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Book Blue Willow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Doris Gates
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 1976-09-30
  • ISBN : 0140309241
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book Blue Willow written by Doris Gates and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1976-09-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community. Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.

Book Blue Willow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Deborah Smith
  • Publisher : Bell Bridge Books
  • Release : 2020-05-28
  • ISBN : 1611949750
  • Pages : 485 pages

Download or read book Blue Willow written by Deborah Smith and published by Bell Bridge Books. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two very different families. One love story. There had always been MacKenzies and Colebrooks on the land known as Blue Willow, their histories entangled like the graceful branches of the rare willow trees that thrived there. Artemas Colebrook and Lily MacKenzie shared more than that history, their souls bound to each other and to the land the day the boy held tiny Lily minutes after her birth. But the tragedy that has brought Lily back to the small farm where she spent her childhood has also made Artemas's brothers and sisters her bitter enemies. Torn between family loyalties and their shared sense of destiny, Artemas and Lily must come to terms with a childhood devotion that has turned to bittersweet desire, a passion that could destroy all they have struggled for - even Blue Willow itself.

Book The Willow Pattern Story

Download or read book The Willow Pattern Story written by Allan Drummond and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allan Drummond's classic tale unlocks the intriguing story that hides deep within one of the most distinctive and iconic china patterns ever created: the willow pattern.

Book The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook

Download or read book The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook written by Michael Stern and published by Harper Celebrate. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted best small town restaurant for five years in a row by Southern Living magazine, The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook offers delicious Southern recipes, vintage pictures from the early days of Social Circle, Georgia and fascinating anecdotes about the restaurant. Billie and Louis Van Dyke say that no one is allowed to leave hungry, and certainly no one should after feasting on a variety of Southern dishes and famous drinks such as lemonade and tea, also known as the "Champagne of the South". Housed in a gloriously restored southern mansion, The Blue Willow Inn is home to Southern hospitality and charm at its best. In The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook, Billie and Louis share delicious recipes such as: Fresh Greens and Peas Southern Fried Chicken Sweet Potato Pie Cast-Iron Corn Bread Fried Green Tomatoes Southern Style Sweet Tea The greatest restaurants in America are its wonderful independent regional restaurants, and there are no greater experts on America's regional restaurants than Michael and Jane Stern. The brief stories connect the recipes to The Blue Willow Inn in a charming way and the recipes will make your mouth water. The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook is the perfect guide for creating traditional, Southern style dishes for family and friends.

Book Blue Willow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pam Conrad
  • Publisher : Philomel
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book Blue Willow written by Pam Conrad and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the banks of the Wen River, the legend of the Blue Willow is brought radiantly to life as two lovers face the storms that besiege them. Brilliant color illustrations highlight this warm story about undying love.

Book The Stack

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vanessa Roeder
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2022-03-08
  • ISBN : 0593324382
  • Pages : 41 pages

Download or read book The Stack written by Vanessa Roeder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of The Box Turtle comes a clever and stunningly illustrated bedtime story about doing (and building!) whatever it takes to reach for the stars Luna begins her stack with a single chair. But it's not quite tall enough. So she adds a stool, then some books . . . and her bed . . . and before she knows it, she's thrown a pile of plates, a bathtub (currently occupied), and a whale up there too. And yet the stack still isn't tall enough. Finally, after she flings and slings bigger and wackier things into the stack, and then climbs and stretches just so, she is able to reach into the sky for just what she wants: a star of her own to use as a night-light!

Book Deeply Devoted

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maggie Brendan
  • Publisher : Revell
  • Release : 2011-09
  • ISBN : 0800734629
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Deeply Devoted written by Maggie Brendan and published by Revell. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mail-order bride comes to the American West with hopes of a good life and a fresh start in this gentle prairie romance.

Book Blue Willow

Download or read book Blue Willow written by Mary Frank Gaston and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition has been expanded to a larger format and rephotographed in full color. Over 400 beautiful photos along with complete descriptions, a marks section, and value guide. 2000 values. 8.5 X 11.

Book Collecting Blue Willow

Download or read book Collecting Blue Willow written by M. A. Harman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 500 photos of Willow Ware items, this volume has information on everything from practical dishes to the rare and fine pieces in the line.

