Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 039955551X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship. Originally published in 1969, the Caldecott Honor-winning Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 039955551X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship. Originally published in 1969, the Caldecott Honor-winning Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 039955551X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship. Originally published in 1969, the Caldecott Honor-winning Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.
Pretending at Home
Author: Wendy L. Haight
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438405413
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438405413
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Benny and Penny in Just Pretend
Author: Geoffrey Hayes
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0979923808
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Benny wants to play pirates without his little sister Penny, and so he tries to get rid of her, but when Penny really disappears, Benny is worried.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0979923808
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Benny wants to play pirates without his little sister Penny, and so he tries to get rid of her, but when Penny really disappears, Benny is worried.
Pretending
Author: Holly Bourne
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1473668158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? **As featured on The High Low podcast** 'MAGNIFICENT. Brutally honest and righteously angry but still HUGELY enjoyable and engaging. I bow down!' Marian Keyes 'A thoughtful, intelligent, urgent novel women need to read.' Dolly Alderton The highly-anticipated new novel from Holly Bourne, bestselling author of HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? _____________ He said he was looking for a 'partner in crime' which everyone knows is shorthand for 'a woman who isn't real'. April is kind, pretty, and relatively normal - yet she can't seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she's found someone to trust, they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her heartbroken. And angry. If only April could be more like Gretel. Gretel is exactly what men want - she's a Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next Door With No Problems. The problem is, Gretel isn't real. And April is now claiming to be her. As soon as April starts 'being' Gretel, dating becomes much more fun - especially once she reels in the unsuspecting Joshua. Finally, April is the one in control, but can she control her own feelings? And as she and Joshua grow closer, how long will she be able to keep pretending? _____________ PRAISE FOR HOLLY BOURNE: 'Honest and unflinching' Stylist 'Funny, touching and painfully true' Grazia 'Relatable for any woman navigating emotional time bombs' Red 'Bourne incinerates the lies we're all capable of telling ourselves' Emerald Street 'Funny, real and heartbreaking' Lucy Vine 'Funny, sad, honest, insightful, up-to-the-minute' Roisin Meaney 'Smart, witty and perceptive. Razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception' Lucy Diamond
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1473668158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? **As featured on The High Low podcast** 'MAGNIFICENT. Brutally honest and righteously angry but still HUGELY enjoyable and engaging. I bow down!' Marian Keyes 'A thoughtful, intelligent, urgent novel women need to read.' Dolly Alderton The highly-anticipated new novel from Holly Bourne, bestselling author of HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? _____________ He said he was looking for a 'partner in crime' which everyone knows is shorthand for 'a woman who isn't real'. April is kind, pretty, and relatively normal - yet she can't seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she's found someone to trust, they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her heartbroken. And angry. If only April could be more like Gretel. Gretel is exactly what men want - she's a Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next Door With No Problems. The problem is, Gretel isn't real. And April is now claiming to be her. As soon as April starts 'being' Gretel, dating becomes much more fun - especially once she reels in the unsuspecting Joshua. Finally, April is the one in control, but can she control her own feelings? And as she and Joshua grow closer, how long will she be able to keep pretending? _____________ PRAISE FOR HOLLY BOURNE: 'Honest and unflinching' Stylist 'Funny, touching and painfully true' Grazia 'Relatable for any woman navigating emotional time bombs' Red 'Bourne incinerates the lies we're all capable of telling ourselves' Emerald Street 'Funny, real and heartbreaking' Lucy Vine 'Funny, sad, honest, insightful, up-to-the-minute' Roisin Meaney 'Smart, witty and perceptive. Razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception' Lucy Diamond
Just Pretending
Author: Lisa Bird-Wilson
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550505475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A powerful short story collection from Cree-Métis author Lisa Bird Wilson. A nitanis (daughter) invents the mother she never knew. A fourteen-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her feelings of abandonment. A young man struggles with his Mooshum’s imprisonment in a damaged body and what it means for his own Métis identity. A department store clerk falls for a homeless man who woos her with Heart of Darkness. At the centre of these stories are notions of identity and belonging, and the complex relationships between children and parents, both those who are real and those who are just pretending.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550505475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A powerful short story collection from Cree-Métis author Lisa Bird Wilson. A nitanis (daughter) invents the mother she never knew. A fourteen-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her feelings of abandonment. A young man struggles with his Mooshum’s imprisonment in a damaged body and what it means for his own Métis identity. A department store clerk falls for a homeless man who woos her with Heart of Darkness. At the centre of these stories are notions of identity and belonging, and the complex relationships between children and parents, both those who are real and those who are just pretending.
If I Were a Mouse
Author: Karma Wilson
Publisher: Zonderkidz
ISBN: 0310424003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
“If I were a mouse, just as small as could be, I would make my house in a hole in a tree...”A child imagines what fantastic adventures might unfold if he were one of God’s many amazing animals, but ultimately finds comfort and joy in being created a child of God with the blessed gift of imagination.
Publisher: Zonderkidz
ISBN: 0310424003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
“If I were a mouse, just as small as could be, I would make my house in a hole in a tree...”A child imagines what fantastic adventures might unfold if he were one of God’s many amazing animals, but ultimately finds comfort and joy in being created a child of God with the blessed gift of imagination.
Nightcreatures
Author: C. I. Young
Publisher: Elefant Online
ISBN: 6068782174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
What do Nightcreatures do? They fly from the South to the North. They tell stories in English on the way. They draw what you cannot see. They make friends. Don't you want to join them?
Publisher: Elefant Online
ISBN: 6068782174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
What do Nightcreatures do? They fly from the South to the North. They tell stories in English on the way. They draw what you cannot see. They make friends. Don't you want to join them?
Representation, Memory, and Development
Author: Nancy L. Stein
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1135635897
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1135635897
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory.
Fake Funeral
Author: Xi XiFuSi
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164677583X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
We have a very secret ritual around here. It's called a fake burial.Fake burial, as the name implies, was a fake funeral.The old man at home was ill and wanted to find the patient's old clothes and make a dummy of him. It's called Regeneration.After the "Regeneration" was done, the old man's next of kin would carry it on his back and bury it on the mountain. This process was called burial sickness.That day, it was my turn to carry the "Regeneration". As a result, something strange happened.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164677583X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
We have a very secret ritual around here. It's called a fake burial.Fake burial, as the name implies, was a fake funeral.The old man at home was ill and wanted to find the patient's old clothes and make a dummy of him. It's called Regeneration.After the "Regeneration" was done, the old man's next of kin would carry it on his back and bury it on the mountain. This process was called burial sickness.That day, it was my turn to carry the "Regeneration". As a result, something strange happened.
The Story of Sylvie and Bruno
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Two fairy children have adventures in such plances as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Two fairy children have adventures in such plances as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland.