Author: Deborah Eisenberg
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062688790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from one of the great American masters of the form. At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah Eisenberg’s stories gently compel us to confront the most disturbing truths about ourselves—from our intimate lives as lovers, parents, and children, to our equally troubling roles as citizens on a violent, terrifying planet. Each of the six stories in Your Duck is My Duck, her first collection since 2006, has the heft and complexity of a novel. With her own inexorable but utterly unpredictable logic and her almost uncanny ability to conjure the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through her characters—a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny; a group of film actors shocked to read a book about their past; a privileged young man who unexpectedly falls into a love affair with a human rights worker caught up in an all-consuming quest that he doesn't understand. In Eisenberg’s world, the forces of money, sex, and power cannot be escaped, and the force of history, whether confronted or denied, cannot be evaded. No one writes better about time, tragedy and grief, and the indifferent but beautiful universe around us.
Your Duck Is My Duck
Author: Deborah Eisenberg
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062688790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from one of the great American masters of the form. At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah Eisenberg’s stories gently compel us to confront the most disturbing truths about ourselves—from our intimate lives as lovers, parents, and children, to our equally troubling roles as citizens on a violent, terrifying planet. Each of the six stories in Your Duck is My Duck, her first collection since 2006, has the heft and complexity of a novel. With her own inexorable but utterly unpredictable logic and her almost uncanny ability to conjure the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through her characters—a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny; a group of film actors shocked to read a book about their past; a privileged young man who unexpectedly falls into a love affair with a human rights worker caught up in an all-consuming quest that he doesn't understand. In Eisenberg’s world, the forces of money, sex, and power cannot be escaped, and the force of history, whether confronted or denied, cannot be evaded. No one writes better about time, tragedy and grief, and the indifferent but beautiful universe around us.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062688790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from one of the great American masters of the form. At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah Eisenberg’s stories gently compel us to confront the most disturbing truths about ourselves—from our intimate lives as lovers, parents, and children, to our equally troubling roles as citizens on a violent, terrifying planet. Each of the six stories in Your Duck is My Duck, her first collection since 2006, has the heft and complexity of a novel. With her own inexorable but utterly unpredictable logic and her almost uncanny ability to conjure the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through her characters—a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny; a group of film actors shocked to read a book about their past; a privileged young man who unexpectedly falls into a love affair with a human rights worker caught up in an all-consuming quest that he doesn't understand. In Eisenberg’s world, the forces of money, sex, and power cannot be escaped, and the force of history, whether confronted or denied, cannot be evaded. No one writes better about time, tragedy and grief, and the indifferent but beautiful universe around us.
Have You Seen Duck?
Author: Janet Anne Holmes
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545224888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
When Duck goes missing, a boy's favorite activities lose their appeal and he comes to know that he needs Duck just as much as Duck needs him.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545224888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
When Duck goes missing, a boy's favorite activities lose their appeal and he comes to know that he needs Duck just as much as Duck needs him.
That's Not My Donkey
Author: Fiona Watt
Publisher: That's Not My
ISBN: 9781474986892
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A fabulous addition to the best-selling Usborne Touchy-feely series, which boasts over 1 million sales worldwide. Bold illustrations, simple text and carefully chosen textures on every page, including fuzzy noses and tufty tails, are designed to help develop sensory awareness.
Publisher: That's Not My
ISBN: 9781474986892
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A fabulous addition to the best-selling Usborne Touchy-feely series, which boasts over 1 million sales worldwide. Bold illustrations, simple text and carefully chosen textures on every page, including fuzzy noses and tufty tails, are designed to help develop sensory awareness.
Little White Duck
Author: Andrés Vera Martínez
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761379630
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The world is changing for two girls in China in the 1970s. Da Qin— Big Piano —and her younger sister, Xiao Qin— Little Piano —live in the city of Wuhan with their parents. For decades, China's government had kept the country separated from the rest of the world. When their country's leader, Chairman Mao, dies, new opportunities begin to emerge. Da Qin and Xiao Qin soon learn that their childhood will be much different than the upbringing their parents experienced. Eight short stories—based on the author's own life—give readers a unique look at what it was like to grow up in China during this important time in history.
