Download or read book Tessa Takes Wing written by Richard Jackson and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s almost morning and everyone’s asleep. Everyone except Tessa. Quiet as a mouse, Tessa takes flight . . . UP . . . UP until she’s flying high above her crib. Her first stop: her sister Maggie’s blue elephant! Then, Maggie’s fire truck . . . and her polka-dot umbrella. But she better be quiet and quick before her daddy hears and stops all her fun! Follow Tessa on a soaring adventure, one only she and the reader experience, as she flies even higher than she did yesterday, in Tessa Takes Wing, by veteran children’s book editor Richard Jackson with warm, inviting illustrations by Julie Downing.

Download or read book Cubs in the Tub written by Candace Fleming and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred and Helen Martini longed for a baby, and they ended up with dozens of lion and tiger cubs! Snuggle up to this purr-fect read aloud about the Bronx Zoo's first female zoo-keeper. When Bronx Zoo-keeper Fred brought home a lion cub, Helen Martini instantly embraced it. The cub's mother lost the instinct to care for him. "Just do for him what you would do with a human baby," Fred suggested...and she did. Helen named him MacArthur, and fed him milk from a bottle and cooed him to sleep in a crib. Soon enough, MacArthur was not the only cub bathed in the tub! The couple continues to raise lion and tiger cubs as their own, until they are old enough to return them to zoos. Helen becomes the first female zookeeper at the Bronx zoo, the keeper of the nursery. This is a terrific non-fiction book to read aloud while snuggling up with your cubs! Filled with adorable baby cats, this is a story about love, dedication, and a new kind of family. Gorgeously patterned illustrations by Julie Downing detail the in-home nursery and a warm pallet creates a cozy pairing with Candace Fleming's lovely language. Backmatter includes a short biography of Helen Martini and a selected bibliography. A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Named to the Texas Topaz Reading List

Download or read book Rain Village written by Carolyn Turgeon and published by Unbridled Books. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Tessa is a diminutive girl, far too small for farm work and the object of ridicule by both her own family and the other children in their isolated Midwestern community. Her father seems to believe in nothing beyond his crops, certainly not education for his misfit daughter. When a mysterious, entrancing librarian comes to town, full of fabulous stories, earthy wisdom and potions for the lovelorn, she takes Tessa under her wing, teaching her to read and to believe in herself—and a whole new magical world of possibilities opens up. But even as she blooms, Tessa’s father begins sexually abusing her. And her mentor carries a dark secret of her own that finally causes her to drown herself. Tessa runs off, following Mary’s footsteps, to join the circus as a trapeze artist, where she marries a loving man and finds a fulfilling life for herself amidst her new circus family. But she remains haunted by her past. And when a stranger from one of Mary’s fabulist tales shows up, Tessa risks everything to follow him to Rain Village, where she might finally discover her mentor’s tragic secret. A brilliantly evocative debut set in the early part of the 20th century, steeped in emotional turbulence and down-to-earth wisdom, where a young woman must reconcile the inner traumas from her past and learn to live in the present in order to avoid becoming prisoner to her future. Rain Village casts a fabulous spell, pulling us into a world of mystery and possibility where love, friendship and loyalty might either destroy or set one free.

Download or read book Sunstroke and Other Stories written by Tessa Hadley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-07-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Picador Paperback Original Tessa Hadley's stories trace the currents of desire, desperation, and mischief that that lie hidden inside domestic relationships. A mother hears her son's confession that he's cheating on his girlfriend; a student falls in love with a professor and initiates an affair with a man who looks just like him. A boy on a seaside vacation realizes that a grown-up woman is pressing dangerously close. In Tessa Hadley's Sunstroke and Other Stories, everyone conspires to hold the loving and stable surface of family life together, as old secrets and new appetites threaten to blow it apart.

Download or read book The Broken Wing written by Mary Burchell and published by Dales Large Print. This book was released on 2000 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Tessa had the voice of an angel it was her twin sister Tania who always seemed to be in the limelight. And now it looked as though beautiful, bewitching Tania would even rob shy Tessa of the man she loved -- Quentin Otway.

Download or read book Snow Scene written by Richard Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A playful guessing game set in a snowy landscape, this gorgeously illustrated picture book from a distinguished editor and two-time Caldecott Honoree offers a cozy look at a cold winter that slowly melts into a bright spring. Full color. 9 x 9.

Download or read book A Week to Be Wicked written by Tessa Dare and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexpected lovers find themselves together in Spindle Cove with A Week to be Wicked—the second book in Tessa Dare’s utterly delectable historical romance series. This Regency Era delight finds a restless British lord desperate to escape the quaint and too quiet small seaside resort he’s trapped in…and he gets much more than he expected when he eagerly agrees to escort a beautiful, brilliant, socially awkward lady scientist to Scotland. Concerning Tessa Dare and her irresistible romances, bestselling author Julia Quinn is spot on when she says, “Prepare to fall in love!” And anyone who loves the novels of Lisa Kleypas, Christina Dodd, and Liz Carlyle is going to adore having A Week to be Wicked.

Download or read book Christmas in Painted Pony Creek written by Linda Lael Miller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a Christmas miracle mend her broken heart? Tessa Stafford will do anything for her daughter, Isabel…even stay on the run to protect Isabel from her narcissistic grandmother. But when her car breaks down in Painted Pony Creek, Tessa gets caught up in the warm embrace of the town and feels safe enough to build a home—and a life—for them both. Love is the last thing on her mind until rugged cowboy and lawyer Jesse McKettrick’s sexy smile and easy way tempt her into imagining more. But can she trust this handsome stranger with her heart? When Tessa and her adorable daughter blow into town, Jesse McKettrick is smitten—by both the little girl and her beautiful mother. He’s always wanted a family of his own. Maybe this Christmas, his wish will finally come true. But the walls around Tessa are impenetrable, and when Tessa’s past threatens their newfound future—and the family he’s come to love—Jesse won’t let them go without a fight. Painted Pony Creek Book 1: Country Strong Book 2: Country Proud Book 3: Country Born Book 4: Christmas in Painted Pony Creek

Download or read book Any Duchess Will Do written by Tessa Dare and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without? Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season—or any season—but his diabolical mother abducts him to "Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn't dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week's employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother's "duchess training"… and fail miserably. But in London, Pauline isn't a miserable failure. She's a brave, quick-witted, beguiling failure—a woman who ignites Griff's desire and soothes the darkness in his soul. Keeping Pauline by his side won't be easy. Even if Society could accept a serving girl duchess—can a roguish duke convince a serving girl to trust him with her heart?

Download or read book The Electric Woman written by Tessa Fontaine and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Editors' Choice; A Southern Living Best Book of 2018; An Amazon Editors' Best Book of 2018; A Refinery29 Best Book of 2018; A New York Post Most Unforgettable Book of 2018 "Fascinating." —Vogue “This is the story of a daughter and her mother. It’s also a memoir, a love story, and a tale of high-flying stunts . . . An adventure toward and through fear.” —Southern Living Tessa Fontaine’s astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery—through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother. Turns out, one lesson applies to living through illness, keeping the show on the road, letting go of the person you love most, and eating fire: The trick is there is no trick. You eat fire by eating fire. Two journeys—a daughter’s and a mother’s—bear witness to this lesson in The Electric Woman. For three years Tessa Fontaine lived in a constant state of emergency as her mother battled stroke after stroke. But hospitals, wheelchairs, and loss of language couldn’t hold back such a woman; she and her husband would see Italy together, come what may. Thus Fontaine became free to follow her own piper, a literal giant inviting her to “come play” in the World of Wonders, America’s last traveling sideshow. How could she resist? Transformed into an escape artist, a snake charmer, and a high-voltage Electra, Fontaine witnessed the marvels of carnival life: intense camaraderie and heartbreak, the guilty thrill of hard-earned cash exchanged for a peek into the impossible, and, most marvelous of all, the stories carnival folks tell about themselves. Through these, Fontaine trained her body to ignore fear and learned how to keep her heart open in the face of loss. A story for anyone who has ever imagined running away with the circus, wanted to be someone else, or wanted a loved one to live forever, The Electric Woman is ultimately about death-defying acts of all kinds, especially that ever constant: good old-fashioned unconditional love.

Download or read book The Edge of Recall written by Kristen Heitzmann and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tessa Young, an up-and-coming landscape architect who specializes in the design and creation of labyrinths, has immersed herself in the mythological, spiritual, and healing aspects of the elaborate structures. She also is searching for God and hoping to make sense of the nightmares that have plagued her since childhood. When Smith Chandler, an estranged colleague--with whom she'd half fallen in love a dozen times before catching herself every time--calls to propose a project he claims is the opportunity of a lifetime, she reluctantly agrees to check it out. Smith is reconstructing a pre-Revolutionary War abbey for wealthy clients. Among its remarkable features is an overgrown labyrinth. Unable to resist, Tessa accepts his offer to work with him. Soon she is immersed in the project of a lifetime. But one evening, after weeks of work in the labyrinth, Tessa and Smith are attacked. While protecting Tessa, Smith is stabbed, and the nightmare begins...again.

