Download or read book Counting for Thunder written by Phillip Irwin Cooper and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When struggling actor Phillip Stalworth breaks up with his girlfriend, he returns home to the Deep South to care for his ailing mother and unexpectedly falls for a local carpenter. Working through his past with his complicated family, some old high school chums, and the desperate characters who grace his hometown, Phillip ultimately finds his own voice as his mother is finally regaining hers. Already an award-winning film, Counting for Thunder was inspired by writer Phillip Irwin Cooper’s personal experience and, like Augusten Burroughs, covers many of the universal themes of love, life, sex, and death with his own brand of gallows wit. Phillip’s three-year quest is a hero’s journey proving we truly can go home again to learn the lessons we should have mastered the first time around.
Download or read book Counting Thunder written by Robert Bernard Hass and published by Wordtech Communications. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thunder Cake written by Patricia Polacco and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-03-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . . . and the storm is coming closer all the time! Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. Ms. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately . . . a celebration! Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm.
Download or read book Down East in the Ocean written by Peter Roop and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clever counting book from the award-winning authors of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, combines rhyme with a fun exploration of Maine sea life. Children will be singing it to themselves and asking for it to be read to them again and again.
Download or read book Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice written by Joanne Mattern and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Moss grows only on the north side of a tree. No two snowflakes are alike. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about Earth, weather, and the environment and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether all deserts are hot! Discover whether it’s true that a ring around the Moon means rain or snow is on the way! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book The Thunder Pause written by Sheri Mabry and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an angry outburst, a child takes a cue from nature to find calm. As a storm brews outside, a younger brother takes a green marker to his older sister's favorite drawing. She is so angry that all she can do is yell and stomp away. It’s only when Grandpa applies the thunder pause game he taught her—counting seconds between the lightning flash and the boom—that she is able to control her temper. A perfect addition to SEL collections, this story offers a memorable, practical exercise that kids can use to find calm anytime, anywhere.
Download or read book The Seer written by Bruce A. Schmidt and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin knew he was a great Detective and he had worked hard to get out of the senseless crimes and ruthless and in-humane deaths of the California glamour and bright lights. After watching the bad that was brought out in the very soul of even the purest person, he started to lose his edge, his cases became more and more senseless in their nature; but Kevin hears the victims even in death and tries to help them, tries to solve their crimes so they can get justice. With the cases in California getting harder and harder to even understand in the very manor of which they were brutally committed and a bad divorce he moves back to a small town to regain his sharpness and wit as a Detective. The small town offers Kevin the calm and peaceful environment he needs to recalibrate his senses, become sharper at what he knows best; being a good Detective and crime scene investigator. Kevin starts to experience an element he hadnt planned on and he is now forced to add in a new and mysterious factor into the already horrible and unfortunate profession of Detective and crime scene investigation. Just prior to Kevins arrival in the small town crime and tragedy double almost overnight! Can Kevin take advantage of the small town and the pure nature of the town and solve the crimes that have exploded in number? Can Kevins wit and skill as a Detective help the victims of the small town get their justice, can Kevin use this new factor he has just come to know to his advantage or will it be his undoing? Kevin sets forth with the small town police department to get the victims their justice, but will he have enough time, is it too late already?
Download or read book American Indian Trickster Tales written by Richard Erdoes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it's the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and again in Native American folklore, where he takes many forms, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the amorphous spider man of the Lakota tribe. This dazzling collection of American Indian trickster tales, compiled by an eminent anthropologist and a master storyteller, serves as the perfect companion to their previous masterwork, American Indian Myths and Legends. American Indian Trickster Tales includes more than one hundred stories from sixty tribes--many recorded from living storytellers—which are illustrated with lively and evocative drawings. These entertaining tales can be read aloud and enjoyed by readers of any age, and will entrance folklorists, anthropologists, lovers of Native American literature, and fans of both Joseph Campbell and the Brothers Grimm.
Download or read book Midnight Thunder written by Vicki Lewis Thompson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long lost cowboy comes home to take care of his ailing foster mother and to see how his feelings line up for the woman he left all of those years ago.
Download or read book Thunder Island written by Meryl Sawyer and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exclusive resort called Thunder Island is the setting for a training seminar that brings together a female search-and-rescue expert and her instructor--the man she has been trying to forget. But time has changed them both, and passion burns once again in the wake of a storm that rocks the island. The aftermath of their desire leads to murder.
Download or read book Shapes Colors Counting More written by Random House Disney and published by Random House Disney. This book was released on 2013 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mater helps Sheriff enforce the rules of the road when hot rods speed into town.
Download or read book Flash Crash Rumble and Roll written by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read and find out about what causes the flash, crash, rumble, and roll of thunderstorms in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Did you know that lightning bolts can be over a mile long? Or that they may come from clouds that are ten miles high? Storms can be scary, but not if you know what causes them. Before the next thunderstorm, grab this book by the expert science team Franklyn Branley and True Kelley and learn all about thunderstorms. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists Meet national science education standards Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
Download or read book Earth in 30 Seconds written by Anita Ganeri and published by Ivy Kids. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 amazing topics for Earth explorers explained in half a minute In this exciting title for young Earthlings, every inch of our planet is explored and explained, from the air in the atmosphere to the molten magma beneath our feet. 30 key topics from deserts to oceans are covered, each presented in neat 30-second soundbites and supported by 3-second flash summaries and cool, colourful artwork. The attention-grabbing format is engaging and immediate, giving a truly global understanding to readers aged from 8 up. Six themed sections cover the Earth in Space, the Earth’s Structure, Weather and Climate, Watery World, Amazing Ecosystems and the Future of the Earth.
Download or read book Counting Sheep written by Paul Martin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the early bird really catch the worm, or end up healthy, wealthy, and wise? Can some people really exist on just a few hours' sleep a night? Does everybody dream? Do fish dream? How did people cope before alarm clocks and caffeine? And is anybody getting enough sleep? Even though we will devote a third of our lives to sleep, we still know remarkably little about its origins and purpose. Paul Martin's Counting Sheep answers these questions and more in this illuminating work of popular science. Even the wonders of yawning, the perils of sleepwalking, and the strange ubiquity of nocturnal erections are explained in full. To sleep, to dream: Counting Sheep reflects the centrality of these activities to our lives and can help readers respect, understand, and extract more pleasure from that delicious time when they're lost to the world.
Download or read book Report of the Proceedings written by International Meteorological Conference and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Counting Down with You written by Tashie Bhuiyan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A witty, romantic, deeply insightful debut." —Emma Lord, author of Tweet Cute In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy. How do you make one month last a lifetime? Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules—even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything. Karina is my girlfriend. Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. But Ace Clyde does everything right—he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back. T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal—but what if Karina no longer wants it to? "I. Love. This. Book." —Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift and Each of Us a Desert "A must-have addition to any YA bookshelf." —Sabina Khan, author of Zara Hossain Is Here and The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever." —Booklist
Download or read book The Big Storm written by Nancy Tafuri and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten animals find shelter in a hill hollow one by one, but when the storm is over, a rumbling tells them there is still danger afoot.
