Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466860324
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.
Whirligig
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466860324
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466860324
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.
The Whirligig Maker's Book
Author: Jack Wiley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508837206
Category : Whirligigs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK covers everything you need to know to get started in the craft and hobby of making animated whirligigs. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed and full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given for making fifteen unique animated whirligigs: Dove; Folk Rooster; Flying Unicorn; Girl Gymnast; Penguins on Teeter-Totter; Dancing Man; Unicycling Roadrunner; Carousel; Kids on Teeter-Totter; Trampoline; Ferris Wheel; Unicyclist; Flying Duck; Acrobats; and Clown. The projects were selected to introduce you to whirligig making and then take you on to an advanced skill level. The Author Jack Wiley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1968, did exercise physiology teaching and research, and has written fifty published books. Dr. Wiley first became interested in making whirligigs in the late 1980s, and has designed and built hundreds of them since then. THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK is the result of this interest and experience.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508837206
Category : Whirligigs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK covers everything you need to know to get started in the craft and hobby of making animated whirligigs. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed and full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given for making fifteen unique animated whirligigs: Dove; Folk Rooster; Flying Unicorn; Girl Gymnast; Penguins on Teeter-Totter; Dancing Man; Unicycling Roadrunner; Carousel; Kids on Teeter-Totter; Trampoline; Ferris Wheel; Unicyclist; Flying Duck; Acrobats; and Clown. The projects were selected to introduce you to whirligig making and then take you on to an advanced skill level. The Author Jack Wiley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1968, did exercise physiology teaching and research, and has written fifty published books. Dr. Wiley first became interested in making whirligigs in the late 1980s, and has designed and built hundreds of them since then. THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK is the result of this interest and experience.
More Whirligigs
Author: Andres S Lunde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801977107
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801977107
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Whirligigs & Weathervanes
Author: David Schoonmaker
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806983653
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Patterns and instructions for making over twenty wooden wind gadgets including whirligigs and weathervanes.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806983653
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Patterns and instructions for making over twenty wooden wind gadgets including whirligigs and weathervanes.
Making Animated Whirligigs
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400495
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400495
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.
Whacky Toys, Whirligigs and Whatchamacallits
Author:
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806992860
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
What makes these charming mechanical marvels spring into action? Cranks, propellers, levers, and other mechanisms trigger a variety of eye-catching movements, from arms that rise and fall to jaws that work up and down. The author reveals his process for designing and creating a series of ingenious toys and objects from wood.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806992860
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
What makes these charming mechanical marvels spring into action? Cranks, propellers, levers, and other mechanisms trigger a variety of eye-catching movements, from arms that rise and fall to jaws that work up and down. The author reveals his process for designing and creating a series of ingenious toys and objects from wood.
Wonderful World of Whirligigs and Wind Machines
Author: Alan Bridgewater
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780830683499
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780830683499
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Action Whirligigs
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486133753
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Easy-to-follow instructions and measured drawings for creating 25 charming little wind-driven toys — from the simple Baking a Pie whirligig to the Woman at the Computer to various weathervanes. For all levels of ability.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486133753
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Easy-to-follow instructions and measured drawings for creating 25 charming little wind-driven toys — from the simple Baking a Pie whirligig to the Woman at the Computer to various weathervanes. For all levels of ability.
Whirligigs for Children, Young, and Old
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801982330
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801982330
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Missing May (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545630789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Ever since May, Summer's aunt and good-as-a-mother for the past six years, died in the garden among her pole beans and carrots, life for Summer and her Uncle Ob has been as bleak as winter. Ob doesn't want to create his beautiful whirligigs anymore, and he and Summer have slipped into a sadness that they can't shake off. They need May in whatever form they can have her -- a message, a whisper, a sign that will tell them what to do next. When that sign comes, Summer with discover that she and Ob can keep missing May but still go on with their lives.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545630789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Ever since May, Summer's aunt and good-as-a-mother for the past six years, died in the garden among her pole beans and carrots, life for Summer and her Uncle Ob has been as bleak as winter. Ob doesn't want to create his beautiful whirligigs anymore, and he and Summer have slipped into a sadness that they can't shake off. They need May in whatever form they can have her -- a message, a whisper, a sign that will tell them what to do next. When that sign comes, Summer with discover that she and Ob can keep missing May but still go on with their lives.