Author: Suzanne Selfors
Publisher: Imprint
ISBN: 1250183855
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In the spirit of Roald Dahl, Suzanne Selfors spins a wonderful and weird middle-grade tale filled with friendship and magic—now in an entirely new package! Ten-year-old Isabelle lives in Runny Cove where it’s always raining and the whole world has turned gray. When she gets a mysterious visitor with news of an unexpected inheritance, she leaps at the chance to a place full of sunshine . . . and magic! There, magic grows into cherries that cure ills and fronds that make her fly. But when Isabelle feels the call to return to Runny Cove and use the magic of the farm to stop the rain, her loyalty is put to the test. Can she choose between her new home and the one she left behind? In the spirit of Roald Dahl, Suzanne Selfors spins a wonderful and weird middle grade tale. Now in an entirely new package! An Imprint Book “Fortune’s Magic Farm is a love apple for all readers, delicious and magical.” —Grace Lin, Newbery Honor author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon “Few authors have ever come close to being compared to Dahl, and nobody has his distinctive flavor. One of the very few authors to do so would have to be Suzanne Selfors....A pure pleasure to read for child and adult alike.” —Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal, A Fuse #8 Production “Placing an indomitable character in situations as bleak as they are absurd, Selfors has written a darkly comic adventure in the tradition of Roald Dahl.” —Junior Library Guild “Beautiful writing, quirky characters, and an imaginative plot...make this a good choice, showing how one little girl can use her spirit to save the world.” —Booklist “Readers will cheer for Isabelle throughout the story.” —School Library Journal “Readers will cozy up to the tale’s quirky characters and enjoy the many twists and turns of this magical adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews “Hand this to fans of Eva Ibbotson, to kids who like their magic with some meat to it, and to adults who want a fabulous read-aloud.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “This quirky book...is full of silly songs and vivid secondary characters.” —The Seattle Times Junior Library Guild Award Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List (2012–13) Kansas’s William Allen White Children’s Book Award List (2011–12) 2009 Austin Waldorf Children’s Choice Award, Gold Medal in the third- and fourth-grade category
Rock What Ya Got
Author: Samantha Berger
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316561460
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A child reminds everyone to embrace their own special something in this joyful expression of self-love. When a drawing of a little girl comes to life, she boldly declares that she doesn't want to be erased, or put into a picture that doesn't feel like her true self. Instead, she decides to speak up in a powerful way. And she has some words of advice: embrace what you have, love yourself, and "rock what ya got." In this affirmation of self-identity and girl power, a child's memorable mantra offers a timeless lesson, reminding readers of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities that it's okay to be yourself. Bold illustrations from Kerascoët (Malala's Magic Pencil) bring the engaging story to life.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316561460
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A child reminds everyone to embrace their own special something in this joyful expression of self-love. When a drawing of a little girl comes to life, she boldly declares that she doesn't want to be erased, or put into a picture that doesn't feel like her true self. Instead, she decides to speak up in a powerful way. And she has some words of advice: embrace what you have, love yourself, and "rock what ya got." In this affirmation of self-identity and girl power, a child's memorable mantra offers a timeless lesson, reminding readers of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities that it's okay to be yourself. Bold illustrations from Kerascoët (Malala's Magic Pencil) bring the engaging story to life.
Rock What You've Got
Author: Katherine Schwarzenegger
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401396232
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
From Katherine Schwarzenegger comes ROCK WHAT YOU'VE GOT, a hip, empowering, get-real guide to loving the body you're in. For young women today, developing a healthy body image can be a challenge. Yet Katherine Schwarzenegger has done just that. She has been there . . . and back, and has come not only to accept but to love her curvy, powerful, smart, sexy, and happy self. She wants to help other girls do the same-recognize their own beauty, both inside and out. An estimated 8 million Americans have an eating disorder. Seven million of those are young women, and more and more of them are girls. Girls are increasingly growing dissatisfied with their bodies, trying to change them and fit into some image or mold of perfection that is impossible to achieve. Where are they getting this from? The answer is clear: their moms, sisters, friends, frenemies, television, movies, magazines, and every other media outlet imaginable. When you open a magazine or watch a movie, what kind of girls do you see? Skinny ones! Impossibly perfect girls with immaculate bodies. Everywhere they look, girls are inundated with carefully airbrushed, highly inaccurate images of the female body. It's no wonder they feel something's wrong with them! In this down-to-earth, reassuring, and fun book, Katherine calls for a new way of seeing what is beautiful. Packed with informative facts, moving personal anecdotes from Katherine's life, and the voices of other Rock What You've Got women, her book celebrates the female form, whatever the size, and inspires girls to ROCK WHAT YOU'VE GOT!
