Author: Kevin Strauss
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455615025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A wacky spin on an Old West favorite. This tall tale about a famous American cowboy takes readers on a romp into the Wild West. When Pecos Bill cannot seem to find the best hat to fit his head, he searches for creative ways to keep his noggin covered. His often humorous ideas lead to the invention of the cowboy hat. A glossary includes cowboy terms.
Pecos Bill Invents the Ten-Gallon Hat
Author: Kevin Strauss
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455615025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A wacky spin on an Old West favorite. This tall tale about a famous American cowboy takes readers on a romp into the Wild West. When Pecos Bill cannot seem to find the best hat to fit his head, he searches for creative ways to keep his noggin covered. His often humorous ideas lead to the invention of the cowboy hat. A glossary includes cowboy terms.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455615025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A wacky spin on an Old West favorite. This tall tale about a famous American cowboy takes readers on a romp into the Wild West. When Pecos Bill cannot seem to find the best hat to fit his head, he searches for creative ways to keep his noggin covered. His often humorous ideas lead to the invention of the cowboy hat. A glossary includes cowboy terms.
Pecos Bill Tames a Colossal Cyclone
Author: Eric Braun
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479554294
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479554294
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.
Boy Who Wouldn't Read, The
Author: Denise McConduit
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455618293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In this captivating and hilarious illustrated poem, young readers will meet Robbie, who doesn't like to read. When a sorcerer removes the words from everything around Robbie, confusion results. The boy soon learns that life without reading is nothing to wish for!
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455618293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In this captivating and hilarious illustrated poem, young readers will meet Robbie, who doesn't like to read. When a sorcerer removes the words from everything around Robbie, confusion results. The boy soon learns that life without reading is nothing to wish for!
Humphrey, the Lost Whale
Author: Wendy Tokuda
Publisher: Heian International
ISBN: 9780893462703
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes how a migrating humpback whale mistakenly entered the San Francisco Bay in 1985 and swam sixty-four miles inland before being led back to the sea by people concerned for his welfare.
Publisher: Heian International
ISBN: 9780893462703
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes how a migrating humpback whale mistakenly entered the San Francisco Bay in 1985 and swam sixty-four miles inland before being led back to the sea by people concerned for his welfare.
Chachalaca Chiquita
Author: Chrismer, Melanie
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455617043
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
?Aye Chihuahua! The sky is falling. Join the colorful desert bird, Chachalaca Chiquita, and her feathered friends in this Southwestern spin on the Chicken Little tale. The story incorporates Spanish vocabulary for un peque?o fun as the amigos set off to tell the jefe that the sky is falling. The story takes a turn when they meet sly Tacito Ocelote.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455617043
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
?Aye Chihuahua! The sky is falling. Join the colorful desert bird, Chachalaca Chiquita, and her feathered friends in this Southwestern spin on the Chicken Little tale. The story incorporates Spanish vocabulary for un peque?o fun as the amigos set off to tell the jefe that the sky is falling. The story takes a turn when they meet sly Tacito Ocelote.
Bubba the Cowboy Prince
Author: Helen Ketteman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590255066
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Loosely based on "Cinderella, " this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590255066
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Loosely based on "Cinderella, " this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.
