Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 037598870X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
Not since The 10th Good Thing About Barney or I'll Always Love You has there been such a peaceful and inspiring book to help children and adults cope with the loss of a pet. The talented multiple-medalist Jane Yolen takes on this difficult subject with her usual grace and poetic sensitivity, focusing not on the death as much as the life in the last day of an older cat named Tiger Rose. Tiger Rose's kitten days are long gone and she's grown too tired to stay, so she says her goodbyes to all the creatures and the joys of her natural world—from the scolding blue jay, to the dog and children she shares her home with, to a chipmunk, startled by her gentleness, to her favorite shady patch under a piney bush. In a final vision, Tiger Rose takes one last leap into the blue sky and becomes one with all—the earth, the air, the sun. . . . This is perhaps the most reassuring book on death available for children.
Author: Bob Mee Publisher: Fonthill Media ISBN: Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 371
Book Description
Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers rose above the racist bigotry of the Deep South to become the first African-American middleweight champion of the world. To do it, this Christian family man beat a boxing legend, Harry Greb, in the first of the great sporting cathedrals, Madison Square Garden. It was a victory that stunned the sporting world and made him a household name. Yet within a year he had lost his championship on a decision some said was influenced by Al Capone - and within another year was dead, following a seemingly innocuous operation, in the clinic of a controversial surgeon, to remove lumps and scars above his eyes. Was his death, at the age of 34, an accident, a result of negligence, or something more sinister? And what was behind his white manager's attempt to throw Tiger's widow into an asylum and their daughter into an orphanage? Flowers' inspiring, harrowing story, set against an horrific backdrop of lynchings and routine prejudice, is largely forgotten now but he paved the way for black sporting heroes like Joe Louis, Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson.
Author: Lisa Eisenberg Publisher: Children's Press(CT) ISBN: 9780516022109 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 72
Book Description
Laura Brewster is in Mexico, working undercover, investigating the insurance claims of a ranch that has lost three expensive race horses in the past year.
Author: Gerald Rose Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 140882874X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
Book Description
It's amazing how easy it is for the tiger to pass himself off as a rug - he enjoys a life of luxury with the rajah's family, snacking on midnight feasts and playing with his children. He goes entirely undetected, until one night, when he risks expulsion from his comfortable abode as burglars break into the palace and he has to decide whether to stay in disguise as a rug - or save the rajah from a horrible beating. However, tigers who live in houses can have happy endings, as seen in this utterly brilliant picture book.
Author: Lionel Tiger Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312263119 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
Tiger links current social problems, such as the increasing numbers of single mothers, abortions, working women, and men abandoning their families, to the rise of efficient methods of contraception which has "marginalized [men] in the process of reproduction."--Jacket.
Author: Kate DiCamillo Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763649449 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 137
Book Description
A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever. Featuring a new cover illustration by Stephen Walton.
Author: Bob Mee Publisher: ISBN: 9781781552704 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
This is the inspirational story of the boxer Theodore "Tiger" Flowers, who overcame prejudice to become the middleweight champion of the world. The book looks at his life, career, and controversial death, and shows how he paved the way for later black sporting heroes.
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