Author: Jim Mockford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692066614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Kite that Touched the Sky
Author: Jim Mockford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692066614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692066614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Kite Flying
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307793273
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly. Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307793273
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly. Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure.
Palladia
Author: Mrs. Hugh Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Orphan Sky
Author: Ella Leya
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402298676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist Party. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she does it eagerly, determined to prove her worth to the Party. But Leila didn't anticipate the complications of meeting Tahir, the rebellious painter who owns the music shop. His jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Just when she begins to fall in love with both the West and Tahir, her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402298676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist Party. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she does it eagerly, determined to prove her worth to the Party. But Leila didn't anticipate the complications of meeting Tahir, the rebellious painter who owns the music shop. His jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Just when she begins to fall in love with both the West and Tahir, her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.
Grug and His Music
Author: Ted Prior
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925310868
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
March to the beat of your own drum, just like Grug! This classic Aussie hero is back from the bush to enchant a new generation of youngsters!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925310868
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
March to the beat of your own drum, just like Grug! This classic Aussie hero is back from the bush to enchant a new generation of youngsters!
Touch the Sky
Author: Harold Livingston
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780688077198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Blend of fiction and history. Tale of the men who struggled to create the modern airline industry.
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780688077198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Blend of fiction and history. Tale of the men who struggled to create the modern airline industry.
Some Like It Real: Poetry Unleashed
Author: Lee Roberts
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456892975
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Take a purposeful step away from the safety of your front porch. Today is just another day of trying to navigate your way through the toilsome maze of your workaday world. Or is it? At any rate, here and there are scattered the mystical, magical portals, entryways into otherworldly realms consisting mainly of the offbeat and extraordinary. However, on the way to these amazingly funky worlds, you may want to take a detour onto leaf-strewn paths that will lead you to meditative strolls beside rippling streams then on to the high country grandeur of a sparkling alpine lake. Proceed from there to explore a silent and shadowy wood where a snapping twig at the twilight hour will give you goose bumps. Just don’t get too close to the precipice of no return and beware the inquisitive jaws of hungry night prowlers. Your overactive imagination getting to you? Playful references aside, it’s the vagaries of everyday life that can prove even more of a challenge, but nothing’s perfect, right? Thank goodness for life’s little twists and turns. How dreadfully boring it would be without them! Read on and step into a richly woven tapestry of the magical and mundane . . . the fabric of our worldly lives; set to the sometimes familiar, often times fantastic gyroscope of poetry.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456892975
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Take a purposeful step away from the safety of your front porch. Today is just another day of trying to navigate your way through the toilsome maze of your workaday world. Or is it? At any rate, here and there are scattered the mystical, magical portals, entryways into otherworldly realms consisting mainly of the offbeat and extraordinary. However, on the way to these amazingly funky worlds, you may want to take a detour onto leaf-strewn paths that will lead you to meditative strolls beside rippling streams then on to the high country grandeur of a sparkling alpine lake. Proceed from there to explore a silent and shadowy wood where a snapping twig at the twilight hour will give you goose bumps. Just don’t get too close to the precipice of no return and beware the inquisitive jaws of hungry night prowlers. Your overactive imagination getting to you? Playful references aside, it’s the vagaries of everyday life that can prove even more of a challenge, but nothing’s perfect, right? Thank goodness for life’s little twists and turns. How dreadfully boring it would be without them! Read on and step into a richly woven tapestry of the magical and mundane . . . the fabric of our worldly lives; set to the sometimes familiar, often times fantastic gyroscope of poetry.
