Download or read book Ben and the Box of Surprises written by Christine Pritchard (Children's story writer) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Ben the dog wants is to find a new ball to play with. Just one tiny peek inside a mysterious box can't do any harm... but the lid flies off and the secret is out. How will Ben and his friend Special Rat cover their tracks? Christine Pritchard's third picture book in the Ben Labra d'Ollie series comes with a 10 minute DVD of the animated story.
Download or read book Pet Day Surprise written by Megan Stine and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffrey's friend Ben brings his garter snake to school for a report, and the class likes it so much that their teacher agrees to have a “pet day,” when all the children can bring their pets to class. The only problem is that Jeffrey doesn't have a pet—at least not yet. When Jeffrey finally talks his mom into going pet shopping, he realizes he has another problem. His friend Max, the ghost, has come along, and the minute they walk into the pet store some of the animals go crazy. Jeffrey really wants a dog or a cat, but they're all terrified of Max. Will he be forced to choose between a pet and a ghost?
Download or read book The Forbidden Trilogy written by Danielle Violette and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first part of The Forbidden Trilogy, Gabriella and Jonathan Love had life made. After losing their parents to an accident, their uncle Eddie took them under his wing, teaching them everything they needed to know about surviving in this cruel world. Neither one of them ever expected that they d have to do things a little differently after Gabby s childhood best friend and boyfriend is killed right before her eyes in an unexpected home invasion in their home in Tampa, ripping their lives apart. Now feeling hopeless and alone, the family desperately tries to mend itself back together. Except for Gabby, that s a little easier than done. After months of dysfunction, Eddie has no choice but to go through drastic measures to ensure his niece s well-being. Gabby s best friend, Sara, steps up, moving across the country with her and Jon to a small town in Northern California, far away from the unbearable memories of the life that she so desperately wanted to have back. What nobody could have anticipated was that right there in that small town was a coven of vampires who had been waiting years to save her. Now being faced by the sexy mysterious red-eyed man Benjamin Row, Gabby is forced to make a forever life-changing decision that would alter the lives of all of them. Besides giving up her mortality, Gabby is also faced with the everyday bumps in the road that only make her decision easier. But will becoming a powerful vampire with her new love really change what happened to her? Will Gabby grow stronger and finally accept her losses, or will she be stuck with the haunting memories of her human life for all of eternity?
Download or read book Without Paradise written by Kenneth Sean Campbell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a gay twist on Brief Encounter, Charlie Morgan and Ben McSwain meet on a train and are instantly drawn to each other. Charlie is a gay writer and atheist. Ben is an evangelical Christian, widowed with two children, who has never even thought about a relationship with another man. While it appears that these two have nothing in common, they find that they are "soulmates." It's a surprising and joyous discovery for Charlie and a confusing one for Ben as they try to bridge their vastly different lives Ben has a full life with his work as a nurse, his family and his devotion to his church. His love for Charlie and a personal tragedy will test all of those commitments and make him question everything in his life. Charlie's work takes him to Texas to write a Broadway-bound show in collaboration with his old college roommate, Lee, and sexy, young country and western star, Luke Beecham. It looks like a smash hit until a secret from Lee's past shatters everyone's chances for happiness and brings Charlie to the loneliest place in his life.
Download or read book The Lawman s Surprise Family written by Patricia Johns and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their Secret Child For eight years, journalist and single mother Sofia McCray kept her son a secret from his maverick father. But when she returns to her small Montana hometown, her high school sweetheart isn't the rebellious teen she left behind. Ben Blake is a widowed cop who's been through heartbreak, and he wants their child in his life. When her next assignment throws Sofia together with the handsome police officer in his squad car, she discovers just how much he truly cares about his community, their son…and her. Now Sofia must learn to trust her own heart to reunite a family that's meant to be together.
Download or read book Ben and Holly s Noisy Surprise written by Ladybird and published by Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom. This book was released on 2011 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creators of the number one preschool children's TV show Peppa Pig, bring you the new magical award-winning world of Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. Join Ben and Holly and all their friends in a right royal rather noisy knees-up, with this fantastic 18 button sound book! Visual prompts encourage preschoolers to follow along in the story and push the corresponding sound button.
Download or read book What to Do with a Box written by Jane Yolen and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”
Download or read book Mistletoe Surprise written by Jan Gallagher Dunn and published by Jan Gallagher Dunn. This book was released on 2021-12-19 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’ll take more than mistletoe surprises and the magic of the holiday season to bring this couple together… Aubrey needs a distraction from her disaster of a life. So, when her childhood best friend comes back to their small town looking for a nanny, she volunteers for the job. The fact that he’s the only man she’s ever loved, and his kiss ruined her for all others…well, she’ll have to somehow ignore that. Romance is nowhere on Ben’s agenda. Not after all he went through with his ex. Besides, being a single dad requires all his time. Except…he’s finding it harder and harder to focus when Aubrey’s around. Suddenly, it’s impossible to ignore how perfectly she fits into his life—and how much he’d love to keep her there permanently. When the ghost of Christmas past—Ben’s past—returns to haunt them in a big way, can Ben and Aubrey’s tenuous relationship survive? Or will their second chance at happily ever after end as badly as their first?
