Author: Charise Mericle Harper
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 038575339X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One day Little Green rolls into town and says his first word: "Go!" The town is building a bridge, and now everyone has a job to do, from dump truck to forklift. Little Green helps them do their jobs with gusto. Until . . . there is a little too much gusto. They can go, go, go . . . but how will they stop? This bright, fun book with a bold package captures the endless energy of little boys and the timeless appeal of trucks and machines--both for building and knocking down. Plus, it has an underlying message about working together to get things done.
Go! Go! Go! Stop!
Author: Charise Mericle Harper
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 038575339X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One day Little Green rolls into town and says his first word: "Go!" The town is building a bridge, and now everyone has a job to do, from dump truck to forklift. Little Green helps them do their jobs with gusto. Until . . . there is a little too much gusto. They can go, go, go . . . but how will they stop? This bright, fun book with a bold package captures the endless energy of little boys and the timeless appeal of trucks and machines--both for building and knocking down. Plus, it has an underlying message about working together to get things done.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 038575339X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One day Little Green rolls into town and says his first word: "Go!" The town is building a bridge, and now everyone has a job to do, from dump truck to forklift. Little Green helps them do their jobs with gusto. Until . . . there is a little too much gusto. They can go, go, go . . . but how will they stop? This bright, fun book with a bold package captures the endless energy of little boys and the timeless appeal of trucks and machines--both for building and knocking down. Plus, it has an underlying message about working together to get things done.
The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Sleeping with Patty Hearst
Author: Mary Lambeth Moore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594040351
Category : Missing persons
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
As America debates its most famous kidnapping case of the 1970s, a divided family in North Carolina copes with its own missing person. Lily Stokes searches for her half sister with help from her mother's boyfriend, a freewheeling man who likes Lily a little too much. While keeping secrets at home and then escaping into an odd marriage, Lily takes an imaginative look at her mother's notorious past and her sister's surprising future. Sleeping with Patty Hearst is a gripping coming-of-age story with edge and heart.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594040351
Category : Missing persons
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
As America debates its most famous kidnapping case of the 1970s, a divided family in North Carolina copes with its own missing person. Lily Stokes searches for her half sister with help from her mother's boyfriend, a freewheeling man who likes Lily a little too much. While keeping secrets at home and then escaping into an odd marriage, Lily takes an imaginative look at her mother's notorious past and her sister's surprising future. Sleeping with Patty Hearst is a gripping coming-of-age story with edge and heart.
Engineering the ABC's
Author: Patty O'Brien Novak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933916514
Category : Alphabet books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Imagine a world without cars and computers, or toys and televisions, or movies and microwaves. Then imagine a world without engineers. Engineering the ABCs answers questions about how everyday things work and how engineering relates to so many parts of a child's daily life. In an entertaining and engaging way, this book shows how engineers shape our world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933916514
Category : Alphabet books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Imagine a world without cars and computers, or toys and televisions, or movies and microwaves. Then imagine a world without engineers. Engineering the ABCs answers questions about how everyday things work and how engineering relates to so many parts of a child's daily life. In an entertaining and engaging way, this book shows how engineers shape our world.
The Year of the Dog
Author: Oliver Chin
Publisher: Immedium
ISBN: 1597020028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Describes the qualities of people who are born in the Year of the Dog through the story of a puppy who is born under the sign.
Publisher: Immedium
ISBN: 1597020028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Describes the qualities of people who are born in the Year of the Dog through the story of a puppy who is born under the sign.
Patty's Secret
Author: Leneille Moon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781475189490
Category : Food allergy in children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A children's book about an girl with food allergies and her plot to be like her classmates"--Amazon.com
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781475189490
Category : Food allergy in children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A children's book about an girl with food allergies and her plot to be like her classmates"--Amazon.com
Patty's Perversities
Author: Arlo Bates
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385439515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385439515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Way It Hurts
Author: Patty Blount
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN: 9781492632788
Category : YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guitarist Elijah and actress Kristen connect after unusual circumstances bring them together, but cruelty from strangers online and Kristen's strict father threaten their relationship.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN: 9781492632788
Category : YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guitarist Elijah and actress Kristen connect after unusual circumstances bring them together, but cruelty from strangers online and Kristen's strict father threaten their relationship.
The Pigman
Author: Paul Zindel
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
ISBN: 1935169025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
One of the best-selling young adult books of all time, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel. John Conlan is nicknamed “The Bathroom Bomber” after setting off firecrackers in the boys’ bathroom 23 times without ever getting caught. John and his best friend, Lorraine, can never please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks on unsuspecting people and it's during one of these pranks that they meet the “Pigman.” In spite of themselves, John and Lorraine soon get caught up in Mr. Pignati’s zest for life. In fact, they become so involved that they begin to destroy the only corner of the world that has ever mattered to them. Can they stop before it’s too late?'
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
ISBN: 1935169025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
One of the best-selling young adult books of all time, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel. John Conlan is nicknamed “The Bathroom Bomber” after setting off firecrackers in the boys’ bathroom 23 times without ever getting caught. John and his best friend, Lorraine, can never please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks on unsuspecting people and it's during one of these pranks that they meet the “Pigman.” In spite of themselves, John and Lorraine soon get caught up in Mr. Pignati’s zest for life. In fact, they become so involved that they begin to destroy the only corner of the world that has ever mattered to them. Can they stop before it’s too late?'
Patty's Perversities
Author: Arlo Bates
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description