Author: Martha Freeman
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823430375
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Aunt Jen, the official White House hostess, is being thrown a surprise party with a Wizard of Oz theme. A dog that looks just like Toto will be there -- and so will the famous ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the movie. But when the box arrives from the Smithsonian Museum, the slippers aren't in it! Never fear, First Kids Cammie and Tessa are on the case. White House dog Hooligan finds one slipper, but no one know where or how. A surprising revelation reveals the thief's identity. Filled with humor and White House inside information, this third First Kids Mystery is exciting from start to finish.
The Case of the Ruby Slippers
Ruby's Slippers
Author: Tricia Rayburn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439155925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Ruby Lee has never downloaded an iTune, heard of Facebook, nor seen a video on YouTube. Raised in rural Kansas with her mom as her best friend, she’s cozy and content. But everything changes when she and her mom move to Florida to care for her grandmother, Nana Dottie. Ruby quickly realizes she’s definitely not in Kansas anymore—the kids in her huge school are totally different…but her new life is not so bad. What is bad is the fifteen-year-feud between Ruby’s mother and grandmother that shows no signs of ending. Will Ruby have to choose between her mom and her new life, which isn’t looking so awful after all?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439155925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Ruby Lee has never downloaded an iTune, heard of Facebook, nor seen a video on YouTube. Raised in rural Kansas with her mom as her best friend, she’s cozy and content. But everything changes when she and her mom move to Florida to care for her grandmother, Nana Dottie. Ruby quickly realizes she’s definitely not in Kansas anymore—the kids in her huge school are totally different…but her new life is not so bad. What is bad is the fifteen-year-feud between Ruby’s mother and grandmother that shows no signs of ending. Will Ruby have to choose between her mom and her new life, which isn’t looking so awful after all?
Ruby Slippers
Author: Jonalyn Grace Fincher
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310289521
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In Ruby Slippers, Jonalyn Grace Fincher explores the essence of femininity. She examines what a soul is, what is meant by "feminine," and how those two things unite into a picture of God on Earth that is both similar and distinctive from men.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310289521
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In Ruby Slippers, Jonalyn Grace Fincher explores the essence of femininity. She examines what a soul is, what is meant by "feminine," and how those two things unite into a picture of God on Earth that is both similar and distinctive from men.
East, West
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804152330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses comes nine stories that reveal the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between East and West. Daring, extravagant, comical and humane, this book renews Rushdie's stature as a storyteller who can enthrall and instruct us with the same sentence. "Richly nuanced, full or humor, bitter anger, an embracing tenderness, and a buyancy of language." —Boston Globe
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804152330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses comes nine stories that reveal the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between East and West. Daring, extravagant, comical and humane, this book renews Rushdie's stature as a storyteller who can enthrall and instruct us with the same sentence. "Richly nuanced, full or humor, bitter anger, an embracing tenderness, and a buyancy of language." —Boston Globe
The Case of the Bug on the Run
Author: Martha Freeman
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823429970
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
First Kid Tessa loves pets, so when she finds out that a hissing cockroach at the National Zoo might meet a terrible fate, how can she resist adopting it? The rest of her family are not so thrilled, especially when the giant cockroach turns up missing. Did it escape? Or was it stolen? Who besides Tessa would want a cockroach? There is more to this bug than meets the eye in the sixth book about three mystery-loving kids (and one too-energetic dog) who live in the White House.
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823429970
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
First Kid Tessa loves pets, so when she finds out that a hissing cockroach at the National Zoo might meet a terrible fate, how can she resist adopting it? The rest of her family are not so thrilled, especially when the giant cockroach turns up missing. Did it escape? Or was it stolen? Who besides Tessa would want a cockroach? There is more to this bug than meets the eye in the sixth book about three mystery-loving kids (and one too-energetic dog) who live in the White House.