Book Anything But Fine

Download or read book Anything But Fine written by Tobias Madden and published by Page Street YA. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All it takes is one missed step for your life to change forever. Luca Mason knows exactly who he is and what he wants: In six months, he’s going to be accepted into the Australian Ballet School, leave his fancy private high school, and live his life as a star of the stage—at least that’s the plan until he falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his foot in a way he can never recover from. With his dancing dreams dead on their feet, Luca loses his performing arts scholarship and transfers to the local public school, leaving behind all his ballet friends and his whole future on stage. The only bright side is that he strikes up unlikely friendships with the nicest (and nerdiest) girl at his new school, Amina, and the gorgeous, popular, and (reportedly) straight school captain, Jordan Tanaka-Jones. As Luca’s bond with Jordan grows stronger, he starts to wonder: who is he without ballet? And is he setting himself up for another heartbreak?

Book The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking

Download or read book The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking written by Louis Van Dyke and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's Ecstasy come Dixie." —Southern Living The Most Extensive Collection of Southern Recipes Ever in One Book Voted Southern Living magazine's 1996 Reader's Choice Award for best small-town restaurant in the Southandthe"Best in the South" for six years straight, the Blue Willow Inn is the quintessential eatery for fans of traditional Southern cuisine. Now, you can recreate the Blue Willow Inn experience in your own kitchen with over 600 classic Southern recipes, including: Blue Willow Inn's Famous Fried Green Tomatoes (page 170) Chicken and Dumplings (page 90) Virginia's Vidalia Onion Dip (page 58) Kudzu Blossom Jelly (page 83) Mom's Sweet Potato Casserole (page 194) Alabama "Blue Ribbon" Banana Pudding (page 342) Southern Fried Chicken (page 247) Thanks to proprietor Billie Van Dyke, as well as cooks from all over the South, you can now experience the culinary wonders of the Blue Willow Inn's delectable taste in your very own kitchen. Recipes passed down from generation to generation, adapted and enhanced through the years, have been collected into the most comprehensive collection of Southern recipes ever published.

Book Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge

Download or read book Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge written by Nancy McCabe and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even before Nancy McCabe and her daughter, Sophie, left for China, it was clear that, as the mother of an adopted child from China, McCabe would be seeing the country as a tourist while her daughter, who was seeing the place for the first time in her memory, was “going home.” Part travelogue, part memoir, Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge immerses readers in an absorbing and intimate exploration of place and its influence on the meaning of family. A sequel to Meeting Sophie, which tells McCabe’s story of adopting Sophie as a single woman, Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge picks up a decade later with a much different Sophie—a ten-year-old with braces who wears black nail polish, sneaks eyeliner, wears clothing decorated with skulls, and has mixed feelings about being one of the few non-white children in the little Pennsylvania town where they live. Since she was young, Sophie had felt a closeness to the country of her birth and held it in an idealized light. At ten, she began referring to herself as Asian instead of Asian-American. It was McCabe’s hope that visiting China would “help her become comfortable with both sides of the hyphen, figure out how to be both Chinese and American, together.” As an adoptive parent of a foreign-born child, McCabe knows that homeland visits are an important rite of passage to help children make sense of the multiple strands of their heritage, create their own hybrid traditions, and find their particular place in the world. Yet McCabe, still reeling from her mother’s recent death, wonders how she can give any part of Sophie back to her homeland. She hopes that Sophie will find affirmation and connection in China, even as she sees firsthand some of the realities of China—overpopulation, pollution, and an oppressive government—but also worries about what that will mean for their relationship. Throughout their journey on a tour for adopted children, mother and daughter experience China very differently. New tensions and challenges emerge, illuminating how closely intertwined place is with sense of self. As the pair learn to understand each other, they lay the groundwork for visiting Sophie’s orphanage and birth village, life-changing experiences for them both.

Book One Italian Summer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rebecca Serle
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-03-01
  • ISBN : 1982166819
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book One Italian Summer written by Rebecca Serle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this “magical trip worth taking” (Associated Press), the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years returns with a powerful novel about the transformational love between mothers and daughters set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy’s father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone. But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and, of course, delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life. And then Carol appears—in the flesh, healthy, sun-tanned, and thirty years old. Katy doesn’t understand what is happening, or how—all she can focus on is that she has somehow, impossibly, gotten her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman before her. She is not exactly who Katy imagined she might be, however, and soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue. “Rebecca Serle is known for her powerful stories that tug at the heartstrings—and her latest is just as unforgettable” (Woman’s World) as it effortlessly shows us how to move on after loss, and how the people we love never truly leave us.

