Download or read book Secret Tree Fort written by Brianne Farley and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will a girl's increasingly fantastical descriptions of her secret tree fort lure her older sister away from her book?
Download or read book COURAGE written by Dan Hayden and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A normal, healthy young man experiences several years of emotional and social abuse that begin in his formative years, as early as the fourth grade. The constant badgering from overly authoritative people in the boy’s life path seem to be an instrument of influence to awaken a dormant malady in the child’s personality. The boy’s condition, at a particularly vulnerable age, serves to threaten almost every avenue for him to progress in life. This book discusses the continuous struggle a young boy and his parents face, as they search for a way to overcome the odds without exposing the young lad’s hidden disorder.
Download or read book Open House written by Scott Russell and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a keen eye and ear for story, Hockey Night in Canada host and bestselling author Scott Russell chronicles a sport both exotic and familiar -- curling. Canadians have a unique enthusiasm for curling. It transcends barriers. World-class athletes curl with absolute beginners, and grandmothers and grandsons take to the ice together. There are more than a million registered curlers in Canada, and millions more tune in to watch curling events on television. The outpouring of emotion that followed Sandra Schmirler’s death revealed that curlers are counted among our national heroes. Curling doesn’t offer the excitement of other winter sports -- no thunderous body checks, no vertical leaps, no million-dollar superstars. But when Scott Russell visited curling clubs across the country, attended the Brier in Calgary and the Olympic games in Salt Lake City, and spent time with curlers, from celebrities like Colleen Jones to the unsung father, uncle and son-team who built the Eagle Hill Curling Club in Alberta, he discovered the magical allure of curling. As Canadian Olympic gold medalist Joan McCusker said of curling’s appeal: “Ordinary people doing extraordinary things is the attraction.” Open House takes us inside the world of curling, and captures the spirit and lore of the sport, the dedication and passion of its participants.
Download or read book The Book of Zelph written by Zelph and published by Josh Anderson. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a gruesome crime scene. His beloved father was beheaded, and the prime suspect is his best friend, Nephi. Will justice be served? Will he avenge the murder of his father? Join Laban the younger on an epic journey from Jerusalem to the American continent in search of Nephi the murderer. The Book of Zelph is the world's most true book. It is the real-life story of the founding of America from the perspective of the Lamanites, the principal ancestors of the Native Americans.
Download or read book Play and Literacy written by Myae Han and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we save play in a standard-driven educational environment? This edited collection, Play and Literacy: Play & Culture Studies provides a direct answer and solutions to this question. Researchers and theorists have argued for decades that play is the best way to learn language and literacy for children. This book provides theoretical and historical foundation of connection between play and literacy, applied research studies as well as practical strategies to connect play and literacy in early childhood and in teacher education. This book features chapters on the history of play and literacy research, book-play paradigm, play in digital writing, book-based play activities, play-based reader responses, classroom dynamics affecting literacy learning in play, and using play with adults in teacher education such as drama-based instruction. Variety of chapters addressing the strong connection between play and literacy will satisfy the readers who seek to understand the relationship between play and literacy and implement ways to use play to support language and literacy.
Download or read book The Riverside Chronicles written by Raz T. Slasher and published by Fae Corps Inc. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riverside, Ohio isn't your average small town. If I can be candid for a moment, (and I will be, because I like turtles) it's a weird fucking place. I've lived here since 1982 and I'll probably die here some day. In that time, I've seen the funniest shit you can imagine. I've also seen things so terrifying that even imagining them would cause you irreparable mental trauma. It's a mixed bag, but it's home. Maybe you think you live in a weird small town, and maybe you do, but let me assure you that it has nothing on Riverside. It's not just all the missing posters and weird disappearances either. Nor is it all just the bodies of victims or the survivors of that which dwells here. Let me take it a step further for the guy who isn't sure if he wants to keep reading this or not… If you've never seen a woman stabbed by a killer mime and an imaginary friend out for blood, in person, on the same day… Well, this may not be the book for you. Hell, maybe it is. I don't know your life…
Download or read book How d I Get Here written by Dan Beckmann and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking collection of uproariously funny, improbably true stories by a man who believes living life to the fullest makes life unbelievably fun. Dan Beckmann appears to be an average guy living an average life—until you get him talking. In this extraordinary collection of remarkable tales, you’ll see that Dan finds adventure the way he finds friends—everywhere he goes, and under some of the most unexpected circumstances. Through his witty, lighthearted, and entertaining tales, he reminds us that the best things in life are free, that a new adventure is always just around the corner—and that it’s never too late to laugh your way to the finish line.
Download or read book Tales of East River Chasing Shadows written by David McLeod and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reinvention of the Human Hand written by Paul Vermeersch and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Vermeersch’s new poems give a present-day voice to primitive song, and restore to us a dawn-time severity that cuts through modern evasions. They go beyond sophistication to reveal the passionate and suffering animal within. The Reinvention of the Human Hand is a poetry of the human body’s experience, of a primal being that struggles to assert itself, or perhaps just survive, in a world of metals, plastics, electronics. Here is the most far-reaching work yet by the acclaimed author of Burn, The Fat Kid, and Between the Walls. Vermeersch has always gone in search of understanding. Now his discoveries speak of a human world exhausted by its divorce from an animal past, terrified of retreating into early places it never truly left, astonished by the forgotten possibilities disclosed there.
