Author: Pete Seeger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689718101
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Outcasts become heroes in this picture book adaptation of a South African lullaby and folk story. No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop Zoop Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.
Abiyoyo
Author: Pete Seeger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689718101
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Outcasts become heroes in this picture book adaptation of a South African lullaby and folk story. No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop Zoop Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689718101
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Outcasts become heroes in this picture book adaptation of a South African lullaby and folk story. No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop Zoop Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.
Abiyoyo Returns
Author: Pete Seeger
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756942762
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding. The little town that was once threatened by the giant Abiyoyo has grown by leaps and bounds. But now that the townspeople have chopped down all their trees, every year they have floods and droughts. Worse yet, there's a giant boulder blocking up the site of their new dam! Something has to be done. Well, the young boy who helped make Abiyoyo disappear way back when now has a little girl of his own. And she knows the only way to save the town: Bring back Abiyoyo to help move the boulder. "Bring back Abiyoyo?" the townspeople cry. "The giant that eats people up?" But the little girl has a plan for that, too. Fifteen years after Pete Seeger's storysong "Abiyoyo" came to life as a picture book, his beloved giant is back in a wonderful new story. With Michael Hays's brilliant illustrations and a sing-along score included, Abiyoyo Returns is destined to become a family favorite.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756942762
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding. The little town that was once threatened by the giant Abiyoyo has grown by leaps and bounds. But now that the townspeople have chopped down all their trees, every year they have floods and droughts. Worse yet, there's a giant boulder blocking up the site of their new dam! Something has to be done. Well, the young boy who helped make Abiyoyo disappear way back when now has a little girl of his own. And she knows the only way to save the town: Bring back Abiyoyo to help move the boulder. "Bring back Abiyoyo?" the townspeople cry. "The giant that eats people up?" But the little girl has a plan for that, too. Fifteen years after Pete Seeger's storysong "Abiyoyo" came to life as a picture book, his beloved giant is back in a wonderful new story. With Michael Hays's brilliant illustrations and a sing-along score included, Abiyoyo Returns is destined to become a family favorite.
The Gold Cadillac
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140389636
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family. 'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin. "A personal, poignant look at a black child's first experience with institutional racism."--The New York Times
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140389636
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family. 'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin. "A personal, poignant look at a black child's first experience with institutional racism."--The New York Times
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Volume 1)
Author: Kwame Mbalia
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368054412
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368054412
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book
Author: Pete Seeger
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156013116
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For children raised on Abiyoyo here's a cozy collection of old and new classics to share with parents. Each section is preceded by an introduction describing the origins of the stories. Also included is a brief afterword for each story, suggesting ways to personalize the stories for the reader's own family. The book ends with a collection of story beginnings to help anyone become a storyteller.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156013116
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For children raised on Abiyoyo here's a cozy collection of old and new classics to share with parents. Each section is preceded by an introduction describing the origins of the stories. Also included is a brief afterword for each story, suggesting ways to personalize the stories for the reader's own family. The book ends with a collection of story beginnings to help anyone become a storyteller.
Names for Snow
Author: Judi K. Beach
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A mouse describes snow to her child, using words which poetically reflect its many characteristics.
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A mouse describes snow to her child, using words which poetically reflect its many characteristics.
Here Come the Aliens!
Author: Colin McNaughton
Publisher: Walker Books Limited
ISBN: 9780744543940
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In this colourful picture book, the aliens are coming - in all shapes and sizes. But something frightens them off, and they vanish forever.
Publisher: Walker Books Limited
ISBN: 9780744543940
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In this colourful picture book, the aliens are coming - in all shapes and sizes. But something frightens them off, and they vanish forever.
The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas
Author:
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756993269
Category : Bilingual books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756993269
Category : Bilingual books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
The Butterfly Alphabet
Author: Kjell B. Sandved
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613184519
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces the letters of the alphabet through rhyming text and close-up examinations of letter-like markings on the wings of various species of butterflies.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613184519
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces the letters of the alphabet through rhyming text and close-up examinations of letter-like markings on the wings of various species of butterflies.
My Taxi Ride
Author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423600738
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Illustrations and rhythmic text describe the sights and sounds of a taxi ride in New York City.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423600738
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Illustrations and rhythmic text describe the sights and sounds of a taxi ride in New York City.