Author: Amelie Callot
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 110191923X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Amélie, this is a charming story about the power of friendship, love and pink polka dots to turn rainy days into sunny ones and sadness into joy. When it's bright outside, Adele is the heart of her community, greeting everyone who comes into her café with arms wide open. But when it rains, she can't help but stay at home inside, under the covers. Because Adele takes such good care of her friends and customers, one of them decides to take care of her too, and piece by piece leaves her little gifts that help her find the joy in a gray, rainy day. Along with cute-as-a-button illustrations, The Pink Umbrella celebrates thoughtful acts of friendship.
The Pink Umbrella
Author: Amelie Callot
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 110191923X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Amélie, this is a charming story about the power of friendship, love and pink polka dots to turn rainy days into sunny ones and sadness into joy. When it's bright outside, Adele is the heart of her community, greeting everyone who comes into her café with arms wide open. But when it rains, she can't help but stay at home inside, under the covers. Because Adele takes such good care of her friends and customers, one of them decides to take care of her too, and piece by piece leaves her little gifts that help her find the joy in a gray, rainy day. Along with cute-as-a-button illustrations, The Pink Umbrella celebrates thoughtful acts of friendship.
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 110191923X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Amélie, this is a charming story about the power of friendship, love and pink polka dots to turn rainy days into sunny ones and sadness into joy. When it's bright outside, Adele is the heart of her community, greeting everyone who comes into her café with arms wide open. But when it rains, she can't help but stay at home inside, under the covers. Because Adele takes such good care of her friends and customers, one of them decides to take care of her too, and piece by piece leaves her little gifts that help her find the joy in a gray, rainy day. Along with cute-as-a-button illustrations, The Pink Umbrella celebrates thoughtful acts of friendship.
Please Pass The Rainbows
Author: Jaye Showalter
Publisher: Jeanette Showalter
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
This children’s book of poetry and illustrations was suggested by a teacher to help introduce children to poetry. Each poem is a short story, one to two pages in length, and illustrated by hand. You will find the contents speak with respect and admiration for children's innate wisdom, and inspire the inner child in all of us. Children are invited to join in on the storytelling by coloring the scenes and characters that accompany each poem. The delightful result is a keepsake book recalling precious childhood memories.
Publisher: Jeanette Showalter
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
This children’s book of poetry and illustrations was suggested by a teacher to help introduce children to poetry. Each poem is a short story, one to two pages in length, and illustrated by hand. You will find the contents speak with respect and admiration for children's innate wisdom, and inspire the inner child in all of us. Children are invited to join in on the storytelling by coloring the scenes and characters that accompany each poem. The delightful result is a keepsake book recalling precious childhood memories.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, BELIEVE IN IT
Author: Lavanya Messa
Publisher: SPECTRUM OF THOUGHTS
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book is about the importance of life. We have only one life which we need to live to the fullest but, as we all know, life has its own ups and downs because of which people go under depression and quit upon their lives. Hope, "Life is beautiful, believe in it" makes a change in everyones life and hope people would see their life in a positive and healthy way. -Lavanya Messa यह पुस्तक जीवन के महत्व के बारे में दर्शाता है। हमारे पास केवल एक ही जीवन है जिसे हमें पूर्ण रूप से जीने की आवश्यकता है । लेकिन जैसा कि हम सभी जानते हैं कि जीवन के अपने उतार-चढ़ाव हैं, जिसके कारण लोग अवसाद में चले जाते हैं और अपने जीवन को समाप्त कर देते हैं। जीवन सुंदर है, इस पर विश्वास करें । हर किसी के जीवन में बदलाव लाएं और आशा करें कि लोग अपने जीवन को सकारात्मक और स्वस्थ तरीके से देखें। -Himani Sagar
Publisher: SPECTRUM OF THOUGHTS
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book is about the importance of life. We have only one life which we need to live to the fullest but, as we all know, life has its own ups and downs because of which people go under depression and quit upon their lives. Hope, "Life is beautiful, believe in it" makes a change in everyones life and hope people would see their life in a positive and healthy way. -Lavanya Messa यह पुस्तक जीवन के महत्व के बारे में दर्शाता है। हमारे पास केवल एक ही जीवन है जिसे हमें पूर्ण रूप से जीने की आवश्यकता है । लेकिन जैसा कि हम सभी जानते हैं कि जीवन के अपने उतार-चढ़ाव हैं, जिसके कारण लोग अवसाद में चले जाते हैं और अपने जीवन को समाप्त कर देते हैं। जीवन सुंदर है, इस पर विश्वास करें । हर किसी के जीवन में बदलाव लाएं और आशा करें कि लोग अपने जीवन को सकारात्मक और स्वस्थ तरीके से देखें। -Himani Sagar
