Download or read book Grumpy Duck written by Joyce Dunbar and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Duck’s grumpiness becomes contagious, what can possibly turn it around? Duck is in a very grumpy mood. The pond is dry, and she doesn’t want to roll in the mud with Pig, sing with Rooster, doze with Tortoise, eat laundry with Goat, or join any of the other animals in their pastimes. To make matters worse, the gray cloud that’s following Duck is growing bigger by the minute, and now her friends are feeling gloomy as well. What will it take to cheer them all up? Two prolific picture-book creators look to the skies for a humorous tale of not-fair-weather friendship.
Download or read book Danny the Grumpy Duck written by Christopher Henry and published by Chris Henry. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will 'Danny the Grumpy Duck' keep being "grumpy" or will his long lost son change Grumpy's attitude?
Download or read book 50 Short Stories written by Martin Lundqvist and published by Martin Lundqvist. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology consists of fifty stories, which are separated into four series as well as independent stories. The serialised short stories are: The Dating Mishaps of the Luckless Lawyer (humour, 8 stories), which follows the successful lawyer Geoffrey, as he goes on a series of absurd dates. Will Geoffrey end the vicious cycle by confronting the author? The Peculiar Quests of Australia's Greatest Spy (Espionage/ humour. 13 stories) is a collection of stories about Pond, Jared Pond, who is the goofy and failure-ridden Australian version of James Bond. Jared travels the world and keep failing while carrying out frivolous missions for the Australian Prime Minister Scurry Morrissette. Will Jared reach his goal of becoming the greatest agent Australia has ever seen? The Marvellous Adventures of the Quirky Space Chef (Juvenile/Young Adult Science Fantasy. 6 stories) follows the chef Diah Lubis as she travels through time and space to master the best dishes in the world for Princess Irulan Ramahandran. However, time travel has consequences that alter the present. Will Diah become the best space chef on the Europa Moon? Fiona's Dream Adventures (Juvenile fiction/ time travel. 8 stories.) follows the dreamy girl Fiona, who experiences vivid dreams where she meets historical persons and visit fantasy kingdoms. Will Fiona's dreams teach her about life? Miscellaneous Stories (All genres. 15 stories.) These Stories are not serialised, and they can be about anything between heaven and earth. The serialised stories are also available as their own books, in a magazine format with pictures. Please search for these titles if you are interested.
Download or read book 10 Short Stories Volume 1 written by Martin Lundqvist and published by Martin Lundqvist. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Anthology contains the following short stories: The Dinner at Darkwood Mansion Keila halts the Terran drug smugglers in the year 2869. Daydreaming in the shoe shop. The Escargot Conspiracy. How I met your mother (and almost got arrested for murder). The Snailkeeper at Lupusserra. The Cathedral Date. The Clinic Murders. The Golden Duck Dinner. The Escape from the Tang Emperor.
Download or read book The Marvollous Adventures of the Quirky Space Chef written by Martin Lundqvist and published by Martin Lundqvist. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possessing a portable wormhole generator, Diah Lubis travels through time and space to make the most delicious dishes ever created. Will Diah achieve her ultimate dreams? It is the year 2192, and Diah Lubis is the personal chef of Princess Irulan Ramahandran of the Malaysian Space Empire. Equipped with a portable wormhole generator, Diah travels through time and space to learn how to make the universe's best and most exotic dishes. During her quest, Diah encounters dragons, trolls, and changing timelines. Will Diah and her loyal friend, Finkerbelle the Mother Fairy, succeed with their quests?
Download or read book Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime written by Heather McNeil and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use children's books during storytime to approach sensitive topics and increase children's social-emotional wellness-and how to create storytimes that are engaging, participative, and FUN! The emotional challenges many children experience consume the time of teachers, exhaust parents, and sometimes lead children toward behaviors that prohibit social and academic success. Storytime to the rescue! Library storytimes prepare children for kindergarten; storytimes at home and in preschools allow teachers, parents, and children to think and talk about empathy and the importance of honoring your own and others' feelings. In Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime, Heather McNeil teaches librarians and teachers how to use books to open conversations with children to teach such concepts as patience, tenacity, kindness, and teamwork. McNeil shares research on brain development, social-emotional learning, and the importance of play, but she also emphasizes maintaining the fun of storytime. She recommends songs, action rhymes, games, and crafts that contribute to fun and healthy storytimes. Extensive lists of recommended books will help readers find the right ones for their audience.
Download or read book All on My Own written by Sarah Dromey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All on my own is the story of a troubled little girl from Dublin whose family, and in particular her dad, mean everything to her. As a teenager she is very unwell with epilepsy, which is causing big educational and social problems. She learns to kiss down in Wexford, which has become her second home. This leads to some unpleasant sexual incidents. Sarah has made a decision to be a virgin, and about six or seven months after breaking up with her religious boyfriend, she starts a romantic story with a man she picks out of a crowd. Over time, she comes to realise that hes the only one for her.
Download or read book Dark Colony Nyx 7 Intergalactic Dating Agency written by Demelza Carlton and published by Lost Plot Press. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alone and pregnant in a space colony far from home, Linnaea didn’t think her life could get worse…until she gets stuck in hospital. After Tariq lost his family in the attacks on Tito, he buried himself in his medical studies. Now as Dr Dark, he has a new mission: saving lives. Even if he’s resigned to spending the rest of his life alone. Until a chance encounter throws Tariq and Linnaea together. Dare they hope for a brighter future?
Download or read book 50 Hikes with Kids Texas written by Wendy Gorton and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover kid-friendly trails in Texas with this extensive guidebook offering maps, length of hike, and simple scavenger hunts along the trail—plus fun extras that will foster a curiosity about the region’s flora, fauna, and geology. Handcrafted for caregivers that want to spark a love of nature, 50 Hikes with Kids Texas highlights the most kid-friendly hikes in the Lone Star State. These hikes are perfect for little legs—they are all under five miles and have an elevation gain of 900 feet of less. Every entry includes the essential details: easy-to-read, trustworthy directions; a detailed map kids can navigate on their own; hike length and elevation gain; bathroom access; and where to grab a bite to eat nearby. Full-color photographs highlight the fun things to see along the trail.
Download or read book Journeywords written by Melanie Amos Love and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventure Is Now written by Jess Redman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun-filled, action-packed middle grade novel about a boy who learns about protecting the environment, finding real friends, and living in the now while spending the summer on a remote island. Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong things, his family is falling apart, and everyone at school avoids him because of the very embarrassing Bird Brain Incident. But when Milton plays his video game Isle of Wild, he becomes someone else—Sea Hawk, the brave and brilliant naturalist explorer who conquers danger at every turn. Then Milton’s parents ship him off to the remote Lone Island for the summer, where his uncle Evan is an environmentalist researcher. The island is chock-full of spectaculous species, and Milton realizes this is his chance to become the brave and brilliant naturalist he’s always wanted to be—and even meet some fellow explorers! But as it turns out, the future of the Lone Island is in some pretty serious peril, and the only thing that can save it is a field guide full of cryptic clues. If Milton and his unexpected new friends are going to protect the island, they’ll have to trust each other, discover new truths, and embark on a wild and wondrous adventure all their own. The Adventure is Now is a dazzling, fun-filled story from Jess Redman.
Download or read book Way Downtown The written by Inna Gertsberg and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex world of urban public transit is explored using five different characters' journeys through the imaginary city of Zoom.
