Download or read book My Grandpa Wants to Get a Porcupine written by Sharon Zint Marts, Ed.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story about a visit to six-year-old Cole's classroom by his Grandpa in a wheelchair.
Download or read book The Porcupine of Truth written by Bill Konigsberg and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stonewall Book Award winner. “Konigsberg weaves together a masterful tale of uncovering the past, finding wisdom, and accepting others as well as oneself.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children’s/Young Adult A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn’t really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and discovers a secret regarding his grandfather, who disappeared without warning or explanation decades before. Together, Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to try and save Carson’s dad, restore his fragmented family, and discover the “Porcupine of Truth” in all of their lives. “Words like ‘brilliant’ are so overused when praising novels—so I won’t use that word. I’ll just think it.” —Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe “Undeniably human and unforgettably wise, this book is a gift for us all.” —Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle “Konigsberg . . . crafts fascinating, multidimensional teen and adult characters. A friendship between a straight boy and a lesbian is relatively rare in YA fiction and is, accordingly, exceedingly welcome.” —Booklist (starred review) “The story tackles questions about religion, family, and intimacy with depth and grace . . . Equal parts funny and profound.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Alaskan Stories by a Little School Up North written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of student writings, both fact and fiction, from Nenana High School. Each essay demonstrates a unique view of Alaska from the eyes of those who have grown up and lived there.
Download or read book Tales from the Marula written by Leon de Villiers and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every evening at sunset the troop of baboons climb to the top of the big Marula tree. All is quiet. The baboons are waiting for the evening star to appear. Who will be the first to see the star tonight? "There it is!" cries one of the little ones. As soon as the star has appeared, a little voice begs: "Please tell us a story!” A collection of fifteen highly original and entertaining animal stories.
Download or read book The Upper Tanana Dene written by William E. Simeone and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume conveys the history and knowledge of Dene elders. Oral accounts reveal a unique perspective and offer commentary on continuity and change over the past hundred years. These narratives, along with photographs and illustrations, show the history of the region alongside a portrait of the people themselves."--
Download or read book Welcome to Camp Woggle The Oodlethunks Book 3 written by Adele Griffin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get set for another West Woggle adventure, starring Oona, her wacky Stone Age family and some unforgettable pets! Who says kids are the only ones who can have fun during the summer? Oona Oodlethunk and her brother Bonk are ready to change all that. When they hatch a plan to create a "Collected Animals Meeting Place," Camp Woggle is born! But hold onto your sunhat, this isn't your typical "boondoggle-lanyard" camp. And none of the campers arrive with bug repellent or sunscreen. This happy "All Pets Allowed" place is strictly for prehistoric pets. Dinosaurs, fruitafossors, lemurs, turtles, and even pet rocks are welcome, as long as they stick to Camp Woggle's rules:1. No Chewing or Biting (Unless It's Your Food)2. Be Kind and Thoughtful 3. Older Pets Get First Turn4. No Dangerous Predators Allowed5. When Nature Calls, Wash Your Paws This wacky West Woggle adventure stars some pretty impressive critters and lots of action-packed Stone-Age facts!
Download or read book American Thresherman written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ojibwa Warrior written by Dennis Banks and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa Tribe and a founder of the American Indian Movement, is one of the most influential Indian leaders of our time. In Ojibwa Warrior, written with acclaimed writer and photographer Richard Erdoes, Banks tells his own story for the first time and also traces the rise of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The authors present an insider’s understanding of AIM protest events—the Trail of Broken Treaties march to Washington, D.C.; the resulting takeover of the BIA building; the riot at Custer, South Dakota; and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee. Enhancing the narrative are dramatic photographs, most taken by Richard Erdoes, depicting key people and events.
Download or read book Laughing Tablets written by J.S. Raghavan and published by Pustaka Digital Media. This book was released on 2020-12-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: laughter is the best medicine with no side effects, though there are a few sidesplitting categories. Medicines can be administered in several ways—the injection being the least preferred, as one has to roll-up tight sleeves or go embarrassedly behind a skimpy curtain, to bare the behind to a matronly nurse. Syrups, sprays, drops, gels, ointments and the like are bitter, smelly and/or messy affairs which are more bothersome than the ailment itself. But tablets! They are handy stuff. Convenient to pop in. Nevertheless, not all tablets that are purchased are swallowed—and not all that are swallowed act—like sleeping tablets for example! A few sleepless souls remain wide awake even after taking a few. Yet some sleep peacefully with one pill, like a baby or a log or an Hon'ble Member of Parliament when the House is transacting business noisily. The problem need not necessarily lie with the tablets. The Laughing Tablets are no different!
Download or read book Song of Dewey Beard written by Philip Burnham and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Native American warriors and their resistance to the U.S. government in the war against the Plains Indians is a well-known chapter in the story of the American West. In the aftermath of the great resistance, as the Indian nations recovered from war, many figures loomed heroic, yet their stories are mostly unknown. This long-overdue biography of Dewey Beard (ca. 1862–1955), a Lakota who witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn and survived the Wounded Knee Massacre, chronicles a remarkable life that can be traced through major historical events from the late nineteenth into the mid-twentieth century. Beard was not only a witness to two major battles against the Lakota; he also traveled with William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West show, worked as a Hollywood Indian, and witnessed the grand transformation of the Black Hills into a tourism mecca. Beard spent most of his later life fighting to reclaim his homeland and acting as “old Dewey Beard,” a living relic of the “old West” for the tourists. With a keen eye for detail and a true storyteller’s talent, Philip Burnham presents the man behind the legend of Dewey Beard and shows how the life of the last survivor of Little Bighorn provides a glimpse into the survival of Indigenous America.
Download or read book Native and Christian written by James Treat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native and Christian is an anthology of essays by indigenous writers in the United States and Canada on the problem of native Christian identity. This anthology documents the emergence of a significant new collective voice on the North American religious landscape. It brings together in one volume articles originally published in a variety of sources (many of them obscure or out-of-print) including religious magazines, scholarly journals, and native periodicals, along with one previously unpublished manuscript.
Download or read book Love in the Anthropocene written by Dale Jamieson and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam cause us to think—and to feel—what life will be like in a future where nothing is left that is spontaneous, accidental, or uncontrolled. A beautiful—and frightening—book.” —Naomi Oreskes, professor, history of science, Harvard; author, Merchants of Doubt “Nadzam's prose is just gorgeous—she writes about people and skies and mountains and landscapes with incredible precision and appreciation of beauty. A reader can swim in these sentences and soak up the landscape via the prose with great pleasure.” —Aimee Bender on Bonnie Nadzam's Lamb “I started reading [Jamieson's prose] and couldn't stop... Part of what’s mesmerizing about climate change is its vastness across both space and time. Jamieson, by elucidating our past failures and casting doubt on whether we’ll ever do any better, situates it within a humanely scaled context.” —Jonathan Franzen on Dale Jamieson's Reason in a Dark Time An audacious collaboration between an award-winning novelist and a leading environmental philosopher, Love in the Anthropocene taps into one of the hottest topics of the day, literally and figuratively—our corrupted environment—to deliver five related stories (“Flyfishing,” “Carbon,” “Holiday,” “Shanghai,” and “Zoo”) that investigate a future bereft of natural environments, introduced with a discussion on the Anthropocene—the Age of Humanity—and concluding with an essay on love. The “love” these writer/philosophers investigate and celebrate is as much a constant as is human despoliation of the planet; it is what defines us, and it is what may save us. Science fiction, literary fiction, philosophical meditation, manifesto? All the above. This unique work is destined to become an essential companion—a primer, really—to life in the 21st century.
Download or read book The Eddies Of The Aevitas written by Jim Valliere and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The currents in the River of Time are powerful--powerful enough to pull Joe Samson in opposite directions, effectively splitting his soul and pulling him away from one destiny to another. However, all countercurrents must eventually rejoin the main channel. Only one Joe can exit the eddy and continue to live. Joe must journey back in time to the very birth of his soul to discover the connections in past lives that will affect his seemingly impossible decision on which Joe will exit the eddy.
Download or read book Grandpa s Stories written by Janet McNulty and published by Janet McNulty. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My grandfather grew up in Arizona in the 1920s and 1930s. One weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the Navy. During the summer of 2012, my mother visited him and recorded his stories about growing up, World War II, and his time as an employee at the Pacific Bell Telephone Company. This is the history of the 20th century as he lived it. These are his words.
Download or read book Wounded Warriors written by Doyle Arbogast and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a poignant collection of fourteen personal stories of Native Americans whose pathway to healing has been found within the beauty, spirit & mystery of their own culture & heritage. Their words offer insight into their plight & struggle & take the reader on journeys through the pain of emotional, physical, & sexual abuse, neglect, broken families, poverty, oppression, & alcoholism into the joy of healing & recovery through embracing their own culture & spirituality. These stories are wrenched out of the deep scars of grueling emotional & physical memories. Those who are similarly suffering will find both solace & inspiration in the pages of this book. Those who are seeking a better understanding of all humankind will find an eloquent portrayal of a culture too long ignored, & a people towards whom we have too long been indifferent. One CANNOT be indifferent after reading the compelling stories within this remarkable & courageous book. Most will not only learn something about themselves but find a bit of healing for their own lives. This book promises to stimulate more feeling & more discussion than any other book on the lives of contemporary Native Americans. To order contact: Two Rainbows Distributing, 1329 S. 93rd St., Omaha, NE 68124. 402-398-1977.
Download or read book Heartbeat of the People written by Tara Browner and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner focuses on the Northern pow-wow of the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes to investigate the underlying tribal and regional frameworks that reinforce personal tribal affiliations. Interviews with dancers and her own participation in pow-wow events and community provide fascinating on-the-ground accounts and provide detail to a rare ethnomusicological analysis of Northern music and dance.
Download or read book Life Lived Like a Story written by Julie Cruikshank and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is pure gold here for those who want to understand the rules of the old ways. ... [The book] has a convincing sureness, an intensity which cannot be denied, a strong sense of family. ... Candidly, and often with sly humour, the three women discuss early white-Indian relations, the Klondike gold rush, the epidemics, the starvation, the healthy and wealthy times, and building of the Alaska Highway. ... Integrity is here, and wisdom. There is no doubting the authenticity of the voices. As women, they had power and they used it wisely, and through their words and Cruikshank's skills, you will change your mind if you think the anthropological approach to oral history can only be dull."--Barry Broadfoot, Toronto Globe and Mail.
