Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly hardcover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book Just In Case You Want to Fly written by Julie Fogliano and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A message of love, support, and empowerment, from bestselling author Julie Fogliano and Christian Robinson, Caldecott Honoree and creator of the New York Times Bestseller You Matter. just in case you want to fly here's some wind and here's the sky Funny and sweet, told with lyrical text and bright, unexpected illustrations, Just in Case You Want to Fly is a celebration of heading off on new adventures--and of knowing your loved ones will always have your back when you need them. A joyful, inclusive cast of children fly, sing, and wish their way across the pages, with everything they could ever need--a cherry if you need a snack, and if you get itchy here's a scratch on the back--to explore the world around them. Bold illustrations created by Christian Robinson, creator of You Matter, bring out the humor and warmth of the poetic text, teasing out new meanings and adding delightful details that will have you turning the pages again and again. Julie Fogliano and Christian Robinson, the creators of the award-winning When's My Birthday?, have teamed up again to create a perfect book to share with the little ones you love--to give them everything they need to go out into the world, and reassure them you'll always be waiting to welcome them home. Whether it's for big milestones like graduations or holidays, or quiet bedtimes and cozy moments together, Just In Case You Want to Fly is made for sharing, with gentle humor and sweet reassurances. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit
Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly soft Cover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly softcover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly hard Cover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book Snappsy the Alligator Did Not Ask to Be in This Book written by Julie Falatko and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy innocently shopping for a party ... or is he OBSESSED with snack foods that start with the letter P? What's the truth? Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) is an irreverent look at storytelling, friendship, and creative differences, perfect for fans of Mo Willems.
Download or read book The Black Church written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . . In Gates’s telling, the Black church shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth—as it is in heaven.” —Jon Meacham, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America. For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, residentially segregated West Virginia town, the church was a center of gravity—an intimate place where voices rose up in song and neighbors gathered to celebrate life's blessings and offer comfort amid its trials and tribulations. In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Gates takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries, from the intersection of Christianity and the transatlantic slave trade to today’s political landscape. At road’s end, and after Gates’s distinctive meditation on the churches of his childhood, we emerge with a new understanding of the importance of African American religion to the larger national narrative—as a center of resistance to slavery and white supremacy, as a magnet for political mobilization, as an incubator of musical and oratorical talent that would transform the culture, and as a crucible for working through the Black community’s most critical personal and social issues. In a country that has historically afforded its citizens from the African diaspora tragically few safe spaces, the Black Church has always been more than a sanctuary. This fact was never lost on white supremacists: from the earliest days of slavery, when enslaved people were allowed to worship at all, their meetinghouses were subject to surveillance and destruction. Long after slavery’s formal eradication, church burnings and bombings by anti-Black racists continued, a hallmark of the violent effort to suppress the African American struggle for equality. The past often isn’t even past—Dylann Roof committed his slaughter in the Mother Emanuel AME Church 193 years after it was first burned down by white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, following a thwarted slave rebellion. But as Gates brilliantly shows, the Black church has never been only one thing. Its story lies at the heart of the Black political struggle, and it has produced many of the Black community’s most notable leaders. At the same time, some churches and denominations have eschewed political engagement and exemplified practices of exclusion and intolerance that have caused polarization and pain. Those tensions remain today, as a rising generation demands freedom and dignity for all within and beyond their communities, regardless of race, sex, or gender. Still, as a source of faith and refuge, spiritual sustenance and struggle against society’s darkest forces, the Black Church has been central, as this enthralling history makes vividly clear.
Download or read book Just Fly Away written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apowerful story about family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding your way in the world. When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a secret child from a brief affair, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family. How could her father have betrayed them like this? How could her mother forgive him? And why isn’t her sister rocked by the news the way Lucy is? Lucy can’t bring herself to tell her friends, and when she tries to confide in her boyfriend, he doesn’t understand. Fed up with everyone around her and desperate for answers, Lucy runs away to Maine—the home of her mysteriously estranged grandfather—to get to the bottom of her family’s secrets and lies.
Download or read book I Just Wanted to Fly hardcover written by Jim Tilmon and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Just Wanted to Fly" is Jim Tilmon's story of his journey from seeing an American Airlines airplane at age 5, deciding he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, believing he could and fulfilling that dream 26 years later. It is a fascinating and remarkable story particularly because he is a Black man who grew up in a segregated society and faced challenge and resistance nearly every step of the way.
Download or read book Only a Witch Can Fly written by Alison McGhee and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lovely, poetic picture book, a young girl dreams of flying on her broom. Stunning block illustrations make this a perfect choice for a fall story time. NY Times bestselling author Alison McGhee creates a bewitching tale about finding one's own path.
Download or read book When s My Birthday written by Julie Fogliano and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children excitedly discuss the details of their upcoming birthdays.
Download or read book Fragrant Heart Daily Meditations written by Elisabeth Blaikie and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book If He Had Been with Me written by Laura Nowlin and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...
Download or read book Feathers Not Just for Flying written by Melissa Stewart and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious readers are invited to explore informative sidebars, which underscore specific ways each bird uses its feathers for a variety of practical purposes. A scrapbook design showcases life-size feather illustrations.
Download or read book Simply Fly A Deccan Odyssey written by Captain Gopinath G R Captain and published by Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an entrepreneur who built India's first and largest low-cost airline Filled with rich anecdotes of everyday struggles and joys, this is the awe-inspiring story of Captain G.R. Gopinath. This autobiography narrates in gritty detail Captain Gopinath's incredible journey: quitting the Indian Army in the late 1970s with a princely gratuity of Rs 6500, going back to his farm land inundated by the river, converting a piece of barren land to set up a farm for ecologically sustainable silkworm rearing, winning the Rolex award for it, his loves and passions, his extraordinary determination to launch an airline (which touched a crazy market cap of US$ 1.1 billion in less than four years ), in the process rewriting aviation history.
Download or read book House of Leaves written by Mark Z. Danielewski and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.
Download or read book Dating Like Airplanes written by Caleb Breakey and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new book, Caleb Breakey tells you the truth about courtship and dating, finding your soul mate, and what it really means to pursue Christian relationships. Along the way, you'll discover the greatest romance of all. This is Christian dating advice at its best!