Download or read book Red Sky at Dawn written by Dayna Quince and published by Red Rose Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red sky at dawn, sailors take warn… Miss Tessa George is the epitome of a failed debutant. At twenty six, and as the oldest of her three sisters, she’s on the shelf and officially off the market. When everything about her is wrong, the only right thing to do is exactly what is demanded. Move to a remote island with her newly wedded sister and live out her life as a companion. Tessa left the only life she knew, but what she found on the ocean was more than she could ever dream. Captain Cristian is a bastard, in no uncertain terms. Raised in a convent, he escaped as a boy entering a life of perpetual poverty and crime. That is until Marco de Alejandro took him under his wing, raising him to be a skilled captain and take over Marco’s thriving merchant fleet. But Marco wasn’t always a wealthy merchant and Cristian didn’t earn his reputation as a fierce captain for hauling silk and tea across the oceans. Red sky at night, sailors delight… On an island as mysterious as Star Frost, nothing is as it seems. Tessa’s life as a companion has turned into unfettered freedom to explore who she is and the adventures Star Frost has to offer. Cristian offers to help her, as a friend, but friends don’t kiss…or keep secrets. As they surrender to the desire between them, Cristian tries to keep his distance to protect her from his dark past, but unlike treasure, some enemies won’t stay buried forever…

Download or read book Wellington Square Level 4 written by Wendy Wren and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington Square is designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-13+ who are having difficulty in learning to read. It provides straightforward progression through all 5 levels of the scheme, from wordless picture books to storybooks with full-text.

Download or read book Wings Beaks written by Tessa Miller and published by Animal Tech. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about scientists and engineers who have observed, studied, and mimicked the abilities of flying creatures, from bees and dragonflies to bats and birds.

Download or read book Harlequin Special Edition February 2022 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Jo McNally and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: A SOLDIER'S DARE (A Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift novel) by Jo McNally When Jack Radcliffe dares Belle Fortune to kiss him at the Hotel Fortune’s Valentine’s Ball, he thinks he’s just having fun. She’s interested in someone else. But from the moment their lips touch, the ex-military man is in trouble. The woman he shouldn’t want challenges him to confront his painful past—and face his future head-on… STARLIGHT AND THE SINGLE DAD (A Welcome to Starlight novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major Relocating to the Cascade Mountains is the first step in Tessa Reynolds’s plan to reinvent herself. Former military pilot Carson Campbell sees the bold and beautiful redhead only wreaking havoc with his own plan to be the father his young daughter needs. As her feelings for Carson deepen, Tessa finally knows who she wants to be—the woman who walks off with Carson's heart… THE FIVE-DAY REUNION (A Once Upon a Wedding novel) by Mona Shroff Law student Anita Virani hasn’t seen her ex-husband since the divorce. Now she’s agreed to pretend she’s still married to Nikhil until his sister’s wedding celebrations are over—because her former mother-in-law neglected to tell her family of their split! For more relatable stories of love and family, look for Harlequin Special Edition February 2021 – Box Set 2 of 2

Download or read book Starlight and the Single Dad written by Michelle Major and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She came to reinvent herself but he threw a wrench in her plans in USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Major's latest book in the Welcome to Starlight miniseries! It’s the perfect place to become the person she always wanted to be… Relocating to the Cascade Mountains is the first step in Tessa Reynolds’s plan to reinvent herself in a brand-new place. Former military pilot Carson Campbell sees only the bold and beautiful redhead wreaking havoc with his own plan to be the father his young daughter needs. And as her feelings for Carson deepen, Tessa finally knows who she wants to be—the woman who walks off with the sexy single father’s heart… Welcome to Starlight From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Welcome to Starlight Book 1: The Best Intentions Book 2: The Last Man She Expected Book 3: His Last-Chance Christmas Family Book 4: His Secret Starlight Baby Book 5: Starlight and the Single Dad

Download or read book Lotus and Feather written by Ji-li Jiang and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A winter illness left Lotus, a little girl, without a voice and without friends. A hunter's bullet left Feather, a crane, injured and unable to fly. As Lotus nurses Feather back to health, their bond grows. Soon Feather is following Lotus everywhere, even to school! The bird dances to the girl's reed whistle, much to the delight of the other children. One day, when the village floods, Feather helps raise the alarm as Lotus and her grandfather urge their neighbors to get to high ground. Feather is a true friend to Lotus, but the time comes when Lotus must be a true friend to him--by encouraging him to migrate with the rest of the cranes. The next spring, Feather miraculously returns, and that's not all . . . he has brought new life to the nearby lake. Inspired by the true story of a crane that rescued a Chinese village, and graced with sensitive watercolor illustrations, this lovely book about respecting nature offers deep emotion and delightful surprises.