Secret Sky Garden
Author: Linda Sarah
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471119270
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
A startlingly original picture book about a little girl who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop Funni loves the old, disused car park, and spends a lot of time there flying her kite and playing her recorder. But something is missing. Definitely. So Funni decides to create a garden in the neglected space and after weeks of careful nurture, her garden in the sky takes shape. One day, a little boy, Zoo, spots the square of colour amongst the grey from an incoming flight, and decides to try to find it. And slowly, not only do Funni's flowers bloom, but a very special friendship blossoms too. Beautifully illustrated in line and watercolour by up-and-coming talent, Fiona Lumbers, this is a poignant and memorable story from award-winning author, Linda Sarah.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471119270
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
A startlingly original picture book about a little girl who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop Funni loves the old, disused car park, and spends a lot of time there flying her kite and playing her recorder. But something is missing. Definitely. So Funni decides to create a garden in the neglected space and after weeks of careful nurture, her garden in the sky takes shape. One day, a little boy, Zoo, spots the square of colour amongst the grey from an incoming flight, and decides to try to find it. And slowly, not only do Funni's flowers bloom, but a very special friendship blossoms too. Beautifully illustrated in line and watercolour by up-and-coming talent, Fiona Lumbers, this is a poignant and memorable story from award-winning author, Linda Sarah.
Circles of Creativity
Author: Camille Persin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463406606
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services. The guide covers apps for Apple and Android devices, including tablets. Each entry in this long-needed guide contains: (1) a basic summary of how each app operates, (2) at least one example of how that app can be used by a librarian, (3) one example of how it can help a library user access library services, (4) a section highlighting critical limitations and apps that may better serve a librarian's needs, and (5) the next possible iteration of the app. Entries are accompanied by a photo of the app in action, so this current guide is both descriptive and visual. Introductory and final chapters cover using apps in library settings and library services as well as what the future should bring in this area. This guide is intended as an introduction for those with little or no app experience and for those wanting to know more about app uses for information access.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463406606
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services. The guide covers apps for Apple and Android devices, including tablets. Each entry in this long-needed guide contains: (1) a basic summary of how each app operates, (2) at least one example of how that app can be used by a librarian, (3) one example of how it can help a library user access library services, (4) a section highlighting critical limitations and apps that may better serve a librarian's needs, and (5) the next possible iteration of the app. Entries are accompanied by a photo of the app in action, so this current guide is both descriptive and visual. Introductory and final chapters cover using apps in library settings and library services as well as what the future should bring in this area. This guide is intended as an introduction for those with little or no app experience and for those wanting to know more about app uses for information access.
Little Pilgrim
Author: Ko Un
Publisher: Parallax Press
ISBN: 9781888375435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A 1991 bestseller in South Korea, where it was serialized in that country's largest newspaper, Little Pilgrim is a tale of adventure and self-discovery in the tradition of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Based on the Gandavyuha, one of Buddhism's deepest and most challenging scriptures, Ko Un's Little Pilgrim relates the heroic journey of Sudhana, who sets out to discover what is truth. Throughout 20 years of fantastic travels, Sudhana encounters teachers that are human, animal, and spirit as he navigates mountain vistas, lush valleys, and remote villages. Drawing from his own 20-year journey, as well as first-hand experiences with war and monastic life, Ko Un infuses his book with reflections and memories, creating fascinating characters and a vibrant story. The pinnacle of Ko Un's career as a writer and as a man in search of truth, as well as the first of Ko Un's works of fiction to be translated into English, Little Pilgrim is a poignant voyage that resonates on many levels. "A man of great insight." —Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Parallax Press
ISBN: 9781888375435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A 1991 bestseller in South Korea, where it was serialized in that country's largest newspaper, Little Pilgrim is a tale of adventure and self-discovery in the tradition of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Based on the Gandavyuha, one of Buddhism's deepest and most challenging scriptures, Ko Un's Little Pilgrim relates the heroic journey of Sudhana, who sets out to discover what is truth. Throughout 20 years of fantastic travels, Sudhana encounters teachers that are human, animal, and spirit as he navigates mountain vistas, lush valleys, and remote villages. Drawing from his own 20-year journey, as well as first-hand experiences with war and monastic life, Ko Un infuses his book with reflections and memories, creating fascinating characters and a vibrant story. The pinnacle of Ko Un's career as a writer and as a man in search of truth, as well as the first of Ko Un's works of fiction to be translated into English, Little Pilgrim is a poignant voyage that resonates on many levels. "A man of great insight." —Thich Nhat Hanh