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401396232
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
From Katherine Schwarzenegger comes ROCK WHAT YOU'VE GOT, a hip, empowering, get-real guide to loving the body you're in. For young women today, developing a healthy body image can be a challenge. Yet Katherine Schwarzenegger has done just that. She has been there . . . and back, and has come not only to accept but to love her curvy, powerful, smart, sexy, and happy self. She wants to help other girls do the same-recognize their own beauty, both inside and out. An estimated 8 million Americans have an eating disorder. Seven million of those are young women, and more and more of them are girls. Girls are increasingly growing dissatisfied with their bodies, trying to change them and fit into some image or mold of perfection that is impossible to achieve. Where are they getting this from? The answer is clear: their moms, sisters, friends, frenemies, television, movies, magazines, and every other media outlet imaginable. When you open a magazine or watch a movie, what kind of girls do you see? Skinny ones! Impossibly perfect girls with immaculate bodies. Everywhere they look, girls are inundated with carefully airbrushed, highly inaccurate images of the female body. It's no wonder they feel something's wrong with them! In this down-to-earth, reassuring, and fun book, Katherine calls for a new way of seeing what is beautiful. Packed with informative facts, moving personal anecdotes from Katherine's life, and the voices of other Rock What You've Got women, her book celebrates the female form, whatever the size, and inspires girls to ROCK WHAT YOU'VE GOT!
A Loud Winter's Nap
Author: Katy Hudson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515862038
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun of winter? Best-selling author Katy Hudson's charming picture book will have everyone excited for winter.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515862038
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun of winter? Best-selling author Katy Hudson's charming picture book will have everyone excited for winter.
What Do You Love About You?
Author: Karen Lechelt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681190931
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This fresh, stylish picture book with unique graphic art encourages everyone to be true to yourself and embrace what makes you different. There is a lot to love about each one of us . . . Chipmunk loves his cheeks . . . They help him blow kisses. Giraffe loves his neck . . . It helps him touch the stars. Octopus loves his tentacles . . . They help him give the best hugs. Everyone has something that makes them unique, and there is a lot to love about each one of us! Debut creator Karen Lechelt's unique art style brings these charming animals to life. We are all special in our own way. What do you love about you?
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681190931
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This fresh, stylish picture book with unique graphic art encourages everyone to be true to yourself and embrace what makes you different. There is a lot to love about each one of us . . . Chipmunk loves his cheeks . . . They help him blow kisses. Giraffe loves his neck . . . It helps him touch the stars. Octopus loves his tentacles . . . They help him give the best hugs. Everyone has something that makes them unique, and there is a lot to love about each one of us! Debut creator Karen Lechelt's unique art style brings these charming animals to life. We are all special in our own way. What do you love about you?
All the Ways to Be Smart
Author: Davina Bell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922585882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every hour of every day, we're smart in our own special way. And nobody will ever do the very same smart things as you. The modern classic that rethinks what it means to be smart and celebrates all the wondrous qualities that make children who they are now. Now in a special format for the very smallest of readers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922585882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every hour of every day, we're smart in our own special way. And nobody will ever do the very same smart things as you. The modern classic that rethinks what it means to be smart and celebrates all the wondrous qualities that make children who they are now. Now in a special format for the very smallest of readers.
You Are Not a Rock
Author: Mark Freeman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525504516
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Mental health is . . . being yourself. A prescriptive and positive guide, illustrated with line drawings, making the case that mental well-being, like physical health, can be strengthened over time and with specific techniques We all want to feel less anxiety, guilt, anger and sadness. We want to obsess less and be less lonely, free ourselves from our demons, compulsive habits, and stress. But as humans (unlike rocks) we experience all of these. And paradoxically, trying to avoid and control them only makes things worse. Having struggled with serious mental illness for many years himself, Mark Freeman has become a dedicated mental-health advocate and coach. He makes the case that instead of trying to feel less and avoid pain and stress, we need to build emotional fitness, especially our capacity for strength, balance and focus. With wit, compassion, and depth of experience and anecdotes, he shows that we can recover from many mental disorders, from mild to very serious, at all ages and stages of life, and even if other methods have failed. Freeman's innovative approach makes use of a range of therapeutic techniques, mindfulness training, peer support, humor, and common sense.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525504516
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Mental health is . . . being yourself. A prescriptive and positive guide, illustrated with line drawings, making the case that mental well-being, like physical health, can be strengthened over time and with specific techniques We all want to feel less anxiety, guilt, anger and sadness. We want to obsess less and be less lonely, free ourselves from our demons, compulsive habits, and stress. But as humans (unlike rocks) we experience all of these. And paradoxically, trying to avoid and control them only makes things worse. Having struggled with serious mental illness for many years himself, Mark Freeman has become a dedicated mental-health advocate and coach. He makes the case that instead of trying to feel less and avoid pain and stress, we need to build emotional fitness, especially our capacity for strength, balance and focus. With wit, compassion, and depth of experience and anecdotes, he shows that we can recover from many mental disorders, from mild to very serious, at all ages and stages of life, and even if other methods have failed. Freeman's innovative approach makes use of a range of therapeutic techniques, mindfulness training, peer support, humor, and common sense.
Is It Still Good to Ya?
