My Willow

My Willow PDF Author: Bud Lang
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479701416
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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MY WILLOW by Bud Lang

Shy Willow

Shy Willow PDF Author: Cat Min
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1646141008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and the boy will be heartbroken. Should she try? Can she? Cat Min delivers a breathtakingly illustrated story about shyness, the power of empathy, and what it means to make a friend.

Diamond Willow

Diamond Willow PDF Author: Helen Frost
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466896345
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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There's more to me than most people see. Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants, more than anything, to mush the dogs out to her grandparents' house, by herself, with Roxy in the lead. But sometimes when it's just you, one mistake can have frightening consequences . . . And when Willow stumbles, it takes a surprising group of friends to help her make things right again. Using diamond-shaped poems inspired by forms found in polished diamond willow sticks, Helen Frost tells the moving story of Willow and her family. Hidden messages within each diamond carry the reader further, into feelings Willow doesn't reveal even to herself. Diamond Willow is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

The Pink Box

The Pink Box PDF Author: Yesenia Montilla
Publisher: Willow Books
ISBN: 9780996139076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Willow Finds a Way

Willow Finds a Way PDF Author: Lana Button
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1771380861
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Willow is thrilled the whole class - including her! - is invited to classmate Kristabelle’s fantastic birthday party, until the bossy birthday girl starts crossing guests off the list when they dare cross her. There are many books on bullying, but Willow’s story offers a unique look at how to handle the situation as a bystander.

Pears on a Willow Tree

Pears on a Willow Tree PDF Author: Leslie Pietrzyk
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780380799107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Pears on a Willow Tree is a multigenerational roadmap of love and hate, distance and closeness, and the lure of roots that both bind and sustain us all. The Marchewka women are inseparable. They relish the joys of family gatherings; from preparing traditional holiday meals to organizing a wedding in which each of them is given a specific task -- whether it's sewing the bridal gown or preserving pickles as a gift to the newlyweds. Bound together by recipes, reminiscences and tangled relationships, these women are the foundation of a dignified, compassionate family--one that has learned to survive the hardships of emigration and assimilation in twentieth-century America. But as the century evolves, so does each succeeding generation. As the older women keep a tight hold on the family traditions passed from mother to daughter, the younger women are dealing with more modern problems, wounds not easily healed by the advice of a local priest or a kind word from mother. Amy is separated by four generations from her great-grandmother Rose, who emigrated from Poland. Rose's daughter Helen adjusted to the family's new home in a way her mother never could, while at the same time accepting the importance of Old Country ways. But Helen's daughter Ginger finds herself suffocating within the close-knit family, the first Marchewka woman to leave Detroit for the adventure of life beyond the reach of her mother and grandmother. It's in the American West that Giner raises her daughter Amy, uprooted from the safety of kitchens perfuned by the aroma of freshly baked poppy seed cake and pierogi made by hand by generations of women. But Amy is about to realize that there may be room in her heart for both the Old World and the New.

Why I Am Like Tequila

Why I Am Like Tequila PDF Author: Lupe Mendez
Publisher: Willow Publishing
ISBN: 9781732209176
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Poetry collection by Lupe Mendez, poet, teacher and activist. Why I Am Like Tequila is a collection of poetry spanning a decade of writing and performance. This collection exists in 4 parts - each a layered perspective, a look through a Mexican/ Mexican-American voice living in the Texas Gulf Coast. Set within spaces such as Galveston Island, Houston, the Rio Grande Valley and Jalisco, Mexico, these poems peel away at all parts, like the maguey, drawing to craft spirits, quenching a thirst between land and sea.

Willow's Whispers

Willow's Whispers PDF Author: Lana Button
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554532809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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A captivating picture book about a very soft-spoken little girl's ultimately successful struggle to find her own voice.

All That Glitters

All That Glitters PDF Author: Ava Cherry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736767764
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Memoir by music and fashion icon Ava Cherry, lover and muse to music legend David Bowie. Cherry sang backup and collaborated with Bowie during his golden recording era of the 1970s. Cherry, who grew up on Chicago's South Side, is credited with the soul influence on Bowie's Young Americans album. Cherry was friends with many of the world's leading musicians, including John Lennon, Bob Marley and Mick Jagger. Cherry later sang backup for Luther Vandross for a number of years. She is currently enjoying a resurgence as a singer-producer and performing around the world.

Everything Is Necessary

Everything Is Necessary PDF Author: Keisha Gaye Anderson
Publisher: Willow Books/Aquarius Press
ISBN: 9781732209121
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Poetry collection by Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional. After graduating from Syracuse University (Newhouse and College of Arts and Science), Anderson began her career in television production at CBS News, where she worked as an associate producer for long-form documentaries like "A&E Biography." She went on to work as an associate producer for "NOW With Bill Moyers." Her poetry and essays have appeared in a number of national literary magazines, journals, and anthologies.

Me Drawing a Picture of Me[n]

Me Drawing a Picture of Me[n] PDF Author: Rachelle Escamilla
Publisher: Willow Publishing
ISBN: 9781732209138
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Poetry collection by Rachelle Escamilla, Library of Congress Visiting Scholar. Escamilla is the producer and host of the longest running poetry radio show in the United States, Out of Our Minds, and the founder of the Poets & Writers Coalition at San Jose State University. From 2012- 2014 Rachelle lived in China where she co-founded The Sun Yat-sen University English-language Center for Creative Writing and headed a lecture series at the American Center of the United States Consulate of Guangzhou. She is the winner of the Virginia de Arujo Academy of American Poets prize and she teaches Creative Writing and Social Action at California State University Monterey Bay.