The Dunderheads

The Dunderheads PDF Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763624985
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Junkyard, Einstein, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, Hollywood, Spitball, Clips, and Google-Eyes team up to try to outwit their teacher Miss Breakbone.

The Dunderheads

The Dunderheads PDF Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763624985
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Book Description
Junkyard, Einstein, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, Hollywood, Spitball, Clips, and Google-Eyes team up to try to outwit their teacher Miss Breakbone.

The Dunderheads Behind Bars

The Dunderheads Behind Bars PDF Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763645435
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

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The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.

A Cornucopia of Dunderheads

A Cornucopia of Dunderheads PDF Author: John Kennedy Toole
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692572375
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO IGNATIUS J. REILLY? In this parody of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole, John Kennedy Toole Jr. plunges Ignatius J. Reilly into a New York City winter wonderland, where our Falstaffian hero inadvertently becomes vice president of the Charlie Chan Chinese Fortune Cookie Company, and where he finds a recently unearthed slip of paper that contains an occult secret for overthrowing the governments of the world (in a most unusual way, of course). Ignatius's parodic adventures would not be complete without his nemesis-friend, Myrna Minkoff. Add to the mix her parents, Mr. Minkoff and Mrs. Minkoff, two inept government agents (is there a redundancy here?), Ignatius's mother, his mother's fiance, a virago or two, John Kennedy Toole, Ed Sullivan, and Myrna's concupiscent grandmother, Grandmother Horowitz, and you have the ingredients for a parody unlike any other ever written. With a foreword by Franz-Heinrich Katecki."

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces PDF Author: John Kennedy Toole
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802197620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).

Snook Alone

Snook Alone PDF Author: Marilyn Nelson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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A faithful little dog must survive on his own in the wild in this evocative tale of loss and reunion from acclaimed poet Marilyn Nelson and the inimitable Timothy Basil Ering. (Ages 4-7) Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a far, far away island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. Every day, from the wee hours of dawn till the sun sets over the sea, Snook keeps Abba Jacob company as he prays or works, tending the gardens or fixing the plumbing of the little hermitage he calls home. But when the two are separated by a ferocious storm, Snook must learn to fend for himself in the wild, all alone in a world of fierceness and wonder. Will he ever again hear the loving voice that he waits for? Simply and lyrically told by award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson and beautifully illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering with wit, warmth, and affection for the natural world, this captivating tale of friendship lost and found conveys the power of faith against all odds.

Weslandia

Weslandia PDF Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536228001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39

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"This fantastical picture book, like its hero, is bursting at the seams with creativity. . . . a vigorous shot in the arm to nonconformists everywhere" — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Enter the witty, intriguing world of Weslandia! Now that school is over, Wesley needs a summer project. He’s learned that each civilization needs a staple food crop, so he decides to sow a garden and start his own — civilization, that is. He turns over a plot of earth, and plants begin to grow. They soon tower above him and bear a curious-looking fruit. As Wesley experiments, he finds that the plant will provide food, clothing, shelter, and even recreation. It isn’t long before his neighbors and classmates develop more than an idle curiosity about Wesley — and exactly how he is spending his summer vacation.

Dateline

Dateline PDF Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763630845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81

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Book Description
Offers a retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Iraq War.

The Marvellous Land of Snergs

The Marvellous Land of Snergs PDF Author: Edward Augustin Wyke Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Book Description
Human children Joe and Sylvia have magical adventures in the land of the snergs, a race of people only slightly taller than the average table.

The Unadoptables

The Unadoptables PDF Author: Hana Tooke
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241417457
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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"A compelling, gorgeously-written story about the power of friendship and the true meaning of family . . . perfection!" Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike "A high-speed, witty, absurd and joyful adventure." Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers and The Good Thieves The remarkable. The extraordinary. The brave. Way back in the autumn of 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage in most unusual circumstances. Those babies are Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou. The vile matron calls the children 'the unadoptables' but this talented gang of best friends know that their individuality is what makes them so special - and so determined to stay together. When a sinister gentleman tries to get them in his clutches, the children make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam, embarking on an adventure packed with pirate ships and puppets. But is their real home - and their real family - already closer than they realize? "A corker of a story." Emma Carroll, author of Letters to the Lighthouse "A book to absolutely fall in love with." Cerrie Burnell, author of The Girl with the Shark's Teeth

The Boy and the Whale

The Boy and the Whale PDF Author: Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 1626725055
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Book Description
Abelardo defies his father's instructions and sets out to free a whale caught in their tangled fishing net.