Author: Robert Christgau
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478002077
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Is It Still Good to Ya? sums up the career of longtime Village Voice stalwart Robert Christgau, who for half a century has been America's most widely respected rock critic, honoring a music he argues is only more enduring because it's sometimes simple or silly. While compiling historical overviews going back to Dionysus and the gramophone along with artist analyses that range from Louis Armstrong to M.I.A., this definitive collection also explores pop's African roots, response to 9/11, and evolution from the teen music of the '50s to an art form compelled to confront mortality as its heroes pass on. A final section combines searching obituaries of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen with awed farewells to Bob Marley and Ornette Coleman.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478002077
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Is It Still Good to Ya? sums up the career of longtime Village Voice stalwart Robert Christgau, who for half a century has been America's most widely respected rock critic, honoring a music he argues is only more enduring because it's sometimes simple or silly. While compiling historical overviews going back to Dionysus and the gramophone along with artist analyses that range from Louis Armstrong to M.I.A., this definitive collection also explores pop's African roots, response to 9/11, and evolution from the teen music of the '50s to an art form compelled to confront mortality as its heroes pass on. A final section combines searching obituaries of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen with awed farewells to Bob Marley and Ornette Coleman.
Rock What You Got
Author: Aja La'Starr
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722094218
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Rock What You Got is a poem paired with vibrant illustrations that encourages everyone to celebrate and value their unique characteristics. Our different physical appearances, quirks and personalities make us special and give us each the opportunity to add beauty to the world in our own way. Readers will not only gain a sense of self-confidence, but will also feel empowered to help others see the value in themselves.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722094218
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Rock What You Got is a poem paired with vibrant illustrations that encourages everyone to celebrate and value their unique characteristics. Our different physical appearances, quirks and personalities make us special and give us each the opportunity to add beauty to the world in our own way. Readers will not only gain a sense of self-confidence, but will also feel empowered to help others see the value in themselves.
Rap
Author: Lawrence A. Stanley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140147888
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This book contains the complete lyrics to 200 old school rap songs, with a history and overview of this musical form up until the early nineties. Once dismissed as a fashionable music form, rap is a vital force in American culture itself. From music awards to McDonalds adverts, sounds of rap have permeated the media. Controversies caused by groups such as Public Enemy, and sometimes coarse language and lyrics of the street have caused the public at large to scrutinize popular music in an attempt to control it. Like every other genre of music, the lyrics run from socially aware to hedonistic and everything in between.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140147888
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This book contains the complete lyrics to 200 old school rap songs, with a history and overview of this musical form up until the early nineties. Once dismissed as a fashionable music form, rap is a vital force in American culture itself. From music awards to McDonalds adverts, sounds of rap have permeated the media. Controversies caused by groups such as Public Enemy, and sometimes coarse language and lyrics of the street have caused the public at large to scrutinize popular music in an attempt to control it. Like every other genre of music, the lyrics run from socially aware to hedonistic and everything in between.
Things of the Earth
Author: C.A. Portnellus
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480840556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
It is 1954 and Barton Barre has not only survived World War II, but also come home a hero, thanks to his familys lucky phoenix. However, for this man of action, fortune is as fickle as is his heart. Now as he works to build a Texas oil empire, he must also keep his beautiful wife, Elise, and their son, Francis, content. Unfortunately, for Barton, this challenge is not easy as temptation and greed influence his every move. Elise is a devoted mother who also faithfully follows Barton despite his callousness and lies. She knows his soul and believes he is the beast that only her love can tame. Francis is a resilient boy who has learned early that when it comes to his father, he comes last. As he matures, strives for perfection, and exceeds his parents expectations, Francis still manages to fall into the shadow of their demanding lives. As temptation knocks on his own door, life leads Francis down a new path where every decision comes with consequences and he ponders whether he is now a victim of the dreaded La Barre family curse. In this continuing multi-generational tale, fate and luck, play havoc with the Barre family during post-World War II Texas where love appears to be the only key to bliss.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480840556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
It is 1954 and Barton Barre has not only survived World War II, but also come home a hero, thanks to his familys lucky phoenix. However, for this man of action, fortune is as fickle as is his heart. Now as he works to build a Texas oil empire, he must also keep his beautiful wife, Elise, and their son, Francis, content. Unfortunately, for Barton, this challenge is not easy as temptation and greed influence his every move. Elise is a devoted mother who also faithfully follows Barton despite his callousness and lies. She knows his soul and believes he is the beast that only her love can tame. Francis is a resilient boy who has learned early that when it comes to his father, he comes last. As he matures, strives for perfection, and exceeds his parents expectations, Francis still manages to fall into the shadow of their demanding lives. As temptation knocks on his own door, life leads Francis down a new path where every decision comes with consequences and he ponders whether he is now a victim of the dreaded La Barre family curse. In this continuing multi-generational tale, fate and luck, play havoc with the Barre family during post-World War II Texas where love appears to be the only key to bliss.