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Author: Linda Mather Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781493657636 Category : Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
It all started on the day that my mum came home from my school parents evening. Steam was swiftly coming out of her ears, like a pressure cooker ready to explode. I really thought that at any minute she would 'take off'. I began reciting in my head ten, nine, eight, seven, six...... I never did reach blast off before she began ranting at me again. It turns out that my dull and boring History teacher, Mr Butler had slated me, saying that I always messed around in his class. Well I did to be honest I hated history. It was one of my worst subjects. I could not understand why we needed to learn about the past. The future was what was important, that was what we were always told. Grownups always seemed to contradict themselves and it did my head in. No wonder we kids were almost always confused! The worst thing was that Mr Butler told my mum about the assignment I was supposed to be working on. It was: 'A day in the life of a person living through world war two' We were all then to present our work to the class after Christmas. I hadn't started mine and it was November. In fact I was going to make some excuse like my writing arm was playing up or my computer had blown up and left us all in shock so I was unable to do any homework! Now I would have Mum on my back too! "You really need to take an interest in history" my mum had said, banging the dinner pots into the cupboard after they had been left for two hours, drying on the draining board. I don't know if her temper was down to the fact that I had not dried the dinner pots or the poor report from this mind-numbing teacher. Maybe it was a bit of both. We were currently doing all about world war two, which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It was now 2013. Why would I want to know about a war that happened over fifty years ago? It was before I was even born, before my mum and dad were born and even before my Grandparents were born. How was that going to help me in my future? Anyway, when mum and I start arguing we really fire up. We are both quite stubborn and opinionated so world war two, three and four happen in our house quite regularly. We never seem to be able to meet a compromise. This time was no different. History was totally tiresome. It was so tedious that I nearly always fell asleep in every lesson. If I didn't mess about I would doze off. Which would Mr Butler prefer for goodness sake? "How will knowing about world war two benefit me in getting a job?" I had argued back, forgetting my nanny's frequent words of wisdom. "Don't argue with your mum, Megan. It takes more energy to argue than it does to say yes and mum's always know best and tell you for your own good." She had said this to me many times. She was right of course but I loved winding mum up so for me it took no energy whatsoever! I didn't know how learning about some old war would be for my own good though. Well not until I sat in Grandpa's chair that is.
Author: Linda Mather Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781493657636 Category : Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
It all started on the day that my mum came home from my school parents evening. Steam was swiftly coming out of her ears, like a pressure cooker ready to explode. I really thought that at any minute she would 'take off'. I began reciting in my head ten, nine, eight, seven, six...... I never did reach blast off before she began ranting at me again. It turns out that my dull and boring History teacher, Mr Butler had slated me, saying that I always messed around in his class. Well I did to be honest I hated history. It was one of my worst subjects. I could not understand why we needed to learn about the past. The future was what was important, that was what we were always told. Grownups always seemed to contradict themselves and it did my head in. No wonder we kids were almost always confused! The worst thing was that Mr Butler told my mum about the assignment I was supposed to be working on. It was: 'A day in the life of a person living through world war two' We were all then to present our work to the class after Christmas. I hadn't started mine and it was November. In fact I was going to make some excuse like my writing arm was playing up or my computer had blown up and left us all in shock so I was unable to do any homework! Now I would have Mum on my back too! "You really need to take an interest in history" my mum had said, banging the dinner pots into the cupboard after they had been left for two hours, drying on the draining board. I don't know if her temper was down to the fact that I had not dried the dinner pots or the poor report from this mind-numbing teacher. Maybe it was a bit of both. We were currently doing all about world war two, which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It was now 2013. Why would I want to know about a war that happened over fifty years ago? It was before I was even born, before my mum and dad were born and even before my Grandparents were born. How was that going to help me in my future? Anyway, when mum and I start arguing we really fire up. We are both quite stubborn and opinionated so world war two, three and four happen in our house quite regularly. We never seem to be able to meet a compromise. This time was no different. History was totally tiresome. It was so tedious that I nearly always fell asleep in every lesson. If I didn't mess about I would doze off. Which would Mr Butler prefer for goodness sake? "How will knowing about world war two benefit me in getting a job?" I had argued back, forgetting my nanny's frequent words of wisdom. "Don't argue with your mum, Megan. It takes more energy to argue than it does to say yes and mum's always know best and tell you for your own good." She had said this to me many times. She was right of course but I loved winding mum up so for me it took no energy whatsoever! I didn't know how learning about some old war would be for my own good though. Well not until I sat in Grandpa's chair that is.
Author: Terry Thornton Publisher: ISBN: 9781475066647 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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Grandpa's Chair is a tender children's story of a boy recalling wonderful memories that he and his great grandfather shared. As a very young boy, he and his grandfather would read books and stories and play games while sitting on this special chair. Looking back at a photo album, the boy recalls funny and unique memories of his grandfather, many of which revolve round the chair.The death of the grandfather is handled in a sensitive manner that allows the boy and his mother to look back lovingly at a wonderful man that so enriched their lives. A dispute arose about Grandpa's old chair. Mom wanted to get rid of it since it was old and tattered and did not belong in the living room any longer, but the boy very much wanted to keep it. they end of compromising as the moved Grandpa's special chair to the boy's bedroom where he could now sit and fondly remember his grandfather in the peace and quiet of his own room. This story while fiction, has some elements of truth and recounts some actual events and memories of the author's great grandfather. This is an excellent book to read with a child who has lost a grandparent.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Publisher: ISBN: Category : Chairs Languages : en Pages : 298
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A chair that passes from one person to another serves as the vehicle for presenting information about important characters and events of early Massachusetts history.
