Download or read book Beti and the Little Round House written by Atinuke and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved storyteller Atinuke comes an enchanting new collection of stories featuring an endearing new character. Beti lives in a little round house in the green woods under the mountains with Mam, Tad, baby Jac, and her very own tiny goat named Naughty. Beti loves the little round house, where there is always the promise of adventure with Naughty, Jac, and her friends--whatever the season! With charming black-and-white and color illustrations throughout, this warm and lyrical collection is alive with themes of endurance, friendship, and the power of self-belief. It celebrates the gift of the seasons and the art of living simply and joyfully in nature.
Download or read book I m Not Going Anywhere written by Rumena Bužarovska and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Razor-sharp social commentary, Jane Austen for contemporary feminists unafraid to confront a dark world In her latest translated volume of collected short fiction, Rumena Bužarovska delivers more of what established her as “one of the most interesting writers working in Europe today.” Already a bestseller across her native Macedonia, I’m Not Going Anywhere is an unsentimental and hyperrealist collection in which Macedonians leave their country of origin to escape bleakness—only to find, in other locales, new kinds of desolation in theses dark, biting, and utterly absorbing stories.
Download or read book Beti written by Daphne Rooke and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young cousins, living in secluded luxury in India, are swept into an adventure of mistaken identities.
Download or read book Anna Hibiscus written by Atinuke and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers. Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her mother and father, her twin baby brothers (Double and Trouble), and lots of extended family in a big white house with a beautiful garden in a compound in a city. Anna is never lonely—there are always cousins to play and fight with, aunties and uncles laughing and shouting, and parents and grandparents close by. Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways?), learns firsthand what it’s really like to be a child selling oranges outside the gate, and longs to see sweet snow. Nigerian storyteller Atinuke’s debut book for children and its sequels, with their charming (and abundant) gray-scale drawings by Lauren Tobia, are newly published in the US by Candlewick Press, joining other celebrated Atinuke stories in captivating young readers.
Download or read book A House Called Askival written by Merryn Glover and published by Cargo Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elegant, moving and heartfelt love letter to the sights, sounds and tastes of northern India told through the enthralling story of the troubled relationship between a father and daughter stretching from Partition to the present day. James Connor is a man who, burdened with guilt following a tragic event in his youth, has dedicated his life to serving India. Ruth Connor is his estranged daughter who, as a teenager, always knew she came second to her parents' missionary vocation and rebelled, with equally tragic consequences. After 24 years away, Ruth finally returns to Askival, the family home in Mussoorie, a remote hill station in the Northern State of Uttarakhand, to tend to her dying father. There she must face the past and confront her own burden of guilt if she is to cross the chasm that has grown between them. In this extraordinary and assured debut, Merryn Glover draws on her own upbringing as a child of missionary parents in Uttarakhand to create this sensitive, complex, moving and epic journey through the sights, sounds and often violent history of India from Partition to the present day. 'An original and engaging story. Glover understands houses are never just houses. Askival will break your heart.' Cynthia Rogerson, author of I Love You, Goodbye and If I Touched the Earth
Download or read book Other Waters written by Eleni N. Gage and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya is an accomplished psychiatry resident with a terrific boyfriend, loving family, and bustling New York social life. When her grandmother dies in India, a family squabble over property results in a curse that drifts across continents and settles on Maya's life.
Download or read book Bob s Best Ever Friend written by Simon Bartram and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob, an astronaut and tour guide, longs for a pet and searches for one during a quiet day on Earth.
Download or read book The Mother in law written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Too Small Tola written by Atinuke and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three delightful tales from a renowned Nigerian storyteller introduce a chapter-book heroine who is every bit as mighty as she is small. In a trio of droll stories, award-winning author and storyteller Atinuke debuts an endearing and enduring character with plenty to prove. Tola lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who is very fast; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. Tola may be small, but she’s strong enough to carry a basket brimming with groceries home from the market, and she’s clever enough to count out Grandmommy’s change. When the faucets in the apartment break, it’s Tola who brings water from the well. And when Mr. Abdul, the tailor, has an accident and needs help taking his customers’ measurements, only Tola can save the day. Atinuke’s trademark wit and charm are on full display, accompanied by delightful illustrations by Onyinye Iwu. Too Small Tola evokes the urban bustle and rich blending of cultures in Lagos through the eyes of a little girl with an outsize will—and an even bigger heart.
Download or read book Dictionary of the English Creole of Trinidad Tobago written by Lise Winer and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the historical principles of the Oxford English Dictionary, Lise Winer presents the first scholarly dictionary of this unique language. The dictionary comprises over 12,200 entries, including over 4500 for flora and fauna alone, with numerous cross-references. Entries include definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymologies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations of usage. Winer draws from a wide range of sources - newspapers, literature, scientific reports, sound recordings of songs and interviews, spoken language - to provide a wealth and depth of language, clearly situated within a historical, cultural, and social context.
Download or read book The Hawkins Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth and James I written by Sir Clements Robert Markham and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Princess Elizabeth Duchess of Edinburgh written by Dermot Morrah and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home to India written by Jacquelin Singh and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the last thing Helen, a young, impetuous Californian, wants to hear from her Sikh lover, Tej, whom she is determined to marry against all opposition. After the initial shock, however, Helen’s innate optimism reasserts itself and she carries on with her preparations to follow Tej back to India, a country she has known only through history books. During the long voyage to India by ship, the various fears she has managed to suppress begin to gnaw at her: How will she cope with the other wife, will Tej’s family consider her an interloper and, most of all, will the huge and unfamiliar land awaiting her prove too much for her?
Download or read book Leilong the Library Bus written by Julia Liu and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leilong's friends are taking him to story time at the library. But it's difficult for a large brontosaurus without a library card to follow all the rules. Especially when Leilong gets caught up in the story and joins in. Is Leilong too big for the library, or is the library too small? This library-loving picture book reminds us how it feels to be transported by story.
Download or read book Bijnis Woman written by Tanuja Chandra and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masaledaar mix of fact and fiction, action and emotion, drama and passion—these strange, funny, intriguing tales from small-town Uttar Pradesh have been passed orally from one generation to the next. They are likely to make one exclaim, ‘This couldn’t have happened!’ even as the narrators swear they are nothing but pure fact. The bizarre chronicle of a lazy daughter-in-law, the court clerk who loved eating chaat, two cousins inseparable even in death, a blind teacher who fell in love with a woman with beautiful eyes and other wild tales from Bareilly, Lucknow, Hapur, Badaun, Sapnawat and Pilibhit, places big and small, in that fascinating part of India called Uttar Pradesh.
Download or read book Collected Stories written by Raja Rao and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Raja Rao’s short fiction traverses the entire span of his literary career. These vibrant stories reveal his deep understanding of village life and his passion for India’s freedom struggle, and showcase his experimentation with form and style. They range from ones written by a struggling young writer to those of later years, displaying a mature, stylistic formalism.
Download or read book Everybody s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
