Download or read book Book Uncle and Me written by Uma Krishnaswami and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award An award-winning middle-grade novel about the power of grassroots activism and how kids can make a difference. Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library on the street corner. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. What can she do? The local elections are coming up, but she’s just a kid. She can’t even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends — her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a blue belt in karate. And she has family and neighbors. What’s more, she has an idea that came right out of the last book she borrowed from Book Uncle. So Yasmin and her friends get to work. Ideas grow like cracks in the sidewalk, and soon the whole effort is breezing along nicely... Or is it spinning right out of control? An energetic, funny and quirky story about community activism, friendship, and the love of books. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Download or read book Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me written by Nan Marino and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tender story about a tough-as-nails girl forced to take one small step towards understanding during the summer of 1969. "Muscle Man McGinty is a squirrelly runt, a lying snake, and a pitiful excuse for a ten-year old......the problem is that no one knows it but me. In the entire town of Massapequa Park, only I can see him for what he really is. A phony." Tamara Ann Simpson is determined to expose Muscle Man McGinty, a foster boy new to her neighborhood, for the liar that she knows he is. Muscle Man tells the other kids his uncle is Neil Armstrong and he even has the audacity to challenge the entire block to a kickball game. So, why is Tamara the only one who can see through this kid? It's the summer of 1969 and things are changing in Tamara's little town of Massapequa, Long Island, and in the world. Perhaps Tamara can take one small step towards a bit of compassion and understanding.
Download or read book The Man From U N C L E Book written by Jon Heitland and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1987-12-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The behind-the-scenes story of a television classic, presenting a full illustrated account of the show's history, the program's remarkable surge in popularity, and the factors that led to the show's cancellation. Includes a complete episode guide. 80 black-and-white photographs.
Download or read book Uncle written by Cheryl Thompson and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From martyr to insult, how “Uncle Tom” has influenced two centuries of racial politics. Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O.J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then to a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was a loyal Christian who died a martyr’s death. But soon after the best-selling novel appeared, theatre troupes across North America and Europe transformed Stowe’s story into minstrel shows featuring white men in blackface. In Uncle, Cheryl Thompson traces Tom’s journey from literary character to racial trope. She explores how Uncle Tom came to be and exposes the relentless reworking of Uncle Tom into a nostalgic, racial metaphor with the power to shape how we see Black men, a distortion visible in everything from Uncle Ben and Rastus The Cream of Wheat chef to Shirley Temple and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson to Bill Cosby. In Donald Trump’s post-truth America, where nostalgia is used as a political tool to rewrite history, Uncle makes the case for why understanding the production of racial stereotypes matters more than ever before.
Download or read book Me and Uncle Romie written by Claire Hartfield and published by Dial Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects of the life of artist Romare Bearden are woven into a story about a young southern boy's visit to New York City.
Download or read book Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grande Chateau written by Dr. Cecil H.H. Mills and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen up, kid. My name is Dr. Cecil H.H. Mills. I’m the author of this book and many other ones that you might not have heard of. This book is about two idiot wannabe detective-types. Their names are J.J. and Valentine Watts, but I’m not sure if they’re actually brothers or not. They make a friend; her name is Trudi de la Rosa. She’s a wannabe detective-type too, but honestly, she’s less of an idiot than the brothers. The three of them team up to solve a mystery that takes place in a snowy chateau up in the mountains. It gets more complicated around chapter 11, but now you’ve got the main gist of it. The story’s full of intrigue and adventure and puzzles and light violence and some swear words. It’s really entertaining. Just buy the book and start reading. You’ll understand everything about the Ghost Hunters Adventure Club very soon.
Download or read book Step Up to the Plate Maria Singh written by Uma Krishnaswami and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland.
Download or read book Uncle Shelby S Abz Book written by Shel Silverstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1985-09-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adult version of the alphabet!
Download or read book Uncle George and Me written by Bill Sizemore and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the discovery that one of his ancestors owned slaves, retired journalist and newspaper editor Bill Sizemore researches and shares the history of the American struggle over slavery and racial discrimination, and the story of the members of the African-American family, past and present, who share his name.
