Download or read book Swim the Fly written by Don Calame and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the pact he made with his two best friends to see a naked girl by the end of summer, 15-year-old Matt Gratton is even more determined to impress the star of the swim team, Kelly West, with his athletic abilities and so makes a personal goal to swim the 100-yard butterfly in order to catch her eye.
Download or read book Call The Shots written by Don Calame and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his girlfriend broke up with him last summer, Sean's been on a starvation diet where girls are concerned. However, he's got other things on his mind. Like how to stop the soon-to-be-born family addition from stealing his room and making him share with his evil twin sister. When Coop suggests making a cheap-ass horror film to bring in the bucks he's a bit sceptical, but Coop is nothing if not persuasive . . . 'Zonkey!' (a tale of 'half-man, half-monkey drones that mutate into hairy uncontrollable zombie-monsters with a thirst for human blood') is born. Join Coop, Sean and Matt in this hilarious sequel to SWIM THE FLY and BEAT THE BAND.
Download or read book Beat The Band written by Don Calame and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooper Redman has one thing on his mind, tagging as many bases as possible by the end of sophomore year. He's already picked out a prime target, the divine Prudence Nash, whose sexy serpent tattoo haunts his dreams. But when Coop is paired with the infamous 'Hot Dog' Helen for a semester-long health project on safe sex, his hopes of making it to the Majors are suddenly DOA. It's going to take something totally epic to resuscitate his reputation. Something like winning The Battle of the Bands with his best buds Matt and Sean. There's just one problem . . . they suck.
Download or read book I Can t Fly And I Can t Swim written by Simon Gough and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby is a Penguin who cannot fly, and Tilly, his friend, a giraffe who cannot swim. The two friends though set out to show the other what it must feel like to fly and swim,and that if we stick together as friends, we can achieve most things. A lovely little uplifting story that children will want to read and read.
Download or read book Swim the Fly written by Don Calame and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three adolescent boys with a single goal: see a real live naked girl. The result? Razor-sharp, rapid-fire, and raunchy, of course. And beyond hilarious. Fifteen-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time -- quite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way to impress Kelly West, the sizzling new star of the swim team. In the spirit of Hollywood’s blockbuster comedies, screenwriter-turned-YA-novelist Don Calame unleashes a true ode to the adolescent male: characters who are side-splittingly funny, sometimes crude, yet always full of heart.
Download or read book Some of Us Walk Some Fly Some Swim written by Michael K. Frith and published by Random House Children's Books. This book was released on 1971 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple rhymes reflect curiosity about the shapes and actions of different animals.
Download or read book Dan Versus Nature written by Don Calame and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From screenwriter Don Calame comes another outrageously funny and raunchy tale of teen boys whose plans go awry — this time, on a survivalist camping trip. Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for his mom as she dates every man in the state of California. Then his mom drops a bomb: she and her latest beau, Hank, are engaged, and she’s sending her “two favorite men” on a survivalist camping trip to “bond.” Determined to trick Hank into showing his true — flawed — colors on the trip, Dan and his nerdy germaphobe best friend, Charlie, prepare a series of increasingly gross and embarrassing pranks. But the boys hadn’t counted on a hot girl joining their trip or on getting separated from their wilderness guide—not to mention the humiliating injuries Dan suffers in the course of terrorizing his stepdad-to-be. With a man-hungry bear on their trail, no supplies, and a lot of unpleasant itching going on, can Dan see his plan through now that his very survival depends on Hank?
Download or read book Sink Or Swim written by Valerie Coulman and published by Lobster Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to learn how to swim, Ralph the cow turns to his water-friendlyriends, such as the ducks and turtles, to give him pointers on how to stayfloat.
Download or read book Lords of the Fly written by Monte Burke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Saban, 4th and Goal, and Sowbelly comes the thrilling, untold story of the quest for the world record tarpon on a fly rod—a tale that reveals as much about Man as it does about the fish. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world—Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others—all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail: The world record for the world’s most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon. The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. Some harder than others. The world record fell nearly every year. But records weren’t the only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn’t survive, either. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The drugs and romantic entaglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control. It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. It was a collision of the top anglers and the top species of fish which would lead to smashed lives for nearly all involved, man and fish alike. In Lords of the Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines the growing popularity of the tarpon, an amazing fish has been around for 50 million years, can live to 80 years old and can grow to 300 pounds in weight. It is a massive, leaping, bullet train of a fish. When hooked in shallow water, it produces “immediate unreality,” as the late poet and tarpon obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles the heartbreaking destruction that exists as a result—brought on by greed, environmental degradation and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster—and how all of it has shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose, Lords of the Fly is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition.
Download or read book Game Changer written by Blane Chocklett and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game Changer flies have completely revolutionized how fly anglers approach pressured and wary fish around the world. Tied on a series of interconnecting spines, these flies can be drawn through the water with a serpentine swimming action or made to glide and jacknife in the water with hard strips--movements that predatory fish find irresistible. In this book, from one of the most creative and visionary minds in fly tying and fly fishing, author Blane Chocklett shares his tips and techniques for getting maximum movement out of these flies, both at the vise and on the water. In addition to covering popular patterns such as the Finesse Changer and Feather Game Changer, Chocklett traces the evolution of his search for the ultimate pattern, and takes readers along his journey of discovery, by beginning with his Gummy Minnow and ending the book with perhaps the most effective fly ever designed for apex predators, the Hybrid Changer. - Step-by-step tying instructions for 20 flies - Chapter covering hooks, shanks, brushes, and other critical materials - Fishing techniques, including tips on retrieves and casting large flies - Close-ups of Chocklett's favorite patterns - Detailed information on building brushes
Download or read book The Fly written by Gusti and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How a perfect day turned into a nightmare" -- Cover.
Download or read book Swim written by Annette Lees and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about New Zealanders and their deep connection to swimming in the outdoors. Every neighbourhood has its swimming hole up the river, its local beach, or a back road to the lake. A love of swimming is one of the things that defines Kiwis, and all over the country the start of summer is marked by most of us heading for the water. Swim is the result of Annette Lees¿ personal quest to swim every day of a full year in the natural waterways of New Zealand. From Northland to Fiordland, she swam outdoors through the four seasons in rivers, lakes, ponds, the sea, estuaries, wetlands, springs and outdoor lido pools. Across the country people shared swimming stories of their own, introduced elderly family swimmers who swim right through winter, and invited her to try their local, often secret, swimming places. During her watery adventure Annette discovered New Zealanders¿ serious passion for water and swimming. She collected stories of urban swims, night swims, forbidden swims, swimming in the dead of winter, Mori legends of swimming feats, the endurance swimmers of the Depression, and the swimming ANZACs. These memories and stories go back hundreds of years and this inspiring and beautifully written book reminds us to appreciate this precious aspect of New Zealand life.
Download or read book Flip Flap Fly written by Phyllis Root and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a delightful book celebrating Baby's first steps in the world. What a wonderful thing it is to take your very first steps! Or to flap your wings for the first time if you're a baby bird, splash and swim if you're a baby fish and ziggle zaggle wiggle if you're a baby snake! On this beautiful sunny day there are babies everywhere, flying, swimming, wiggling, sliding, waddling and creeping - and giving Mum a kiss!
Download or read book Liffey Swim written by Jessica Traynor and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liffey Swim is the debut collection of poems from Dubliner Jessica Traynor, in which family portraits combine with myth and history to create a strikingly assured and engaging suite of poems. Delivered in a language that is at once fresh and confident, these poems have already earned the poet a number of awards and honours, and mark her out as a distinctive new talent in Irish writing. "Her finely lyrical work is informed by wide travel, a meditative intelligence and an acute sense of history, in which Dublin and its three rivers become a living metaphor for the truths and felicities of one woman's life." - Harry Clifton
Download or read book The Complete Book of Fly Fishing written by Joe Brooks and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Boys Don t Fly written by Cassie Ehrenberg and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While exploring the jungle, our hero encounters several animal friends who each have a unique ability. Unfortunately, he is unable to imitate his friends when they use wings to fly, swim fast with flippers, or carry heavy objects with a giant trunk. When the boy returns home, his Grandmother teaches him a valuable lesson about what makes him special.
Download or read book Animals That Fly written by Pearl Markovics and published by Animals on the Move!. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do all the animals in this book have in common? They fly! The expertly crafted text uses a repetitive sentence pattern along with strong visual cues to support early readers as they build their reading skills and confidence. This 16-page book features repetitive and predictable text and incorporates high-frequency and familiar sight words. Children just learning how to read will love these colorful and engaging nonfiction books.
