Download or read book Priscilla Pack Rat written by Claudine Crangle and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Independent Press Awards, Children's Fiction Priscilla looked over her loot with pride. As she did, her heart sank. “I can’t give away any of these things,” she moaned. After much consideration she chose the thing she liked the least. She wrapped it up to give to Flea. Priscilla has a knack for finding the best and prettiest things. But when tasked with choosing a birthday gift for her friends, she finds it hard to part with her collection. When Priscilla’s attachment to her “finds” prevents her from attending her friend’s birthday party, she comes to realize that happiness is about more than just accumulating things. In the end, Priscilla chooses to value her friendships and relationships with others over her belongings. Includes a Note to Parents and Other Caregivers by Elizabeth McCallum, PhD, with more information about cutting down on the clutter in your child’s room, and the difference between normal childhood collecting and potentially problematic hoarding behaviors.

Download or read book Priscilla the Pack Rat written by Claudine Crangle and published by Magination Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priscilla liked collecting things. Not any one type of thing in particular. She collected little things, big things, ordinary things, just things in general. Priscilla was a pack rat. Priscilla tries to pick out birthday presents for her friends, but has trouble parting with her favorite finds. In the end, Priscilla learns to value the party -- and her friends -- more than the presents! Includes a Note to Parents and Other Caregivers by Elizabeth McCallum, PhD, with more information about cutting down on clutter, and the difference between collecting and potential hoarding behaviors.

Download or read book Pilati the Pack Rat written by Laura Linza and published by Lifevest. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartwarming children's book tells the story of a pack rat named Pilati, who packs and packs his suitcase so full that he runs out of room. The problem is that he wants to keep collecting, but he doesn't want to let go of what he has. Children will find the adorable rat irresistible as he tries to push and squeeze his suitcase through the entrance to his home. The vibrant digital illustrations show Pilati contemplating his options and finally learning a life-changing lesson. The story teaches that when you give to those in need, you create a space for better things to come into your life.

Download or read book The House Next Door written by Claudine Crangle and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alone on his lot, a sturdy little house has stood for as long as anyone can remember, stoically weathering the storms. But one day, the wind brings change. One house, then another, is built off in the distance. Then a road is paved through his field, and more and more houses appear all around. The house closes his shutters to wait out this alarming development. But in the dark, the house notices he is no longer pushed by the snowdrifts or battered by spring storms. And when he peeks open a shutter, he sees the house next door glowing with a golden light. Just like his. Throwing open his shutters, he finds himself surrounded by a diverse neighborhood of homes. Together, they look forward to seeing what the wind will blow in next. With great wit and an eye-popping use of cardboard, paint and fabric, multimedia artist Claudine Crangle explores our fear of difference through the viewpoint of a small country house beset by urbanization. But not everything that’s new is bad, as the little farmhouse learns in this timely and hopeful picture book about embracing the changes in life we can’t control. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Download or read book Sweet Like Sally written by Charles M. Schulz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Sally can be sweet and helpful to others, she saves her special affection for Linus.

Download or read book The Little Green Envelope written by Gillian Sze and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little green envelope longs to go on a journey. Will it be chosen to deliver Olive’s letter to her far-away friend? Olive’s friend has moved away, and Olive wishes she could visit her. A little green envelope, lost in the bottom of the desk drawer, knows how Olive feels. It, too, wants so much to travel, and imagines zipping up and down conveyer belts and bouncing along in a mail bag, on its way to deliver an important letter. An old postcard reassures that for every occasion, there is an envelope ... but it seems like it will never be the little green envelope’s turn. When Olive’s grandpa suggests writing her friend a letter, the little green envelope hopes and hopes that it will be chosen to carry the letter to its destination — but will it be a perfect fit? A diagram on the endpapers shows how readers can create their own little green envelopes! Key Text Features illustrations Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Download or read book Elvis and Ginger written by Ginger Alden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Elvis Presley’s fiancée and last love tells her story and sets the record straight in this deeply personal memoir that reveals what really happened in the final years of the King of Rock n' Roll. Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story… In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Download or read book The Pack Rat written by Donna George and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells about the life of the desert pack rat.

Download or read book Fervent written by Priscilla Shirer and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a guide to fighting back against Satan's temptations though the use of prayer, outlining advice on developing personal prayer strategies to counter the enemy's diverse assault strategies.