Download or read book Their Surprise Amish Marriage written by Jocelyn McClay and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Might her new husband be this reluctant bride’s perfect match? No one in their Amish community thought Rachel Mast would end up with Ben Raber—least of all Rachel! Everyone assumed she’d start a family with his brother, until he broke her heart by leaving the community. Now Rachel’s unexpectedly pregnant and married to a hardworking husband who feels like a stranger. It's not the marriage she hoped for…but can they turn this rocky beginning into a happy ending? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
Download or read book The Mentoring Mom written by Jackie Kendall and published by New Hope Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s mom faces the constant challenge of meeting her child’s external needs—health, grooming, academics, sports and other achievements. In the frenzy, she often wishes for the wisdom to know how to best meet her child’s internal needs as well—knowledge of God and spiritual growth. The best way for a mom to mentor her child spiritually is to model Christ in her own life. Writing from her own experiences, Jackie Kendall, author of the best-selling Lady in Waiting, encourages and inspires mothers to develop their ability to mentor their children, as well as to be mentored themselves by God. Using the concept of stamping the image of Christ on the child’s heart, with the mother as the wet ink pad and the child as the recipient of the imprint, she guides us through her time-tested 11 principles of modeling Christ. Her heart-warming, humorous stories inspire us to shine God’s Word into our child’s heart—and become their #1 role model!
Download or read book A Box of Butterflies written by Jo Rooks and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I love that story," said Ruby. "Did you love it too?" "Robot is just a machine. Robot cannot feel love." Robot paused for a moment and said, " What does love feel like?" When Ruby asks Robot if he loved the story as much as she did, he tells her that he doesn’t know what love is. If it’s not something he can see, then what could it be? Ruby describes emotions to her Robot. She teaches him what each feels like (“love feels like a box of butterflies!”) and when she feels them (“I sometimes feel that way when I’m told no more TV!”). With colorful metaphors and vibrant imagery, A Box of Butterflies takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and emotional reflection, identifying not just love, but jealousy, anger, worry, and a host of other emotions. Included is a Note to Parents and Caregivers by Elizabeth McCallum, PhD, that further explores the importance of learning about emotions.
Download or read book Grandma Gatewood s Walk written by Ben Montgomery and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.
Download or read book The Golden Boys With the Lumber Jacks written by L. P. Wyman and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Boys With the Lumber Jacks (1923) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underrated—and relatively unknown—Golden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers from Maine with curious minds and adventurous hearts. Together, often alongside their trusted friend Rex Dale, the Golden Boys use their problem-solving skills and wilderness experience to overcome danger, discover strange places, and grow into fine young men. Traveling north from Pennsylvania to spend Christmas break with their parents and sister in Skowhegan, Maine, the Golden brothers get stuck in a snowstorm on the side of the highway. After a night of hard work—and a dangerous rescue—Bob and Jack Golden make it home in one piece. But their relief does not last long. They soon learn that their father’s logging business is in trouble—a deed has disappeared, and a tract of land in the Maine woods purchased by Mr. Golden has been dubiously claimed by his rival Ben Donahue. Hoping to help their father in any way possible, the brothers head north to his logging camp. When they get there, they discover a crew of lumberjacks not just worried about fulfilling an enormous order for spruce, but utterly terrified by nightly visits from a ghost. With its brilliant blend of detective, supernatural, and adventure fiction, L.P. Wyman’s The Golden Boys With the Lumber Jacks is an absolute thrill ride from start to finish that tests its heroes’ hearts and minds while keeping the reader engaged and ultimately, wanting more. L.P. Wyman’s The Golden Boys With the Lumber Jacks is the work of a talented author, and is both easy to read and difficult to put down. Published several years before the debut of The Hardy Boys series, which would dominate young adult fiction for decades to come, The Golden Boys series is long overdue for the attention and appreciation it deserves. Although originally published for an audience of teenage boys, Wyman’s series is perfect for children of all ages and genders, as well as for adults looking to return to the simple, exciting fiction of their youth. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of L.P. Wyman’s The Golden Boys With the Lumber Jacks is a newly unearthed classic of young adult literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer written by James Norcliffe and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you escape being the loblolly boy? Find the boy who stole your life and Exchange. An exciting fantasy novel for junior readers The NZ Post Junior Fiction winner returns with outstanding sequel! Following on from the highly acclaimed The Loblolly Boy, this magical and astonishing story, full of lurches and unexpected twists, will keep readers captivated from beginning to end. How do you escape from being the loblolly boy? The answer is simple: find the boy who stole your life and Exchange. But when the loblolly boy seeks help from the mysterious Captain Bass, he discovers it’s not going to be simple. Standing in his way will be the Jugglers, the unpredictable Gadget Man and the sinister Sorcerer. Lost in a strange town with only one friend — the feisty Mel — the loblolly boy has to deal with the biggest obstacle of all: Benjy, the treacherous boy who stole his life.
