Author: Kay Bolin Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546279156 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 27
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Luce the Goose is based on a true story. This beautiful white wild Pilgrim goose showed up at our house one day. In fact, Luce didn’t just show up; it appeared he was infatuated with his own reflection in my black Jeep. For days, every time I looked out the window, he was back—just staring at his own reflection. The question that took us some time to answer was, Did he just like looking at himself or did he think his reflection was another goose that could be his friend? The photographs in this book help capture some of the most memorable moments of Luce’s quest for love. As amazing as this true story is, the real amazement is the lesson that Luce teaches us all!
Author: Holly Bea Publisher: H J Kramer ISBN: 1932073639 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 37
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Meet Lucy, an independent-minded Canada goose who is hatched in the beautiful northern wilderness. Her first look at the world is filled with sunshine, wild rivers, lakes, and her close and loving family. Along with her brothers and sister, she is taught the value of working together by her patient mother. But Lucy has other ideas. She is certain that fitting in is not for her. Holly Bea's delightful rhyming text coupled with Joe Boddy's brilliantly colorful and playful illustrations make this book a fun way to teach children the enduring value of teamwork.
Author: Charles Ghigna Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 1479565334 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 65
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Lucy Goose and her sidekick duckling love life in the barnyard. There is always so much to do, and Lucy takes full advantage of all the fun in this collection of sweet stories. From making a barnyard band to playing hide-and-seek, Lucy stays busy and loves her life.
Author: Tessa Fontaine Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374605823 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 268
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When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community. The women asked: How are they safe? And Tamsen Nightingale said: In this red grove, no woman can be harmed. No violence may come upon her. No injury to her flesh from the flesh of another. —The Story of the Sisters, Welcoming Incantation The Red Grove is a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by the community’s founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions who stalk the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its people. Some say the mighty redwoods keep them safe. Yet Luce’s mother, Gloria, has gone missing. A man came seeking answers among the Red Grove’s mysteries—a connection to the beyond—and died. And then Gloria vanished. The Red Grove is Luce’s whole world. She is devoted to its mission, its rituals and myths. But she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldn’t just leave without a word, wouldn’t leave her little brother, Roo, and especially their aunt Gem, whose care in that suspended state of everdream depends on Gloria in every way. But as Luce tries to figure out what has happened to her mother, she discovers that this special place is not what it seems and that protection comes at a cost. The debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaine's The Red Grove is an exploration of the legacies of violence, the price of safety, and the choices we make to protect what we love.
Author: Mary Perdue Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813195551 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
When Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew retired from racing in 1978 to stand at stud at Spendthrift Farm, no one could be certain he would be a successful sire. But just four years later, his dark bay daughter Landaluce won the Hollywood Lassie Stakes by twenty-one lengths—a margin of victory that remains the largest ever in any race by a two-year-old at Hollywood Park. California horse racing had a new superstar, and Slew was launched on a stud career that would make him one of the most influential sires in North America. Like her father, Landaluce soon became a national celebrity, and was poised to become the next American super-horse. But those dreams ended when the two-year-old died in her stall at Santa Anita four months later, the victim of a swift and mysterious illness. Today, with her "I Love Luce" bumper stickers long gone, the filly has been largely forgotten. In Landaluce: The Story of Seattle Slew's First Champion, Mary Perdue tells the story of a horse whose short but meteoric career could have changed racing history forever. Sparking comparisons to Ruffian, Landaluce helped elevate California horse racing to the national stage and could have been the first filly to ever win the Triple Crown. In telling this story, Perdue explores the lives and careers of Landaluce's breeders, owners, and trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, as well as her famous sire Seattle Slew—and shows not only how one filly captured the imagination of racing fans across the country, but also set the stage for another filly turned super-horse, Zenyatta, in the decades to come.
Author: Ruth Calkins Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984540661 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 23
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Alexander is a young Muscovy duck who falls in love with a young Pilgrim goose. He follows her everywhere, sure that she is the loveliest bird he has ever seen. Eventually, a male Pilgrim goose becomes very jealous and chases Alexander away from the barnyard. That night, a fierce tornado hits the barnyard. Find out what happens next as Alexander tries to find his lost love!
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307401944 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 546
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Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.
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