Author : Brian Lumley
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 1993-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812524195
Each night David Hero finds himself transported to a marvelous world where brave men and women battle terrible creatures possessed of cruel, dark powers. In the Dreamworlds David is a hero, and each morning it is harder and harder to return to his ordinary, boring existence. Perhaps soon he will be unable to wake at all. . . . First in a new series.
Author : Juan Calle
Publisher : Immedium
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1597021032
Heroes and heroines have always helped kids make their dreams good. Multicultural and mythological, this tale features comic book art and a bilingual Spanish translation. From time immemorial, children like Julio have had bad dreams! But at Julio's bedside, his dad comforts him: anyone can summon the help of brave avengers to conquer their fears. Every culture has its own legendary champions who can vanquish scary monsters or villains. So Julio learns one's powerful imagination can turn any dreams into good ones. Take a trip through time and across the continents! From mythology and legend, superheroes and superheroines help children who deserve a sound night’s sleep! Together they confront the crowd of creatures that go bump in the night. The story labels nearly 100 characters so readers can learn more about them! Kids and parents deserve a super bedtime story! Leaping from history and fable onto spectacular spreads, courageous defenders are on your side. Families will marvel at guardians such as Artemis from Greece, Thor from Scandinavia, The Monkey King from Asia, and more specials guests too! Illustrating the world's superheroes in a vibrant comic book style, this adventure has universal appeal with its bilingual Spanish translation. Teachers and librarians will see this sensational storybook will fly off the shelves as students admire the fantastic action in this Junior Library Guild pick! - - - “Good Dream, Bad Dream has a powerful message about inspiration, hope, and facing one's fears, and is highly recommended for personal and public library bilingual children's collections.” - Midwest Book Review "a visual feast for anyone who loves action-packed pages, graphic novel-style illustration, and a message that will help your grade school kids sleep a little sounder at night... it is a bilingual treat for those who can read in both languages, or would like to learn...As a parent of two girls, I appreciate seeing strong female characters defeating the bad guys, as shown above in the fierce Archer who holds back the pack of scowling Cyclops. Those who love details can peer closely at the pictures and see the names of mythical and storybook creatures worked into the illustrations. The underlying message in Good Dream, Bad Dream is that imagination is strong enough to fight back their fears–so comforting for kids who worry about bad dreams. And while I can’t guarantee a night free of worries, it’s a great message for kids to hear as often as possible." - Cool Mom Picks "This book could not have come at a better time. Lately, Diego has been struggling with bad dreams... Well now we can turn it around! Good Dream, Bad Dream is a perfect book for Hubby and me to read with Diego. We always turn to books to help us start conversations with our boys. Our seven year old loved it too because he really is into comics, can read in English and Spanish, and is going through the exact same situation as the main character, Julio... If you are looking for a good bedtime story, Good Dream, Bad Dream is perfect. Here at Mommy Maestra we really believe that books are great conversations starters for lots of important topics. Dreams shouldn't just be brushed off! Bravo to Juan Calle and Serena Valentino for understanding children and showing just how important and powerful their dreams can be!" - Mommy Maestra
Author : Gabriel Johnson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481033534
When you were younger, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be a real superhero like the ones on television? If your answer is yes, then I'm guessing you probably did things like: 1) memorized and quoted different superhero dialogues, puns, and catch phrases- (for ex. if a hero was about to tie a villain up, before doing it they would say, “Alright let's wrap this up.”); 2) made a homemade mask and used a bath towel or blanket with a certain clothing as your superhero costume; and 3) made up your own superhero adventure. Anyway, in this first book, “Heroes of Dreams,” you'll learn about an eight year old, third grader, Samuel Lee Princeton, who's always dreamed of one day becoming a superhero. However, with some help from his father, Leonardo Princeton, his dream might come true. Find out for yourself, as “A Heroic Dream Begins.”