Download or read book Stargazing written by Kate Glanville and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Rosanna Ley, Karen Swan and Santa Montefiore, Kate Glanville's warm, touching and unpredictable story of love, loss and secrets has been richly praised: 'Beautiful . . . with heart' TRACY REES 'Poignant, warm, and unpredictable' JULIE COHEN 'A warm and touching family drama. Moving' LAURA WILKINSON 'A perfect page-turner' REBECCA F. JOHN 'A wonderful, entertaining and gripping read that I cannot recommend enough *****' AMAZON REVIEWER 'An enchanting and captivating novel containing a family's story of love, heartache, hidden secrets, tragedies and the mayhem that many of us can relate to when worlds are turned upside down *****' AMAZON REVIEWER _________________ You can spend a lifetime gazing up at the stars, but reality will bring you down to earth with a bump. Three women connected by one man. Daniel is father to Seren, husband to Nesta and lover to Frankie. When he leaves Nesta and their beautiful home in the middle of a party celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary, Seren's world begins to crumble. Only the continuation of the family ideal can make things right. But Nesta isn't so sure. And for Frankie, Daniel offers hope of a safe and secure future. But all three women are carrying secrets that they've kept hidden even from those closest to them. Secrets that might threaten a life... _________________ ***THE PEACOCK HOUSE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM KATE GLANVILLE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW*** Readers LOVES Kate Glanville's captivating novels: 'This is a riveting read, I couldn't put it down *****' AMAZON REVIEWER 'A love story in every sense of the word *****' AMAZON REVIEWER 'I'll definitely be reading more by Kate Glanville, clearly a very accomplished writer with a playful imagination *****' AMAZON REVIEWER 'It really is a brilliant read*****' AMAZON REVIEWER 'This is Kate Glanville's 3rd novel. All of them have been unputdownable, but this one is riveting *****' AMAZON REVIEWER
Download or read book Acceptance written by Janice Cooley and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the long bus rides, bike rides, or mom's carpools, students were glad to be back in school in late August. The beginning of the football season was the most anticipated time of the year. No matter what the last season had brought, everyone just knew that this would be the season, the year, the championship year. Not only had the football team been learning their plays and working out, the cheerleaders, band members, and drill squad had put in long hours in the hot muggy south Louisiana sunshine getting ready for the first big game of the season. Ben was as ready as he could possibly be. He had not only practiced with the team in the spring and again in August, but also had kicked field goals, practiced punting and kick offs all summer long in his spacious back yard, still he had little hopes of getting in a game this season. Just his luck to grow up near Baton Rouge, the home of so many outstanding football players. Callie was ready for school and breathing room after surviving a rough patch at home with the family. Moving to a new and bigger house near her friends was great. Ann would like to press a Restart button, but then again, this was her first game to face the football field and really see the game. Maybe giving up a skimpy outfit, jumping, and screaming for an hour wasn't so great after all-maybe. The desire to be accepted guides the lives of Callie, Ben, and Ann. These middle school, junior and senior high school students experience both personal problems and personal successes. All in plain sight of each other and the rest of their classmates.
Download or read book Information Theory written by Arieh Ben-Naim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the definition of the Shannon measure of Information, and some derived quantities such as conditional information and mutual information. Unlike many books, which refer to the Shannon's Measure of information (SMI) as "Entropy," this book makes a clear distinction between the SMI and Entropy. In the last chapter, Entropy is derived as a special case of SMI. Ample examples are provided which help the reader in understanding the different concepts discussed in this book. As with previous books by the author, this book aims at a clear and mystery-free presentation of the central concept in Information theory — the Shannon's Measure of Information. This book presents the fundamental concepts of Information theory in a friendly-simple language and is devoid of all kinds of fancy and pompous statements made by authors of popular science books who write on this subject. It is unique in its presentation of Shannon's measure of information, and the clear distinction between this concept and the thermodynamic entropy. Although some mathematical knowledge is required by the reader, the emphasis is on the concepts and their meaning rather on the mathematical details of the theory.
