Stardust

Stardust PDF Author: Jeanne Willis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1536202657
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The perfect story for anyone who’s ever felt overshadowed. One little girl dreams of being a star. But whether it's finding Mom's lost wedding ring or winning the costume prize, her big sister always shines brighter. In her grandfather’s eyes, though, she is a star. As he dries her tears and they both gaze up at the night sky, he tells a story about how everything and everyone is made of stardust and we all shine in different ways. With illustrations from new talent Briony May Smith, this is a touching story about being true to yourself from award-winning author Jeanne Willis.

Stardust

Stardust PDF Author: Jeanne Willis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1536202657
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
The perfect story for anyone who’s ever felt overshadowed. One little girl dreams of being a star. But whether it's finding Mom's lost wedding ring or winning the costume prize, her big sister always shines brighter. In her grandfather’s eyes, though, she is a star. As he dries her tears and they both gaze up at the night sky, he tells a story about how everything and everyone is made of stardust and we all shine in different ways. With illustrations from new talent Briony May Smith, this is a touching story about being true to yourself from award-winning author Jeanne Willis.

The Baby Stardust Manifesto

The Baby Stardust Manifesto PDF Author: Dain Heer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634934428
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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With a pinch of stardust + water + energy, it all begins. From Dr. Dain Heer and Katarina Wallentin comes the sequel to the popular Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon Manifesto books: The Baby Stardust Manifesto! It is a beautiful exploration of the unique and bright magic of this planet, and within ourselves, we so often take for granted. Follow a tiny piece of baby stardust on its journey through the galaxies to become the magical blue place we call Earth. Join the joy, wonder, and discovery when life begins and hear the planet's request of all of us: Let the stardust in you come alive. Turn it on. Let it shine. Inspiring to read and exquisitely illustrated, The Baby Stardust Manifesto is the perfect bedtime story for curious children of our time. This story can also open up a soft space to talk about the balance of nature, climate change, and how everything is interrelated. The story is written by Dain Heer and Katarina Wallentin. The illustrations are done by Nathalie Beauvois. "We live on a truly magical planet, a piece of rock that beat all the odds and created life from stardust. In this book, we would like to give kids a sense of the wonder the Earth is, and invite them to marvel in our luck to live on this very rock in the whole wide universe." Katarina Wallentin, author of The Baby Stardust Manifesto "What if our greatest gift to the Earth is to come alive and let the joy in? Happiness is deeply transformative, and it inspires the generosity of spirit that makes us the care-takers of this planet that we are meant to be." Dain Heer, author of The Baby Stardust Manifesto

Stardust Baby

Stardust Baby PDF Author: Lisa Lawlor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913406455
Category : Dublin (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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On Valentine's Day in 1981, a fire in the Stardust nightclub in Dublin killed 48 young people, and left behind one orphan, Lisa Lawlor. Now, on the 40th anniversary, Lisa tells her story of the tragic events of that evening and how they have shaped her life. She was just seventeen months old when the Stardust nightclub went up in flames. Her parents, Francis and Maureen Lawlor, were a young couple very much in love. Since Lisa's birth, they rarely went out at night, but this time they allowed a friend to persuade them to go for a few drinks at the Stardust. They never came home. In the wake of the disaster, Lisa's paternal grandparents stepped in and took care of her. Throughout her childhood, they tried to fill the gaping hole in her life with gifts, but nothing really helped - and inevitably resentment started to simmer in the extended family. As several members of her family succumbed to addiction and crime, she suffered abuse and struggled to find her own path. Stardust Baby is the heart-breaking story of a woman whose every waking moment has taken place in the shadow of those awful flames and of an extended family that toppled into dysfunction in the overwhelming face of tragedy. It is also an uplifting story of resilience, hope, love and determination - as, despite it all, Lisa found the strength to carry on, for herself and her children. A percentage of the royalties from sales of the book will be donated to the Stardust campaign.

You are Stardust

You are Stardust PDF Author: Elin Kelsey
Publisher: Owlkids
ISBN: 9781926973357
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Introduces readers to the extensive and surprising ways in which they are connected to the natural world around them.

Stardust Child

Stardust Child PDF Author: Joann Leonard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781632331229
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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"We are biologically connected to everything in the world. We are all, not figuratively, but literally, made of stardust." Neil deGrasse Tyson Picture by picture, the story instills the concept of our oneness, our ecological interdependence, and the unique light that each of us brings to the world.

