Download or read book The Clown That Lost His Smile written by Alfred Herman and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie the circus clown and his dog, Sherlock, make a perfect pair. When Alfie loses something, Sherlock is on the job sniffing it down. But one day, Alfie loses his smile, and its not that easy to find. Alfie and Sherlock make the rounds of the circus hoping to solve the mystery of the lost smile. They visit everyone from the ringmaster, to the tight-rope walker, to the elephant trainer, the strong man, the bareback rider, the juggler, the man on stilts, the lion tamer, the trapeze artists and even the roustabout. Where is Alfies smile? The delightful presentation of multiple new characters teaches children to sequence as they try to solve the mystery of the lost smile. A colorful picture book for children, The Clown That Lost His Smile tells a heartwarming story of friendship as a clown and his dog take a delightful romp through the circus. Youll never guess where Alfie finds his smile!
Download or read book Why the Clown Wouldn t Smile written by Olson Huff and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A circus comes to town, but the performers have lost their enthusiasm and become bored with doing the same acts over and over again, and no one comes to see them. Then a young boy walking on crutches teaches them the importance of being different, they change their acts, and the circus is successful again.
Download or read book Clown Doesn t Smile written by Ignacia Triche and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people like clowns but not all, even fear. Clowns must have a happy face, oversized shoes, a great laugh, and make us believe in magic. But not all clowns are in the trade for laughs.
Download or read book City of Clowns written by Daniel Alarcón and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcón was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino’s story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid.
Download or read book The Forgotten Things written by Andrew Mahan and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forgotten Things takes place inside an unparticular, unspecified, and seemingly unspecial little toyshop. Within this toyshop, there is a corner where broken rejected toys are placed. These toys were unwanted by their owners and so were brought to the little toyshop to be resold. The Forgotten Things is a collection of stories about these unwanted forgotten toys. Each toy represents an internal struggle of the human heart such as, self-loathing, warped self-image, depression, loss, and loneliness. Together, these forgotten things represent the desire to find our purpose and a place to belong. Each forgotten thing finds a new purpose and each one learns to love every part of themselves even the parts that might not be perfect. In their own way, in their own time, each of the toys learns that nothing is so broken that it cannot be mended.
Download or read book The Farmer and the Clown written by Marla Frazee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee. A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the little clown, and over the course of one day together, the two of them make some surprising discoveries about themselves—and about life! Sweet, funny, and moving, this wordless picture book from a master of the form and the creator of The Boss Baby speaks volumes and will delight story lovers of all ages.
Download or read book The Clown Who Couldn t Smile written by Alison Chaplin and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentle play, with elements of comedy, which explores the concept of happiness and what friendship really means.
Download or read book Walter and the Clown written by M.W. Westerberg and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One summer night, the old man lies by the side of the road and looks up at the starry sky. When he grows tired of it, he begins to think about why he is lying there. He can feel pain everywhere but he doesn't know what has happened to him. Who is he, where did he come from, and where is he going now? In search of clarity, he begins his fairytale journey and along the way he meets different people and animals who brighten and complicate his life. The Clown, a jovial traveling jester, already knows who she is and where she's going in life, or does she? Is there perhaps another reality out there for her to discover? She has a positive outlook on life and wants to see the good in everyone. He is cynical and affected by his old age and his negative thoughts about people. Their paths cross and they find new sides to themselves and each other as they travel across land and sea, through the countryside and cities. They encounter many different characters, including a pompous count, pirates, an evil old lady, a desperate circus director and an incomparably beautiful queen, but who is good and who is evil? And who does the black dog belong to? Walter softens up as he remembers his past life while exploring his new one. Clown discovers new sides to herself that she never thought existed and that frightens her. Walter and the Clown is the first book in a modern picaresque novel series full of humor, adventure, joy and sadness where the two main characters are faced with difficult challenges and reluctantly drawn into all kinds of complicated and comical situations. Walter's Saga Book One
Download or read book Why Don t Psychotherapists Laugh written by Ann Shearer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The capacity for humour is one of life's blessings. So why is it so lacking in the theory and even the practice of analysis and therapy? Why Don’t Psychotherapists Laugh? is the first book of its kind about a neglected and even taboo topic: the place of enjoyment and good humour in psychotherapy. Why Don’t Psychotherapists Laugh? traces the development of professional psychotherapy and its almost exclusive focus on life's tragedies. This may naturally suit some practitioners; others may learn that a proper therapeutic persona is serious, even solemn. But what are they and their clients missing? Ann Shearer draws on ideas about humour and its functions from antiquity to contemporary stand-up comedy and beyond, to explore how it works in both mind and body. Shearer demonstrates how even the blackest humour may yield psychological information, and how humour can help build therapeutic relationships and be a catalyst for healing. Through real-life stories from consulting rooms, told by both therapists and clients, the author shows how a sense of enjoyment and good humour can restore life to people in distress- and how destructive a lack of these may become. This book offers food for thought about the theory and practice of psychotherapy. It encourages analysts and therapists from different schools to look again at some of the assumptions on which they base their practice and teaching, and provides a resource for further reflection on the therapeutic task. Taking a psychological look at where humour comes from, what it's about and why we need it, this book will also intrigue anyone who wants to know more about the kinds of people psychotherapists are, what they do and why. Written in a highly accessible style, Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh? will appeal to psychotherapists with a range of trainings and allegiances, their teachers in vocational and academic institutions and their clients, as well as to readers with an interest in psychotherapy, humour and psychology.