Brolliology
Author: Marion Rankine
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612196705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A fun, illustrated history of the umbrella's surprising place in life and literature Humans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia--holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring their full imaginative potential in folk tales and novels. In the spirit of the best literary gift books, Brolliology is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history. It surprises us with the crucial role that the oft-overlooked umbrella has played over centuries--and not just in keeping us dry. Marion Rankine elevates umbrellas to their rightful place as an object worthy of philosophical inquiry. As Rankine points out, many others have tried. Derrida sought to find the meaning (or lack thereof) behind an umbrella mentioned in Nietzsche's notes, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote essays on the handy object, and Dickens used umbrellas as a narrative device for just about everything. She tackles the gender, class, and social connotations of carrying an umbrella and helps us realize our deep connection to this most forgettable everyday object--which we only think of when we don't have one.
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612196705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A fun, illustrated history of the umbrella's surprising place in life and literature Humans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia--holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring their full imaginative potential in folk tales and novels. In the spirit of the best literary gift books, Brolliology is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history. It surprises us with the crucial role that the oft-overlooked umbrella has played over centuries--and not just in keeping us dry. Marion Rankine elevates umbrellas to their rightful place as an object worthy of philosophical inquiry. As Rankine points out, many others have tried. Derrida sought to find the meaning (or lack thereof) behind an umbrella mentioned in Nietzsche's notes, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote essays on the handy object, and Dickens used umbrellas as a narrative device for just about everything. She tackles the gender, class, and social connotations of carrying an umbrella and helps us realize our deep connection to this most forgettable everyday object--which we only think of when we don't have one.
Tomo
Author: Holly Thompson
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
ISBN: 1611725186
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This aptly named fiction anthology—tomo means “friend” in Japanese—is a true labor of friendship to benefit teens in Japan whose lives were upended by the violent earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Authors from Japan and around the world have contributed works of fiction set in or related to Japan. Young adult English-language readers will be able to connect with their Japanese counterparts through stories of contemporary Japanese teens, ninja and yokai teens, folklore teens, mixed-heritage teens, and non-Japanese teens who call Japan home. Tales of friendship, mystery, love, ghosts, magic, science fiction, and history will propel readers to Japan past and present and to Japanese universes abroad. Edited and with a foreword by Holly Thompson, Tomo contributing authors include Naoko Awa, Deni Bechard, Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Liza Dalby, Megumi Fujino, Andrew Fukuda, Alan Gratz, Katrina Toshiko Grigg-Saito, Suzanne Kamata, Sachiko Kashiwaba, Kelly Luce, Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz, Ryusuke Saito, Graham Salisbury, Fumio Takano, and Wendy Tokunaga, among others. Through understanding comes compassion and the desire to help; portions of the proceeds of Tomo will be donated to ongoing relief efforts for teens in Japan. Holly Thompson is a longtime writing teacher and resident of Japan and author of the young adult verse novel Orchards, which was nominated for a 2012 YALSA/ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults award. She serves as the regional advisor for the Tokyo chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
ISBN: 1611725186
