Author: Nikki Stone
Publisher: Wordclay
ISBN: 1600376754
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Olympic gold medalist Stone has gathered humorous, heartwarming, and hugely inspirational tales from some of today's most brilliant leaders, scientists, athletes, and entrepreneurs who offer advice on what it takes to be a success.
When Turtles Fly
Author: Nikki Stone
Publisher: Wordclay
ISBN: 1600376754
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Olympic gold medalist Stone has gathered humorous, heartwarming, and hugely inspirational tales from some of today's most brilliant leaders, scientists, athletes, and entrepreneurs who offer advice on what it takes to be a success.
Publisher: Wordclay
ISBN: 1600376754
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Olympic gold medalist Stone has gathered humorous, heartwarming, and hugely inspirational tales from some of today's most brilliant leaders, scientists, athletes, and entrepreneurs who offer advice on what it takes to be a success.
When Turtles Fly
Author: Nikki Stone
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1600378013
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Olympic skiing champion Nikki Stone shares her own inspirational story and those of Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Young, Lindsey Vonn, Lester Holt, and others . . . Did you know you have better odds at winning the lottery than an Olympic medal? To bring home one of those coveted medals—or achieve any great personal goal in life—you need a lot more than luck. You need a game plan. What if you could learn the secrets of success from an Olympian? A Nobel Prize winner? A Fortune 500 CEO? Along with anecdotes from her own dramatic journey, Olympic gold medalist Nikki Stone has compiled a treasure trove of compelling stories to illustrate each step on the path to success. She’s gathered humorous, heartwarming and hugely inspirational tales from some of today’s most brilliant business leaders, scientists, soldiers, inventors, philanthropists, musicians, athletes and entrepreneurs . . . a host of people whose very names epitomize achievement. “Even after my many successful years in business and politics, I was still able to gain a great deal of inspiration and helpful advice from Nikki Stone and her incredible contributors.” —Mitt Romney, business executive and former presidential candidate “These inspirational stories and lessons will challenge readers to overcome their personal obstacles to success and encourage them to achieve their potential.” —Dick Marriott, chairman Host Hotels and Resorts
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1600378013
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Olympic skiing champion Nikki Stone shares her own inspirational story and those of Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Young, Lindsey Vonn, Lester Holt, and others . . . Did you know you have better odds at winning the lottery than an Olympic medal? To bring home one of those coveted medals—or achieve any great personal goal in life—you need a lot more than luck. You need a game plan. What if you could learn the secrets of success from an Olympian? A Nobel Prize winner? A Fortune 500 CEO? Along with anecdotes from her own dramatic journey, Olympic gold medalist Nikki Stone has compiled a treasure trove of compelling stories to illustrate each step on the path to success. She’s gathered humorous, heartwarming and hugely inspirational tales from some of today’s most brilliant business leaders, scientists, soldiers, inventors, philanthropists, musicians, athletes and entrepreneurs . . . a host of people whose very names epitomize achievement. “Even after my many successful years in business and politics, I was still able to gain a great deal of inspiration and helpful advice from Nikki Stone and her incredible contributors.” —Mitt Romney, business executive and former presidential candidate “These inspirational stories and lessons will challenge readers to overcome their personal obstacles to success and encourage them to achieve their potential.” —Dick Marriott, chairman Host Hotels and Resorts
Turtle Boy
Author: M. Evan Wolkenstein
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593121589
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder. It's the year of Will Levine's bar mitzvah, and for his community service project, he's expected to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. Will can't think of anything worse, mainly because he will have to face his fear of hospitals. Life in the seventh grade isn't much easier. The kids are relentless--they bully Will because of his funny looking chin. When Will and RJ first meet, they DO NOT get along. Then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on RJ's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell. "Everyone deserves a friend like Will Levine." --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593121589
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder. It's the year of Will Levine's bar mitzvah, and for his community service project, he's expected to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. Will can't think of anything worse, mainly because he will have to face his fear of hospitals. Life in the seventh grade isn't much easier. The kids are relentless--they bully Will because of his funny looking chin. When Will and RJ first meet, they DO NOT get along. Then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on RJ's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell. "Everyone deserves a friend like Will Levine." --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale
The Turtle who Wanted to Fly
Author: Kayla Glaser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735245614
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this funny and inspirational picture book, Tiptoe the turtle learns that not every dream is easy for everyone. If he wants to succeed at his strange new goal of flying, he needs to be proud of his progress- no matter how long it takes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735245614
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this funny and inspirational picture book, Tiptoe the turtle learns that not every dream is easy for everyone. If he wants to succeed at his strange new goal of flying, he needs to be proud of his progress- no matter how long it takes.
Turtle's Flying Lesson
Author: Diane Redfield Massie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780448262291
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Feeling Turtle's life is boring, Grouse and Pheasant persuade him to take a flying lesson.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780448262291
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Feeling Turtle's life is boring, Grouse and Pheasant persuade him to take a flying lesson.
Turtle's Song
Author: Alan Brown
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702231537
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
I am Turtle. My eyes are black, my shell is green. Wide ocean calls me, as I lie curled in the dark. Tides roar in my blood, surf pounds in my heart. A lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own. Award winning illustrator Kim Toft's magnificent silk painting perfectly capture the precarious life of the Green Turtle, while author Alan Brown's poignant, mythical story sounds a hymn to this ancient but now endangered creature.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702231537
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
I am Turtle. My eyes are black, my shell is green. Wide ocean calls me, as I lie curled in the dark. Tides roar in my blood, surf pounds in my heart. A lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own. Award winning illustrator Kim Toft's magnificent silk painting perfectly capture the precarious life of the Green Turtle, while author Alan Brown's poignant, mythical story sounds a hymn to this ancient but now endangered creature.
Spiritual Literacy
Author: Frederic Brussat
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684835347
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This collection presents "more than 650 readings about daily life from present-day authors ..."--Inside jacket flap.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684835347
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This collection presents "more than 650 readings about daily life from present-day authors ..."--Inside jacket flap.
Terry the Flying Turtle
Author: Anna Wilson
Publisher: Evans Brothers
ISBN: 9780237527747
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Terry the turtle wants to fly, and he doesn't like it wheb Polly the chimp laughs at him. But when a parrot helps, things start to look good for Terry.
Publisher: Evans Brothers
ISBN: 9780237527747
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Terry the turtle wants to fly, and he doesn't like it wheb Polly the chimp laughs at him. But when a parrot helps, things start to look good for Terry.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 0385373635
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 0385373635
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.
Maximillian Fly
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062571184
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly—a human with cockroach features—whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Adam Gidwitz. Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him. He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide. Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible? Maximillian Fly is a masterful story brimming with suspense, plot twists, and phenomenal world building. This compelling novel delves into family dynamics and themes of prejudice, making the case for tolerance, empathy, and understanding. * Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List * New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Selection * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062571184
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly—a human with cockroach features—whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Adam Gidwitz. Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him. He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide. Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible? Maximillian Fly is a masterful story brimming with suspense, plot twists, and phenomenal world building. This compelling novel delves into family dynamics and themes of prejudice, making the case for tolerance, empathy, and understanding. * Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List * New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Selection * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *