Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.
Understood Betsy
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.
The Home-maker
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Novel describes the problems of a family in which husband and wife are oppressed and frustrated by the roles that they are expected to play. Evangeline Knapp is the ideal housekeeper, while her husband, Lester is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed; Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family. The changes that take place between husband and wife and between parents and children are handled in a contemporary manner.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Novel describes the problems of a family in which husband and wife are oppressed and frustrated by the roles that they are expected to play. Evangeline Knapp is the ideal housekeeper, while her husband, Lester is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed; Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family. The changes that take place between husband and wife and between parents and children are handled in a contemporary manner.
Two Tickets to Freedom
Author: Florence Bernstein Freedman
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872262218
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the search for freedom by a black man and wife who traveled to Boston and eventually to England after their escape from slavery in Georgia.
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872262218
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the search for freedom by a black man and wife who traveled to Boston and eventually to England after their escape from slavery in Georgia.
The Road to Yesterday
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0553560689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
For Anne and Gilbert Blythe, life in a small village is never dull because of all the entertaining gossip, and what strange and funny tales they hear: about the mischievous twins whose dearest wish comes true when they meet up with a bored and haunted millionaire; or clever Penelope Craig, who considers herself an expert on children -- until she adopts a boy of her own; or Timothy Randebush, a man so eager to keep his brother out of the clutches of a dangerous woman that he spirits her away -- only to fall prey to her charms himself. Filled with unexpected surprises, laughter, and tears, here are fourteen of the Blythes' favorite tales.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0553560689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
For Anne and Gilbert Blythe, life in a small village is never dull because of all the entertaining gossip, and what strange and funny tales they hear: about the mischievous twins whose dearest wish comes true when they meet up with a bored and haunted millionaire; or clever Penelope Craig, who considers herself an expert on children -- until she adopts a boy of her own; or Timothy Randebush, a man so eager to keep his brother out of the clutches of a dangerous woman that he spirits her away -- only to fall prey to her charms himself. Filled with unexpected surprises, laughter, and tears, here are fourteen of the Blythes' favorite tales.
Walking Through Illusion
Author: Betsy Otter Thompson
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1846946948
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Walking Through Illusion features a series of short stories about biblical people who either knew Jesus or knew of him, and were influenced by him in one way or another. It is not a book about Christianity. Each chapter focuses on the growth of a particular person and each chapter is complete within itself. The end of each chapter has a worksheet with questions, designed to bring the ideas from the book into the reader's everyday life in a meaningful way.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1846946948
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Walking Through Illusion features a series of short stories about biblical people who either knew Jesus or knew of him, and were influenced by him in one way or another. It is not a book about Christianity. Each chapter focuses on the growth of a particular person and each chapter is complete within itself. The end of each chapter has a worksheet with questions, designed to bring the ideas from the book into the reader's everyday life in a meaningful way.
Parables from Nature
Author: Mrs. Alfred Gatty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Straight to the Mark
Author: Thomas Street Millington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue
Author: Karina Yan Glaser
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328577570
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A New York Times best-selling series Harlem's favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series, wherein the Vanderbeeker kids find themselves racing to save their mother's baking business from city closure. Illustrated with delightful black and white illustrations. For the Vanderbeeker kids of Harlem's 141st Street, spring break couldn't be off to a better start. Isa's back from band camp, Oliver's building his first-ever treehouse in the backyard of the brownstone, and Laney, Jess, and Hyacinth are excited to help their mother when she gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to star in a cooking magazine. But the Vanderbeekers' plans go off the rails when an unexpected visit from city officials puts their mother's bakery in jeopardy. Now they'll have to band together to save the day before they're out of business. Perfect for fans of The Penderwicks and Front Desk.
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328577570
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A New York Times best-selling series Harlem's favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series, wherein the Vanderbeeker kids find themselves racing to save their mother's baking business from city closure. Illustrated with delightful black and white illustrations. For the Vanderbeeker kids of Harlem's 141st Street, spring break couldn't be off to a better start. Isa's back from band camp, Oliver's building his first-ever treehouse in the backyard of the brownstone, and Laney, Jess, and Hyacinth are excited to help their mother when she gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to star in a cooking magazine. But the Vanderbeekers' plans go off the rails when an unexpected visit from city officials puts their mother's bakery in jeopardy. Now they'll have to band together to save the day before they're out of business. Perfect for fans of The Penderwicks and Front Desk.
The Year of Miss Agnes
Author: Kirkpatrick Hill
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 153447854X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year “Genius.” —The New York Times Book Review A beautiful repackage marking the twentieth anniversary of the beloved, award-winning novel that celebrates teachers and learning. Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard. But Miss Agnes is different: she doesn’t get frustrated with her students, and finds new ways to teach them to read and write. She even takes a special interest in Fred’s sister, Bokko, who has never come to school before because she is deaf. For the first time, Fred, Bokko, and their classmates begin to enjoy their lessons—but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 153447854X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year “Genius.” —The New York Times Book Review A beautiful repackage marking the twentieth anniversary of the beloved, award-winning novel that celebrates teachers and learning. Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard. But Miss Agnes is different: she doesn’t get frustrated with her students, and finds new ways to teach them to read and write. She even takes a special interest in Fred’s sister, Bokko, who has never come to school before because she is deaf. For the first time, Fred, Bokko, and their classmates begin to enjoy their lessons—but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?
To be Thirteen
Author: Rebecca A. Senf
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942185260
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traveling around the United States, the Guggenheim grant recipient spent 2012 chronicling 250 13 year olds, creating still portraits and video documentation of each. The resulting body of work creates a rich collective portrait of a group of Americans whose lives began at the turn of the millennium and who are coming of age now. To Be Thirteen depicts all 250 portraits with brief quotations from the extended video interviews and an interview by Center for Creative Photography Chief Curator Rebecca Senf with Schneider, unpacking details about the artist's process, insights about the project and how it changed her, as well as longer excerpts from the subjects. This publication captures and conveys the experience of meeting with the artist and looking through a stack of prints with her, and will complement an exhibition of the project debuting at the Phoenix Art Museum in the spring of 2018. -- Publisher's website.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942185260
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traveling around the United States, the Guggenheim grant recipient spent 2012 chronicling 250 13 year olds, creating still portraits and video documentation of each. The resulting body of work creates a rich collective portrait of a group of Americans whose lives began at the turn of the millennium and who are coming of age now. To Be Thirteen depicts all 250 portraits with brief quotations from the extended video interviews and an interview by Center for Creative Photography Chief Curator Rebecca Senf with Schneider, unpacking details about the artist's process, insights about the project and how it changed her, as well as longer excerpts from the subjects. This publication captures and conveys the experience of meeting with the artist and looking through a stack of prints with her, and will complement an exhibition of the project debuting at the Phoenix Art Museum in the spring of 2018. -- Publisher's website.