Author: Brian Williams
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540552426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
For centuries, a secret society of highly trained ninjas have been going out into their communities spreading kindness. Now, they have asked Brian, a freckled blonde haired 8-year-old to become a part of their secret society. Brian recruits Anna and Sam to join his team to carry out random acts of kindness in their school and community . . . without getting caught. The three Kindness Ninjas think of creative ideas that leave their entire school baffled as to who this mysterious "Kindness Ninja" is. As their challenges get more complex, they must think creative solutions to the problems they encounter . . . without getting noticed.
Kindness Ninja
Author: Brian Williams
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540552426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
For centuries, a secret society of highly trained ninjas have been going out into their communities spreading kindness. Now, they have asked Brian, a freckled blonde haired 8-year-old to become a part of their secret society. Brian recruits Anna and Sam to join his team to carry out random acts of kindness in their school and community . . . without getting caught. The three Kindness Ninjas think of creative ideas that leave their entire school baffled as to who this mysterious "Kindness Ninja" is. As their challenges get more complex, they must think creative solutions to the problems they encounter . . . without getting noticed.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540552426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
For centuries, a secret society of highly trained ninjas have been going out into their communities spreading kindness. Now, they have asked Brian, a freckled blonde haired 8-year-old to become a part of their secret society. Brian recruits Anna and Sam to join his team to carry out random acts of kindness in their school and community . . . without getting caught. The three Kindness Ninjas think of creative ideas that leave their entire school baffled as to who this mysterious "Kindness Ninja" is. As their challenges get more complex, they must think creative solutions to the problems they encounter . . . without getting noticed.
Chinese Cinderella
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307482804
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307482804
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian
Kind Adeline's Take the Kindness Challenge
Author: Pattey Michaels-Demos
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978084421
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Bullying is too common today for our children. We need to change the paradigm and encourage kindness as a daily habit. Habits take about 21 days for a child to learn. The younger reader is walked through the Kindness Challenge with Kind Adeline. A warm-hearted girl who likes to say positive things to her friends, family members, and neighbors. She also does not wait for a birthday, Christmas, nor Valentine's Day to shower her friends, family member, and neighbors with acts of kindness. Kind Adeline walks her reader through the three daily tasks in the Kindness Challenge to be done for 21 days. Kind Adeline encourages positive words and acts of kindness.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978084421
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Bullying is too common today for our children. We need to change the paradigm and encourage kindness as a daily habit. Habits take about 21 days for a child to learn. The younger reader is walked through the Kindness Challenge with Kind Adeline. A warm-hearted girl who likes to say positive things to her friends, family members, and neighbors. She also does not wait for a birthday, Christmas, nor Valentine's Day to shower her friends, family member, and neighbors with acts of kindness. Kind Adeline walks her reader through the three daily tasks in the Kindness Challenge to be done for 21 days. Kind Adeline encourages positive words and acts of kindness.
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
Author: Diane Stanley
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064410951
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
0nce upon a time a miller's daughter was given an impossible task by a cruel and greedy king. She had to spin straw into gold. And who should show up to help her but an odd little man named Rumpelstiltskin. According to tradition, the gold-bedazzled king and the miller's daughter are wed. But wait just a minute! This king is definitely not husband material, and there's someone else who is -- a hardworking guy who's supportive and nice looking, and who really comes through in a pinch. Why not marry Rumpelstiltskin? In Diane Stanley's merry rethinking of the traditional tale, Rumpelstiltskin and the miller's daughter are wed...and then sixteen years later their only daughter is stuck in the same dilemma: She's been locked in a room full of straw to spin for a greedy king! She could call for help from her father, but this fairy-tale heroine has some canny plans of her own. How Rumpelstiltskin's daughter sets things to rights in the troubled kingdom, while achieving a unique place for herself, makes for a wise and witty tale of kindness and cleverness rewarded. Diane Stanley's wickedly funny text and zesty illustrations put a delightful new spin on a classic fairy tale. Rumpelstiltskin's daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom. 2000-2001 Georgia's Picture Storybook Award & Georgia's Children's Book Award Masterlist 01-02 Land of Enchantment Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 3-6) 99-00 Children's Book Award
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064410951
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