Download or read book Uncle Cleans Up written by J. P. Martin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a time of rejoicing at Homeward, the Labyrinthine castle-city that is as magical as Oz and as full of wonders as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Uncle, the wise, kind, generous, and fabulously rich elephant who rules over Homeward, has joined with his many friends to celebrate their triumph over the ruffians in neighbouring Badfort. Still, there's plenty of cleaning up to do in Homeward: the waterworks are tainted with vinegar, housing is scarce, and the Dwarftown Railway is terribly overcrowded - meanwhile the Badfort crowd has devised its most diabolical plan yet. Uncle will need all the help he can get from his faithful assistant Old Monkey and from Goodman the literate cat-and possibly a wizard's spell - to get through this mess.
Download or read book Mean Old Uncle Jack written by Anna Grossnickle Hines and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Jack loves to tease the kids with scary mean faces and growly mean noises, but one day his nieces and nephews turn the tables on him.
Download or read book Me and Uncle Bing written by Carolyn Schneider and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous entertainer Bing Crosby had four brothers and two sisters which provided him with numerous nieces and nephews. One of these, his sister Mary Rose's daughter Carolyn, had aspirations of being in show business. The logical next step after graduation was for Carolyn to contact her uncle Bing, to ask for help and advice. Fortunately she enjoyed a warm relationship with the man once called 'The Groaner," having spent summer vacations visiting him and other Crosby family members in Los Angeles. As a child she recalls the pool parties, visits to Paramount Studios and his dressing room on the lot. How ironic it was then, that years later Bing would plan for her to live with him briefly and then arrange for her to be hired by Paramount. As the years rolled by, Bing continued to be involved in Carolyn's life: there were invitations to dinner parties, the Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament, family Christmas parties, vacations at his Elko ranch, as well as other locations where Bing maintained additional homes. On a personal level, the author tells of Bing's generosity to her, both financially and in the area of advice and counsel. Unlike some reports of Bing as 'cold and aloof," this family member recalls an uncle that was caring and concerned about her welfare, always ready and willing to lend a helping hand. Carolyn also discusses her connection to Dixie Lee, Bing's first wife and their four sons. To the delight of Bing's fans, both old and new, there are over one hundred photos, many from the private collections of the Crosby family. The book concludes with mention of the tributes to her uncle Bing over the past several years and the new exhibit of Bing Crosby memorabilia in the NortheasternNevada Museum. In the epilogue, a curious set of circumstances surrounds the lives of Bing and singer Russ Columbo.
Download or read book Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max written by Varda Livney and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world!"--
Download or read book Uncle Bob written by Brad Gosse and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Bob showed up at school unannounced. You were swimming and the teacher pulled you out. Now you're driving somewhere and your uncle won't shut up about his knob.
Download or read book Letters from a Lost Uncle written by Mervyn Peake and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer writes a journal of his extraordinary exploits, preparing to send it to the nepheew he has never seen.
Download or read book My Uncle and Me written by Ashley Hinds and published by WHDB Limited. This book was released on 2018 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of a loving uncle and nephew, through their day to day fun activities, such as swimming and playing together in the park. This little boy is often compared to his uncle because they look the same, but he wants his own identity. It's not always easy being in someone else's shadow, with people expecting you to behave the same and make similar choices. This fun, rhyming children's book is aimed at anyone who has been compared to their siblings, family members or friends. The key thing to remember is, you are one of a kind no matter what anyone else says.
Download or read book My Uncle and Me and the Big Game written by Kevin Natale and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever get butterflies when your favorite team is about to play? Wearing your favorite player's jersey and barbecuing on the grill? Well, that's what today is all about, and I get to do it with the best uncle ever! But there's something special about my uncle. He is a quadriplegic and has to use an electric wheelchair to get around. Have you ever wondered how a person with a disability gets ready for the day or how they get around? Whether we are traveling in his special van or we are going to the grocery store for a few things before the game, we show you the obstacles he faces and how we don't let anything stop us from making anything a great adventure. I hope you will join My Uncle and Me as we prepare for the day and head to my house for the big game!
