Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618400812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, "The Watermelon King" returns to Ashland, Alabama--the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's enormously popular "Big Fish"-- the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons.
The Watermelon King
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618400812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, "The Watermelon King" returns to Ashland, Alabama--the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's enormously popular "Big Fish"-- the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618400812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, "The Watermelon King" returns to Ashland, Alabama--the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's enormously popular "Big Fish"-- the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons.
Big Fish
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
When his attempts to get to know his dying father fail, William Bloom makes up stories that recreate his father's life in heroic proportions.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
When his attempts to get to know his dying father fail, William Bloom makes up stories that recreate his father's life in heroic proportions.
War and Watermelon
Author: Rich Wallace
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101524405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
It's the summer of 1969. We've just landed on the moon, the Vietnam War is heating up, the Mets are beginning their famous World Series run, and Woodstock is rocking upstate New York. Down in New Jersey, twelve-year-old Brody is mostly concerned with the top ten hits on the radio and how much playing time he'll get on the football team. But when he goes along for the ride to Woodstock with his older brother and sees the mass of humanity there, he starts to wake up to the world around him-a world that could take away the brother he loves.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101524405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
It's the summer of 1969. We've just landed on the moon, the Vietnam War is heating up, the Mets are beginning their famous World Series run, and Woodstock is rocking upstate New York. Down in New Jersey, twelve-year-old Brody is mostly concerned with the top ten hits on the radio and how much playing time he'll get on the football team. But when he goes along for the ride to Woodstock with his older brother and sees the mass of humanity there, he starts to wake up to the world around him-a world that could take away the brother he loves.
Ray in Reverse
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565122604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
In a funny, bittersweet new novel by the author of Big Fish, Ray Williams looks back on his life from heaven, recalling the confusion, sin, and petty joys that marked his life.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565122604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
In a funny, bittersweet new novel by the author of Big Fish, Ray Williams looks back on his life from heaven, recalling the confusion, sin, and petty joys that marked his life.
The Watermelon Seed
Author: Greg Pizzoli
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 148471749X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Greg Pizzoli's beloved Geisel Award-winning gem playfully taps kids' classic question about what could happen if they swallow a seed. Crocodile loves watermelon, but what will happen when his greatest fear of swallowing a watermelon seed comes to pass? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? Only one thing is certain: his wild imagination will have kids laughing out loud and begging for another read. With perfect comic pacing, bold color and dynamic sense of design, three-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut transforms this familiar childhood anxiety into a contemporary classic read-aloud perfect for fans of I Want My Hat Back. "[A]n expert debut." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Children will love this hilarious book. The story has broad appeal, making it a great first purchase." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Don't miss these other favorite books by Greg Pizzol: The Book HogGood Night OwlNumber One SamTempleton Gets His WishThis Story is For YouThe Twelve Days of Christmas
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 148471749X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Greg Pizzoli's beloved Geisel Award-winning gem playfully taps kids' classic question about what could happen if they swallow a seed. Crocodile loves watermelon, but what will happen when his greatest fear of swallowing a watermelon seed comes to pass? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? Only one thing is certain: his wild imagination will have kids laughing out loud and begging for another read. With perfect comic pacing, bold color and dynamic sense of design, three-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut transforms this familiar childhood anxiety into a contemporary classic read-aloud perfect for fans of I Want My Hat Back. "[A]n expert debut." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Children will love this hilarious book. The story has broad appeal, making it a great first purchase." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Don't miss these other favorite books by Greg Pizzol: The Book HogGood Night OwlNumber One SamTempleton Gets His WishThis Story is For YouThe Twelve Days of Christmas
Melons
Author: Amy Goldman
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 9781579652135
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This year's heirloom tomato is a melon! Acclaimed gardener Amy Goldman, known to viewers of Martha Stewart and PBS, is a dedicated seed saver working to preserve fast-disappearing varieties of heirloom melons. Her book, Melons for the Passionate Grower, is a celebration of the speckled, bumpy, oh-so-sweet world of the melonÑfrom Minnesota Midget and Georgia Rattlesnake to Ali Baba and Sweet Siberian. Here she profiles more than one hundred varieties, each showcased in a full-color photographic still life recalling eighteenth- and nineteenth-century botanical paintings and engravings. Goldman also offers expert advice on cultivating and selecting your own melons, as well as the rudiments of seed saving.
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 9781579652135
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This year's heirloom tomato is a melon! Acclaimed gardener Amy Goldman, known to viewers of Martha Stewart and PBS, is a dedicated seed saver working to preserve fast-disappearing varieties of heirloom melons. Her book, Melons for the Passionate Grower, is a celebration of the speckled, bumpy, oh-so-sweet world of the melonÑfrom Minnesota Midget and Georgia Rattlesnake to Ali Baba and Sweet Siberian. Here she profiles more than one hundred varieties, each showcased in a full-color photographic still life recalling eighteenth- and nineteenth-century botanical paintings and engravings. Goldman also offers expert advice on cultivating and selecting your own melons, as well as the rudiments of seed saving.
Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307455696
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Henry Walker was once a world-class magician, performing to sold-out shows in New York. But now he has been reduced to joining Musgrove's Chinese Circus (which at no point in its tour of the deep South has ever included a single Chinese person) as the shambling Negro Magician, whose dark black skin and electric green eyes bewitch most audiences. But one balmy Mississippi night in 1954, Henry disappears in the company of three rowdy white teens and is never seen again. Wallace pieces together Henry's incredible vagabond life – from a deal with a bone-white devil known only as Mr. Sebastian, to the heartrending loss of his sister Hannah – and creates an enchanting tale of love, loss, identity, and the limitation of magic.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307455696
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Henry Walker was once a world-class magician, performing to sold-out shows in New York. But now he has been reduced to joining Musgrove's Chinese Circus (which at no point in its tour of the deep South has ever included a single Chinese person) as the shambling Negro Magician, whose dark black skin and electric green eyes bewitch most audiences. But one balmy Mississippi night in 1954, Henry disappears in the company of three rowdy white teens and is never seen again. Wallace pieces together Henry's incredible vagabond life – from a deal with a bone-white devil known only as Mr. Sebastian, to the heartrending loss of his sister Hannah – and creates an enchanting tale of love, loss, identity, and the limitation of magic.
Extraordinary Adventures
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250118441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call from operator 61217 telling him that he’s won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there’s a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only seventy-nine days to find someone to take with him. The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does. A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times bestselling Daniel Wallace.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250118441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call from operator 61217 telling him that he’s won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there’s a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only seventy-nine days to find someone to take with him. The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does. A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times bestselling Daniel Wallace.
In Watermelon Sugar
Author: Richard Brautigan
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330234436
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330234436
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Cambridge Reading Adventures The Enormous Watermelon Red Band
Author: Alison Hawes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107549241
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Ravi and Mum find an enormous watermelon. What should they do with it? In Red Band the sense of story starts to be developed. Illustrations continue to support understanding but readers also need to use decoding skills. Slightly longer texts with less repetition extend high-frequency word knowledge. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107549241
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Ravi and Mum find an enormous watermelon. What should they do with it? In Red Band the sense of story starts to be developed. Illustrations continue to support understanding but readers also need to use decoding skills. Slightly longer texts with less repetition extend high-frequency word knowledge. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities.