Author: Suzanna L. Royse
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 163860942X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
THE S.O.U.R.C.E. An ESCAPE? You've got to be kidding! IMPOSSIBLE! Supposedly an escape from Ocean World can never happen, but a group of injured and disabled marine mammals recuperating at the park wants to go home. Against all odds, with an outrageous plan and teamwork, they miraculously escape to freedom. Homeward bound on a journey filled with danger, the escapees encounter a couple of adventurous children, a magnificent sea creature, and her totally unpredictable twin. This unlikely group of characters forms a unique family and ends up on a challenging mission with a vital message they must share with the world. But how? And who would listen anyway? After all they're just kids. What do they know? AWARDS STORY MONSTER APPROVED: Honors authors in the field of children's literature whose books inspire, inform, teach or entertain. Middle Grade Fiction Environmental/Recycling ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Book/ Environment Middle Grade-Fiction NAUTILUS BOOK GOLD AWARD Middle Grade-Fiction PURPLE DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Books and Environmental Middle-Grade Fiction READERS FAVORITE SILVER AWARD Children's Fable Children's Audio-book 5 Five Star Reviews BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD Pre-Teen Fiction INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD Animals/Pets
THE S.O.U.R.C.E.
Author: Suzanna L. Royse
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 163860942X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
THE S.O.U.R.C.E. An ESCAPE? You've got to be kidding! IMPOSSIBLE! Supposedly an escape from Ocean World can never happen, but a group of injured and disabled marine mammals recuperating at the park wants to go home. Against all odds, with an outrageous plan and teamwork, they miraculously escape to freedom. Homeward bound on a journey filled with danger, the escapees encounter a couple of adventurous children, a magnificent sea creature, and her totally unpredictable twin. This unlikely group of characters forms a unique family and ends up on a challenging mission with a vital message they must share with the world. But how? And who would listen anyway? After all they're just kids. What do they know? AWARDS STORY MONSTER APPROVED: Honors authors in the field of children's literature whose books inspire, inform, teach or entertain. Middle Grade Fiction Environmental/Recycling ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Book/ Environment Middle Grade-Fiction NAUTILUS BOOK GOLD AWARD Middle Grade-Fiction PURPLE DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Books and Environmental Middle-Grade Fiction READERS FAVORITE SILVER AWARD Children's Fable Children's Audio-book 5 Five Star Reviews BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD Pre-Teen Fiction INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD Animals/Pets
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 163860942X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
THE S.O.U.R.C.E. An ESCAPE? You've got to be kidding! IMPOSSIBLE! Supposedly an escape from Ocean World can never happen, but a group of injured and disabled marine mammals recuperating at the park wants to go home. Against all odds, with an outrageous plan and teamwork, they miraculously escape to freedom. Homeward bound on a journey filled with danger, the escapees encounter a couple of adventurous children, a magnificent sea creature, and her totally unpredictable twin. This unlikely group of characters forms a unique family and ends up on a challenging mission with a vital message they must share with the world. But how? And who would listen anyway? After all they're just kids. What do they know? AWARDS STORY MONSTER APPROVED: Honors authors in the field of children's literature whose books inspire, inform, teach or entertain. Middle Grade Fiction Environmental/Recycling ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Book/ Environment Middle Grade-Fiction NAUTILUS BOOK GOLD AWARD Middle Grade-Fiction PURPLE DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD Green Books and Environmental Middle-Grade Fiction READERS FAVORITE SILVER AWARD Children's Fable Children's Audio-book 5 Five Star Reviews BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD Pre-Teen Fiction INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD Animals/Pets
Alas, Babylon
Author: Pat Frank
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060741872
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060741872
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.
