Wee Gillis

Author : Munro Leaf
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 159017206X
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wee Gillis written by Munro Leaf and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the lowlands, while the other half finds him in the highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family are eager for him to settle down and adopt their ways. In the lowlands, he is taught to herd cattle, learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs. In the rocky highlands, he stalks stags from outcrop to outcrop, holding his breath so as not to make a sound. Wee Gillis is a quick study, and he soon picks up what his elders can teach him. And yet he is unprepared when the day comes for him to decide, once and for all, whether it will be the lowlands or the highlands that he will call his home. Robert Lawson and Munro Leaf's classic picture book is a tribute to the powers of the imagination and a triumph of the storyteller's and illustrator's art.

Author : Eve Begley Kiehm
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1585365734
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B is for Bagpipes written by Eve Begley Kiehm and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What country is made up of 95 islands, invented the game of golf, and raised a warrior worthy of the name "Braveheart"? Welcome to Scotland! In B is for Bagpipes: A Scotland Alphabet, Scottish native Eve Begley Kiehm gives an A-Z tour of the country that may be small in size but a giant in history and rich in tradition. Kick up your heels at a Highland dance, visit the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby as he stands guard near his master's grave, and finally dig into a dish of haggis with a side helping of "tatties and neeps." From the splendors of capital city Edinburgh to the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson to the gloomy waters of Loch Ness and its lonely "Nessie," the treasures of Scotland are revealed. Colorful artwork captures the proud spirit of its landscape and culture.Eve Begley Kiehm was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland. She has a master's degree in Scottish History and Literature from Glasgow University and an early childhood education certification from the University of Toronto. Her books about Scotland include a YA historical adventure novel. Eve lives in the San Diego area. Alexa Rutherford lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has illustrated many books for UK publishers and a handful of US publishers, as well as US children's magazines.

Author : Paul Gallico
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 159017626X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abandoned written by Paul Gallico and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London hasn’t been kind to Peter, a lonely boy whose parents are always out at parties, and though Peter would love to have a cat for company, his nanny won’t hear of it. One day, as Peter is walking out the door, he sees a truck bearing down on a tabby. Dashing out to save the cat, he is struck by the oncoming truck himself. Everything is different when Peter comes to: He has fur, whiskers, and claws; he has become a cat himself! But London isn’t any kinder to cats than it is to children. Jennie, a savvy stray who takes charge of Peter, knows that all too well. Jennie schools young Peter in the ways of cats, including how to sniff out a nice napping spot, the proper way to dine on mouse, and the single most important tactic a cat can learn: “When in doubt, wash.” Jennie and Peter will face many challenges—and not all of them are from the dangerous outside world—in their struggle to find a place that is truly home.

Author : Robert Lawson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0670699497
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Were Strong and Good written by Robert Lawson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1940-01-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family’s journey through American history. Robert Lawson introduces us to his forefathers and with them we brave Caribbean storms, travel to the wharf markets of New York, and fight in the Civil War. Amidst these adventures Lawson’s grandparents meet, marry, and raise a family, and later his parents follow the same cycle of life. But this book is more than just the story of one family, it’s a social history of our country. It reminds us to be proud of our ancestors—who they were, what they did, and the effect that they had on the nation we live in today. None of them were great or famous, but they were strong and good. They worked hard and had many children. They all helped to make the United States the great nation that it now is. Let us be proud of them and guard well the heritage they have left us.

Author : Robert Lawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wee Gillis written by Robert Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wee Gillis couldn't decide whether he wanted to be a Highlander and stalk stags, like his father, or a Lowlander like his mother, and raise long-haired cows.

Author : Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547350570
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel written by Virginia Lee Burton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship, and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity.

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780316968959
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Those Secrets of the World written by Jane Yolen and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When four-year-old Janie's father goes off to war, the rest of the family moves to the grandparents' home on the Chesapeake Bay, where Janie learns a secret of the world which helps her understand her father's long absence.

Author : Anna Grossnickle Hines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781930900660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gramma's Walk written by Anna Grossnickle Hines and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donnie and his grandmother, who is in a wheelchair, take an imagined walk to the seashore and smell the salty breeze, walk barefoot on the warm sand, observe animals, and build a sand castle.

Author : Claire Huchet Bishop
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681378434
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Lost His Head written by Claire Huchet Bishop and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you’ve lost your head, especially if it’s an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen. In any case, the man who loses his head in The Man Who Lost His Head isn’t about to grin (that is, if he could grin) and bear it. No, he’ll make himself a new one, and starting with a pumpkin and moving on to a parsnip and finally picking up a block of wood, he sets about getting it just right. Still, for all his efforts, it somehow isn’t right. It isn’t the head he had before. It turns out that only a brash bold boy can save the man who lost his head from losing it altogether.Claire Huchet Bishop’s charming parable is illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey, whose books for children include One Morning in Maine, Blueberries for Sal, and the Caldecott Medal–winning Make Way for Ducklings.

Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528787552
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of Arden written by E. Nesbit and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The House of Arden” is a 1908 children's novel written by English poet and author Edith Nesbit. The story revolves around Edred and Elfrida Arden, two children from a poor background who inherit an old, run-down castle and attempt to track down their lost family fortunes which would enable them to restore it to its former glory. Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) was an English poet and author. She is perhaps best remembered for her children's literature, publishing more than 60 such books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. Other notable works by this author include: “The Prophet's Mantle” (1885), “Something Wrong” (1886), and “The Marden Mystery” (1896). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.