Author: Caylin Louis Moore
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400209927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass. A Dream to Big is for readers who want to … enjoy a compelling, true, hard-to-believe inspirational story; thoughtfully embrace a long-overdue conversation about equality and justice in America; and be inspired and find hope from a firsthand account of redemption through even the most painful life experiences. When Caylin Louis Moore was a young child, his mother gathered her three young children and fled an abusive marriage, landing in poverty in a heavily policed, gang-ridden community. When Moore’s mother suffered from health complications and a devastating experience in the hospital and his father was sentenced to life imprisonment, Moore was forced to enter adulthood prematurely. His hope was fueled by embracing his mother's steely faith in a brighter future. Moore skirted the gangs, the police, and the violence endemic to Compton to excel as a student and athlete, eventually reaching the pinnacles of academic achievement as a Rhodes Scholar. Moore's eye-opening, against-all-odds story reveals that there is no such thing as a dream too big.
A Dream Too Big
Author: Caylin Louis Moore
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400209927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass. A Dream to Big is for readers who want to … enjoy a compelling, true, hard-to-believe inspirational story; thoughtfully embrace a long-overdue conversation about equality and justice in America; and be inspired and find hope from a firsthand account of redemption through even the most painful life experiences. When Caylin Louis Moore was a young child, his mother gathered her three young children and fled an abusive marriage, landing in poverty in a heavily policed, gang-ridden community. When Moore’s mother suffered from health complications and a devastating experience in the hospital and his father was sentenced to life imprisonment, Moore was forced to enter adulthood prematurely. His hope was fueled by embracing his mother's steely faith in a brighter future. Moore skirted the gangs, the police, and the violence endemic to Compton to excel as a student and athlete, eventually reaching the pinnacles of academic achievement as a Rhodes Scholar. Moore's eye-opening, against-all-odds story reveals that there is no such thing as a dream too big.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400209927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass. A Dream to Big is for readers who want to … enjoy a compelling, true, hard-to-believe inspirational story; thoughtfully embrace a long-overdue conversation about equality and justice in America; and be inspired and find hope from a firsthand account of redemption through even the most painful life experiences. When Caylin Louis Moore was a young child, his mother gathered her three young children and fled an abusive marriage, landing in poverty in a heavily policed, gang-ridden community. When Moore’s mother suffered from health complications and a devastating experience in the hospital and his father was sentenced to life imprisonment, Moore was forced to enter adulthood prematurely. His hope was fueled by embracing his mother's steely faith in a brighter future. Moore skirted the gangs, the police, and the violence endemic to Compton to excel as a student and athlete, eventually reaching the pinnacles of academic achievement as a Rhodes Scholar. Moore's eye-opening, against-all-odds story reveals that there is no such thing as a dream too big.
The Rightful Heir
Author: Jefferson Knapp
Publisher: Kraken Books, Limited
ISBN: 9780984377152
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Three weeks have passed since King Benjamin, Paco and the others saved the kingdom at the end of the driveway. Farangis s carcass decays in the old ivy-covered barn. The kingdom is once again safe or is it? Talk of King Pugsly s long lost son fills the hall. Anticipation is setting in to declare the new king. Now, however, news out of Persly s Woods is that a massive gathering of animals in fear of another terror waits to be led safely to the kingdom. Benjamin Biggs must find King Pugsly s first-born son and devise a way to protect the kingdom from this new and greater threat.
Publisher: Kraken Books, Limited
ISBN: 9780984377152
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Three weeks have passed since King Benjamin, Paco and the others saved the kingdom at the end of the driveway. Farangis s carcass decays in the old ivy-covered barn. The kingdom is once again safe or is it? Talk of King Pugsly s long lost son fills the hall. Anticipation is setting in to declare the new king. Now, however, news out of Persly s Woods is that a massive gathering of animals in fear of another terror waits to be led safely to the kingdom. Benjamin Biggs must find King Pugsly s first-born son and devise a way to protect the kingdom from this new and greater threat.
Dream Something Big
Author: Dianna Hutts Aston
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101647973
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101647973
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.