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Download or read book Humans Beasts and Ghosts written by Zhongshu Qian and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)."
Download or read book Life After Natalie written by Valenciya Lyons and published by Valenciya Lyons. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cami has survived a suicide attempt, miscarriage, and heartbreak. She’s slowly starting to get her life back on track. But as hard as she tries to move on, she can’t. A terrible secret surfaces that nearly pushes her to the edge and her relationship with her younger sister is in shambles. As if things couldn’t get any worse, the school bully, Kelly Davidson, is now targeting her sister. With her back against the wall, Cami makes a decision that even she didn’t see coming.
Download or read book What You Don t Know written by JoAnn Chaney and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Superb characters, sparkling dialogue, and a gripping, terrifying plot, plus flashes of humor to boot; JoAnn Chaney's What You Don't Know has it all." --Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The Travelers He didn’t take their lives -- but he ruined them. The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn’t kill. Hoskins cracked the case of one of the most infamous serial killers -- and then it cracked him. He’s in cold cases, as is his career. Sammie was the lead reporter who broke the story, but now she’s selling makeup at the mall. She wants back on page 1. Gloria claims she was the unsuspecting wife. She didn’t know a thing. And as new murders shake Denver, this is a final chance to get their lives back.
Download or read book Clowns written by Ezra LeBank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clowns: In Conversation with Modern Masters is a groundbreaking collection of conversations with 20 of the greatest clowns on earth. In discussion with clown aficionados Ezra LeBank and David Bridel, these legends of comedy reveal the origins, inspirations, techniques, and philosophies that underpin their remarkable odysseys. Featuring incomparable artists, including Slava Polunin, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, Oleg Popov, Dimitri, Nola Rae, and many more, Clowns is a unique and definitive study on the art of clowning. In Clowns, these 20 master artists speak candidly about their first encounters with clowning and circus, the crucial decisions that carved out the foundations of their style, and the role of teachers and mentors who shaped their development. Follow the twists and turns that changed the direction of their art and careers, explore the role of failure and originality in their lives and performances, and examine the development and evolution of the signature routines that became each clown’s trademark. The discussions culminate in meditations on the role of clowning in the modern world, as these great practitioners share their perspectives on the mysterious, elusive art of the clown.
Download or read book A Summer with Nani and an Alien written by Bavishya Tai and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every summer, Varsha hates nothing more than visiting her grandmother (Nani) in the Indian town of Sullurpeta. Nani is constantly trying to mould Varsha into the “perfect girl.” It takes the arrival of a little alien named ‘Awu’ to turn their strained relationship around. While the town’s space centre is on the probe for the alien, Varsha gets one chance to send Awu back home. It won’t be easy, however. An evil scientist lurks in the neighbourhood, Awu refuses to leave Earth, and Nani is repulsed by Awu’s family of two fathers. But surprises hang around every corner. And the summer explodes with little adventures, conflicts, and kindness between humans of this small Indian town and an alien of another planet.
Download or read book The Treasure of My Heart written by Nonhlanhla Zwane and published by Nonhlanhla A. Zwane. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, conflict and family relationships
Download or read book Pidgy s Surprise written by Jeanne Mellin and published by Willow Bend Publishing . This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes you don t appreciate what you have until it is too late... Cindy Sawyer has a wonderful Shetland pony named Pidgy. Together they have lots of wonderful adventures but Cindy does not appreciate her cute little pony. What she really wants is a fancy show horse like the ones her friends ride. After a summer of fun and riding, a morning comes when Pidgy goes missing. Not until she looks into the empty stall does Cindy realize how much she really loves her pony. Will Cindy be able to find her beloved pony before it is too late? Pidgy's Surprise is a re-release of a popular pony story from the 1950's, updated for today's young horse enthusiasts. This book is written and lavishly illustrated with over 80 original drawings by famed equine author/illustrator Jeanne Mellin.
