Download or read book A Mighty Boy written by Sarah Pullen and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silas is ten years old when the headaches start. When the diagnosis arrives, his parents are told they have until Christmas... maybe. And so begins Sarah Pullen’s battle to save her son, against doubting doctors and insurmountable odds. This story about love and loss traces her family’s journey from that first day at the hospital, battling a tumour they named ‘Bob’, through Silas’s death and beyond. This profoundly moving and honest account shows that it is possible to find the strength for a journey that no mother should ever go on; that it is possible to find a new way to live, even when death is knocking on the door. It is about confronting grief – raw, ugly, incomprehensible grief. It is a book about wrapping a small boy in love, but still letting him get grubby knees. It is about learning to savour every moment of the here and now, yet also learning to let go. At its heart, A Mighty Boy is a story of the love between a mother and a son. It is a book about seizing the moment and somehow managing to survive the death of a child. But most of all it is a book about a small, mighty, smiling boy.
Download or read book The Adventures of Mighty Girl Mighty Girl Meets Mighty Boy written by William J. Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like millions of young women her age, Carol Anne entered college for the fall 2034 semester at 18 continuing to live a double-life as both a young woman and a superhero in the form of Mighty-Girl.After her bitter break-up with her ex-boyfriend;Nicholas, C
Download or read book Freak the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.
Download or read book Charley Patton written by John Fahey and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted guitarist John Fahey presents a textual and musicological examination of the music of blues legend Charley Patton. This new edition is enhanced by Fahey's notes from the Grammy-winning, out-of-print box set Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton.
Download or read book There s a Worm in My Cake written by Frank Dickinson and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Frank Dickinson and his wife Gillian left England for New Zealand as newlyweds. Three years later, they moved to Australia. Leaving behind successful careers in Sydney, the couple and their children start a new life as worm farmers on the New South Wales coast in Berry. Many adventures later, they still love living there. There’s a Worm in My Cake is a humorous account of their momentous decision to leave behind the corporate rat race to pursue the dream of rural self-sufficiency on the beautiful NSW coast in the early 1980s. “The book follows our triumphs and tragedies, and the establishment of a successful mail order worm farming operation that includes floods, hailstorms, flea infestations and sewer blockages, chicken massacres and worm escapes, along with the fun and enjoyment that we experienced with some of our loveable and unconventional animal charges.” Their adventures include horse breaking, dairy farming, house building, mastering the art of tree felling with an ancient chainsaw, and developing the worm business, which presents many interesting and hazardous situations, some of which are funny, while some have heartbreaking consequences.
Download or read book Mighty Dads written by Joan Holub and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller. “There’s an old-fashioned, hard-hat appeal to Mighty Dads, a book made for dramatic read-alouds with sound effects.” —USA Today Mighty dads, strong and tall, help their children, young and small. They keep them safe and bolted tight and show them how to build things right. Inventively told through James Dean’s colorful construction vehicle characters, Mighty Dads is an adoring dedication to hardworking fathers and the subtle ways they teach their boys and girls to follow in their tracks. The Dump Trucks learn to get dirty. Crane keeps his little one safe from harm. The busy Cement Mixer gives his daughter a hug. The Forklift cheers his son on. A surprising and touching view of a father’s love for his children, Mighty Dads is the perfect way to say: I’m proud of you! “Like the best 21st-century human dads, the vehicles don’t just show their kids the ropes—they also offer plenty of TLC . . . A book worthy of any young armchair foreman.” —Publishers Weekly “Just the ticket for vehicle-obsessed youngsters who can’t get enough of construction play.” —School Library Journal “This makes for a perfect choice for story hours—the vivid verbs demand to be chanted and dramatized.” —Booklist
Download or read book The Mighty Odds The Odds Series 1 written by Amy Ignatow and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned author/illustrator of the Popularity Papers series, Amy Ignatow, comes the first installment in a new series about a diverse crew of middle school kids who develop very limited superhero powers after a strange accident and manage to become unlikely friends on the adventure of a lifetime. When a sweet nerd, an artsy cartoonist, a social outcast, and the most popular girl in school are involved in a mysterious bus accident, this seemingly random group of kids starts to notice some very strange abilities they did not have before. Artsy Martina can change her eye color. Nerdy Nick can teleport . . . four inches to the left. Outcast Farshad develops super strength, but only in his thumbs. And Cookie, the It Girl of school’s most popular clique, has suddenly developed the ability to read minds . . . when those minds are thinking about directions. They are oddly mighty—especially together. This group—who would never hang out under normal circumstances—must now combine all of their strengths to figure out what happened during the bus accident. With alternating narratives from each of the heroes, including illustrated pieces from Martina, and featuring bold female superheroes and a multicultural cast, The Mighty Odds is The Breakfast Club for a new generation. For more books by Amy Ignatow, check out her critically acclaimed Popularity Papers series: Book One: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham Chang; Book Two: The Long-Distance Dispatch; Book Three: Words of (Questionable) Wisdom; Book Four: The Rocky Road Trip; Book Five: The Awesomely Awful Melodies; Book Six: Love and Other Fiascos; and Book Seven: The Less-Than-Hidden Secrets and Final Revelations.