The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg
Author: Martha Freeman
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823427811
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A week before the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, First Kids Cammie and Tessa, daughters of the first female president, and their cousin Nate attend the opening of a new dinosaur exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. As the prize display, a seventy-million-year-old dinosaur egg is being presented, it cracks, and a tiny hatchling emerges! This is no dinosaur, but an ostrich. But where is the real dinosaur egg? The First Kids and, of course, First Dog Hooligan are on a new case as their investigation leads them behind the scenes at the museum, to an ostrich farm, and to a foreign embassy. This is the fifth book in the First Kids Mystery series.
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823427811
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A week before the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, First Kids Cammie and Tessa, daughters of the first female president, and their cousin Nate attend the opening of a new dinosaur exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. As the prize display, a seventy-million-year-old dinosaur egg is being presented, it cracks, and a tiny hatchling emerges! This is no dinosaur, but an ostrich. But where is the real dinosaur egg? The First Kids and, of course, First Dog Hooligan are on a new case as their investigation leads them behind the scenes at the museum, to an ostrich farm, and to a foreign embassy. This is the fifth book in the First Kids Mystery series.
Detours
Author: Tony Evans
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433686597
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Dr. Tony Evans walks readers through what it is like to recognize God's will and his plan for your life.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433686597
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Dr. Tony Evans walks readers through what it is like to recognize God's will and his plan for your life.
Ruby Red Shoes
Author: Kate Knapp
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593123581
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Are you ready for the coziest book of the year, with the charm of a modern-day Beatrix Potter? Pull up your comfiest chair, snuggle under a warm blanket, and discover the peaceful, enchanting world of Ruby Red Shoes and her grandmother, where friends are always welcome. Ruby Red Shoes is a thoughtful bunny who lives in a colorful painted caravan with her beloved grandmother. She is gentle and kind and cares for all living things. She loves strawberry jam, peppermint tea, long baths, and her wonderful pet chickens! Children just learning to read on their own will treasure this beautiful story that they can read on their own or enjoy as a read-aloud. Teeming with whimsy, Ruby's mindful, tranquil world embraces the reader like a warm hug. And bedtimes will be gentle, sweet moments, as young readers see Ruby and her grandmother tucked in with a book and a favorite quilt, watching the magical stars twinkle in the velvety sky. Once you've made friends with Ruby Red Shoes, you'll have a friend for life. "As a student of pleasant companionship, mindful existence, and living one’s best life, Ruby Red Shoes excels, paws down."—Publishers Weekly "Everything about this book asks readers to go slowly, to put aside the expected, and to savor the simplicity of the moment."—Kirkus
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593123581
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Are you ready for the coziest book of the year, with the charm of a modern-day Beatrix Potter? Pull up your comfiest chair, snuggle under a warm blanket, and discover the peaceful, enchanting world of Ruby Red Shoes and her grandmother, where friends are always welcome. Ruby Red Shoes is a thoughtful bunny who lives in a colorful painted caravan with her beloved grandmother. She is gentle and kind and cares for all living things. She loves strawberry jam, peppermint tea, long baths, and her wonderful pet chickens! Children just learning to read on their own will treasure this beautiful story that they can read on their own or enjoy as a read-aloud. Teeming with whimsy, Ruby's mindful, tranquil world embraces the reader like a warm hug. And bedtimes will be gentle, sweet moments, as young readers see Ruby and her grandmother tucked in with a book and a favorite quilt, watching the magical stars twinkle in the velvety sky. Once you've made friends with Ruby Red Shoes, you'll have a friend for life. "As a student of pleasant companionship, mindful existence, and living one’s best life, Ruby Red Shoes excels, paws down."—Publishers Weekly "Everything about this book asks readers to go slowly, to put aside the expected, and to savor the simplicity of the moment."—Kirkus
Shoe Reels
Author: Elizabeth Ezra
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474451413
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examining the special relationship between footwear and film, Shoe Reels explores images of shoes in cinema. It questions what shoes mean in the context of narrative, aesthetics and symbolism, why they are so memorable, and what their wider cultural resonances might be.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474451413
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examining the special relationship between footwear and film, Shoe Reels explores images of shoes in cinema. It questions what shoes mean in the context of narrative, aesthetics and symbolism, why they are so memorable, and what their wider cultural resonances might be.
Hollywood Costume
Author: Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419709821
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419709821
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012.