Author: Julie Walters
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'. When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.
Maggie's Tree
Author: Julie Walters
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'. When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'. When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.
Maggie and the Sprinkle Tree
Author: John Bray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991396207
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Proving that a story can be entertaining without any given moral agenda, author John Bray and illustrator Christian Jackson work their way into your imagination with an adventurous little girl whose creativity is impossible not to love. In this magical story, follow Maggie as she adventures out well past her bedtime and learns how delicious her adventures can be.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991396207
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Proving that a story can be entertaining without any given moral agenda, author John Bray and illustrator Christian Jackson work their way into your imagination with an adventurous little girl whose creativity is impossible not to love. In this magical story, follow Maggie as she adventures out well past her bedtime and learns how delicious her adventures can be.
Maggie the One-Eyed Peregrine Falcon
Author: Christie Gove-Berg
Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 1591936306
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building. She falls to the ground, alone and injured. Who will help her? As told with real photographs, this true story explains how wildlife hospitals rescue and treat injured animals. Their goal is to release the animals back into the wild. Sometimes, this isn't possible--but there can still be a happy ending. Maggie's story, written by Christie Gove-Berg, is just such a success!
Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 1591936306
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building. She falls to the ground, alone and injured. Who will help her? As told with real photographs, this true story explains how wildlife hospitals rescue and treat injured animals. Their goal is to release the animals back into the wild. Sometimes, this isn't possible--but there can still be a happy ending. Maggie's story, written by Christie Gove-Berg, is just such a success!
Every Color
Author: Erin Eitter Kono
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 073522756X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
A new friendship helps a polar bear realize that it’s possible to see every color in the rainbow—you just need to know how to look In this picture book perfect for fans of Carson Ellis’s Home and Aaron Becker’s Journey, Bear longs to see color . . . but everything around him on the North Pole is white, white, white. When a seagull brings a gift from a little girl, Bear falls in love with the colors in her painting, but it's not enough. So the girl sets off in her boat to take Bear on an adventure and help him see the colors up close. The pair visits colorful landmarks around the world, from the windmills of Holland to the Egyptian pyramids to New York's Statue of Liberty. And by the time they return to Bear's polar home, Bear has learned to see color reflected all around him—especially the colors of the Northern Lights, which were there all along.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 073522756X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
A new friendship helps a polar bear realize that it’s possible to see every color in the rainbow—you just need to know how to look In this picture book perfect for fans of Carson Ellis’s Home and Aaron Becker’s Journey, Bear longs to see color . . . but everything around him on the North Pole is white, white, white. When a seagull brings a gift from a little girl, Bear falls in love with the colors in her painting, but it's not enough. So the girl sets off in her boat to take Bear on an adventure and help him see the colors up close. The pair visits colorful landmarks around the world, from the windmills of Holland to the Egyptian pyramids to New York's Statue of Liberty. And by the time they return to Bear's polar home, Bear has learned to see color reflected all around him—especially the colors of the Northern Lights, which were there all along.
Little House On the Highway - A Story of a Homeless Family & School Bullying
Author: Janet Miller
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257835408
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The message of this story is that bullying can occur because your situation has changed--not because of who you are. Maggie, a happy and popular junior high student, was challenged to hold onto her personal self worth when her father lost his job, their family farm was forced into foreclosure, and they became homeless. The family decided to live in a homemade camper on the back of their pickup truck and drive to Florida to find a better life. Stuck in homelessness, with their homemade camper as their only home, and their personal lives deteriorating, Maggie's mother insisted Maggie go back to school. Based on her poor and unstylish appearance, Maggie was singled out and bullied by an upscale classmate and her entourage who found Maggie's appearance intolerable. But once her father found a job, the situation changed so that Maggie's real value was finally allowed to be seen, and the bullying finally ended.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257835408
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The message of this story is that bullying can occur because your situation has changed--not because of who you are. Maggie, a happy and popular junior high student, was challenged to hold onto her personal self worth when her father lost his job, their family farm was forced into foreclosure, and they became homeless. The family decided to live in a homemade camper on the back of their pickup truck and drive to Florida to find a better life. Stuck in homelessness, with their homemade camper as their only home, and their personal lives deteriorating, Maggie's mother insisted Maggie go back to school. Based on her poor and unstylish appearance, Maggie was singled out and bullied by an upscale classmate and her entourage who found Maggie's appearance intolerable. But once her father found a job, the situation changed so that Maggie's real value was finally allowed to be seen, and the bullying finally ended.
North Side of the Tree
Author: Maggie Prince
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007130856
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Presenting up-to-date arguments in the debates about issues of economic growth and inequality, this book is a guide to understanding the causes and dynamics of the persistent income gap between rich and poor countries. Each reading includes a short introduction by the editors highlighting the significance of the selections.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007130856
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Presenting up-to-date arguments in the debates about issues of economic growth and inequality, this book is a guide to understanding the causes and dynamics of the persistent income gap between rich and poor countries. Each reading includes a short introduction by the editors highlighting the significance of the selections.
Miss Twiggley's Tree
Author: Dorothea Warren Fox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Why did Miss Twiggley live in a tree? Why did she send her dog, Puss, out to do the shopping? Why did she always run away and hide when people came to visit? And it was rumored that Miss Twiggley had even more peculiar habits... Old Miss Twiggley, was friendly with bears. "They shed on the sofa," she said, "but who cares?" And was it true, as the mayor's wife had heard, that she actually slept in her hat? "Simply disgraceful!" they said. But when a hurricane hits the town and the water rises, everyone is grateful to Miss Twiggley and her tree. Even better, Miss Twiggley herself learns a very important lesson, with a warm and happy ending. A beautiful read-aloud, showing people coming together during a crisis. This edition features a letter to the reader written by Dorothea Fox in 1995, explaining how she came to write this touching story.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Why did Miss Twiggley live in a tree? Why did she send her dog, Puss, out to do the shopping? Why did she always run away and hide when people came to visit? And it was rumored that Miss Twiggley had even more peculiar habits... Old Miss Twiggley, was friendly with bears. "They shed on the sofa," she said, "but who cares?" And was it true, as the mayor's wife had heard, that she actually slept in her hat? "Simply disgraceful!" they said. But when a hurricane hits the town and the water rises, everyone is grateful to Miss Twiggley and her tree. Even better, Miss Twiggley herself learns a very important lesson, with a warm and happy ending. A beautiful read-aloud, showing people coming together during a crisis. This edition features a letter to the reader written by Dorothea Fox in 1995, explaining how she came to write this touching story.
Maggie's Plan
Author: Rebecca Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350005851
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
She's wonderful - she's just kind of destroying my life. Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a young single woman in Brooklyn who is determined to have a baby on her own through a surrogate. However, she meets John (Ethan Hawke), an attractive, older university professor, caught in an unhappy marriage, and they start a relationship. Maggie's rejuvenating enthusiasm lures John away from his wife, the domineering Danish critical theorist Georgette Norgaard (Julianne Moore). The film moves forward three years and the couple have married and settled down with a daughter together. Everything has gone according to Maggie's plan, so why isn't she happy? And what sort of meddlesome scheme will she concoct next? Maggie's Plan, based on an unpublished novel by Karen Rinaldi, is both an affectionate send-up of highbrow academic culture and a treatise on modern self-realization. Rebecca Miller exhibits her characteristic sensitivity to female experience, but with a playfulness given freer rein than ever before in her work. The film was premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2015 and received its official US premiere in May 2016.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350005851
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
She's wonderful - she's just kind of destroying my life. Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a young single woman in Brooklyn who is determined to have a baby on her own through a surrogate. However, she meets John (Ethan Hawke), an attractive, older university professor, caught in an unhappy marriage, and they start a relationship. Maggie's rejuvenating enthusiasm lures John away from his wife, the domineering Danish critical theorist Georgette Norgaard (Julianne Moore). The film moves forward three years and the couple have married and settled down with a daughter together. Everything has gone according to Maggie's plan, so why isn't she happy? And what sort of meddlesome scheme will she concoct next? Maggie's Plan, based on an unpublished novel by Karen Rinaldi, is both an affectionate send-up of highbrow academic culture and a treatise on modern self-realization. Rebecca Miller exhibits her characteristic sensitivity to female experience, but with a playfulness given freer rein than ever before in her work. The film was premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2015 and received its official US premiere in May 2016.
Everyday Use
Author: Alice Walker
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813520766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813520766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.
An Alaskan Christmas
Author: Belle Calhoune
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488018758
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Now a Harlequin Movie, Love Alaska! Her Christmas Match After inheriting a gift shop in Love, Alaska, single mom Maggie Richards is ready for a new beginning—while her little boy is ready for a new daddy! But Maggie has no time for love—she wants to open the shop in time for Christmas, something she’ll do with help from childhood friend Finn O’Rourke. Finn’s on board to help Maggie—but not with the romance rumors that swirl around them like snow. Like Maggie, he’s hiding too many secrets to ever wed. So why do Maggie and her little boy make him dream of finding an unusual gift under the tree—a ready-made family?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488018758
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Now a Harlequin Movie, Love Alaska! Her Christmas Match After inheriting a gift shop in Love, Alaska, single mom Maggie Richards is ready for a new beginning—while her little boy is ready for a new daddy! But Maggie has no time for love—she wants to open the shop in time for Christmas, something she’ll do with help from childhood friend Finn O’Rourke. Finn’s on board to help Maggie—but not with the romance rumors that swirl around them like snow. Like Maggie, he’s hiding too many secrets to ever wed. So why do Maggie and her little boy make him dream of finding an unusual gift under the tree—a ready-made family?