Download or read book Max the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to Newbery Honor winning author Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty. This is the dramatic, heart-wrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival. Meet Maxwell Kane, the brooding giant-of-a-boy who escaped from his basement hiding place and faced the real world in FREAK THE MIGHTY.Still grieving over the loss of his best friend, Kevin, Max finds himself defending a young, solitary girl cruelly nicknamed "Worm" because she loves to read so much.When Max gets blamed for a horrific crime, he and Worm are forced to run for their lives. They flee across America -- hunted by the police, and pursued by the mysterious man known as the Undertaker. The only way they can survive is to confront Worm's darkest and most revealing secret. And that means facing something more frightening than death itself.
Download or read book The Mighty Miss Malone written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But it's 1936 and the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother, Jimmie, go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father. The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.
Download or read book Mighty Jack and the Goblin King written by Ben Hatke and published by First Second. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone—carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy’s captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters—as well as giants who grind the bones of human children to feed their “beast” and a fearsome goblin king in the sewers down below. But when Jack finds himself in a tough spot, help comes from the most unlikely person: the goblin king! Ben Hatke, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Zita the Spacegirl, concludes his latest middle-grade fantasy-adventure graphic novel series, Mighty Jack, with the energetic finale to his retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Download or read book The Astro Boy Essays written by Frederik Schodt and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to Japan's "god of manga" by his longtime American friend and translator.
Download or read book Mighty Mike Bounces Back written by Robert Skead and published by Magination Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike, who has had epilepsy since the age of two, copes with the challenges posed by his condition with the help of his understanding parents, caring doctors, and his love of basketball. Includes author's notes.
Download or read book THORN WITHIN written by Stanley Moses Chege and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2024-08-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THORN WITHIN is a novel with a recounting thrilling story originating from Kambara village in Mrang’a County. The story portrays how fast technology is finding its way into the society and how the digital era is affecting the society’s conventional way of living where Kamero takes the mantle to spearhead development at Kambara and its neighbourhood. Mr Wa Njjama, a young bright young man will bring good tidings in the family after he spearheads planting of coffee that was known as `black gold’ because it used to fetch good money. Wang is a wise, peaceful and respected elderly woman in the village but some of her family members are a constant source of shameful behaviors and of indecent personality. Ngero takes advantage of feeding his father and because of that Mwania lacks authority over him. Ngero involves himself in all manner of gimmicks. His polygamous marriage will land him to a woman who had joined a notorious criminal gang. Gakaria is a drunkard and an awful witch who does not care but goes ahead to bewitch everyone including her own husband. Things will unfold after her burial and the villagers will realise that Gakaria’s ghost was still haunting them when it turns out that her daughter Gachambi was to succeed her after she was found at her mother’s grave performing some rituals. The family is composed of characters that are painful thorns amongst themselves and also to the entire village. The story is comprised of a series of episodes that keep the reader in suspense and must keep on turning pages to grasp the unfolding revelations all the way.
Download or read book Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Download or read book His Mighty Warrior written by Sheri Rose Shepherd and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you captivate the heart of a boy? With words from a loving God about the courageous man of honor he will one day be. He dreams of imaginary castles, knights, and daring adventures–but he is already the child of a real King, and a part of a real kingdom! In a beautifully illustrated, two-way conversation between that King and his warrior-child, His Mighty Warrior offers the truth about what it really means to grow up strong, brave and true. From best selling author Sheri Rose Shepherd, here is a thoughtful gift for reading to–or with–that special boy in your life.
Download or read book And the Rest of Alfie s Story written by Henry A. Buchanan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2001-02-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Easterday Adventure with The Moonshiners, Alfie was a big boy growing toward manhood. He had eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and he had become responsible for his own actions. But with Ace as his Demon, and Junior as his ever-present Gadfly, Alfie found himself in frequent trouble. Mama was his Guiding Angel, though, and Papa was the Instrument of Punishment. Uncle Seeb was the Shining Ebony Light to illuminate his path. And LOVE for he discovered girls, and he yearned to be a Hero. His world was changing too, because Jody was now the Baby, and Willie and Cliff and Junior all went away to the War in Europe. He became the Man of the House when Papa was killed and he held in his hand Papas Watch, the Arbiter of Time and the Measuring Rod of Life.
Download or read book Cold Sassy Tree written by Olive Ann Burns and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Will Tweedy becomes chaperon, conspirator, and confidant to his renegade grandpa, E. Rucker Blakeslee, and the old man's young new wife, Miss Love Simpson.
