Author: Joy Wilt BerryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849981357
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Discusses how to handle fear and presents guidelines for safely dealing with dangerous things, places, and situations.
Weekly Reader Books Presents What's So Great about Nice?
Author: Jacquelyn ReinachPublisher:
ISBN: 9780937524022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Jealous Jackal learns why Loving Lion receives so many valentines.
What's a Ghost Going to Do?
Author: Jane ThayerPublisher: Olympic Marketing Corporation
ISBN: 9780437794086
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Gus, the friendly little ghost, is in danger of losing his home when the owners decide to have the old house demolished, but events take a different turn.
Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Presents Silly Steggy
Author: Alison Cragin HerzigPublisher:
ISBN: 9780837498010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Danger!
Author: Joy Wilt BerryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849981357
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Discusses how to handle fear and presents guidelines for safely dealing with dangerous things, places, and situations.
A Witch's Garden
Author: Miriam YoungPublisher:
ISBN: 9780689303234
Category : Neighbors
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Convinced that Mrs. Matthews, the new neighbor, is a witch, twelve-year-old Jenny debates whether to expose her or exorcise her.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Author: Richard AtwaterPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453227865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Mr. Popper and his family have penguins in the fridge and an ice rink in the basement in this hilarious Newbery Honor book that inspired the hit movie! How many penguins in the house is too many? Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to his letter by sending him a penguin named Captain Cook, Mr. Popper and his family’s lives change forever. Soon one penguin becomes twelve, and the Poppers must set out on their own adventure to preserve their home. First published in 1938, Mr. Popper’s Penguins is a classic tale that has enchanted young readers for generations. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard and Florence Atwater including rare photos from the authors’ estate.
Stories from a Snowy Meadow
Author: Carla StevensPublisher:
ISBN: 9780816431618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Mole, Mouse, and Shrew love to visit Ole Vole and listen to her stories. Then one day she dies, and her friends compose a song of tribute to her.
Wembley and the Soggy Map
Author: Louise GikowPublisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780030072420
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When Wembley accidentally ruins Gobo's map, he learns that being very angry doesn't mean you stop caring about someone.
The Catcher in the Rye
Author: J. D. SalingerPublisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, and identity through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The novel is set in the 1950s and follows Holden, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from his prep school, Pencey Prep. Disillusioned with the world around him, Holden decides to leave Pencey early and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning home. Over the course of these days, Holden interacts with various people, including old friends, a former teacher, and strangers, all the while grappling with his feelings of loneliness and dissatisfaction. Holden is deeply troubled by the "phoniness" of the adult world and is haunted by the death of his younger brother, Allie, which has left a lasting impact on him. He fantasizes about being "the catcher in the rye," a guardian who saves children from losing their innocence by catching them before they fall off a cliff into adulthooda. The novel ends with Holden in a mental institution, where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown. He expresses some hope for the future, indicating a possible path to recovery..
A Little Life
Author: Hanya YanagiharaPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.