Author: L. Dwight Holden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945354161
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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A child recounts his special relationships with his grandfather and the difficulty of coping with his death from cancer.
Author: Babette Cole
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781405211239
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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These endearingly loony stories from Babette Cole have now been published in a new miniature format. As always, her vibrant, outrageously funny depictions wil have kids--"and parents--"roaring with laughter. Winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler Award, Babette Cole is the author of such favorites as "The Hairy Book, The Slimy Book Dr. Dog, Princess Smartypants, and "The Bad Good Book of Manners.
Author: Sandra Sellers
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 146695258X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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Now, Reader,we are almost to the end of our visit with Roxanne and Floyd. Will you miss them? I expect I will see them in my dreams, or I will think "that couple there----no that one----certainly the ones I saw yesterday---" are the beautiful O'Malleys. Will we see them in celebrity magazines? Be looking. (part 2)Roxanne first appeared as laughing and carefree. She was a spoiled and pampered child in silk dresses with a seamstress all her own. She could eat anything she wanted and refused to do lessons. She would pout to get her way. (part 3) Floyd Ray appeared as one of the wild O'Malley clan. He beats up prissy Eugen in a mountain-like defense of kinfolk. He throws dangerously-sharp knives. BUT hes as brave and brilliant as Roxanne, beneath the laughter, is insecure. We see her lying in a heap in the nurse's office after eating pockets full of candy and again in "Gran III" when her costume is almost ripped away. Both events destroy more of her self esteem. In "Gran IV, we see her fear of woods and her adoration of Floyd who always befriends and rescues her. Does his kindness produce an effect on Roxanne? We'll see. (part 4) In book V, Reader, all characters and events meet and blend: (1) Roxanne helps Floyd with the orchids, running all over the place and eating apples. (2) Roxanne leaves tearfully for Europe (She "just hates" it!"). There's nothing fit to eat in Europe. Snails and kidneys? Really now!(3) She sees her parents are hurt.(4) She grows up and shows her love for them. (5) She realizes when she returns home that her best friend is her true love. What happened after that, Reader? It's up to you to find out! "Bye, now." Is there a happy ending?
Author: Julia Gran
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439676090
Category : Bees
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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When bees suddenly start buzzing through her classroom, Prunella must use her buggy know-how to save the day. Young readers won't be able to resist this book's intriguing bug facts, jaunty read-aloud text, and whimsical illustrations. "This plucky heroine is sure to be an inspiration to every girl with an interest that is outside the norm." - Kirkus Reviews "[A] clever introduction to entomology." - School Library Journal
Author: Sara Gran
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569473285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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Instead of a book she had ordered by mail, Amanda receives "Demon Possession, Past and Present." Soon after, something seems to take her over, and she wonders if she has been possessed by a female demon known to students of the Kabbalah as Naamah.
Author: Sylvia Nasar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684872994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 555
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An instant "New York Times" bestseller, from the author of "A Beautiful Mind": a sweeping history of the invention of modern economics that takes readers from Dickens' London to modern Calcutta.
Author: Liz Garton Scanlon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481403486
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Illustrations and simple rhyming text present a child who is hiking with a group into the Grand Canyon, enjoying the wonders of nature--whether a lizard, a picture on the stone, or a glimpse of the moon from the bottom.
Author: Craig Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545261244
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Kids will love this cumulative and hysterical read-aloud that features a free downloadable song "I was walking down the road and I saw... a donkey, Hee Haw And he only had three legs He was a wonky donkey." Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book's final page, readers end up with a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey Download the free song at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey.
Author: Agata Tuszynska
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307269124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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The extraordinary, controversial story of Vera Gran, beautiful, exotic prewar Polish singing star; legendary, sensual contralto, Dietrich-like in tone, favorite of the 1930s Warsaw nightclubs, celebrated before, and during, her year in the Warsaw Ghetto (spring 1941–summer 1942) . . . and her piano accompanist: W³adys³aw Szpilman, made famous by Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film The Pianist, based on Szpilman’s memoir. Following the war, singer and accompanist, each of whom had lived the same harrowing story, were met with opposing fates: Szpilman was celebrated for his uncanny ability to survive against impossible odds, escaping from a Nazi transport loading site, smuggling in weapons to the Warsaw Ghetto for the Jewish resistance. Gran was accused of collaborating with the Nazis; denounced as a traitor, a “Gestapo whore,” reviled, imprisoned, ultimately exonerated yet afterward still shunned as a performer . . . in effect, sentenced to death without dying . . . until she was found by Agata Tuszyñska, acclaimed poet and biographer of, among others, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel laureate (“Her book has few equals”—The Times Literary Supplement). Tuszyñska, who won the trust of the once-glamorous former singer, then living in a basement in Paris—elderly, bitter, shut away from the world—encouraged Gran to tell her story, including her seemingly inexplicable decision to return to Warsaw to be reunited with her family after she had fled Hitler’s invading army, knowing she would have to live within the ghetto walls and, to survive, continue to perform at the popular Café Sztuka. At the heart of the book, Gran’s complex, fraught relationship with her accompanist, performing together month after month, for the many who came from within the ghetto and outside its walls to hear her sing. Using Vera Gran’s reflections and memories, as well as archives, letters, statements, and interviews with Warsaw Ghetto historians and survivors, Agata Tuszyñska has written an explosive, resonant portrait of lives lived inside a nightmare time, exploring the larger, more profound question of the nature of collaboration, of the price of survival, and of the long, treacherous shadow cast in its aftermath.
Author: Glenys Nellist
Publisher: Zonderkidz
ISBN: 0310768381
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Through innovative storytelling and open-ended questions, I Wonder: Exploring God’s Grand Story an Illustrated Bible offers a remarkable approach to teaching young minds to wonder about the mysteries found in God’s Word. The I Wonder: Exploring God’s Grand Story, an Illustrated Bible: Encourages children ages 4 to 8 to ask important questions and consider the mystery of the Bible Is an inspirational storybook Bible that speaks to the hearts of children everywhere by asking thought-provoking questions at the end of each story that children and adults can read and discuss together as they consider God’s love. Is based on a simple but brilliant idea: all good teachers know that the best way to get the attention of their students is to inspire wonder, and God is no different Contains 30 stories—15 from the Old Testament and 15 from the New Testament Is written by Glenys Nellist, bestselling children's author and creator of two popular series: Love Letters from God and Snuggle Time Ever since imagining the world into being, God has placed wonder in the hearts of children. The Bible is full of 'I Wonder' moments for all who open their hearts to experience them, and The I Wonder: Exploring God’s Grand Story helps show little ones how to begin.
