Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780254961
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
My Wonderful Aunt Story One
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780254961
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780254961
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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MY WONDERFUL AUNT, STORY ONE.
Author: MARGARET. MAHY
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789998194847
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789998194847
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
My Great-Aunt Arizona
Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780772656
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780772656
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.
What Aunts Do Best / What Uncles Do Best
Author: Laura Numeroff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689848250
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Read one way, this book describes all the wonderful things aunts do, and when turned over, it depicts why uncles are special.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689848250
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Read one way, this book describes all the wonderful things aunts do, and when turned over, it depicts why uncles are special.
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399229434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they're eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town, using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399229434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they're eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town, using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.
One More Valley, One More Hill
Author: Linda Lowery
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375910920
Category : African American women pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Author Linda Lowery chronicles the extraordinary–but little-known–life of black pioneer Aunt Clara Brown. Aunt Clara bought herself out of slavery, crossed the country on foot to reach the frontier, became a wealthy entrepreneur, aided other freed slaves, and eventually tracked down her lost daughter, sold away from Clara 47 years before. An inspiring piece of American history.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375910920
Category : African American women pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Author Linda Lowery chronicles the extraordinary–but little-known–life of black pioneer Aunt Clara Brown. Aunt Clara bought herself out of slavery, crossed the country on foot to reach the frontier, became a wealthy entrepreneur, aided other freed slaves, and eventually tracked down her lost daughter, sold away from Clara 47 years before. An inspiring piece of American history.
Flying Solo
Author: Linda Holmes
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0525619283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. “A testament to the truth that love comes in all shapes, sizes, and situations.”—Jodi Picoult ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PopSugar Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie’s curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line “And anyway, if you’re ever desperate, there are always ducks, darling.” Laurie is told that the duck has no financial value. But after it disappears under suspicious circumstances, she feels compelled to figure out why anyone would steal a wooden duck—and why Dot kept it hidden away in the first place. Suddenly Laurie finds herself swept up in a righteous caper that has her negotiating with antiques dealers and con artists, going on after-hours dates at the local library, and reconnecting with her oldest friend and her first love. Desperate to uncover her great-aunt’s secrets, Laurie must reckon with her own past and her future—and ultimately embrace her own vision of flying solo. With a cast of unforgettable characters and a heroine you will root for from page one, Flying Solo is a wonderfully original story about growing up, coming home, and learning to make a life for yourself on your own terms.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0525619283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. “A testament to the truth that love comes in all shapes, sizes, and situations.”—Jodi Picoult ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PopSugar Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie’s curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line “And anyway, if you’re ever desperate, there are always ducks, darling.” Laurie is told that the duck has no financial value. But after it disappears under suspicious circumstances, she feels compelled to figure out why anyone would steal a wooden duck—and why Dot kept it hidden away in the first place. Suddenly Laurie finds herself swept up in a righteous caper that has her negotiating with antiques dealers and con artists, going on after-hours dates at the local library, and reconnecting with her oldest friend and her first love. Desperate to uncover her great-aunt’s secrets, Laurie must reckon with her own past and her future—and ultimately embrace her own vision of flying solo. With a cast of unforgettable characters and a heroine you will root for from page one, Flying Solo is a wonderfully original story about growing up, coming home, and learning to make a life for yourself on your own terms.
Stories of My Wonderful Aunt
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927198704
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A collection of the crazy adventures of a wonderful aunt who lives life to the full.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781927198704
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A collection of the crazy adventures of a wonderful aunt who lives life to the full.
To My Wonderful Aunt, I Want to Hear Your Story
Author: Jeffrey Mason
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955034012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955034012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Aunt Mary, Tell Me a Story
Author: Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey
Publisher: Cherokee Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A collection of 28 Cherokee legends as told by the Eastern Bank of the Cherokee.
Publisher: Cherokee Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A collection of 28 Cherokee legends as told by the Eastern Bank of the Cherokee.