Author: Charlotte Cassilly
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543473296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
This story is about life on the North Pole in the off-season. It is a tale of creative thinking, friendship, teamwork, and humor. Elves team up and build an ice sculpture that also happens to be an ice slide. Everyone on the North Pole takes a turn on the slide, including Santa.
The Ice Festival
Author: Charlotte Cassilly
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543473296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
This story is about life on the North Pole in the off-season. It is a tale of creative thinking, friendship, teamwork, and humor. Elves team up and build an ice sculpture that also happens to be an ice slide. Everyone on the North Pole takes a turn on the slide, including Santa.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543473296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
This story is about life on the North Pole in the off-season. It is a tale of creative thinking, friendship, teamwork, and humor. Elves team up and build an ice sculpture that also happens to be an ice slide. Everyone on the North Pole takes a turn on the slide, including Santa.
The Frost Festival
Author: Melody Mews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665912049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Includes an excerpt from: Mystery at Mermaid Cove.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665912049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Includes an excerpt from: Mystery at Mermaid Cove.
Moomin and the Ice Festival
Author: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241358949
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's winter in Moominvalley and Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the Long Winter Sleep. But as the first flakes of snow fall, they receive an exciting invitation to the Ice Festival. Will they be brave enough to venture out now winter is here?
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241358949
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's winter in Moominvalley and Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the Long Winter Sleep. But as the first flakes of snow fall, they receive an exciting invitation to the Ice Festival. Will they be brave enough to venture out now winter is here?
The House of Hyalite
Author: Joe Josephson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578513317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578513317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Festival Days
Author: Jo Ann Beard
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316497215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville,who “honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life” (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner for The Friend). A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Boston Globe and LitHub Best Book of the Year When “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in The New Yorker, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigors of memory and reportage, and in the process extending the range of possibility for the essay form. Now, with Festival Days, Beard brings us the culmination of her groundbreaking work. In these nine pieces, she captures both the small, luminous moments of daily existence and those instants when life and death hang in the balance, ranging from the death of a beloved dog to a relentlessly readable account of a New York artist trapped inside a burning building, as well as two triumphant, celebrated pieces of short fiction. Here is an unforgettable collection destined to be embraced and debated by readers and writers, teachers and students. Anchored by the title piece––a searing journey through India that brings into focus questions of mortality and love—Festival Days presents Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316497215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville,who “honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life” (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner for The Friend). A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Boston Globe and LitHub Best Book of the Year When “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in The New Yorker, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigors of memory and reportage, and in the process extending the range of possibility for the essay form. Now, with Festival Days, Beard brings us the culmination of her groundbreaking work. In these nine pieces, she captures both the small, luminous moments of daily existence and those instants when life and death hang in the balance, ranging from the death of a beloved dog to a relentlessly readable account of a New York artist trapped inside a burning building, as well as two triumphant, celebrated pieces of short fiction. Here is an unforgettable collection destined to be embraced and debated by readers and writers, teachers and students. Anchored by the title piece––a searing journey through India that brings into focus questions of mortality and love—Festival Days presents Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now.
The Man Who Stayed Behind
Author: Sidney Rittenberg
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822326671
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
The story of "an idealistic young American who freely cast his lot with the Chinese revolution only to be struck down by that revolution at the floodtide of its success."--Leonard Woodcock, first American Ambassador to China.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822326671
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
The story of "an idealistic young American who freely cast his lot with the Chinese revolution only to be struck down by that revolution at the floodtide of its success."--Leonard Woodcock, first American Ambassador to China.
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
Author: Andrew Selters
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898866582
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898866582
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses, and rescuing crevasse victims. Sidebars feature descriptions of accidents and near-accidents to emphasize the importance of the techniques presented.
Winter Dance
Author: Joe Josephson
Publisher: First Ascent Press
ISBN: 9781933009001
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Covering more vertical feet of ice and mixed terrain than any guide in America, Winter Dance covers 300 routes from around Bozeman, the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, to Cody. Presented in full color with 380 photos, many previously unpublished of historic first ascents, this guide traces the sport from some of the earliest, groundbreaking explorations through the continents most challenging traditional mixed climbs pioneered by the likes of Alex Lowe, Steve House, Todd Cozzens, Stan Price, Jack Tackle, Doug Chabot and more.