Book Legends of the Blue Willow Story

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Petersen
  • Publisher : Tea Trade Mart
  • Release : 2020-10-13
  • ISBN : 9780998410272
  • Pages : 75 pages

Download or read book Legends of the Blue Willow Story written by Jennifer Petersen and published by Tea Trade Mart. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could be better than crafting our own love stories based upon a blue and white dish? Blue Willow tea ware, china cabinets filled with Blue Willow, poetry, theatrical plays, children's play sets, fabrics and accessories, games and more - derived from inspiration by Chinese art and customs. What a legacy!Nearly 250 years have passed since the design and manufacture of one of the world's most popular and humble china pattern - Legends of Blue Willow. Envisioned as a marketing message, the Blue Willow story blossomed beyond what the manufacturers ever imagined.This book briefly introduces you to the potter, designer and background of the commercial aspect of Blue Willow and relates the most popular of the Blue Willow legends.From the busy world of pottery, we are captivated by legends that arose from speculation centered around a willow tree, a powerful mandarin, his exceptionally beautiful daughter, an elderly but wealthy duke and the mandarin's daughter's heart choice, a brilliant but lowly accounting secretary.Make your favorite cup of tea (in Blue Willow of course) and enjoy the imaginative tales of Blue Willow china.

Book The Lightmaker s Manifesto

Download or read book The Lightmaker s Manifesto written by Karen Walrond and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Karen Walrond shines her light so we can find our own." —Brené Brown Many of us have strong convictions. We want to advocate for causes we care about--but which ones? We want to work for change--but will the emotional toll lead to burn out? Leadership coach, lawyer, photographer, and activist Karen Walrond knows that when you care deeply about the world, light can seem hard to find. But when your activism grows out of your joy--and vice versa--you begin to see light everywhere. In The Lightmaker's Manifesto, Walrond helps us name the skills, values, and actions that bring us joy; identify the causes that spark our empathy and concern; and then put it all together to change the world. Creative and practical exercises, including journaling, daily intention-setting, and mindful self-compassion, are complemented by lively conversations with activists and thought leaders such as Valarie Kaur, Brené Brown, Tarana Burke, and Zuri Adele. With stories from around the world and wisdom from those leading movements for change, Walrond beckons readers toward lives of integrity, advocacy, conviction, and joy. By unearthing our passions and gifts, we learn how to joyfully advocate for justice, peace, and liberation. We learn how to become makers of light.

Book Strange Flowers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donal Ryan
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2021-06-15
  • ISBN : 0143136399
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Strange Flowers written by Donal Ryan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD NOVEL OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards “Mr. Ryan writes conspicuously beautiful prose… The fleeting happiness and abiding melancholy of the asymmetry, heightened by the intimately rendered surroundings, brings out Mr. Ryan’s most sensuous and emotive writing.” –The Wall Street Journal From the Booker nominated author of The Queen of Dirt Island, Donal Ryan's new novel follows the Gladney family across three generations seeking the true meaning of what it is to find home and love. In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.

Book Perfectly Matched  The Blue Willow Brides Book  3

Download or read book Perfectly Matched The Blue Willow Brides Book 3 written by Maggie Brendan and published by Revell. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Olsen knows it's time to leave her sister's increasingly crowded house and start a life of her own. Following her sisters' examples, she becomes a mail-order bride, and after a short correspondence with clock maker and jeweler Edward Parker, she moves to Denver to become his wife. Almost immediately it's painfully apparent that Anna and Edward are very different. Anna is a free spirit who would rather be painting and enjoying the company of friends than cleaning house. Edward is a consummate perfectionist who, on their wedding day, hands Anna a list of chores that need to be done around the house daily. Can this mismatched couple see past their differences to a harmonious future? Or will their disparate passions create obstacles neither is willing to surmount? Maggie Brendan closes her Blue Willow Brides series with a heartwarming tale of true love despite misunderstanding, showing readers that God's timing is always perfect.