Download or read book Perry the Pack Rat Finds a Friend written by Mardell E. Alberico and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elvis in Vegas written by Richard Zoglin and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Outstanding pop-culture history.” —Newsday The “smart and zippy account” (The Wall Street Journal) of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time. Elvis’s 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour—bad movies, mediocre pop songs that no longer made the charts—and he’d been dismissed by most critics as over-the-hill. But in Vegas he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. His performance got rave reviews; “Suspicious Minds,” the song he introduced there, gave him his first number-one hit in seven years; and Elvis became Vegas’s biggest star. Over the next seven years, he performed more than 600 shows there, and sold out every one. Las Vegas was changed, too. By the end of the ‘60s, Vegas’ golden age—when the Rat Pack led a glittering array of stars who made it the nation’s premier live-entertainment center—was losing its luster. Elvis created a new kind of Vegas show: an over-the-top, rock-concert extravaganza. He set a new bar for Vegas performers, with the biggest salary, the biggest musical production, and the biggest promotion campaign the city had ever seen. He opened the door to a new generation of pop/rock artists and brought a new audience to Vegas—not the traditional well-heeled older gamblers, but a mass audience from Middle America that Vegas depends on for its success to this day. At once “a fascinating history of Vegas as gambling capital, celebrity playground, mob hangout, [and] entertainment Valhalla” (Rolling Stone) and the incredible “tale of how the King got his groove back” (Associated Press), Elvis in Vegas is a classic feel-good story for the ages.

Download or read book Pete Pack Rat written by Robert M. Quackenbush and published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the villainous Gizzard Coyote comes to Pebble Junction he strikes terror in the hearts of the animal inhabitants--but Pete Pack Rat works out a plan.

Download or read book Sinatra and the Jack Pack written by Michael Sheridan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Frank Sinatra desperately wanted to be part of John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s gang. He had his own famed “Rat Pack,” made up of hard drinking, womanizing individuals like himself—guys like Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford—but the guy “Ol’ Blue Eyes” really wanted to hang with was Lawford’s brother-in-law, the real chairman of the board, John F. Kennedy. In Sinatra and the Jack Pack, Michael Sheridan delves deep into the acclaimed singer’s relationship with the former president. He shares how Sinatra emerged from a working class Italian family and carved out a unique place for himself in American culture, and how Kennedy, also of immigrant stock, came from a privileged background of which the young Frank could only have dreamed. By the time the men met in the 1950s, both were thriving—and both liked the good life. They bonded over their mutual ability to attract beautiful women, male admirers, and adoring acolytes. They also shared a scandalous secret: each had dubious relationships with the mafia. It had promoted Frank’s career and helped Kennedy buy votes. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had, over two decades, compiled detailed and damning dossiers on their activities. From all accounts the friendship thrived. Then, suddenly, in March 1962, Frank was abruptly ejected from JFK’s gang. This unique volume tells why. It will release shortly after a television documentary inspired by the book airs, is filled with a beloved cast of characters, and is the compelling, untold story of a tumultuous relationship between two American icons. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Digital Collection written by Elizabeth C. Bunce and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Enola Holmes and Agatha Christie: an amateur detective obsessed with crime scene analysis investigates her sleepy village town in the Edgar Award-Winning series, now available for the first time in a complete paperback gift set! ​ This highly acclaimed, Edgar Award-winning series features twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle, Amateur Detective, who has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father's law books and her mum's microscope, Myrtle keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England (often to their chagrin). In this complete paperback set, Myrtle, her governess, and her precocious cat Peony take on swindlers, murderers, and the occasional ghost, earning Myrtle a place among the most daring amateur detectives of her time. Join Myrtle as she puts her sparkling wit and nose for murder to the test in five thrilling investigations: Premeditated Myrtle How To Get Away With Myrtle Cold-Blooded Myrtle In Myrtle Peril Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity

Download or read book Grumpy Bird written by Jeremy Tankard and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut book of Jeremy Tankard's high-flying Bird series! Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play -- too grumpy even to fly. "Looks like I'm walking today," says Bird. He walks past Sheep, who offers to keep him company. He walks past Rabbit, who also could use a walk. Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox join in, too. Before he knows it, a little exercise and companionship help Bird shake his bad mood. Praised by the Wall Street Journal as "comic perfection," this winsome, refreshingly original picture book is sure to help kids (and grown-ups) giggle away their grumpies, too! Bird's impeckably crafted, hilarious melodramas continue in the Grumpy Bird board book, Boo Hoo Bird, Hungry Bird, and coming in 2018, Sleepy Bird.

Download or read book The Return of Pete Pack Rat written by Robert Quackenbush and published by . This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full color paperback edition (also being published simutaneously in hardcover) of three books in one of the author's popular Pete Pack Rat/Sheriff Sally Gopher western adventure series concerning desert animals living in the fictious town called Pebbue Junction. The three books originally titled "Pete Pack Rat," "Sheriff Sally Gopher and the haunted dance hall," and "Pete Pack Rat and the Gila Monster Gang" are published in this one book (paperback edition) under the title "the return of Pete Pack Rat" with brand-new full color illustrations throughout to capture a new generation of Pete Pack Rat/Sheriff Sally Gopher fans.

Download or read book Packy the Pack Rat written by Tommie Moller and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packy is a wacky Pack Rat who is attracted to all kinds of objects. He collects and trades articles as he travels but doesn't make friends easily. Tommie Moller's rhymed verse is a light-hearted and comical story of how Packy learns the value of friendship when he makes a surprising trade.