Download or read book Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights written by Annette Smith and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annette Smith has been blessed with the ability to observe and find beauty, meaning, and humor in seemingly ordinary situations. Within a sentence or two, readers are captivated by her delightful, descriptive writing style, connected with the characters, and eager to hear more. Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights is Smith's fifth book of original short stories. In this charming collection, adults of all ages enjoy a behind-the-scenes peek at the lives and loves of a few of the 3,482 folks who proudly call Ella Louise, Texas, their home sweet home. These quirky and loveable characters include twelve-year-old twins whose "creative" pet care is appreciated by neither their mother nor their geriatric poodle, George; Faye Beth and Harvey Newman, a married couple who has lived for seven years with a gaping hole in the roof of their house and have no plans to fix it; and the industrious deacons of Grace Baptist Church, whose decision to paint the sanctuary uncovers a shocking, twenty-year-old secret. Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights celebrates the simple, small-town goodness of neighbors helping neighbors and friends caring for friends. Through glimpses of ordinary people exhibiting extraordinary love, forgiveness, and humor, readers gain a renewed sense of kinship and love and are reminded of life's sweetest hours.
Download or read book A New Day at Tanglewood written by Annette Smith and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is never a dull moment in Ruby Prairie, especially since young widow Charlotte Carter has opened Tanglewood, a pink Victorian refuge for troubled girls. Sixty-two-year-old massage therapist, Treasure Evans, comes to live at Tanglewood to help with another newcomer to Ruby Prairie, Jasper Jones. Packed with surprises, romances and a bit of trouble, A New Day at Tanglewood is sure to be an enjoyable read.
Download or read book Charlotte Leaves the Light On written by Annette Smith and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the third and final book in the Ruby Prairie series about a small town in Texas and the quirky characters who live there. Life in Ruby Prairie is seen through the eyes of Charlotte, a widow in her mid-thirties who has come to the town to open her home and be a foster mother for girls.
Download or read book Firefly Nights written by Cynthia Thomason and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road she's meant to be on Hoping for a fresh start, Kitty Galloway packs up her son and a few bare necessities and hits the road. Only now they're stranded in the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the mercy of small-town justice. But it's the temporary gig she gets caring for an injured pilot that makes her start believing in second chances. After completing his tour of duty, Campbell Oakes came home a hero to his North Carolina town. Until a freak accident forces the decorated soldier to accept the help of the down-on-her-luck single mother. Quirky and far too appealing, Kitty—along with her sassy kid—is making Campbell trust in the future again. Except it turns out that Kitty isn't the woman he thought she was…
Download or read book Watermelon Days and Lightning Buggy Nights written by Marianne McNulty Houser and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watermelon Days and Lightning Buggy Nights, written and illustrated by Marianne McNulty Houser, is a book of rhyming verse and simple illustrations enticing children to enjoy every summer day. The book suggests a range of activities from days of reading and planning to days of picnics and water play. The book is an exceptional choice to present to any child as the school year is winding down or on any one of those long and lovely days of summer.
Download or read book Firefly Night written by Carole Gerber and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Chippewa girl follows a firefly as it reveals the secrets of the night, the many creatures that share her forest home, on her way to sleep. Inspired by Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha.
Download or read book Girl Time written by Laura Jensen Walker and published by Fleming H. Revell Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of sixteen stories that are about friendships among women, and promotes taking the time to spend with friends.
Download or read book Firefly Night written by Evanne Beth Jordan and published by Interdimensional Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ajay and Sidney's jars fill up with fireflies they have caught they don't know what to do with them until their mother makes a kind and wise suggestion.
Download or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book It s a Firefly Night written by Dianne Ochiltree and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a warm summer night, a young girl and her daddy catch fireflies, put them in a jar to admire for a brief time, and then release them back into the moonlight. Includes facts about fireflies.
Download or read book A New Day at Tanglewood written by Annette Gail Smith and published by Moody Pub. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surprises, romance, and a little trouble abound in Ruby Prairie, especially when Charlotte Carter opens Tanglewood, a pink Victorian refuge for troubled girls.
Download or read book Firefly Night written by Carole Gerber and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Chippewa girl follows a firefly as it reveals the secrets of the night, the many creatures that share her forest home, on her way to sleep. Inspired by Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha".
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Download or read book The Fantastic Firefly Night written by Jill Ballou and published by Bicycle Bell Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grandmother shares an unforgettable memory and treasured experience with her granddaughter on a summer evening.
Download or read book A Town Called Ruby Prairie written by Annette Smith and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mitford meets Mayberry in the first book of the Coming Home to Ruby Prairie series. In the small town of Ruby Prairie, Texas, even the most blessed of plans can go amazingly awry. A Town Called Ruby Prairie tells the story of newly widowed Charlotte Carter, who moves to town with plans to open a foster home for troubled girls. Fiercely independent and determined to succeed on her own, Charlotte soon learns that caring for six teens is much more challenging than she expected. One crisis follows another until the quirky, good-hearted people of Ruby Prairie rally their support to keep the home open. This humorous and inspirational story celebrates the joys found in the simple things of life - faith, friends, family, and community.