Download or read book Blackberry Cove written by Roxanne Snopek and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In coastal Oregon, two people at a refuge for strays both human and animal learn that love and healing go hand-in-hand, from the USA Today–bestselling author. When journalist Jonathan Byers leaves LA with his career in tatters, he heads to Sanctuary Ranch, determined to settle some of his personal affairs by putting his aging father in a seniors’ home. But his father stubbornly refuses to leave his secluded retreat—and has even rallied Sanctuary Ranch’s beautiful gardener to his cause. Something about sexy, mysterious Abby Warren piques the rugged reporter’s investigative instincts—and his interest—luring Jonathan to stay a little longer . . . Having found her own healing at Sanctuary Ranch, Abby knows Jonathan’s hard-headedness hides a wound that needs mending. Believing a time-out in nature will help father and son see eye-to-eye, she welcomes Jonathan into the only haven she has ever known. But Abby never expects to find herself so drawn to him—or that he will uncover devastating secrets she’d hoped to keep long buried. Will their deepening connection be enough to steer them through the darkness ahead, and toward a bright future for everyone? Praise for Sunset Bay Sanctuary “Grief and loss define this slow burning contemporary romance featuring a large cast of folksy characters who infuse the first installment in Snopek’s Sunset Bay series with lots of down home charm and many examples of tough love. Fans of small town series with character driven plots, such as those by Susan Wiggs and Debbie Macomber, will find that Sunset Bay hits the spot.” —Booklist
Download or read book The Babel Walker written by Ben Larken and published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Bridges awakens on the roof of an endless skyscraper, kicking off a perilous journey to return to the life she once knew, but otherworldly forces, both inside the tower and on Earth, conspire to stop her at any cost. In Chicago, Eddie Conroy, already reeling from the loss of his wife, plunges into a nightmare as trauma strikes again—this time in the form of a man in a ski mask who abducts Eddie’s son. And in Texas, small-town firefighter Doug Underwood stumbles onto the strangest arson case of his life when he discovers local celebrity and romance author Sarah Bridges floating unconscious in her pool amid the fiery debris that used to be her home. So begins The Babel Walker, a Christian-themed novel brimming with suspense, action, and heart. The tower in question is the same Babel described in Genesis, which now houses the souls of the living. When people die on Earth, they sleepwalk to Babel’s roof, where a tornado of light whisks their souls into Eternity. But Sarah’s not quite dead, giving her an unprecedented chance to find her attacker and save his next victims. But can she stop a madman before her soul slips away from her Earthly body for good?
Download or read book Tammy Wynette written by Jimmy McDonough and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-scale biography of the enduring first lady of country music The twentieth century had three great female singers who plumbed the darkest corners of their hearts and transformed private grief into public dramas. In opera, there was the unsurpassed Maria Callas. In jazz, the tormented Billie Holiday. And in country music, there was Tammy Wynette. "Stand by Your Man," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," "Take Me to Your World" are but a few highlights of Tammy's staggering musical legacy, all sung with a voice that became the touchtone for women's vulnerability, disillusionment, strength, and endurance. In Tammy Wynette, bestselling biographer Jimmy McDonough tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone, whose meteoric rise led to a decades-long career full of tragedy and triumph. Through a high-profile marriage and divorce, her dreadful battle with addiction and illness, and the struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving Nashville, Tammy turned a brave smile toward the world and churned out masterful hit songs though her life resembled the most heartbreaking among them. Tammy Wynette is an intimate portrait of a music icon, the Queen of Heartbreak, whose powerful voice simultaneously evoked universal pain and longing even as it belied her own.
