Download or read book The Farthest Away Mountain written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Dakin’s bedroom window, the farthest-away mountain looks quite close, its peak capped with pink and purple and green snow rising above the pine wood just beyond the village.
Download or read book My Side of the Mountain written by Jean Craighead George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-21 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Download or read book The Farthest Shore written by Alex Roddie and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 2019, award-winning writer Alex Roddie left his online life behind when he set out to walk 300 miles through the Scottish Highlands, seeking solitude and answers. In leaving the chaos of the internet behind for a month, he hoped to learn how it was truly affecting him – or if he should look elsewhere for the causes of his anxiety. The Farthest Shore is the story of Alex's solo trek along the remote Cape Wrath Trail. As he journeyed through a vanishing winter, Alex found answers to his questions, learnt the nature of true silence, and discovered frightening evidence of the threats faced by Scotland's wild mountain landscape.
Download or read book The Farthest Shore written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies of Earthsea.
Download or read book The Adventures of King Midas written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by . This book was released on 1995-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fairy Rebel written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fairy Queen strictly forbids fairies from using their magic power on humans. But after Tiki accidentally meets Jan, a woman who is desperate for a baby daughter, she finds it impossible to resist fulfilling her wish. Now up against the dark and vicious power of evil, this fairy rebel must face the Queen’s fury with frightening and possibly fatal results.
Download or read book I Houdini written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One family’s household has been in a state of disarray because of one small furry problem. Meet Houdini, an extraordinarily brilliant escapologist. No, not that Houdini. This one is a hamster. Once you meet him, you will understand that his owners just couldn’t name him anything else, for his name is quite fitting. He can escape from anything—a cage or the clutches of a mean cat. While on his escapades, he causes all kinds of trouble from chewing through wires to causing a flood. But Houdini thinks it’s all worth it, because he is desperate to explore the great Outdoors. But once he gets out, will he ever come back? Or will this be his final escape?
Download or read book Boys Are Stupid Throw Rocks at Them written by Todd Harris Goldman and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cartoons and sarcastic advice offer a tongue-in-cheek look at boys as seen by girls, including "ideas make boys' heads hurt," "boys are not potty trained," and "boys aren't housebroken."
Download or read book Cloud Mountain written by Aimee E. Liu and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California, 1906. Hope Newfield and Leong Po-yo fall in love. Defying every taboo, this independent American woman and aristocratic Chinaman marry. But in the coming years, as they move from San Francisco to China, their love is tested by prejudice, conflicting loyalties and different traditions.
Download or read book One More River written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesley lives in Canada and thinks life is just great, she has got friends, she likes school and they are very comfortably off. But then her father makes a fateful decision, the whole family is going to emigrate to Israel and lead a more fully Jewish life. Lesley is horrified and very resistant. However, once she gets to her new country and a very different life, she begins to find it stimulating and enjoyable. A strange relationship with Palestinian boy Mustafa, who lives on the other side of the Jordan river, is a big part of the new Lesley. A very exciting book, set in the 1960s about life in a pioneering new country.
Download or read book Down from the Mountain written by Bryce Andrews and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Andrews' wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts... Welcome and impressive work." --Barry Lopez Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition's Mountain Environment & Natural History Award The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. As the grizzlies approach, the people of the region are wary, at best, of their return. In searing detail, award-winning writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells us about one such grizzly. Millie is a typical mother: strong, cunning, fiercely protective of her cubs. But raising those cubs--a challenging task in the best of times--becomes ever harder as the mountains change, the climate warms and people crowd the valleys. There are obvious dangers, like poachers, and subtle ones as well, like the corn field that draws her out of the foothills and sets her on a path toward trouble and ruin. That trouble is where Bryce's story intersects with Millie's. It is the heart of Down from the Mountain, a singular drama evoking a much larger one: an entangled, bloody collision between two species in the modern-day West, where the shrinking wilds force man and bear into ever closer proximity.
Download or read book Dancing Home written by Alma Flor Ada and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely tale of immigration, two cousins learn the importance of family and friendship. A year of discoveries culminates in a performance full of surprises, as two girls find their own way to belong. Mexico may be her parents’ home, but it’s certainly not Margie’s. She has finally convinced the other kids at school she is one-hundred percent American—just like them. But when her Mexican cousin Lupe visits, the image she’s created for herself crumbles. Things aren’t easy for Lupe, either. Mexico hadn’t felt like home since her father went North to find work. Lupe’s hope of seeing him in the United States comforts her some, but learning a new language in a new school is tough. Lupe, as much as Margie, is in need of a friend. Little by little, the girls’ individual steps find the rhythm of one shared dance, and they learn what “home” really means. In the tradition of My Name is Maria Isabel—and simultaneously published in English and in Spanish—Alma Flor Ada and her son Gabriel M. Zubizarreta offer an honest story of family, friendship, and the classic immigrant experience: becoming part of something new, while straying true to who you are.
Download or read book Grandma Moon written by Rubysue Rubysue and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grandma Moon" is a story about a baby named Ruby and her grandma. A small girl who is learning to talk, tries to capture a huge harvest moon as it hangs low and orange in the sky. She cries, thinking it is a ball as Grandma tries to explain that it's the moon. Baby Ruby begins to call the moon a ball, and a ball the moon. A delightful story!
Download or read book Acceptance is My Superpower written by Alicia Ortego and published by Alicia Ortego. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want your children to honor, celebrate, and see the beauty in our differences? We are all different. And whilst children are often wonderful at accepting differences easily, there are times when a lack of understanding can result in hurtful words or actions. As adults, it is our responsibility to teach children that differences are not flaws but are, in fact, our super powers. Lisa, a primary school student with a love of singing, learns just that in 'Acceptance is my Superpower' when a cruel comment from someone she regards as a friend leads her down a path of discovery of the true meaning of diversity and how it can be applied to everyone. Laid out as a charming poem with colourful illustrations, children will delight in learning: - How to love themselves - How to accept others - How to control negative emotions - How to share their newfound knowledge Learning by example The examples in this story are there to teach children that their differences are not to be ridiculed but instead, celebrated. When Lisa learns this valuable lesson in the book and then shares that knowledge with the person who upset her, we realise the importance of helping children understand the world would be a very boring place indeed if we were all the same. --- "Just like all the petals on all these different flowers, Diversity is beautiful and gives us superpowers!" Please join me and Lucas spread the word to all you know, Acceptance is our superpower and together we will grow. --- From the bestselling author of Kindness is my Superpower Join Lisa and Lucas, as together, they learn the most valuable lesson of all - they have a superpower - their acceptance. Get your copy now!
Download or read book UmiCar s Big Race Team Umizoomi written by Random House and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When UmiCar competes in the Umi City Car Race, he races against a mean dump truck who plays tricks on the other racers.
Download or read book The Tower at Stony Wood written by Patricia A. McKillip and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the wedding festivities of his king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen - a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his steadfast honour and loyalty, Cyan departs on a dangerous quest to rescue the real queen from her tower prison - to prevent war, and to awaken magic in a land that has lost its way ...
Download or read book When Mountains Walked written by Kate Wheeler and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interweaving of two love stories that span generations begins in the 1940s as Althea Barnes becomes enamored of both India and a Hindu priest, and continues with her granddaughter who has an affair with a revolutionary in contemporary Peru.