Good Night, Wind

Good Night, Wind PDF Author: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823437884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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When the exhausted winter wind throws a snowy tantrum, it finds comfort in the friendship of two young children in this lyrical retelling of a Yiddish folktale illustrated with stunning collage. Winter Wind worked hard all season long blowing away leaves, preparing trees for coats of snow and ice. Now, Wind is tired and needs a place to rest. But no one wants to shelter so cold and blustery a Wind--not the townspeople, not the country innkeeper, not even the gnarled tree who is worried about frozen roots. Finally, Wind does what any of us do when we are overtired: Wind has a tantrum. And it is only with the help of two small children brave enough to weather the storm that Wind finally finds the perfect place to sleep. Based on a Yiddish folktale, the gentle language of this seasonal story is coupled with intricate cut-paper collage dioramas tell this sweet tale about empathy and friendship. The visuals in this book are striking for their vibrancy, palette, and movement. A perfect read for a cold, blustery day, or at bedtime with your own sleepy loved ones. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year

The Darling

The Darling PDF Author: Lorraine M. López
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816531838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Latina bibliophile Caridad falls out of love again and again, with much help from Anton Chekhov, Gustave Flaubert, Theodore Dreiser, D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Hardy, and other deceased white men of letters. Raised in a household of women, she rejects examples of womanhood offered by her long-suffering mother, her caustic eldest sister Felicia, and her pliant and sentimental middle sister Esperanza. Instead Caridad, a compulsive reader, educates herself about love and what it means to be a sentient and intelligent woman by reading classic literature written by men, and supplements this with life lessons gleaned from her relationships. Though set in Los Angeles from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, the narrative reinscribes Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Darling,” first published in 1899. Like Chekhov’s protagonist, Caridad engages in various relationships in her search for love and fulfillment. Rather than absorbing beliefs held by the men in her life, as does Chekhov’s heroine, Caridad instead draws on her lovers’ resources in attempting to improve and educate herself. Apart from Chekhov, various authors of classic literature further guide Caridad’s quest to find herself and to find love, inspiring her longing for love, while also enabling her to disentangle herself from unsatisfying to disastrous relationships by encouraging her to strive for an ideal. In a moment of clarity, Caridad compares herself to a trapeze artist near the top of a striped tent as she flies from one man to the next, expecting to be caught and held until she is ready to leap again. Flying, she wonders—or is she falling?

Baby Bowie

Baby Bowie PDF Author: Running Press
Publisher: Running Press Kids
ISBN: 0762468009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Introduce your littlest rocker to the magic and creativity of David Bowie in this delightful book in the new Baby Rocker board book series. Shiny lightning bolt. High boots. Spiky hair. Celebrate all that iconic musician David Bowie is about with your toddler in this fun, fantastical, and playful new book. Perfect for any Bowie fan, young or old, this book is sure to provide read-aloud fun with the pairing of iconic Bowie items and looks with simplified text. At the end of the book, put on your shoes and best costume because it's time to dance with Baby Bowie and friends!

The Stardust Revolution

The Stardust Revolution PDF Author: Jacob Berkowitz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1633888622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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In 1957, as Americans obsessed over the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, another less noticed space-based scientific revolution was taking off. That year, astrophysicists solved a centuries-old quest for the origins of the elements, from carbon to uranium. The answer they found wasn’t on Earth, but in the stars. Their research showed that we are literally stardust. The year also marked the first conference that considered the origin of life on Earth in an astrophysical context. It was the marriage of two of the seemingly strangest bedfellows—astronomy and biology—and a turning point that award-winning science author Jacob Berkowitz calls the Stardust Revolution. In this captivating story of an exciting, deeply personal, new scientific revolution, Berkowitz weaves together the latest research results to reveal a dramatically different view of the twinkling night sky—not as an alien frontier, but as our cosmic birthplace. Reporting from the frontlines of discovery, Berkowitz uniquely captures how stardust scientists are probing the universe’s physical structure, but rather its biological nature. Evolutionary theory is entering the space age. From the amazing discovery of cosmic clouds of life’s chemical building blocks to the dramatic quest for an alien Earth, Berkowitz expertly chronicles the most profound scientific search of our era: to know not just if we are alone, but how we are connected. Like opening a long-hidden box of old family letters and diaries, The Stardust Revolution offers us a new view of where we’ve come from and brings to light our journey from stardust to thinking beings.

Home Is a Window

Home Is a Window PDF Author: Stephanie Parsley Ledyard
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0823441563
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A family learns what home really means, as they leave one beloved residence and make a new home in another. A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People Home can be many things--a window, a doorway, a rug . . . or a hug. At home, everything always feels the same: comfortable and safe. But sometimes things change, and a home must be left behind. Follow a family as they move out of their beloved, familiar house and learn that they can bring everything they love about their old home to the new one, because they still have each other. This heartfelt picture book by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard is richly illustrated by former Pixar animator Chris Sasaki. A BookPage Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Book of the Year