Author: José Luis FernándezPublisher:
ISBN: 9789563410709
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
The Night the Moon Smiled at Us
Author: José Luis FernándezPublisher:
ISBN: 9789563410709
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
A Smile as Big as the Moon
Author: Mike KersjesPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429976209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Besides being a football coach at his Michigan High School, Mike Kersjes taught special education classes, dealing with children whose disabilities included Tourette syndrome, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia, eating disorders and a variety of emotional problems. One autumn Kersjes got the outlandish idea that his students would benefit from going to Space Camp, where, in conjunction with NASA, high school students compete in a variety of activities similar to those experienced by astronauts in training for space shuttle missions. There was only one problem: this program had been specifically designed for gifted and talented students, the best and the brightest from America's most privileged high schools. Kersjes believed that, given a chance, his kids could do as well as anybody, and with remarkable persistence broke down one barrier after another, from his own principal's office to the inner sanctum of NASA, until Space Camp opened its doors, on an experimental basis, to special ed students. After nine months of rigorous preparation, during which the class molded itself into a working team, they arrived at Space Camp, where they turned in a performance so startling, so surprising, that it will leave the reader breathless. A truly triumphant story of the power of the human spirit.
When the Moon Smiled
Author: Petr HoráčekPublisher: Walker
ISBN: 9780744570472
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A twinkly, comforting novelty book by an award-winning author/illustrator! One night on the farm everything is topsy-turvy and the moon will only smile when things are put right. It's time for him to light the stars, one by one. This deeply satisfying counting story twinkles with warmth and ingenui
On the Night You Were Born / La Noche En Que Tú Naciste (Bilingual - English/Spanish)
Author: Nancy TillmanPublisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250890098
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
An English/Spanish bilingual edition of Nancy Tillman's heartwarming debut picture book for readers of all ages, On the Night You Were Born / La Noche En Que Tu Naciste. On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered. "Life will never be the same." On the night you were born, the whole world came alive with thanksgiving. The moon stayed up till morning. The geese flew home to celebrate. Polar bears danced. On the night you were born you brought wonder and magic to the world. Here is a book that celebrates you. It is meant to be carried wherever life takes you, over all the roads, through all the years.
The Night the Man in the Moon Smiled
Author: Joanne L. HallThe Sorrows of Satan
Author: Marie CorelliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devil
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The story takes place in London in 1895, and the Devil is on the loose. Britain is all but totally corrupt. Everything and everyone is up for sale, and it takes a special kind of moral courage to resist the Devil's seductions.
Sing Me a Dirge
Author: Olufokunbi Dotun OlufokunbiPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426930712
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Omoyeni Ayekooto was born and raised in a small village in Africa-the last of four children and the only son. From of the age of seven, he remembers that he is the happiest boy in the whole world building castles and birdhouses from the mud. This is a carefree time for Omoyeni and his friends as they learn about their people's ways from both their parents and the trusted villagers. As Omoyeni grows physically, he also grows emotionally as he experiences the intricacies of life-complex relationships with his parents and sisters, lasting friendships, the opposite sex, marriage, and finally, death. Omoyeni becomes curious about the world outside his small village; he understands that diligence, hard work, and resolve will make more opportunities for him as will traveling to the "white man's land" away from Africa. Sing Me a Dirge follows Omoyeni as he comes of age and is torn between opportunity in Europe and the United States, and the lure and memories of village life in Africa.
Mommy, the Moon Smiled at Me
Author: Alice Elizabeth AveryPublisher: Publish America
ISBN: 9781413702842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Have you ever looked up into the sky at night and stared at the moon? Have you ever noticed that at times it looks as if it has a face and is smiling at us? Well, a young boy does just that in Mommy, the Moon Smiled at Me! He asks his mother, A[a¬AWhat would make the moon smile?A[a¬A and he gets some surprising answers. Find out for yourself what they are as you read this story, Mommy, the Moon Smiled at Me!, written and illustrated by Alice Elizabeth Avery.
The Sorrows of Satan, Or, The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire
Author: Marie CorelliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devil
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
An impoverished novelist suddenly inherits a vast fortune from a distant relation but unwittingly makes a pact with the Devil when he accepts the help of the aristocratic Prince Lucio Rimanez, who graciously offers to show him how to spend his money and fulfill all his earnest desires.
If the Moon Smiled
Author: Chandani LokugePublisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN: 1925588238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
I go down to the river, unheeding my mother’s disapproval. I dip into the lazily flowing water. Here, at least, nothing has changed.The bath-cloth balloons around my body and I press it down. I loosen my hair and let it spread where it will. I open my hands upwards on the water’s surface, languidly remembering. All, that is familiar. The promise. The promise of life. As a young woman in Sri Lanka, Manthri marvels at the promise of life and yearns for a future of fulfilled dreams. Years on, she finds herself in a loveless marriage, in a foreign land, and estranged from her two Australian children. Torn between an idyllic past to which she cannot return and a present that breaks her heart, she never loses touch with those dreams, nor abandons her passionate enchantment with life.