Download or read book Meows from the Manse written by Barry Blackstone and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a cat lover and a Christian, then this book is for you. Seventeen years in the making, Meows from the Manse is a collection of remembrances and reflections from a Maine pastor about his "cat of a lifetime" and the years they lived together at the parsonage (manse) of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ellsworth, Maine. Eddie was a stray tomcat that eventually worked his way into the heart of this reluctant minister, despite the fact that this man of the cloth never liked cats. Surrounded by cats in his younger years on a family farm, and always living with a cat or two because of his wife's love affair with cats (Coleen's last cat would live twenty-two years--sixteen of them with Eddie), and his kid's love of cats, the exploits and experience with Eddie would change this pastor's mind about cats, teaching him the biblical challenge of Job 12:7: "But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee!" Relive the years with Eddie and the Pearl (Coleen's cat) and the enriching spiritual lessons this preacher learned from his constant companion and friend through the challenging years as a pastor of a small coastal church, the death of a thirty-nine-year-old son, and the passing of his dear wife of forty-eight years. The cat tales begin with Eddie's arrival across from the pastor's church and end with the passing of Eddie from throat cancer. In between are insights you might not believe from the Bible, but for the author were some of the best sermons he heard during that period of his life. Without a doubt for this widower, the messages (meows) from Eddie were some of the best he ever heard, but he will let you be the judge!
Download or read book Hot Mother written by Nancy Peach and published by Hera books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penny Baker is winning at life. Sort of. Her work is demanding, her kids are demanding and her husband seems to be undergoing some weird midlife crisis but she is juggling it all – with the added delights of the menopause. But when the charity she works for is thrown into crisis and her mother’s dementia advances, the strain starts to show. Can she navigate it all and still somehow keep a smile on her - flushed - face? A witty, relatable story of motherhood, menopause and managing the heck out of it all. Praise for Hot Mother: 'A book that looks at what it means to be a middle-aged woman in today's society. Funny, wise and downright wonderful.' Nicola Gill ‘Warm, witty and entirely relatable.’ Jenni Keer 'Wonderfully witty writing which had me laughing right from the start. Beautifully crafted, funny and tender. Chuffing brilliant!' Kirsty Eyre 'Had me laughing - and yes, weeping - in recognition. Nancy Peach is a talented writer, full of joy.' Faye Brann 'Hilarious and scarily relatable! Nancy Peach...brings warmth and humour to a situation that so many women face...The book is so relatable that I cried frequently, but mainly with laughter! A five-star read.’ Kathleen Whyman 'Hot Mother hits the perfect note between laugh-out-loud funny and poignantly moving. It should be prescribed alongside HRT. I laughed, I cried and totally related to Penny Baker and her beautiful, chaotic life.' Annie Lyons Praise for Nancy Peach: ‘Genuinely laugh-out-loud, but also deeply moving... a warm, witty, page-turner of a book.’ Kathleen Whyman ‘I absolutely loved this book... funny, heartwarming and just brilliant. If you like Motherland, this is a book for you!’ Olivia Beirne ‘One of the best books I have read this year. Funny and heartbreaking by turns. One to devour, rejoice in and reflect upon. An absolute triumph.’ Jenni Keer 'Hilarious, heartbreaking and so relatable - a brilliant yet poignant take on the struggles of real life.' Nina Kaye ‘Frank, fun and touching...crafted beautifully to tell a story many ‘sandwiched’ readers will identify with...a very special read.’ Faye Brann ‘What a glorious book - warm, hilarious and utterly relatable. Nancy Peach’s writing is delicious.’ Donna Ashcroft ‘Poignant yet hilarious...Prepare to laugh out loud and be moved to tears as you read this book.’ Helga Jensen ‘Brilliantly written and utterly refreshing. Nancy’s writing is inspiring, quick-witted and heartbreaking in equal measure.’ Zoe Allison ‘Properly hilarious and equally heartbreaking...a timely and relevant portrayal of today’s Sandwich Generation, brilliantly cloaked in sparkling humour and hope.’ Pernille Hughes ‘Absolutely hilarious and heartwarming all at the same time.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Captivating, witty, hilarious, emotional, raw and real! One of the best books I’ve read in the last few months!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘What an absolutely beautiful story this was. I laughed out loud, I cried and I had many moments of self-reflection’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Great, totally relatable read, particularly for women of a certain age...Would highly recommend this.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘What a delightful, heartwarming book...The story was compelling and entertaining.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review