A Dream So Big
Author: Steve Peifer
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310587158
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in thirty-five national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at twenty rural African schools. Steve and his wife, Nancy, were enjoying a successful management career with one of America’s high tech corporate giants during the dot-com boom of the 1990’s when, in 1997, he and his wife Nancy discovered they were pregnant with their third child. Tragically, doctors said a chromosomal condition left their baby “incompatible with life.” The Peifers only spent 8 days with baby Stephen before he died. Seeking to flee the pain, Steve and Nancy began a pilgrimage that thrust them into a third-world setting where daily life was often defined by tragedy—drought, disease, poverty, hunger, and death. They didn’t arrive in the service of any divine calling, but the truth of their surroundings spoke to their troubled hearts. A short-term, 12-month mission assignment as dorm parents for a Kenyan boarding school turned this ordinary man into the most unlikely internationally recognized hero, and his story will inspire you to pursue similar lives of service.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310587158
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in thirty-five national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at twenty rural African schools. Steve and his wife, Nancy, were enjoying a successful management career with one of America’s high tech corporate giants during the dot-com boom of the 1990’s when, in 1997, he and his wife Nancy discovered they were pregnant with their third child. Tragically, doctors said a chromosomal condition left their baby “incompatible with life.” The Peifers only spent 8 days with baby Stephen before he died. Seeking to flee the pain, Steve and Nancy began a pilgrimage that thrust them into a third-world setting where daily life was often defined by tragedy—drought, disease, poverty, hunger, and death. They didn’t arrive in the service of any divine calling, but the truth of their surroundings spoke to their troubled hearts. A short-term, 12-month mission assignment as dorm parents for a Kenyan boarding school turned this ordinary man into the most unlikely internationally recognized hero, and his story will inspire you to pursue similar lives of service.
No Such Thing as Too Big a Dream
Author: J. Recinos
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781461069119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
No Such Thing as Too Big a Dream is a book of carefully chosen quotes to live by.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781461069119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
No Such Thing as Too Big a Dream is a book of carefully chosen quotes to live by.
Dream Big
Author: Deloris Jordan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442412704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
From the age of nine, Michael dreams of playing basketball for the United States in the Olympics, and with hard work and his mother's encouragement, he realizes his dream. Full color.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442412704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
From the age of nine, Michael dreams of playing basketball for the United States in the Olympics, and with hard work and his mother's encouragement, he realizes his dream. Full color.
Long Shot
Author: Chris Paul
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416958207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416958207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
There's No Dream Too Tall
Author: Amie Dean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937870669
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Believe in Yourself and Your Dream Will Find You! By showing kids that their different strengths can help them become who they want to be, we give them the power and permission to dream.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937870669
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Believe in Yourself and Your Dream Will Find You! By showing kids that their different strengths can help them become who they want to be, we give them the power and permission to dream.
God Has a Dream for Your Life
Author: Sheila Walsh
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418575615
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
It's never too late to remember who you are, it's never too late to dream big dreams and discover that God loves you in ways you cannot yet imagine. Do you dare believe in a God who wants to make your dreams come true? It seems like there is no time to dream these days. Yet the Bible is full of dreamers?those who exchanged their old dreams for new ones, and those who received unexpected dreams from God that changed the course of history. Best-selling author Sheila Walsh gives warm hearted stories of real people, interwoven with biblical insight, to help you discover God's dream for your life.
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418575615
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
It's never too late to remember who you are, it's never too late to dream big dreams and discover that God loves you in ways you cannot yet imagine. Do you dare believe in a God who wants to make your dreams come true? It seems like there is no time to dream these days. Yet the Bible is full of dreamers?those who exchanged their old dreams for new ones, and those who received unexpected dreams from God that changed the course of history. Best-selling author Sheila Walsh gives warm hearted stories of real people, interwoven with biblical insight, to help you discover God's dream for your life.
Dream Big, Little Pig!
Author: Kristi Yamaguchi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402252773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Inspire kids of all ages to never give up and always dream big with Dream Big Little Pig, the New York Times bestselling ice skating picture book from Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi! Poppy is a pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that's not as easy as it sounds. It's only when Poppy feels the magic of gliding and sliding, swirling and twirling on ice that she truly believes in herself: Poppy, star of the rink! Dream Big Little Pig is the perfect book to inspire little girls with big dreams. It makes a wonderful ice skating gift for girls!
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402252773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Inspire kids of all ages to never give up and always dream big with Dream Big Little Pig, the New York Times bestselling ice skating picture book from Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi! Poppy is a pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that's not as easy as it sounds. It's only when Poppy feels the magic of gliding and sliding, swirling and twirling on ice that she truly believes in herself: Poppy, star of the rink! Dream Big Little Pig is the perfect book to inspire little girls with big dreams. It makes a wonderful ice skating gift for girls!