The Soul of an Octopus
Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501161148
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501161148
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
Baby Beluga
Author: Raffi
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0517709775
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Raffi's most popular and beloved song about the "little white whale on the go" is available in a sturdy board book edition--just the right size for babies and toddlers! Singing supports and encourages even the youngest child's speech and listening skills, which makes Baby Beluga perfect for early learning. Join this adorable baby whale in a busy day at sea, culminating in a warm mother-child bedtime ending. With its delightful illustrations, this is the ideal sing-along for a whole new generation of readers.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0517709775
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Raffi's most popular and beloved song about the "little white whale on the go" is available in a sturdy board book edition--just the right size for babies and toddlers! Singing supports and encourages even the youngest child's speech and listening skills, which makes Baby Beluga perfect for early learning. Join this adorable baby whale in a busy day at sea, culminating in a warm mother-child bedtime ending. With its delightful illustrations, this is the ideal sing-along for a whole new generation of readers.
The Hundred Secret Senses
Author: Amy Tan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101202947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. Olivia Laguni is half-Chinese, but typically American in her uneasiness with her patchwork family. And no one in Olivia's family is more embarrassing to her than her half-sister, Kwan Li. For Kwan speaks mangled English, is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm, and sees the dead with her "yin eyes." Even as Olivia details the particulars of her decades-long grudge against her sister (who, among other things, is a source of infuriatingly good advice), Kwan Li is telling her own story, one that sweeps us into the splendor, squalor, and violence of Manchu China. And out of the friction between her narrators, Amy Tan creates a work that illuminates both the present and the past sweetly, sadly, hilariously, with searing and vivid prose. "Truly magical...unforgettable...this novel...shimmer[s] with meaning."--San Diego Tribune "The Hundred Secret Senses doesn't simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations."--Newsweek
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101202947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. Olivia Laguni is half-Chinese, but typically American in her uneasiness with her patchwork family. And no one in Olivia's family is more embarrassing to her than her half-sister, Kwan Li. For Kwan speaks mangled English, is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm, and sees the dead with her "yin eyes." Even as Olivia details the particulars of her decades-long grudge against her sister (who, among other things, is a source of infuriatingly good advice), Kwan Li is telling her own story, one that sweeps us into the splendor, squalor, and violence of Manchu China. And out of the friction between her narrators, Amy Tan creates a work that illuminates both the present and the past sweetly, sadly, hilariously, with searing and vivid prose. "Truly magical...unforgettable...this novel...shimmer[s] with meaning."--San Diego Tribune "The Hundred Secret Senses doesn't simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations."--Newsweek
All Families are Psychotic
Author: Douglas Coupland
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007117531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
On the eve of the next Space Shuttle mission, a divided family comes together...Warm, witty and wise, 'All Families Are Psychotic' is Coupland at the very top of his form. In a cheap motel an hour from Cape Canaveral, Janet Drummond takes her medication, and does a rapid tally of the whereabouts of her children. Wade has spent the night in jail; suicidal Bryan is due to arrive at any moment with his vowel-free girlfriend, Shw; and then there is Sarah, 'a bolt of lightning frozen in midflash' - here in Orlando to be the star of Friday's shuttle mission. With Janet's ex-husband and his trophy wife also in town, Janet spends a moment contemplating her family, and where it all went wrong. Or did it? Perfect for fans of Halle Butler, Iain Reid and Rachel Cusk.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007117531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
On the eve of the next Space Shuttle mission, a divided family comes together...Warm, witty and wise, 'All Families Are Psychotic' is Coupland at the very top of his form. In a cheap motel an hour from Cape Canaveral, Janet Drummond takes her medication, and does a rapid tally of the whereabouts of her children. Wade has spent the night in jail; suicidal Bryan is due to arrive at any moment with his vowel-free girlfriend, Shw; and then there is Sarah, 'a bolt of lightning frozen in midflash' - here in Orlando to be the star of Friday's shuttle mission. With Janet's ex-husband and his trophy wife also in town, Janet spends a moment contemplating her family, and where it all went wrong. Or did it? Perfect for fans of Halle Butler, Iain Reid and Rachel Cusk.