Publisher: First Ascent Press
ISBN: 9781933009001
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Covering more vertical feet of ice and mixed terrain than any guide in America, Winter Dance covers 300 routes from around Bozeman, the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, to Cody. Presented in full color with 380 photos, many previously unpublished of historic first ascents, this guide traces the sport from some of the earliest, groundbreaking explorations through the continents most challenging traditional mixed climbs pioneered by the likes of Alex Lowe, Steve House, Todd Cozzens, Stan Price, Jack Tackle, Doug Chabot and more.
The Star Festival
Author: Moni Ritchie Hadley
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 080757600X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
2021 Freeman Book Awards Honorable Mention - Children's Literature The Best Children's Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College STARRED REVIEW! "Hadley has created a remarkable debut that flows elegantly, interweaving the two tales in a way that is readable and fun...An exquisite choice for all collections."—School Library Journal starred review A multigenerational retelling of a Japanese legend. Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens separates his daughter, Orihime, from her love, Hikoboshi, all year—but on this day the two stars finally reunite on a bridge across the Milky Way. For Keiko, her mama, and her grandmother, Tanabata is about making tanzaku wishes, taking in the colorful decorations, and eating delicious food like nagashi somen and shaved ice. But when Obasaan gets lost in the crowd, Keiko and Mama must make their own bridge to find her again—and see if their tanzaku comes true.
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 080757600X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
2021 Freeman Book Awards Honorable Mention - Children's Literature The Best Children's Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College STARRED REVIEW! "Hadley has created a remarkable debut that flows elegantly, interweaving the two tales in a way that is readable and fun...An exquisite choice for all collections."—School Library Journal starred review A multigenerational retelling of a Japanese legend. Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens separates his daughter, Orihime, from her love, Hikoboshi, all year—but on this day the two stars finally reunite on a bridge across the Milky Way. For Keiko, her mama, and her grandmother, Tanabata is about making tanzaku wishes, taking in the colorful decorations, and eating delicious food like nagashi somen and shaved ice. But when Obasaan gets lost in the crowd, Keiko and Mama must make their own bridge to find her again—and see if their tanzaku comes true.
They Do What?
Author: Javier A. Galván
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610693426
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This single-volume work covers many traditions, customs, and activities Westerners may find unusual or shocking, covering everything from the Ashanti people's funeral celebrations to wife-carrying competitions in Finland. In Maharashtra, India, a tradition exists to throw newborn babies off the tops of buildings. At the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand, some people ritualistically pierce their cheeks and faces with swords and knives. How did these surprising customs come to be? From camel wrestling to cheese-rolling competitions to a tomato-throwing festival, this fascinating single-volume encyclopedia examines more than 100 customs, traditions, and rituals that may be considered strange and exotic to U.S. readers. This work provides high school and undergraduate students with a compelling and fascinating exploration of world customs and traditions. Comprising entries by anthropologists, religious leaders, scholars, dancers, musicians, historians, and artists from almost every continent in the world, this encyclopedia provides readers a truly global and multidisciplinary perspective. The entries explore the origins of the custom, explain how it was established as a tradition, and describe how and where it is practiced. A thematic guide enables readers to look up entries by the type of tradition or custom, such as birth, coming of age, courtship and wedding, funeral, daily customs, holidays, and festivals.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610693426
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This single-volume work covers many traditions, customs, and activities Westerners may find unusual or shocking, covering everything from the Ashanti people's funeral celebrations to wife-carrying competitions in Finland. In Maharashtra, India, a tradition exists to throw newborn babies off the tops of buildings. At the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand, some people ritualistically pierce their cheeks and faces with swords and knives. How did these surprising customs come to be? From camel wrestling to cheese-rolling competitions to a tomato-throwing festival, this fascinating single-volume encyclopedia examines more than 100 customs, traditions, and rituals that may be considered strange and exotic to U.S. readers. This work provides high school and undergraduate students with a compelling and fascinating exploration of world customs and traditions. Comprising entries by anthropologists, religious leaders, scholars, dancers, musicians, historians, and artists from almost every continent in the world, this encyclopedia provides readers a truly global and multidisciplinary perspective. The entries explore the origins of the custom, explain how it was established as a tradition, and describe how and where it is practiced. A thematic guide enables readers to look up entries by the type of tradition or custom, such as birth, coming of age, courtship and wedding, funeral, daily customs, holidays, and festivals.