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This aptly named fiction anthology—tomo means “friend” in Japanese—is a true labor of friendship to benefit teens in Japan whose lives were upended by the violent earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Authors from Japan and around the world have contributed works of fiction set in or related to Japan. Young adult English-language readers will be able to connect with their Japanese counterparts through stories of contemporary Japanese teens, ninja and yokai teens, folklore teens, mixed-heritage teens, and non-Japanese teens who call Japan home. Tales of friendship, mystery, love, ghosts, magic, science fiction, and history will propel readers to Japan past and present and to Japanese universes abroad. Edited and with a foreword by Holly Thompson, Tomo contributing authors include Naoko Awa, Deni Bechard, Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Liza Dalby, Megumi Fujino, Andrew Fukuda, Alan Gratz, Katrina Toshiko Grigg-Saito, Suzanne Kamata, Sachiko Kashiwaba, Kelly Luce, Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz, Ryusuke Saito, Graham Salisbury, Fumio Takano, and Wendy Tokunaga, among others. Through understanding comes compassion and the desire to help; portions of the proceeds of Tomo will be donated to ongoing relief efforts for teens in Japan. Holly Thompson is a longtime writing teacher and resident of Japan and author of the young adult verse novel Orchards, which was nominated for a 2012 YALSA/ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults award. She serves as the regional advisor for the Tokyo chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Idlewild
Author: James Frankie Thomas
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: Vox * The Paris Review * NPR * Vanity Fair / A FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they’ll regret for the rest of their lives. Looking back on these events as adults, the estranged Fay and Nell trace that fateful school year, recalling backstage theater department intrigue, antiwar demonstrations, smutty fanfic written over AIM and a shared dial-up connection—and the spectacular cascade of mistakes, miscommunications, and betrayals that would ultimately tear the two of them apart.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: Vox * The Paris Review * NPR * Vanity Fair / A FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they’ll regret for the rest of their lives. Looking back on these events as adults, the estranged Fay and Nell trace that fateful school year, recalling backstage theater department intrigue, antiwar demonstrations, smutty fanfic written over AIM and a shared dial-up connection—and the spectacular cascade of mistakes, miscommunications, and betrayals that would ultimately tear the two of them apart.
Two Romantic,Two Suspenseful
Author: Harmony Stalter
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468927612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Two Romantic, Two Suspenseful has four very different short stories. The Former Student- A shy girl returns to her school to see the teacher she has always had a crush on still there. When fantasy becomes a reality for them both, the teacher becomes the student. The Stolen Child – A mother chooses to ignore the warning given to her by a strange and mysterious woman. When her child is taken, it becomes a race against time to rescue the child alive. My Death- A woman chooses to put her career first, but at what consequence. Witness the accounts of a break up gone terribly wrong. Dancing the Night Away - Two people, who have been hurt countless times, finally find love in the unlikeliest of places.
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468927612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Two Romantic, Two Suspenseful has four very different short stories. The Former Student- A shy girl returns to her school to see the teacher she has always had a crush on still there. When fantasy becomes a reality for them both, the teacher becomes the student. The Stolen Child – A mother chooses to ignore the warning given to her by a strange and mysterious woman. When her child is taken, it becomes a race against time to rescue the child alive. My Death- A woman chooses to put her career first, but at what consequence. Witness the accounts of a break up gone terribly wrong. Dancing the Night Away - Two people, who have been hurt countless times, finally find love in the unlikeliest of places.
Punk Sunk Love
Author: Dhirendra Tiwari
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9382665684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Two men; two personalities; two slants of love; one destiny. Roy’s tender heart is on a quest to find the holy grail of mankind – true love. But, the soft echo of feisty Monica’s whispering words – remember, remember, the sixth of September – will change everything, raining mayhem on him and everyone he touches. Shammi, a serial monogamist, thinks love is an urban myth – a ridiculous creation of the feeble hearts. As awe-inspiring beautiful Sona brisks through his life, the sublime aura of her love brews a raging battle within him. A battle between his objectivity and his heart. Smothered by the haunting shadows of the causality of love, Shammi’s life spirals down a path of retribution against his own demons, and Roy’s life is sunk in a deluge of inexplicable state of affairs. Facing imminent danger, and running out of options, Roy suddenly finds himself cornered and isolated. Roy’s only glimmer of hope is by helping Shammi pull out of the dark tunnels of his inner demons; transforming his retribution into redemption; healing his agony with hope; and swapping his wretchedness with swagger … the swagger of love.
