Download or read book In Search of a Golden Sparrow written by Kenneth Edward Barnes and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of a Golden Sparrow is a heartwarming story about seven-year-old Jeremy. He lives in rural America during the later years of the Great Depression and must struggle on crutches, for he was born crippled. When he finds a baby sparrow that has fallen from its nest and died, he feels sorry for the tiny helpless bird, but no one else seems to care. Later, events in his life cause him to feel worthless and helpless, like the little bird. His grandmother tells him that God cares about him and the little bird, and even said; He sees the sparrow fall. But Jeremy asks, Ifn He saw it fall Grammaw, how come He let it die? And how come I was born crippled? She tells him about heaven, its golden streets, and that he is more precious than gold. She also tells him, in heaven everything will be beautiful and that he wont be crippled. Thinking God might change the little bird into a golden one, Cause they aint too purty down here, he asks God to send him a golden sparrow. That way, hell know God hears him, loves him, and that he wont be crippled in heaven. During his search for a golden sparrow, his faith touches many, from an old man Hermit Bill, to Scotty Simmons (a kid who makes fun of him). The story was written, because during a difficult time in my life, I had asked God to give me something to write about that will touch peoples hearts. A week later, I happen to see a white sparrow with gold wing patches. Then after I had already begun the book, I found with the white one, a real golden sparrow!

Download or read book D Ya Want a possum written by Rick Mansfield and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Appleblossom the Possum written by Holly Goldberg Sloan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of E.B. White and Dick King-Smith will adore this heartwarming and funny animal adventure by the award-winning author of New York Times Bestseller Counting by 7s Mama has trained up her baby possums in the ways of their breed, and now it’s time for all of them—even little Appleblossom—to make their way in the world. Appleblossom knows the rules: she must never be seen during the day, and she must avoid cars, humans, and the dreaded hairies (sometimes known as dogs). Even so, Appleblossom decides to spy on a human family—and accidentally falls down their chimney! The curious Appleblossom, her faithful brothers—who launch a hilarious rescue mission—and even the little girl in the house have no idea how fascinating the big world can be. But they're about to find out! With dynamic illustrations, a tight-knit family, and a glimpse at the world from a charming little marsupial's point of view, this cozy animal story is a perfect read-aloud and a classic in the making.

Download or read book Grave Creek Conspiracy written by Daniel Isaac Morris and published by Daniel Isaac Morris. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grave Creek Conspiracy" is the sequel to Morris' first book "Grave Creek Connections," a mystery set in the tri-county region of Greene/Washington County, in Pennsylvania, and in Marshall County, West Virginia. The story ties up some loose ends of a police investigation of the disappearance of college co-eds whose bodies are found in the nearby game hunting lands. But it leaves the reader with enough mystery to stir his/her imagination and perhaps, a Grave Creek franchise.

Download or read book A Possum in My Pocket written by Elizabeth T. Holtam and published by . This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web excerpt #1 Later on we had to take Goober Pea to the vet for a check-up. The possum came along too. Goober Pea rode in the pet carrier, and the possum rode...in my shirt pocket. I was wearing a baggy flannel shirt and the possum was so little it fit right in the bottom of the pocket and took a nap. After Dr. Bob had given Goober Pea his check-up, I pulled the possum out of my pocket. It scampered across the examination table like it wanted to get away; even possums must not like to go to the doctor! Dr. Bob caught it and gently pinched the skin on its back. The skin sort of stayed stuck the way he'd pinched it instead of springing back into place. Dr. Bob said that showed it was dehydrated, which means it hadn't had enough to drink in the last few days. The doctor gave us some puppy formula to dilute and a syringe for feeding it liquids. Well, guess what: the possum didn't like puppy formula. Come to think of it, it didn't like oatmeal either. Just like me! After the visit with Dr. Bob, we went to the grocery store. I don't think animals are supposed to go in the store with you, but nobody said anything even if I had a funny bulge in my shirt pocket and a tail curling out of it. Probably most people at supermarkets don't expect customers to be taking their baby possums grocery shopping. * * * * * * * * * * Web excerpt #2 We started sprinkling Elmo's food around in the leaves so that he has to hunt for it. When he eats he makes loud, smacking noises, and he doesn't chew with his mouth closed like grownups say you should. I think he really enjoys his meals: when he eats he looks like he's smiling. He especially likes grapes. He nibbles one until it is gone, then spits out the skin. He is still so tiny that one little grape looks huge in his hands. Picture me, gnawing on a football! Even though possums don't have very good table manners, you should see Elmo give himself a bath! He licks his fingers lots of times, making smacky noises, then he scratches himself with his wet fingers. He does that over and over again until he thinks he is clean. Sometimes he uses his hands to wash himself, and sometimes he uses his feet. Possums' feet really look like hands, because they have an opposable thumb like we have on our hands and like monkeys have on their hands and feet. (I read about this in one of the library books.) Having an opposable thumb on each hand makes it easier to hold on to things and helps keep us all from falling out of trees. Sometimes I get Elmo out of the cage to hold him or let him walk around. He doesn't like to be in my shirt pocket any more, but he likes to ride around on my shoulder. He probably remembers about riding on his mommy's back. He holds on with sharp little claws. Sometimes he snuffles around in my hair or breathes in my ear. It tickles! * * * * * * * * * * Web excerpt #3 I started to think we should keep Elmo so that she wouldn't ever meet any predators that would like to have her for dinner or humans that would make her into a coat, or even so she wouldn't ever have to cross a road. But then I started thinking that she might like to meet another possum and have babies and that she'd probably like to wander freely rather than stay in a cage all her life. We read that possums can have lots of babies in one litter, like cats and dogs do. I started to think that if Elmo had a family, she could help make up for all the possums that don't make it across the road. When we first got Elmo I could hold her in one hand, but she has grown a lot; she's almost as big as our cat Oreo. And she looks a little different than when we got her: she has long white-ish fur over the soft gray baby fur. Now she can put a whole grape in her mouth. She chews it with loud smacking noises while the juice runs down her chin. I certainly couldn't get away with manners like that! Besides grapes, Elmo likes cheese, catfood and eggs. Did I tell you that possums will eat anything? That includes slugs, worms, mice, and all so

Download or read book Amphibians End A Kulipari Novel 3 written by Trevor Pryce and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch the Netflix original series based on the books starting September 4, 2016! The future of the Amphibilands has never looked so bleak. With Lord Marmoo still maniacally bent on taking over the outback, Darel can’t fathom why the Rainbow Serpent wants him to lower the Veil, the Amphibilands’ only source of protection. But the Serpent’s message is clear, and in preparation for the inevitable battle, Darel and the Kulipari go in search of someone—anyone—to fight on their side. In their travels, the frog warriors make a perilous discovery: the outback’s water supplies are mysteriously disappearing. With the odds stacked against them, Darel and the Kulipari must take one final stand to protect their home, before it becomes . . . the Arachnilands. The Kulipari trilogy comes to its thrilling conclusion in this action-packed adventure by Trevor Pryce and acclaimed comics artist Sanford Greene.

Download or read book Texarkana written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. RUSTLERS’ PARADISE. An unholy trio of cutthroat rustlers turn a routine horse drive into an epic showdown between good and evil—with a little divine justice from gunfighting legend Perley Gates . . . At first, the job sounds easy: lead a small herd of horses across the Arkansas–Texas border to the Double-D ranch near Texarkana. No problem—at least not for a man like Perley Gates. In fact, he’s looking forward to the 150-mile journey with his old sidekick Possum Smith and young Sonny Rice, and doesn’t expect any trouble along the way. Unfortunately, trouble has a way of finding Perley Gates. This time, it’s a trigger-happy trio of horse thieves who take one look at old Possum, young Sonny, and the low-key Perley, and decide they’re three very easy targets. But in the Old West, nothing comes easy. Except death . . . So begins one hell of a showdown. On one side are the forces of evil itself, with notorious gunslinger Spade Devlin gunning for blood. On the other side are a few good men, a town under seige—and a merciless angel of vengeance named Perley Gates. . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Download or read book The Cottonmouth Club written by Lance Marcum and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summertime and the livin' ain't easy School's finally out, and eleven-year-old Mitch Valentine is ready to get started on his extensive list of things to do with his best friend - until his mom ruins everything with a surprise announcement. The family is going to take a long trip halfway across the country, to stay with her family down South. Mitch's reluctant summer visit to sweltering farm country tests him in all sorts of ways, starting with his sense of humor. Pitkin, Louisiana, turns out to be a place filled with challenges and dangers, from rope burns to raging bulls. In this vivid and funny first novel, Mitch discovers that it's his own bad decisions that can make for the biggest challenges and dangers of all.

Download or read book The Paris Hair Salon and Barber Shop written by Joseph Miller and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2011-06-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men and women of Tucker, Texas are split on the need for new library, which the women want, or a gymnasium and weight room for the high school's sporting teams, which all the men support. Ms Maybelle, the owner of the Paris Salon, takes a page from Lysistrata, and suggests that the ladies of the town withhold their sexual favors unless the men change and vote a library.

Download or read book North Woods Nonsense written by and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Like a Tree written by Calvin Kytle and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1935, the sixth year of the Great Depression. Most of the population was living on faith, hope, and denial. Still, it was not a bad year to be sixteeen--if you were white, middle-class, Protestant, and lucky enough to be living in Atlanta. Like a Tree is the story of the Krueger family and how they coped and conquered through the spirit-breaking years of the nineteen-thirties. In a larger context, Like a Tree is about the South's white liberal minority that worked quietly and largely underground, fighting prejudice, segregation, and ignorance to emancipate future generations. Early revewers have called this book "touching," "absorbing," "powerful, "important," "original," "richly textured." It is a testament to perseverance, love, good will, and the fortitude of ordinary human beings.

Download or read book Daughter of My People written by James Kilgo and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the threads of actual events, acclaimed essayist James Kilgo weaves a richly textured debut novel set in rural South Carolina in the early 20th century, telling the story of two brothers and their cousin, a mixed-race woman whom one brother loves--and the other dishonors.

Download or read book Landfall written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Weekend With a Drunken Leprechaun written by Klaus J Joehle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just a thought: Sometimes there is nothing finer than breaking all the rules and reaching for the sky. Especially if those rules were meant to confine you, us instead of uplifting us. Then it becomes almost a heavenly act. As with everything, there is an art to breaking all the rules. It needs to be done in such a manner that it harms no one. But instead it lifts us and gives us a new horizon to reach for. Publishers, publishing houses, you got to love them; you can't do this! It's never been done like this! O no not possible! You must do it like??? It's always been done . . . Excuse me please, it seems I left my bulldozer running, I’ll be right back I promise. What does all of this have to do with a leprechaun? Everything is connected to everything. O' please feed me sweet nothings but don't make me face the truth again, not again.

Download or read book The Grimoire of Kings YA Queer Portal Fantasy Trilogy written by Blake R. Wolfe and published by Blake R Wolfe. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tyler was a regular high school student until he was thrust into a fantasy world of magic and dragons. Now his new world is threatened and he must fight to find a way home and save his friend's lives. Tyler Wilson isn’t special, in fact with his only skill being getting good grades he doesn’t care about, he’s less than average. But when his best friend Danny tells him he only has three months to live, Tyler does something crazy. Gathering up his friends they run away for one last summer together before Danny inevitably dies. When the three decide to steal from a mysterious bookstore, their entire world changes overnight. Thrust into a magical fantasy land full of dragons and monsters, Tyler must fight for his life. Now he’s searching for his friends and a way to get back home while vicious dragon attacks are on the rise. The appearance of a mysterious sage could be their only hope or their doom. Can he find his friends before it’s too late or will they all be trapped in this dangerous new world forever? Flip open The Grimoire of Kings and be transported into your own epic adventure today! The Grimoire of Kings is the enthralling and adventurous first installment of the coming-of-age fantasy The Tales of Bramoria. If you like sarcastic characters, emotional twists, LGBTQ+ representation, and powerful reveals, then you’ll love Blake R. Wolfe’s adventure-packed story. Great for fans of Dungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, and The Witcher.

Download or read book The Home Ranch written by Ralph Moody and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw horse. Following Little Britches and developing an episode noted near the end of Man of the Family, The Home Ranch continues the adventures of young Ralph Moody. Soon after returning from the ranch, he and his mother and siblings will go east for a new start, described in Mary Emma & Company and The Fields of Home. All these titles have been reprinted as Bison Books.

Download or read book Every Sun That Rises written by Thad Sitton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1985-12-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What I done and what I been accused of covers everything, you put ’em both together.” Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake exaggerates, but perhaps not very much. During his long life at Caddo Lake, Moore was at various times a boat operator, commercial fisherman, boat builder, farmer, fishing and hunting camp operator, guide, commercial hunter, trapper, raftsman, moonshiner, oil field worker, water well driller, and mechanical jack-of-all-trades. Still, he always found time for his lifelong study of the natural and human history of Caddo Lake. Here, in words as fresh and forceful as the day they were uttered, is his tale. Moore, who was given the gift of a unique story to tell and great power to tell it, was the historical interpreter of his strange homeland of Caddo Lake. Twenty-three miles long, some forty thousand acres at high water, stretching across two Texas counties and one Louisiana parish, Caddo Lake’s fresh waters merge into a labyrinthine swamp punctuated by inlets, holes, and geological oddities like Goat Island, Whistleberry Slough, Whangdoodle Pass, and the Devil’s Elbow. Here among these lost reminders of steamboats and old bateau men is Moore’s world. Born in 1901 at Karnack, Texas, Moore grew up in a time when kids wore button shoes and in a place where pigs and chickens roamed the backyard. He drank his first whiskey at age eight, gigged fish, trapped, and hunted for pearls as a boy, and grew up to an easy assurance on the lake that comes only to those long accustomed to its ways. A walking library of the history of Caddo Lake, Moore delved into almost every nook and corner of it, and wherever he went, whatever he did, he sought to learn more about his subect. Sought out by writers and journalists—among them James Michener and Bill Moyers—because of his laconic wit and remarkable command of the region’s story, Moore became known as a resource as precious as the lake itself. Moore’s story is eloquently introduced by Thad Sitton in an opening essay that chronicles the history of Caddo Lake. Striking photographs of Moore at home and at work on the lake beautifully amplify his life story, and an exuberant word-and-picture essay of Moore expertly building the traditional boat of the region, a bateau, reinforces the vivid image we have of this remarkable man.