Author: Jackie French
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9781460751794
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Why does Millie the echidna adore ants?
Millie Loves Ants
Author: Jackie French
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9781460751794
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Why does Millie the echidna adore ants?
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9781460751794
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Why does Millie the echidna adore ants?
Not Just Words of Love
Author: Elizabeth Pavlicek Jarvis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503554333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
After a year of college and at the beginning of summer 1968, Olga Orsak was ready to return to the cotton farm she and her sister called home. During the drive from Houston to the farm, Margaret, her sister, reminded her, As soon as summer is over, youll be ready to leave the slave fields. Olga, with the memory of her college boyfriend in her head, returned to the farm feeling responsible to help in the care of her severely handicapped sister, Agnes. In addition, in the absence of her older brother, who had recently turned hippie, her father would need help with fieldwork. They had always chopped and picked cotton during the summer, and this summer would be no different. It would be an ordinary summer. But her world turned upside down in the events of that summer, beginning with the arrival of a stranger, a young man named Jon Cove, who wanted to work on the farm. In the beginning she resented his presence, angry that he had encroached into her world where Czech was the first language and the care of her handicapped sister was her first priority. She was conflicted with the realization that despite the fact she loved Richard, she was becoming extremely attracted to John, despite his reluctance to share his story. Eventually, when Jon shares that he has returned from Vietnam, Olga naively lays on him the guilt of the Vietnam conflict and her own bias, but that doesnt stop him from taking her to a polka dance and the beach on the Gulf Coast. She, in turn, shows him how to grind poppy seeds and pick roasting ears. He plays the harmonica for Agnes and repairs a kitchen window fan for her mother in between working with Olga in the field, chopping, and then picking cotton. In the ordinary life on the cotton farm, historic events and a changing social attitude also flowed like a river through Olgas summer of 1968 and sometimes buffeted her violentlythe assassination of Robert Kennedy, the invasion of Czechoslovakia, a murder, the Vietnam protesters, a classmate of Olga dying in the jungles of Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movement. When summer ends, and in the absence of Agnes and Jon, Olga returns to Margarets apartment in Houston knowing that the summer of 1968 was no ordinary summer; it was living through a profound learning summer.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503554333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
After a year of college and at the beginning of summer 1968, Olga Orsak was ready to return to the cotton farm she and her sister called home. During the drive from Houston to the farm, Margaret, her sister, reminded her, As soon as summer is over, youll be ready to leave the slave fields. Olga, with the memory of her college boyfriend in her head, returned to the farm feeling responsible to help in the care of her severely handicapped sister, Agnes. In addition, in the absence of her older brother, who had recently turned hippie, her father would need help with fieldwork. They had always chopped and picked cotton during the summer, and this summer would be no different. It would be an ordinary summer. But her world turned upside down in the events of that summer, beginning with the arrival of a stranger, a young man named Jon Cove, who wanted to work on the farm. In the beginning she resented his presence, angry that he had encroached into her world where Czech was the first language and the care of her handicapped sister was her first priority. She was conflicted with the realization that despite the fact she loved Richard, she was becoming extremely attracted to John, despite his reluctance to share his story. Eventually, when Jon shares that he has returned from Vietnam, Olga naively lays on him the guilt of the Vietnam conflict and her own bias, but that doesnt stop him from taking her to a polka dance and the beach on the Gulf Coast. She, in turn, shows him how to grind poppy seeds and pick roasting ears. He plays the harmonica for Agnes and repairs a kitchen window fan for her mother in between working with Olga in the field, chopping, and then picking cotton. In the ordinary life on the cotton farm, historic events and a changing social attitude also flowed like a river through Olgas summer of 1968 and sometimes buffeted her violentlythe assassination of Robert Kennedy, the invasion of Czechoslovakia, a murder, the Vietnam protesters, a classmate of Olga dying in the jungles of Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movement. When summer ends, and in the absence of Agnes and Jon, Olga returns to Margarets apartment in Houston knowing that the summer of 1968 was no ordinary summer; it was living through a profound learning summer.
Hey, Little Ant
Author: Phillip Hoose
Publisher: Tricycle Press
ISBN: 1883672546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The perfect tool to help inspire compassion in our world’s youth.” —Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist A hilarious picture book that poses the eternal question: To squish or not to squish? With a meaningful message about the importance of caring for creatures big and small, this is a perfect book for Earth Day and year round. What would you do if the ant you were about to step on looked up and started talking? Would you stop and listen? That’s what happens in this funny, thought-provoking book. First composed as a song by a father-daughter team, this suprising conversation between a tiny ant and a little girl is sure to inspire discussions about caring, kindness, and respect for both animals and humans.
Publisher: Tricycle Press
ISBN: 1883672546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The perfect tool to help inspire compassion in our world’s youth.” —Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist A hilarious picture book that poses the eternal question: To squish or not to squish? With a meaningful message about the importance of caring for creatures big and small, this is a perfect book for Earth Day and year round. What would you do if the ant you were about to step on looked up and started talking? Would you stop and listen? That’s what happens in this funny, thought-provoking book. First composed as a song by a father-daughter team, this suprising conversation between a tiny ant and a little girl is sure to inspire discussions about caring, kindness, and respect for both animals and humans.
Love Overcomes All II
Author: Verdan Carbon
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 143891153X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Dave Stagetto goes missing, even though his best boyhood friend, Billy, knows something, but keeps it a secret. While the small town of Hadley grieves for a short time, Dave's mother falls deeper into depression to the very core of her soul. She suspects something just does not make sense, but is not sure what. Worse of all, the haunted memories, thought to be discarded with time, emerge twenty years later to everyone's surprise. Childhood relationships change as people grow older, often times in strange and surprising ways. The search for the truth shifts between San Diego, California and Lisbon, Portugal until the terrible secret is unveiled. This is a riveting suspense thriller.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 143891153X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Dave Stagetto goes missing, even though his best boyhood friend, Billy, knows something, but keeps it a secret. While the small town of Hadley grieves for a short time, Dave's mother falls deeper into depression to the very core of her soul. She suspects something just does not make sense, but is not sure what. Worse of all, the haunted memories, thought to be discarded with time, emerge twenty years later to everyone's surprise. Childhood relationships change as people grow older, often times in strange and surprising ways. The search for the truth shifts between San Diego, California and Lisbon, Portugal until the terrible secret is unveiled. This is a riveting suspense thriller.
Millie's Marvellous Hat
Author: Satoshi Kitamura
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
ISBN: 1467744190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Millie loves hats, but she can't afford to buy any of the beautiful ones in the hat shop. But the shopkeeper has an idea. He produces a box containing an amazing hat with the most perfect shape and color imaginable—if Millie dares to imagine it. Millie does dare, and soon she sees not only her own marvellous hat, but everyone else's hats as well.
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
ISBN: 1467744190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Millie loves hats, but she can't afford to buy any of the beautiful ones in the hat shop. But the shopkeeper has an idea. He produces a box containing an amazing hat with the most perfect shape and color imaginable—if Millie dares to imagine it. Millie does dare, and soon she sees not only her own marvellous hat, but everyone else's hats as well.
The Amelia Six
Author: Kristin L. Gray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534418873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“A cozy whodunit that cheerfully affirms girls’ and women’s contributions to aerospace.” —Kirkus Reviews Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them before the night is over in this girl-powered middle grade mystery. Eleven-year-old Amelia Ashford—Millie to her friends (if she had any, that is)—doesn’t realize just how much adventure awaits her when she’s given the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend the night in Amelia Earhart’s childhood home with five other girls. Make that five strangers. But Millie’s mom is a pilot like the famous Amelia, and Millie would love to have something to write to her about…if only she had her address. Once at Amelia’s house in Atchison, Kansas, Millie stumbles upon a display of Amelia’s famous flight goggles. She can’t believe her good luck, since they’re about to be relocated to a fancy museum in Washington, DC. But her luck changes quickly when the goggles disappear, and Millie was the last to see them. Soon, fingers are pointing in all directions, and someone falls strangely ill. Suddenly, a fun night of scavenger hunts and sweets takes a nosedive and the girls aren’t sure who to trust. With a blizzard raging outside and a house full of suspects, the girls have no choice but to band together. It’s up to the Amelia Six to find the culprit and return the goggles to their rightful place. Or the next body to collapse could be one of theirs.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534418873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“A cozy whodunit that cheerfully affirms girls’ and women’s contributions to aerospace.” —Kirkus Reviews Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them before the night is over in this girl-powered middle grade mystery. Eleven-year-old Amelia Ashford—Millie to her friends (if she had any, that is)—doesn’t realize just how much adventure awaits her when she’s given the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend the night in Amelia Earhart’s childhood home with five other girls. Make that five strangers. But Millie’s mom is a pilot like the famous Amelia, and Millie would love to have something to write to her about…if only she had her address. Once at Amelia’s house in Atchison, Kansas, Millie stumbles upon a display of Amelia’s famous flight goggles. She can’t believe her good luck, since they’re about to be relocated to a fancy museum in Washington, DC. But her luck changes quickly when the goggles disappear, and Millie was the last to see them. Soon, fingers are pointing in all directions, and someone falls strangely ill. Suddenly, a fun night of scavenger hunts and sweets takes a nosedive and the girls aren’t sure who to trust. With a blizzard raging outside and a house full of suspects, the girls have no choice but to band together. It’s up to the Amelia Six to find the culprit and return the goggles to their rightful place. Or the next body to collapse could be one of theirs.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...