Singing For Dummies
Author: Pamelia S. Phillips
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118053044
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Ah, there’s just nothing better than singing in the shower. The acoustics are perfect and you don’t sound half bad, if you do say so yourself. In fact, with a little practice you could be the next “American Idol” platinum-selling recording artist, or stage sensation. It’s time for Pavarotti to step down and for you to step up as monarch of songdom. Whether you’re a beginning vocalist or a seasoned songster, Singing for Dummies makes it easy for you to achieve your songbird dreams. Singing for Dummies gives you step-by-step instructions and lots of helpful tips, hints, vocal exercises, reminders, and warnings for both men and women, including advice on: The mechanics of singing Discovering your singing voice Developing technique Singing in performance Maintaining vocal health Performing like a pro Singing for Dummies is written by Dr. Pamelia Phillips, Chair of Voice and Music at New York University’s Undergraduate Drama Department. Dr. Phillips shares all of her professional expertise to help you sing your way to the top. She gives you all the information you need to know about: Proper posture and breathing Perfecting your articulation Finding the right voice teacher for you How to train for singing Selecting your music materials Acting the song Overcoming stage fright Auditioning for musical theater In addition to Dr. Phillips’ wisdom, Singing for Dummies comes with a CD packed full of useful instruction and songs, including: Demonstrations of proper technique Exercises to develop technique and strength Scales and pitch drills Practice songs for beginning, intermediate, and advanced singers Singing for Dummies contains all the information, practices, techniques, and expert advice you need to hone your vocal skills with ease.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118053044
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Ah, there’s just nothing better than singing in the shower. The acoustics are perfect and you don’t sound half bad, if you do say so yourself. In fact, with a little practice you could be the next “American Idol” platinum-selling recording artist, or stage sensation. It’s time for Pavarotti to step down and for you to step up as monarch of songdom. Whether you’re a beginning vocalist or a seasoned songster, Singing for Dummies makes it easy for you to achieve your songbird dreams. Singing for Dummies gives you step-by-step instructions and lots of helpful tips, hints, vocal exercises, reminders, and warnings for both men and women, including advice on: The mechanics of singing Discovering your singing voice Developing technique Singing in performance Maintaining vocal health Performing like a pro Singing for Dummies is written by Dr. Pamelia Phillips, Chair of Voice and Music at New York University’s Undergraduate Drama Department. Dr. Phillips shares all of her professional expertise to help you sing your way to the top. She gives you all the information you need to know about: Proper posture and breathing Perfecting your articulation Finding the right voice teacher for you How to train for singing Selecting your music materials Acting the song Overcoming stage fright Auditioning for musical theater In addition to Dr. Phillips’ wisdom, Singing for Dummies comes with a CD packed full of useful instruction and songs, including: Demonstrations of proper technique Exercises to develop technique and strength Scales and pitch drills Practice songs for beginning, intermediate, and advanced singers Singing for Dummies contains all the information, practices, techniques, and expert advice you need to hone your vocal skills with ease.
Incredible Me!
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060286229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Join a rambunctious child as she exuberantly celebrates all the wonderful qualities that make her special -- her nose, her toes, her ears, herself! Award winners Kathi Appelt and G. Brian Karas team up to create this joyous tribute to the wonders of being ... ME!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060286229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Join a rambunctious child as she exuberantly celebrates all the wonderful qualities that make her special -- her nose, her toes, her ears, herself! Award winners Kathi Appelt and G. Brian Karas team up to create this joyous tribute to the wonders of being ... ME!
Critical Thinking
Author: Gregory Bassham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780071101547
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780071101547
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.
Furi on Music Island
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780723273639
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
When RoxStar Zack Binspin disappears and the Scare Guitar tryouts are moved, Furi heads to Music Island for the new tryouts, with the help of a rather mysterious boat captain... Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780723273639
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
When RoxStar Zack Binspin disappears and the Scare Guitar tryouts are moved, Furi heads to Music Island for the new tryouts, with the help of a rather mysterious boat captain... Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout.