Download or read book Ciao Baby Ready for a Ride written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby and Mamma are going to visit Nonna today. Roll, roll in the stroller. Beep, beep on the bus. Choo, choo on the train -- all the way to Nonna's. Whee!

Download or read book Ciao Baby In the Park written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ciao! A pair of cute and colorful board books from Carole Lexa Schaefer and Lauren Tobia introduce a curious, lovable tot eager to explore the world. When Baby and Nonna head to the park for the day, what will they see? There’s a squirrel — Ciao, Squirrel! — and a grasshopper — Ciao, Grasshopper! Baby scoots over to meet them and share a friendly hello. Who else might be hiding around the park? Ciao, animals! Ciao, Baby!

Download or read book Monkey and Elephant and a Secret Birthday Surprise written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shh! It’s Monkey’s birthday—but that’s a secret. Can Elephant keep the big news under his party hat for one whole day? Monkey and Elephant are very good friends—such good friends that Monkey lets Elephant in on a secret. The secret is that it is Monkey’s birthday, and Monkey does not like birthdays. But Elephant also has a secret: he has trouble keeping secrets. And keeping such a happy secret is especially hard. When Elephant learns that Clever Rat has made some party hats and is inviting friends over to see them, Elephant wants to turn their gathering into a party for Monkey. But how will he do it without giving away Monkey’s secret?

Download or read book The Bora Bora Dress written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindsay reluctantly wears a dress to Aunt Fiona's fancy party but discovers the fun of twirling in it when the dancing begins.

Download or read book Big Little Monkey written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Little Monkey decides to venture out into the jungle alone, beyond the gaze of his watchful Mama, he discovers that other animals are not as friendly and warm as his own family and that independence is not altogether a good thing.

Download or read book Monkey and Elephant written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In three episodes two friends cool off on a hot day, sing songs, and outsmart some riffraff wildcats.

Download or read book Ciao Bella written by Gina Buonaguro and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Graziella, the quiet, cultured life she lived in Venice with her musician husband, Ugo, was everything she could have hoped for. But when Italy allied itself with Nazi Germany in 1940, her world changed forever. Ugo, trading in his violin for a gun, joined the Resistance, while Graziella was forced to seek refuge at his family's farm in the nearby Euganean Hills. "Just until the war is over," Ugo had promised, but it has been months now since the Nazis retreated, and no one has seen him since. With Ugo gone, it seems as if she will be trapped forever on this remote farm with her lost husband's difficult family. So when an American soldier named Frank is stranded on the mountain, Graziella embraces this unexpected chance at being happy again. But as tempting as it is to leave behind this war-torn country and her painful memories for a new life in America, can she go without learning her husband's fate? With quiet grace and humor, Ciao Bella explores the possibilities of love and redemption in the wake of war, showing that some of the hardest decisions come only after the fighting has stopped.

Download or read book The Copper Tin Cup written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a treasured heirloom, a family's history is revealed. The copper tin cup belongs to Sammy Carl. His initials are carved below the rim. But it was made many many years ago in a different country for his great-aunt, Serena Carlotta, and has been handed down from generation to generation ever since to children bearing the same initials. In the story of the copper tin cup is a family's history.

Download or read book The Little French Whistle written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHOUI! WHOUI! WHOUI!Louie blows on his brand-new whistle from Paree. It sounds important, snappy, and grand to Josette. But it scares the birds from the garden. Fonfon jumps up and yip-yaps away. And baby Roland starts to cry. “Play it sweet, mon cher,” says Auntie Claire. “Can’t you blow soft?” asks Mama. “Zut alors!” cries Grand-père. “Non! Non! Non!” yells Louie. When he leaves in a huff without his whistle, Josette finally gets to give it a try. She blows it sweet for the birds: “Whoui. Tee-whoui.” She blows it soft for Fonfon: “Whhoui-ooo-whhouit.” She blows it soft and sweet for Sheba: “Brr-oui. Brr-oui.” The birds twitter back. Fonfon comes dancing. And Sheba purrs to the music she makes. Then, maybe Josette will call a taxi—WHOUI! WHOUI! WHOUI!—and return the little French whistle to Louie. From the Hardcover edition.

Download or read book Down in the Woods at Sleepytime written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by Walker. This book was released on 2009 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama Bear's cubs aren't ready for sleep, until Grandma Owl hoots that it's storytime and they settle down to listen. This soothing bedtime picture book has the quality of a lullaby and is good to read aloud.

Download or read book Made By Hand A Crafts Sampler written by Carole Lexa Schaefer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, one-of-a-kind volume invites readers to marvel at the time, effort, and care that went into creating handmade toys, tools, and treasures of the past. Whirr, buzz, hum. Before busy machines in factories turned out most of what we need and use, people crafted these items by hand. From a globe to a pie crimper, a butter churn to a rocking horse, this unique collection highlights fourteen one-of-a-kind objects — each one drafted, stitched, painted, or engraved by hand. Author Carole Lexa Schaefer draws inspiration from real historical artifacts to create thirteen short works of fiction, imagining the hands that might have made and used each item. Several artifacts can be traced to their origin, while others remain complete mysteries, making for a fascinating patchwork of fact, guesswork, and imagination. Illustrator Becca Stadtlander breathes color and charm into this handmade history, bringing to life the different objects, people, and times. The result is a singular glimpse of everyday objects and treasures alike — back when such things were made by hand.

Download or read book From Scratch written by Tembi Locke and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours. It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams. From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro’s family, now she finds solace and nourishment—literally and spiritually—at her mother-in-law’s table. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community, and timeless traditions and wisdom that light a path forward. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro’s romance—an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death—in Tembi Locke’s case, it is both. “Locke’s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones” (Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is...delicious.

Download or read book 2666 written by Roberto Bolaño and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 1053 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.

Download or read book Unforgettable Man written by Tiye Love and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Queen needs her King? Prominent and successful attorney, Devin Toussaint has notoriously had more than his fair share of women. Healed from his very public and painful divorce and now a better man, Devin has his mind set on the gorgeous Royalty, the only woman who has ever tamed his wandering heart. Royalty James has it all-a successful career, a brilliant son, and is dating a good man. The only thing missing is an all-consuming passionate love, which she once had with one man. A man who still has the power to set her body and soul aflame with a simple touch. Devin Toussaint, a man who could destroy her once he discovers that her son is also his. As he slowly melts her defenses and they grow impossibly deeper in love, Royalty wonders if Devin will forgive her, and if their flame will continue to burn hot, or smolder into embers once he learns the truth.

Download or read book Slow Getting Up written by Nate Jackson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League As an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here—from scouting combines to preseason cuts to byzantine film studies to glorious touchdown catches—even knowledgeable football fans will glean a new, starkly humanized understanding of the NFL's workweek. Fast-paced, lyrical, dirty, and hilariously unvarnished, Slow Getting Up is an unforgettable look at the real lives of America's best athletes putting their bodies and minds through hell.

Download or read book Living In Ready to Read Value Pack written by Chloe Perkins and published by Simon Spotlight. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover what it’s like to grow up all around the world with this Living in… series nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read value pack of six books about life in Italy, Brazil, Mexico, China, South Africa, and India—perfect for beginning readers! Ciao! Olá! ¡Hola! Nĭ Hao! Namaskār! Dumela! Ever wonder what it’s like to grow up somewhere else? Come along as kids show you around their native country. Swing by South Africa for a game of rugby, explore the ancient history of Italy, take a tour of Brazil’s biggest cities, and learn how to celebrate Diwali in India, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and the Dragon Boat Festival in China—and so much more in these six books! Each book in our Living in… series is narrated by a kid growing up in their home country and is filled with fresh, modern illustrations as well as loads of history, geography, and cultural goodies that fit perfectly into Common Core standards. Join kids from all over the world on a globe-trotting adventure with the Living in… series—sure to be a hit with children, parents, educators, and librarians alike! This multicultural shrink-wrapped paperback value pack includes: Living in...Italy Living in...Brazil Living in...Mexico Living in...China Living in...South Africa Living in…India

Download or read book The Right of Love written by Love Belvin and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After the hot sex comes the real world.""What was that?""My therapist once said, 'after the hot sex comes the real world. Or in wayward love, the drama is sprinkled in between passionate lovemaking'.""That sounds more like one of them novels you like to read.""No. Ours is too hilly to be a traditional romance story."And it is. Journey the conclusion to Love Belvin's riveting "Wayward Love" series, and see how errant the path to Isaak and Kennedi's happily ever after is. What is a perfect love story? Does it not include disappointment, betrayal, distractions, guilt, and anger?Just how much can these two take before they decide the victory of love isn't worth the pain?Note: This is the final installment of a three book series. It contains expletive language, and sexual content. If you do not wish to have these elements in your reads, this is not the venture for you.