Spell Crafts
Author: Scott Cunningham
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780875421858
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Spell Crafts Take a look at your hands. See them as wondrous vehicles of power. Feel the energy that flows through everything you do. Tap into that power! Carve a symbol, dip a candle, mix fragrant herbs, sculpt clay, and make your life all that you want it to be. When crafts are used to create objects intended for ritual or to symbolize the divine, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grows more intense. This second edition of "Spell Crafts, the much-loved and oft-read guide to magical handwork, features new illustrations and a new preface by David Harrington. Learn how to create and use all of the following: - magical simmering potpourris - a beaded psychic mandala - clay pentacles, plaques, and runic dice - a shaman''''s arrow - sand paintings - Corn Mother - a magical spell broom - protective hex sign - Witch bottles - flower garlands - spell banner - magic mirror - prosperity trivet - wheat weaving
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780875421858
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Spell Crafts Take a look at your hands. See them as wondrous vehicles of power. Feel the energy that flows through everything you do. Tap into that power! Carve a symbol, dip a candle, mix fragrant herbs, sculpt clay, and make your life all that you want it to be. When crafts are used to create objects intended for ritual or to symbolize the divine, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grows more intense. This second edition of "Spell Crafts, the much-loved and oft-read guide to magical handwork, features new illustrations and a new preface by David Harrington. Learn how to create and use all of the following: - magical simmering potpourris - a beaded psychic mandala - clay pentacles, plaques, and runic dice - a shaman''''s arrow - sand paintings - Corn Mother - a magical spell broom - protective hex sign - Witch bottles - flower garlands - spell banner - magic mirror - prosperity trivet - wheat weaving
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442443308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest and still smile his extra-rotten, greeny-toothed, weasel-eyed grin. But when little Patricia wishes on a shooting star that she could do something—anything—to show him up, she finds out just what wishes—and rotten redheaded older brothers—can really do. Patricia Polacco's boldly and exuberantly painted pictures tell a lively and warmhearted tale of comic one-upsmanship and brotherly love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442443308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest and still smile his extra-rotten, greeny-toothed, weasel-eyed grin. But when little Patricia wishes on a shooting star that she could do something—anything—to show him up, she finds out just what wishes—and rotten redheaded older brothers—can really do. Patricia Polacco's boldly and exuberantly painted pictures tell a lively and warmhearted tale of comic one-upsmanship and brotherly love.
Whistling Willie from Amarillo, Texas
Author: Josephine Harper
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781455620562
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Young Whistling Willie doesn't look like much of a cowboy. He's smiley and jolly, not tough and lean. Just the same, he always wanted to be a Texas Ranger. Too bad they're not interested in having him--until they find out that his powerful whistle can blow even the meanest ice-cream rustlers into a hole!"--
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781455620562
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Young Whistling Willie doesn't look like much of a cowboy. He's smiley and jolly, not tough and lean. Just the same, he always wanted to be a Texas Ranger. Too bad they're not interested in having him--until they find out that his powerful whistle can blow even the meanest ice-cream rustlers into a hole!"--
Solar Power in Building Design (GreenSource)
Author: Peter Gevorkian
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594442
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Design, Implement, and Audit the Most Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Solar Power Systems for Any Type of Building! Solar Power in Building Design is a complete guide to designing, implementing, and auditing energy-efficient, cost-effective solar power systems for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. From basic theory through project planning, cost estimating, and manufacturing methods, this vital resource offers you everything needed for solar power design success. Filled with case studies and illustrations, this state-of-the-art design tool covers new solar technologies...design implementation techniques...energy conservation...the economics of solar power systems...passive solar heating power...and more. Solar Power in Building Design features: Step-by-step instructions for designing, implementing, and auditing solar power systems Expert guidance on using solar power in any type of building-from basic theory through project planning, cost estimating, and manufacturing Complete details on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), plus rebate procedures and forms Inside This Cutting-Edge Solar Power Toolkit • Solar power physics and technology • Practical guide to solar power design • Solar power design implementation • Energy conservation • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) • Sustainable energy rebate • Economics of solar power systems • Passive solar heating power
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594442
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Design, Implement, and Audit the Most Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Solar Power Systems for Any Type of Building! Solar Power in Building Design is a complete guide to designing, implementing, and auditing energy-efficient, cost-effective solar power systems for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. From basic theory through project planning, cost estimating, and manufacturing methods, this vital resource offers you everything needed for solar power design success. Filled with case studies and illustrations, this state-of-the-art design tool covers new solar technologies...design implementation techniques...energy conservation...the economics of solar power systems...passive solar heating power...and more. Solar Power in Building Design features: Step-by-step instructions for designing, implementing, and auditing solar power systems Expert guidance on using solar power in any type of building-from basic theory through project planning, cost estimating, and manufacturing Complete details on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), plus rebate procedures and forms Inside This Cutting-Edge Solar Power Toolkit • Solar power physics and technology • Practical guide to solar power design • Solar power design implementation • Energy conservation • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) • Sustainable energy rebate • Economics of solar power systems • Passive solar heating power