Author: Greg Grieco Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1483482251 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 241
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In 1950s Chicago, a boy hides in his closet to escape a father's habitual rage. There he conjures up another paternal figure in his artistic Italian grandfather, Canio Grieco. With his wondrous tricks and stories of "Italy," his library and drawings, his baseball and opera, Canio becomes the model of creativity for the lonely, introverted grandson who learns to survive through ingenuity, imagination, and electricity. Canio's Secret is a coming-of-age story about young Greg's struggle to find solace in his mother's Catholicism and break free of his father's anger. Told through intimate portraits of parents and grandparents, nuns and janitors, friends and local characters, and their unsettling, often humorous, encounters, it is also the vibrant portrait of a multi-ethnic neighborhood soon to be scattered by white flight. As the older writer ponders his grandfather's influence, the memoir becomes a meditation on Canio's enigmatic advice, spoken in the summer of 1953: "Happiness is all that's required."
Author: Terence Thornton Publisher: Multnomah Pub ISBN: 9780880701907 Category : Death Languages : en Pages : 33
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As a boy and his grandfather grow older and are eventually parted by death, the boy treasures the old man's chair as a special memento of a happy relationship.
Author: Diego Salinas Publisher: Mi Club de Cuentos ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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This is the first book in the saga adventures of Eliza. In this story, Eliza goes to the town where Grandpa lives to spend her summer vacation. In this small town, where apparently nothing ever happens, Eliza meets Robert, a boy her age that for some strange reason suddenly appears in her dreams. In dreamland very strange things happen, and both kids have no idea why they are meeting in dreams. With the help of Grandpa’s guidance, they soon realize why these strange things are happening, but there still are a lot of questions that have no answer. Will Eliza and Rob figure out what’s going on and why they are having these encounters in dreamland? Find out in The adventures of Eliza: the mystery in Grandpa’s house.
Author: David A. Adler Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101547901 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 49
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The beloved elementary school sleuth Cam Jansen is back in her 31st mystery! Eric's father is finally graduating from college. But before the celebration can begin, a very special present from Grandpa Shelton disappears. Was it lost--or stolen? There's no way Cam will let a thief ruin the graduation celebration! She must use her photographic memory to track down the gift.
Author: Miriam Jones Bradley Publisher: Ambassador International ISBN: 1649600062 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 90
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Had it really been only a year since the Double Cousins solved their first mystery? But now back at Grandpa’s ranch for their summer visit, it seemed something was missing—one of those exciting mysteries. For the first time in a year, they were all together again, and the time was slipping by with no mystery. If this was the new normal, they didn’t like it very much. Then out of the blue, strangers arrive at the ranch and drop a mystery right into their laps, shocking even Grandpa with ranch history he had never heard. The Happy Hollow school property was originally part of Grandpa’s land. Had the first one been a sod building? Can they fulfill the dream of a centenarian by recovering its history and, against all odds, find the tiny time capsule hidden by two young boys over 120 years ago? And can they put up with an annoying visitor who doesn’t like the ranch or anything on it? In the seventh Double Cousins Mystery, the cousins, including Brandon, use all their sleuthing skills—along with some new ones—to help that family of strangers find the answer to their mystery; and in the process, they learn that mysteries truly are a part of history.
Author: Jiyeon Pak Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1524700770 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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A young girl tries to help her grandfather find a new chair in this moving picture book about loss and how the love of family can warm even the most broken heart. Julie’s grandfather is looking for a new chair. But no matter what kind of chair he tries, he can never seem to find the right one. Some chairs are too small; others are too soft. Some are too hard, while others are too fancy. Just when Grandfather thinks he’ll never find the right chair, Julie takes him to a park. And there, Grandfather finally finds the perfect seat . . . and discovers that it’s not about the chair you sit in, it’s about who is sitting next to you.
Author: Kekla Magoon Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536237493 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy adventure about family secrets and finding the courage to plot your own life story. Since Grandpa died, Dally’s days are dull and restricted. She’s eleven and a half years old, and her exacting single mother is already preparing her to take over the family business. Starved for adventure and release, Dally rescues a mysterious envelope from her mother’s clutches, an envelope Grandpa had earmarked for her. The map she finds inside leads straight to an ancient vault, a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time. As Dally “checks out” adventure after adventure—including an exhilarating outing with pirates—she begins to dive deep into her family’s hidden history. Soon she’s visiting every day to escape the demands of the present. But the library has secrets of its own, intentions that would shape her life as surely as her mother’s meticulous plans. What will Dally choose? Equal parts mystery and adventure—with a biracial child puzzling out her identity alongside the legacy of the past—this masterful middle-grade fantasy rivets with crackling prose, playful plot twists, and timeless themes. A satisfying choice for fans of Kindred and When You Reach Me.
Author: Linda Mather
Author: Linda Mather
Author: Terry Thornton
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author: Greg Grieco
Author: Terence Thornton
Author: Diego Salinas
Author: David A. Adler
Author: Miriam Jones Bradley
Author: Jiyeon Pak
Author: Kekla Magoon