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761379630
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The world is changing for two girls in China in the 1970s. Da Qin— Big Piano —and her younger sister, Xiao Qin— Little Piano —live in the city of Wuhan with their parents. For decades, China's government had kept the country separated from the rest of the world. When their country's leader, Chairman Mao, dies, new opportunities begin to emerge. Da Qin and Xiao Qin soon learn that their childhood will be much different than the upbringing their parents experienced. Eight short stories—based on the author's own life—give readers a unique look at what it was like to grow up in China during this important time in history.
My Duck
Author: Tanya Linch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747548720
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A little girl at school is told to write a story. But she finds it hard to think of exciting things to write about - and her teacher doesn't always like what she has to say which means she has to think of something else to write about. But one of the stories that the little girl writes in school doesn't behave quite as it should and soon Duck is off having its own story come true. Then Duck is joined by a little girl with one wing and before the heroine knows what is happening her story has a life of its own. A charming and delightfully surprising story about writing stories that reminds all readers, young and old, not to underestimate the power of the imagination. Tanya Linch lives in London with her husband and young son. She says this picture book is based on her own memories of childhood. This is her first book for Bloomsbury.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747548720
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A little girl at school is told to write a story. But she finds it hard to think of exciting things to write about - and her teacher doesn't always like what she has to say which means she has to think of something else to write about. But one of the stories that the little girl writes in school doesn't behave quite as it should and soon Duck is off having its own story come true. Then Duck is joined by a little girl with one wing and before the heroine knows what is happening her story has a life of its own. A charming and delightfully surprising story about writing stories that reminds all readers, young and old, not to underestimate the power of the imagination. Tanya Linch lives in London with her husband and young son. She says this picture book is based on her own memories of childhood. This is her first book for Bloomsbury.
Duck
Author: Randy Cecil
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763630721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Duck, a carousel animal obsessed with flying, longs to soar among the real ducks and finds her life forever changed when she encounters a lost little duckling who needs her help.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763630721
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Duck, a carousel animal obsessed with flying, longs to soar among the real ducks and finds her life forever changed when she encounters a lost little duckling who needs her help.
Find the Duck
Author: Felicity Brooks
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794518042
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Illustrations and simple text encourage young readers to find the toy duck hiding in various places around the bathroom. On board pages.
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794518042
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Illustrations and simple text encourage young readers to find the toy duck hiding in various places around the bathroom. On board pages.
It's Useful to Have a Duck
Author: Isol
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780888999276
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A continuous folding story depicts a child's relationship with his duck, and on the reverse side, the duck's perspective on life with his boy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780888999276
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A continuous folding story depicts a child's relationship with his duck, and on the reverse side, the duck's perspective on life with his boy.
What's Up, Duck?
Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Random House Studio
ISBN: 0375847383
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The stars of the bestselling Duck & Goose books return in this board book for preschoolers, this time, to introduce basic opposites. Now an animated series, available to stream on Apple TV+! In this ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, Goose carries an oh-so-heavy log, while duck easily balances a light-as-a-feather feather. Thistle is one fast bird, but Goose is slooo-w. And when Duck is sound asleep, Goose is wide awake. With a simple text and colorful illustrations–plus the inimitable characters, of course–here’s a wonderful, and humorous, introduction to an important concept.
Publisher: Random House Studio
ISBN: 0375847383
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The stars of the bestselling Duck & Goose books return in this board book for preschoolers, this time, to introduce basic opposites. Now an animated series, available to stream on Apple TV+! In this ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, Goose carries an oh-so-heavy log, while duck easily balances a light-as-a-feather feather. Thistle is one fast bird, but Goose is slooo-w. And when Duck is sound asleep, Goose is wide awake. With a simple text and colorful illustrations–plus the inimitable characters, of course–here’s a wonderful, and humorous, introduction to an important concept.
A New Duck
Author: Pamela Hickman
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781550746136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In A New Duck, Paul visits a city park through the seasons and observes Mallard ducks as they develop from egg to duckling to fledgling. Children will enjoy reading the cumulative, sing-song verse patterned after ?The House that Jack Built,? and then peering under the flaps to learn interesting science facts. This book in the My First Look at series also contains a note to parents suggesting ways of exploring nature --- without disturbing it.
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781550746136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In A New Duck, Paul visits a city park through the seasons and observes Mallard ducks as they develop from egg to duckling to fledgling. Children will enjoy reading the cumulative, sing-song verse patterned after ?The House that Jack Built,? and then peering under the flaps to learn interesting science facts. This book in the My First Look at series also contains a note to parents suggesting ways of exploring nature --- without disturbing it.