Author: Jessica SpanyolPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406315714
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Carlo&really Nice Librarian (hello)
Author: Jessica SpanyolPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406315714
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian
Author: Jessica SpanyolPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406315370
Category : Librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A first picture-book adventure for Carlo, the young giraffe who just loves to learn. Carlo, the young giraffe, goes with his dad and his cat, Crackers, to the new library for the first time. Carlo loves the library with its books and posters and chairs with wheels. But he's a bit scared of the sharp-toothed crocodile librarian Mrs Chinca - until he finds out just how much she REALLY loves books! A wonderfully positive endorsement of libraries and reading.
It's Thanksgiving!
Author: Jack PrelutskyPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060537108
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
An illustrated collection of poems for children about family, food, and other Thanksgiving things.
The Cat Who Ate Christmas
Author: Lil ChasePublisher: Little Brown Bks Young Readers
ISBN: 1510200835
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
A funny, heart-warming Christmas story about one little kitten and a very big turkey! It's Christmas, and everyone in the Hudson family is very excited - including their kitten. First he knocks the Christmas tree over, then he shreds the presents, and finally he eats the entire Christmas turkey! Mum gets cross, and the kitten runs away. But when he doesn't come back, the Hudson family have to venture out on Christmas Day to find their naughty kitten. Can they have a merry Christmas after all? This gorgeous book is illustrated in two-colour throughout, with a special section at the back for Christmas facts, jokes, craft activities and recipes. The kitten in this story will be named by one lucky reader, via a competition hosted by the Reading Zone. Check this space for the big reveal!
The Old Gringo
Author: Carlos FuentesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466840145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction. One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.
A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXIX (Forty-Five Volumes); Wharton-Zorilla
Author: Charles Dudley WarnerPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605202436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Highlights from Volume 39 include: . the poetry of Walt Whitman . the verse of John Greenleaf Whittier . the writings of Woodrow Wilson . the essays of Mary Wollstonecraft . the poetry of William Wordsworth . the writings of Xenophon . the work of Emile Zola . and much, much more.
Walking Beside Muddy Creeks
Author: Wanda HancockPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426964560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This book is written for one whose body and emotions have suddenly been shaken to their foundational core. It reveals how severe traumas can, and often do, change ones life forever. The text also shows how the Creator of the Universe enables one to continue to live life and teach others with similar situations that there is a purpose for every life, no matter the circumstances in which one finds ones self. The book also shows how a community can come together to provide care for those in need and who are unable to help themselves.
The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 6
Author: Elisheva CarlebachPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030019000X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
A landmark project to collect, translate, and transmit primary material from a momentous period in Jewish culture and civilization, this volume covers what Elisheva Carlebach describes as a period "in which every aspect of Jewish life underwent the most profound changes to have occurred since antiquity." Organized by genre, this extensive yet accessible volume surveys Jewish cultural production and intellectual innovation during these dramatic years, particularly in literature, the visual and performing arts, and intellectual culture. The wide-ranging collection includes a diverse selection of sources created by Jews around the world, translated from a dozen languages. Representing a tumultuous time of changing borders, demographic shifts, and significant Jewish migration, this anthology explores the range of approaches of Jews, from welcoming to resistant, to the intertwining ideals of enlightenment and emancipation, "the very foundation of the Jewish experience in this period."
Natural Allies
Author: Soo HongPublisher: Harvard Education Press
ISBN: 168253426X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
In Natural Allies, Soo Hong offers a paradigm shift in how we think about family engagement with schools. Hong challenges the conventional depiction of parents and teachers as “natural enemies,” and shows how, through teachers’ initiative and commitment, they can become natural allies instead. Based on a three-year ethnographic study, the book features the experiences and motivations of five urban school teachers who have successfully created meaningful, productive relationships and partnerships with students’ families. In Natural Allies, the teachers’ personal narratives are juxtaposed with rich descriptions of their interactions with families and children. The book explores how the dimensions of race, class, culture, and family history shape the interactions between teachers and families, particularly in schools where teacher-parent dynamics may be fraught with distrust or misunderstanding. The book demonstrates how commitment to families and community can become a central part of educators’ development as professionals. In addition, the research provides new insight and seeks to merge the study of family engagement with the field of culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies. Offered with optimism and urgency, Natural Allies addresses an area in which many educators feel ill equipped and unprepared. Readers will emerge from a reading of the book with new ideas on family engagement that are grounded in an analysis of the deep contours of the parent-teacher relationship.
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