Author: Sherman Baldwin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781935278436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harry's character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no one's looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harry's life in Roxbury, Connecticut from his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.
Growing Up with Harry
Author: Sherman Baldwin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781935278436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harry's character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no one's looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harry's life in Roxbury, Connecticut from his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781935278436
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harry's character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no one's looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harry's life in Roxbury, Connecticut from his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.
Growing up with Harry
Author: Sherman Baldwin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1935278444
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harrys character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no ones looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harrys life in Roxbury, Connecticutfrom his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1935278444
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harrys character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no ones looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harrys life in Roxbury, Connecticutfrom his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.
Harry Grows Up
Author: Patrick Yee
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814615307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
<2nd Prize Winner of Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category> Harry Grows Up is the second book in the series of picture books about the life of Singapore’s remarkable leader, Lee Kuan Yew. In the first book, A Boy Named Harry, young readers learn what it was like for him to grow up in British-ruled Singapore. In this book, Harry is now a teenager, eager to start college. But his world is suddenly turned upside down when the Japanese capture Singapore. This engaging story tells about Harry’s courage, from the years of the Japanese Occupation to the founding of the People’s Action Party.
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814615307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
<2nd Prize Winner of Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category> Harry Grows Up is the second book in the series of picture books about the life of Singapore’s remarkable leader, Lee Kuan Yew. In the first book, A Boy Named Harry, young readers learn what it was like for him to grow up in British-ruled Singapore. In this book, Harry is now a teenager, eager to start college. But his world is suddenly turned upside down when the Japanese capture Singapore. This engaging story tells about Harry’s courage, from the years of the Japanese Occupation to the founding of the People’s Action Party.
A Boy Named Harry
Author: Patrick Yee
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814615285
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The future leader of Singapore spent his growing up years doing what other children did in the 1920s. Harry liked to play with spinning tops, marbles, kites—and even fighting fish! While he was a little mischievous as a child, Harry worked hard in school to achieve academic success, eventually winning scholarships to attend the prestigious Raffles College. Especially for younger readers, this inspiring picture book about the childhood of Harry Lee Kuan Yew is one that parents, caregivers and teachers can share with children, providing the perfect opportunity for grown-ups to tell share with them his contributions to the country.
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814615285
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Nothing is Scary with Harry
Author: Katie McElligott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680523867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nothing Is Scary With Harry is a story about a girl, her blankie, and being brave. The story follows Katie throughout her childhood as she overcomes various scary scenarios with the help of her friend Harry the blanket. Through Katie s connection to Harry, Katie s mother learns that lovies are like best friends, and have no expiration date. Life can be scary, so how can it be wrong to hold tight to something that makes you feel strong? Beautifully illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell, and uniquely formatted in a printed-on board hardcover with linen-like pages, this adorable and generationally relevent story about the benefits of holiding onto a childhood comfort object is sure to resonate with parents and little ones alike. In this much more mobile and transient world, transitional ojects make us feel safe and connected in new and often scary environments.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680523867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nothing Is Scary With Harry is a story about a girl, her blankie, and being brave. The story follows Katie throughout her childhood as she overcomes various scary scenarios with the help of her friend Harry the blanket. Through Katie s connection to Harry, Katie s mother learns that lovies are like best friends, and have no expiration date. Life can be scary, so how can it be wrong to hold tight to something that makes you feel strong? Beautifully illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell, and uniquely formatted in a printed-on board hardcover with linen-like pages, this adorable and generationally relevent story about the benefits of holiding onto a childhood comfort object is sure to resonate with parents and little ones alike. In this much more mobile and transient world, transitional ojects make us feel safe and connected in new and often scary environments.
The Harry Potter Generation
Author: Emily Lauer
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667003X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The generation of readers most heavily impacted by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series--those who grew up alongside "the boy who lived"--have come of age. They are poised to become teachers, parents, critics and writers, and many of their views and choices will be influenced by the literary revolution in which they were immersed. This collection of new essays explores the many different ways in which Harry Potter has shaped this generation's views on everything from politics to identity to pedagogical spaces online. It seeks to determine how the books have affected fans' understanding of their place in the world and their capacity to create it anew.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667003X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The generation of readers most heavily impacted by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series--those who grew up alongside "the boy who lived"--have come of age. They are poised to become teachers, parents, critics and writers, and many of their views and choices will be influenced by the literary revolution in which they were immersed. This collection of new essays explores the many different ways in which Harry Potter has shaped this generation's views on everything from politics to identity to pedagogical spaces online. It seeks to determine how the books have affected fans' understanding of their place in the world and their capacity to create it anew.
Growing Up with My Grandfather
Author:
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book takes readers behind the scenes of the final years of Harry Truman, whose presidency began fifty years ago. It details the almost impossible expectations placed on members of a first family and how a grandson has worked to climb out of Harry Truman's very considerable shadow. The words of that grandson, the eldest son of Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel, tell the intimate story.
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book takes readers behind the scenes of the final years of Harry Truman, whose presidency began fifty years ago. It details the almost impossible expectations placed on members of a first family and how a grandson has worked to climb out of Harry Truman's very considerable shadow. The words of that grandson, the eldest son of Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel, tell the intimate story.
Dawn Undercover
Author: Anna Dale
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599909987
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Dawn Buckle spends most of her days trying to get people to notice her. But whether at home or at school, it's as if she's completely invisible. And that's exactly what makes her the ideal recruit for S.H,.H. (Strictly Hush Hush)-a secret intelligence agency. How the world's most forgettable girl transforms herself into a world-class spy and tracks down a surprising secret agent will delight readers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599909987
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Dawn Buckle spends most of her days trying to get people to notice her. But whether at home or at school, it's as if she's completely invisible. And that's exactly what makes her the ideal recruit for S.H,.H. (Strictly Hush Hush)-a secret intelligence agency. How the world's most forgettable girl transforms herself into a world-class spy and tracks down a surprising secret agent will delight readers.
Walking in Beauty
Author: Harry Roberts
Publisher: Trinidad Art
ISBN: 9780966416541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
A collection of stories, poems, photographs, and short essays recalling the author's youth with a spiritual teacher revered among the Yurok people and hislifelong journey of self-discovery
Publisher: Trinidad Art
ISBN: 9780966416541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
A collection of stories, poems, photographs, and short essays recalling the author's youth with a spiritual teacher revered among the Yurok people and hislifelong journey of self-discovery
A Lantern in Her Hand
Author: Bess Streeter Aldrich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description