tale works on multiple levels....” --School Library Journal There once was a time when the sun alone ruled the day, the moon graced the night, and little children were sent to bed before sunset. Then early one dawn, the moon heard sounds of children laughing, and she yearned to see them by daylight. "Certainly not!" snapped the sun. "The day is mine. The night is yours!" But the moon had a clever plan... Carmen Agra Deedy and Jim LaMarche have brilliantly crafted an original pourquoi tale about finding one's place in the universe.
Once in a Blue Moon
Author: Nicola Morgan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The story of Aunt Floydie, her friends, and her birthday party, told with frequent use of idiomatic expressions such as "busy as a bee" and "raining cats and dogs."
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The story of Aunt Floydie, her friends, and her birthday party, told with frequent use of idiomatic expressions such as "busy as a bee" and "raining cats and dogs."
Chameleon, Chameleon
Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439666534
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Vivid, up-close photographs and lively, informative text brilliantly capture the many moods and colors of chameleons as they hunt for food, search for a new home, brave dangerous strangers, and even make friends.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439666534
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Vivid, up-close photographs and lively, informative text brilliantly capture the many moods and colors of chameleons as they hunt for food, search for a new home, brave dangerous strangers, and even make friends.
Mud Tortillas
Author: Barbara M. Flores
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781584305507
Category : Sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
After watching their aunties make tortillas in the kitchen, two imaginative sisters, Adriana and Teresita, decide to make their own special tortillas in the backyard.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781584305507
Category : Sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
After watching their aunties make tortillas in the kitchen, two imaginative sisters, Adriana and Teresita, decide to make their own special tortillas in the backyard.
Flop-ear
Author: Guido van Genechten
Publisher: Cats Whiskers
ISBN: 9781903012000
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: Cats Whiskers
ISBN: 9781903012000
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Amelia's Road
Author: Linda Jacobs Altman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880000274
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880000274
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.