Download or read book Powerless written by Matthew Cody and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superheroes soar in this promising debut—and they’re kids! Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they’re haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Is a memory-stealing supervillain sapping their powers? The answers lie in a long-ago meteor strike, a World War II–era comic book (Fantastic Futures, starring the first superhero, Johnny Noble), the green-flamed Witch Fire, a hidden Shroud cave, and—possibly, unbelievably—“powerless” regular-kid Daniel himself. Superhero kids meet comic book mystery in this action-filled debut about the true meaning of a hero.
Download or read book Building Books written by Megan Wagner Lloyd and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books and blocks bring together two siblings with nothing in common in this story from Megan Wagner Lloyd (Finding Wild) and illustrator Brianne Farley (Secret Tree Fort). Katie loves to build. She loves the way the blocks click together, the way they crash when they topple to the floor. But most of all, she loves to build something brand-new. Unlike her brother, she hates reading. Owen loves to read. He loves the way the pages rustle when he turns them, the way the paper smells. But most of all, he loves to read something brand-new. But, unlike his sister, he has no interest in building. When their rivalry finally comes to a head, a librarian suggests a solution. Books for Katie to read and books for Owen to shelve. Can they learn to appreciate their siblings hobbies and build something together?
Download or read book The Resurrectionists written by Michael Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Booker and IMPAC Prize-nominated author of The Keepers of Truth delivers a haunting novel of psychological suspense about a wayward family's search for salvation in an America that has left them behind. The solitude of the Upper Michigan Peninsula is Michael Collins's heart of darkness in this compelling story of the unquiet dead. Almost thirty years ago, when Frank Cassidy was five, his parents burned to death in a remote Michigan town. Now Frank's uncle is dead too, shot by a mysterious stranger who lies in a coma in the local hospital. Frank, working menial jobs to support his unfaithful wife and two children, takes his family north in a series of stolen cars to dispute his cousin's claim on the family farm. Once there, however, Frank also wants answers to questions about his own past: Who really set the fire that burned the family home and killed his parents? Will the stranger, who hangs between life and death, be able to shed light on long-buried secrets? As the television blares the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, news of Jim Jones, and endless sitcom reruns, simple answers -- and the promise of the American dream -- seem to recede from Frank's grasp. Brilliant and unsettling, The Resurrectionists is an ironic yet chilling indictment of American culture in the seventies and a compassionate novel about a man struggling to overcome the crimes and burdens of his past.
Download or read book Only in a Dream Series written by Kimberly Anne Harris and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Only In A Dream Series" is a wonderful collection of short stories where Kennedy, Kai and Riley-- the three main characters--through their dreams, overcome life-altering fears, and gain a new-found respect for nature and its wonderful attributes. "Caught In A Web" encounters Kennedy smack dab in the middle of a spider web looking her foe in all eight of its eyes. "The Trees Are My Friends" features Kai in a forest--startled and gasping for air--in the midst of a large cluster of breath-making trees. "What Is All The Buzz About?" reveals Riley quickly scurrying from a swarm of buzzing bees into a sweet new reality filled with beautiful buzzing tunes.
Download or read book Girls Rule 5 Minute Stories written by Clarion Books and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're looking for a strong role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more.
Download or read book TreeCat written by Jackie McFadden and published by TreeCat Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a simple act that changes her life forever, Cat–a sassy, young feral feline–leaps into a tree hole of a wise, old oak to escape from the 11-year-old cat wrangler Corner. From this moment forward, an unlikely gift of friendship develops between tree and cat. Sensing that the time is drawing near for the Dark Shadow’s re-emergence and attack under the full lunar eclipse, Tree asks a favor of Cat. Tree explains that this will be his last-ditch effort for keeping an ancient promise to his father King Quercus. It is a promise that he and his siblings shamefully broke all those years ago. For her new friend’s sake, Cat begrudgingly sets out on a quest to save the woods, the forgotten treechildren, Corner’s dad, and the town itself from the Dark Shadow.
Download or read book Beyond the Cattle Guard written by Mollie Jordyn and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child's exploration of nature and the family, from within and beyond the cattle guard.
Download or read book The Maker Cookbook written by Cindy Wall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maker Movement is hot, and librarians are eager to participate. Even if you feel restricted by budget, staff, or space, this step-by-step guide will help you turn your library into a creativity center. The Maker Movement is sweeping the nation because it is creative and educationaland a lot of fun. Nonetheless, some librarians have hesitated to incorporate the movement into their programming because their libraries do not have dedicated makerspaces. If that describes you, then take heart. Written by librarians for librarians, this "cookbook" proves that every library is already a MakerPlace and provides you with recipes to make your library come alive with creativity. Easy-to-use, step-by-step guidance helps you create engaging K8 programs in science and technology, arts and crafts, and home skills that are perfect for the library setting. The menu of ideas is broken into four types of programming. "Appetizers" add a taste of the Maker movement to existing library programs. "Entrees" present full programs for a lengthy one-day event or a short series. "Side Dishes" are programs you can use if you have limited staff, budget, space, or any combination of those. "Desserts" are low-tech programs, suitable for young children. Each "recipe" includes extensions, variations, and curriculum tie-ins that give you even more ways to present the program ideas, whether to a different audience or as part of other related activities. Programs that involve creating a "Balloon Zip Line," a "Zen Garden," or a "Maker Marketplace" will delight library users and generate activity and excitement in your library.