Author: Davide Cali
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145214074X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
First, some giant ants steal breakfast. Then there are the evil ninjas, massive ape, mysterious mole people, giant blob, and countless other daunting (and astonishing) detours along the way to school. Are these excuses really why this student is late? Or is there another explanation that is even more outrageous than the rest? From Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the critically acclaimed author/illustrator team behind I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . comes a fast-paced, actionpacked, laugh-out-loud story about finding the way to school despite the odds—and the unbelievable oddness! Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145214074X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
First, some giant ants steal breakfast. Then there are the evil ninjas, massive ape, mysterious mole people, giant blob, and countless other daunting (and astonishing) detours along the way to school. Are these excuses really why this student is late? Or is there another explanation that is even more outrageous than the rest? From Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the critically acclaimed author/illustrator team behind I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . comes a fast-paced, actionpacked, laugh-out-loud story about finding the way to school despite the odds—and the unbelievable oddness! Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
The Hairy-nosed Wombats Find a New Home
Author: Jackie French
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732295486
Category : Australian stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
THE HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS FIND A NEW HOME is a charmingly humorous picture book for young children about the endangered hairy nosed wombat and the search for a new home for them. Ages: 4-8 Once upon a time, deep underground, there was a colony of wonderfully whiskery wombats who all had hairy noses. They lived in the only home for Hairy-nosed Wombats in the world. Could there ever be another home for Hairy-noses? Created by wombat-loving and award-winning duo, author and Australian Children's Laureate Jackie French and illustrator Sue deGennaro, this is the (almost) true story of how finding a happy new home for Hairy-nosed Wombats helped one of the world's most endangered species to breed and thrive again. All author royalties are being donated towards wombat research and care.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732295486
Category : Australian stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
THE HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS FIND A NEW HOME is a charmingly humorous picture book for young children about the endangered hairy nosed wombat and the search for a new home for them. Ages: 4-8 Once upon a time, deep underground, there was a colony of wonderfully whiskery wombats who all had hairy noses. They lived in the only home for Hairy-nosed Wombats in the world. Could there ever be another home for Hairy-noses? Created by wombat-loving and award-winning duo, author and Australian Children's Laureate Jackie French and illustrator Sue deGennaro, this is the (almost) true story of how finding a happy new home for Hairy-nosed Wombats helped one of the world's most endangered species to breed and thrive again. All author royalties are being donated towards wombat research and care.
Millie's Adventures
Author: Gail Popp
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462843379
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Millies Adventures is a collection of fictional short stories that provide a glimpse of life through the eyes of an eager ten-year-old girl in rural West Virginia in 1944. The events, which begin in January with an unusually big snowstorm, continue through the spring and summer and end with Millies first day of school in a one-room-school house in September. Millies experiences and adventures are drawn from the authors childhood and are true to the spirit of life on the farm for that period of time. Millie slay rides with her sisters in winter, helps to solve a mystery, is responsible for farm animals, visits her elderly neighbor and grandmother, works on the farm in summer, plays with her sisters and cousins, learns a valuable lesson concerning wild animals and attends a one-room school. This historical fiction reflects the close family ties that were present in their lives and that may be more difficult to find in rural West Virginia today.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462843379
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Millies Adventures is a collection of fictional short stories that provide a glimpse of life through the eyes of an eager ten-year-old girl in rural West Virginia in 1944. The events, which begin in January with an unusually big snowstorm, continue through the spring and summer and end with Millies first day of school in a one-room-school house in September. Millies experiences and adventures are drawn from the authors childhood and are true to the spirit of life on the farm for that period of time. Millie slay rides with her sisters in winter, helps to solve a mystery, is responsible for farm animals, visits her elderly neighbor and grandmother, works on the farm in summer, plays with her sisters and cousins, learns a valuable lesson concerning wild animals and attends a one-room school. This historical fiction reflects the close family ties that were present in their lives and that may be more difficult to find in rural West Virginia today.
Stay
Author: Kate Klise
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250179343
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Eli the dog has been with Astrid since her parents brought her home from the hospital as a baby. Now Astrid is getting older, and so is Eli. Before he slows down too much, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him. So she makes a bucket list for Eli, which includes experiences such as eating with him in a restaurant, and taking him down a slide at the playground. But in the end, what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid, whom he loves dearly. In Stay, sisters Kate and M. Sarah Klise have created a story that reminds readers of all ages that time with our loved ones is the most precious gift of all.
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250179343
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Eli the dog has been with Astrid since her parents brought her home from the hospital as a baby. Now Astrid is getting older, and so is Eli. Before he slows down too much, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him. So she makes a bucket list for Eli, which includes experiences such as eating with him in a restaurant, and taking him down a slide at the playground. But in the end, what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid, whom he loves dearly. In Stay, sisters Kate and M. Sarah Klise have created a story that reminds readers of all ages that time with our loved ones is the most precious gift of all.