0nce upon a time a miller's daughter was given an impossible task by a cruel and greedy king. She had to spin straw into gold. And who should show up to help her but an odd little man named Rumpelstiltskin. According to tradition, the gold-bedazzled king and the miller's daughter are wed. But wait just a minute! This king is definitely not husband material, and there's someone else who is -- a hardworking guy who's supportive and nice looking, and who really comes through in a pinch. Why not marry Rumpelstiltskin? In Diane Stanley's merry rethinking of the traditional tale, Rumpelstiltskin and the miller's daughter are wed...and then sixteen years later their only daughter is stuck in the same dilemma: She's been locked in a room full of straw to spin for a greedy king! She could call for help from her father, but this fairy-tale heroine has some canny plans of her own. How Rumpelstiltskin's daughter sets things to rights in the troubled kingdom, while achieving a unique place for herself, makes for a wise and witty tale of kindness and cleverness rewarded. Diane Stanley's wickedly funny text and zesty illustrations put a delightful new spin on a classic fairy tale. Rumpelstiltskin's daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom. 2000-2001 Georgia's Picture Storybook Award & Georgia's Children's Book Award Masterlist 01-02 Land of Enchantment Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 3-6) 99-00 Children's Book Award
A Small Miracle
Author: Peter Collington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099680710
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
It is Christmas eve. An old woman is living in poverty in a caravan so she goes to the town with her accordion to earn some money for fuel and food. Eventually she is forced to see her instrument, and then by a cruel twist of fate she is robbed on her way home and left unconscious in the snow. However her own good deeds earn her a wonderfully satisfying reward and a Christmas surprise.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099680710
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
It is Christmas eve. An old woman is living in poverty in a caravan so she goes to the town with her accordion to earn some money for fuel and food. Eventually she is forced to see her instrument, and then by a cruel twist of fate she is robbed on her way home and left unconscious in the snow. However her own good deeds earn her a wonderfully satisfying reward and a Christmas surprise.
Dumpling Soup
Author: Jama Kim Rattigan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316049816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Marisa gets to help make dumplings this year to celebrate the New Year. But she worries if anyone will eat her funny-looking dumplings. Set in the Hawaiian islands, this story celebrates the joyful mix of food, customs, and languages from many cultures.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316049816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Marisa gets to help make dumplings this year to celebrate the New Year. But she worries if anyone will eat her funny-looking dumplings. Set in the Hawaiian islands, this story celebrates the joyful mix of food, customs, and languages from many cultures.
Yeh-Shen
Author: Ai-Ling Louie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698113888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young’s soft, glowing illustrations. Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shen’s only friend is a fish with golden eyes. When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones. But the bones are filled with a powerful spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball. “Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698113888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young’s soft, glowing illustrations. Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shen’s only friend is a fish with golden eyes. When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones. But the bones are filled with a powerful spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball. “Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story.” —Publishers Weekly
Drum Roll, Please
Author: Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062791168
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. One of Time Out's “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month,” this is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It’s the only time she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under the stars in the Michigan woods. But this summer brings a lot of big changes for Melly: her parents split up, her best friend ditches her, and Melly finds herself unexpectedly falling for another girl at camp. To top it all off, Melly’s not sure she has what it takes to be a real rock n’ roll drummer. Will she be able to make music from all the noise in her heart? Ami Polonsky, acclaimed author of Gracefully Grayson, raved, "Drum Roll, Please is a perfect middle-grade love story. Bigelow delivers a mighty message to turn up the volume on your inner drumbeat."
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062791168
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. One of Time Out's “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month,” this is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It’s the only time she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under the stars in the Michigan woods. But this summer brings a lot of big changes for Melly: her parents split up, her best friend ditches her, and Melly finds herself unexpectedly falling for another girl at camp. To top it all off, Melly’s not sure she has what it takes to be a real rock n’ roll drummer. Will she be able to make music from all the noise in her heart? Ami Polonsky, acclaimed author of Gracefully Grayson, raved, "Drum Roll, Please is a perfect middle-grade love story. Bigelow delivers a mighty message to turn up the volume on your inner drumbeat."
Red Sings from Treetops
Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547562136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Includes a reader's guide and an author's note.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547562136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Includes a reader's guide and an author's note.
Princess Hyacinth
Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0375845011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0375845011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.