Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545392314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Can Jo Bell spin a web big enough to catch . . . a criminal? The world's friendliest spiders take center stage in bestselling author Kathryn Lasky's latest book about The Deadlies!They're sweet and friendly . . . but they just happen to be super toxic. The Deadlies are the world's most misunderstood family of spiders. Kicked out of home after home, all the Deadlies want is to settle down in a cozy web with no exterminators around.Now they've found the perfect place - the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. The librarian isn't afraid of the Deadlies, and they have lots of lovely books to explore. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targetting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook - or is it back on the road once more?
The Deadlies: Spiders on the Case
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545392314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Can Jo Bell spin a web big enough to catch . . . a criminal? The world's friendliest spiders take center stage in bestselling author Kathryn Lasky's latest book about The Deadlies!They're sweet and friendly . . . but they just happen to be super toxic. The Deadlies are the world's most misunderstood family of spiders. Kicked out of home after home, all the Deadlies want is to settle down in a cozy web with no exterminators around.Now they've found the perfect place - the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. The librarian isn't afraid of the Deadlies, and they have lots of lovely books to explore. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targetting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook - or is it back on the road once more?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545392314
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Can Jo Bell spin a web big enough to catch . . . a criminal? The world's friendliest spiders take center stage in bestselling author Kathryn Lasky's latest book about The Deadlies!They're sweet and friendly . . . but they just happen to be super toxic. The Deadlies are the world's most misunderstood family of spiders. Kicked out of home after home, all the Deadlies want is to settle down in a cozy web with no exterminators around.Now they've found the perfect place - the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. The librarian isn't afraid of the Deadlies, and they have lots of lovely books to explore. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targetting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook - or is it back on the road once more?
Spiders on the Case
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545116821
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Kicked out of home after home, the Deadlies have finally found the perfect place--the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targeting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook? Illustrations.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545116821
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Kicked out of home after home, the Deadlies have finally found the perfect place--the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targeting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook? Illustrations.
The Deadlies: Felix Takes the Stage
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545117305
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Having been discovered, a family of poisonous but friendly brown recluse spiders must flee their cozy home in a symphony hall and go searching for a new place to live.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545117305
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Having been discovered, a family of poisonous but friendly brown recluse spiders must flee their cozy home in a symphony hall and go searching for a new place to live.
The Deadlies: Felix Takes the Stage
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545305810
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky takes readers into the world of the Deadlies--a family of friendly spiders on a search to find a new home.The Deadlies are like any other family with a loving mother and bright, rambunctious children. Except they're spiders. Really, really poisonous ones. But Edith and her children are kind and cultured - they would never hurt anyone.The Deadlies had been happily living in a symphony hall until Edith's son, Felix, had a . . . misunderstanding with the maestro. Now they're on the hunt for a new home. That is, if they can outwit the evil exterminators on their tail. Will they ever find a place to live in peace?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545305810
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky takes readers into the world of the Deadlies--a family of friendly spiders on a search to find a new home.The Deadlies are like any other family with a loving mother and bright, rambunctious children. Except they're spiders. Really, really poisonous ones. But Edith and her children are kind and cultured - they would never hurt anyone.The Deadlies had been happily living in a symphony hall until Edith's son, Felix, had a . . . misunderstanding with the maestro. Now they're on the hunt for a new home. That is, if they can outwit the evil exterminators on their tail. Will they ever find a place to live in peace?
Get Those Guys Reading!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159884847X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159884847X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Marven of the Great North Woods
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152168261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152168261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316049271
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316049271
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
True North
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780545088022
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's 1858, and fourteen-year-old Lucy would rather go sailing with her grandfather than get ready for her sister's fancy, high-society wedding. Hundreds of miles south, a girl named Afrika is running for her life and her only guide is the North Star. After Lucy discovers her grandfather's secret life as a stationmaster for the Underground Railroad, she's unexpectedly called to action. Together, Lucy and Afrika will make a break for freedom, and together they must fight to keep each other on the right course - true north.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780545088022
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's 1858, and fourteen-year-old Lucy would rather go sailing with her grandfather than get ready for her sister's fancy, high-society wedding. Hundreds of miles south, a girl named Afrika is running for her life and her only guide is the North Star. After Lucy discovers her grandfather's secret life as a stationmaster for the Underground Railroad, she's unexpectedly called to action. Together, Lucy and Afrika will make a break for freedom, and together they must fight to keep each other on the right course - true north.
Dead Lies Dreaming
Author: Charles Stross
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250267013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
When magic and superpowers emerge in the masses, Wendy Deere is contracted by the government to bag and snag supervillains in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross' Dead Lies Dreaming: A Laundry Files Novel. As Wendy hunts down Imp—the cyberpunk head of a band calling themselves “The Lost Boys”— she is dragged into the schemes of louche billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge. Rupert has discovered that the sole surviving copy of the long-lost concordance to the one true Necronomicon is up for underground auction in London. He hires Imp’s sister, Eve, to procure it by any means necessary, and in the process, he encounters Wendy Deere. In a tale of corruption, assassination, thievery, and magic, Wendy Deere must navigate rotting mansions that lead to distant pasts, evil tycoons, corrupt government officials, lethal curses, and her own moral qualms in order to make it out of this chase alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250267013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
When magic and superpowers emerge in the masses, Wendy Deere is contracted by the government to bag and snag supervillains in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross' Dead Lies Dreaming: A Laundry Files Novel. As Wendy hunts down Imp—the cyberpunk head of a band calling themselves “The Lost Boys”— she is dragged into the schemes of louche billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge. Rupert has discovered that the sole surviving copy of the long-lost concordance to the one true Necronomicon is up for underground auction in London. He hires Imp’s sister, Eve, to procure it by any means necessary, and in the process, he encounters Wendy Deere. In a tale of corruption, assassination, thievery, and magic, Wendy Deere must navigate rotting mansions that lead to distant pasts, evil tycoons, corrupt government officials, lethal curses, and her own moral qualms in order to make it out of this chase alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Masks of the Spirit
Author: Peter T. Markman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520064188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (III) the metaphor of the mask after the conquest: syncretism; the Pre-Columbian survivals; the syncretic compromise; and today's masks. Over 100 color and black-&-white photos.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520064188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (III) the metaphor of the mask after the conquest: syncretism; the Pre-Columbian survivals; the syncretic compromise; and today's masks. Over 100 color and black-&-white photos.