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9382665684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Two men; two personalities; two slants of love; one destiny. Roy’s tender heart is on a quest to find the holy grail of mankind – true love. But, the soft echo of feisty Monica’s whispering words – remember, remember, the sixth of September – will change everything, raining mayhem on him and everyone he touches. Shammi, a serial monogamist, thinks love is an urban myth – a ridiculous creation of the feeble hearts. As awe-inspiring beautiful Sona brisks through his life, the sublime aura of her love brews a raging battle within him. A battle between his objectivity and his heart. Smothered by the haunting shadows of the causality of love, Shammi’s life spirals down a path of retribution against his own demons, and Roy’s life is sunk in a deluge of inexplicable state of affairs. Facing imminent danger, and running out of options, Roy suddenly finds himself cornered and isolated. Roy’s only glimmer of hope is by helping Shammi pull out of the dark tunnels of his inner demons; transforming his retribution into redemption; healing his agony with hope; and swapping his wretchedness with swagger … the swagger of love.
You
Author: Zoran Drvenkar
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307947963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Five rebellious teenage girls open the door to chaos and run, with five kilos of heroin and a gun in their luggage. One notorious kingpin is haunted by his past—and determined to find his missing cache of drugs. A legendary terror travels the highways, ready to kill again without mercy. From Berlin to Hamburg to the desolate Norwegian coast, all hurtle toward each other. Full of revenge, they have no idea that YOU are watching them. A gritty, pulsating, psychological thriller told through the eyes of an enormous cast of characters, You is an audacious and unpredictable combination of pulp, pluck, and revenge thriller, from Zoran Drvenkar, a major talent in international crime fiction.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307947963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Five rebellious teenage girls open the door to chaos and run, with five kilos of heroin and a gun in their luggage. One notorious kingpin is haunted by his past—and determined to find his missing cache of drugs. A legendary terror travels the highways, ready to kill again without mercy. From Berlin to Hamburg to the desolate Norwegian coast, all hurtle toward each other. Full of revenge, they have no idea that YOU are watching them. A gritty, pulsating, psychological thriller told through the eyes of an enormous cast of characters, You is an audacious and unpredictable combination of pulp, pluck, and revenge thriller, from Zoran Drvenkar, a major talent in international crime fiction.
Points of Viewing Children's Thinking
Author: Ricki Goldman-Segall
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317778669
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book is about learning and ethnography in the context of technologies. Simultaneously, it portrays young people's "thinking attitudes" in computer-based learning environments, and it describes how the practice of ethnography is changing in a digital world. The author likens this form of interaction to "the double helix," where learning and ethnography are intertwined to tell an emergent story about partnerships with technology. Two school computer cultures were videotaped for this study. Separated not only by geography -- one school is on the east coast of New England and the other on the west coast of British Columbia on Vancouver Island -- they are also separated in other ways: ethnic make-up and inner-city vs. rural settings to name only two. Yet these two schools are joined by a strong thread: a change in their respective cultures with the advent of intensive computer-use on the part of the students. Both school communities have watched their young people gain literacy and competence, and their tools have changed from pen to computer, video camera, multimedia and the Internet. Perhaps most striking is that the way they think of themselves as learners has also changed: they see themselves as an active participant, in the pilot's seat or director's chair, as they chart new connections between diverse and often unpredictable worlds of knowledge.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317778669
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book is about learning and ethnography in the context of technologies. Simultaneously, it portrays young people's "thinking attitudes" in computer-based learning environments, and it describes how the practice of ethnography is changing in a digital world. The author likens this form of interaction to "the double helix," where learning and ethnography are intertwined to tell an emergent story about partnerships with technology. Two school computer cultures were videotaped for this study. Separated not only by geography -- one school is on the east coast of New England and the other on the west coast of British Columbia on Vancouver Island -- they are also separated in other ways: ethnic make-up and inner-city vs. rural settings to name only two. Yet these two schools are joined by a strong thread: a change in their respective cultures with the advent of intensive computer-use on the part of the students. Both school communities have watched their young people gain literacy and competence, and their tools have changed from pen to computer, video camera, multimedia and the Internet. Perhaps most striking is that the way they think of themselves as learners has also changed: they see themselves as an active participant, in the pilot's seat or director's chair, as they chart new connections between diverse and often unpredictable worlds of knowledge.