Author : Adolfo Bioy Casares
Publisher : Dutton Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"At the end of carnival 1927, Emilio Gauna had an experience that he knew was the culmination of his life. The problem is that Gauna can only dimly remember what happened: he was out on the town with his raucous, reckless friends when a masked woman appeared. Several hours later, gasping and horrified, Gauna awoke at the edge of a lake. Three years later, he tries to solve the mystery the only way he knows: by re-creating the same situation and reliving it- despite the warnings of his secret protector, the Sorcerer. In The Dreams of Heroes, Adolfo Bioy Casares assembles magicians, prophetic and brave women, shamefully self-conscious men and Buenos Aires under the rubric of a sinister and mocking fate, and thrusts them forward into the dizzying realm of memory, doom and cyclical time. Written in 1954 and never before published in America, The Dream of Heroes stands as a predecessor of and model for a whole school of European and American novels that followed but never quite matched it"--
Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0711277869
Meet three inspirational Earth Heroes whose love of the natural world inspires them to make a difference: Jane Goodall, Greta Thunberg, and David Attenborough! This set of three books from the internationally best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series introduces little dreamers to the lives of these incredible people who work to understand and protect this amazing planet. In these remarkable true stories, learn how three very different people use their voice to speak up for animals and the environment. When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong love of animals, and after living with chimpanzees in their natural habitat, she now educates the public on animal rights. When young Greta learned of the climate crisis, she couldn't understand why people in power were not doing anything to save our Earth. But her "School Strike for Climate" has now inspired millions, and taught everyone her valuable message: "No one is too small to make a difference." As a child, David spent hours in the science library, collating his own specimens and creating a mini animal museum. Now, he is loved all over the world for telling the untold stories of these animals. Each of these moving books features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the Earth Hero's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Author : Anna Romina Guevarra
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813548292
In a globalized economy that is heavily sustained by the labor of immigrants, why are certain nations defined as "ideal" labor resources and why do certain groups dominate a particular labor force? The Philippines has emerged as a lucrative source of labor for countries around the world. In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippines—which views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"—and the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. She unravels the transnational production of Filipinos as ideal migrant workers by the state and explores how race, color, class, and gender operate. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workers—two of the country's prized exports—is at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses working in the United States. Guevarra's multisited ethnography reveals the disciplinary power that state and employment agencies exercise over care workers—managing migration and garnering wages—to govern social conduct, and brings this isolated yet widespread social problem to life.
Author : Gabriel Johnson
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 22,14 MB
Release : 2011-05-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781432774134
When you were younger, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be a real superhero like the ones on television? If your answer is yes, then I'm guessing you probably did things like: 1) memorized and quoted different superhero dialogues, puns, and catch phrases- (for ex. if a hero was about to tie a villain up, before doing it they would say, "Alright let's wrap this up."); 2) made a homemade mask and used a bath towel or blanket with a certain clothing as your superhero costume; and 3) made up your own superhero adventure. Anyway, in this first book, "Heroes of Dreams," you'll learn about an eight year old, third grader, Samuel Lee Princeton, who's always dreamed of one day becoming a superhero. However, with some help from his father, Leonardo Princeton, his dream might come true. Find out for yourself, as "A Heroic Dream Begins."
Author : Michael Grady
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781543987423
When Cyril Letzelter's family moved to the small Ohio mill community of Martins Ferry, just across the Ohio River from Wheeling, West Virginia, they figured out quickly the city had a love for football bordering on obsessive. And it's not hard to understand why. Success in football and the path it offered out of the coal mines and steel mills to the promise of higher education and opportunity was the stuff of dreams.He emerged as one of the Ohio Valley's most prominent stars when the sport was exploding into the public consciousness like never before. The 1920s are rightly considered the golden age of college football, and his path out of the valley into the national elite offers a unique window into the evolution of the game and the changes in the nation that occurred between Reconstruction and post-WWI America. Long forgotten over the years, Cyril starred in some of the biggest games of the era. His talent was recruited by major teams from Stanford on the west coast to Army in the East. His playmaking ability was feared by giants of the game like Knute Rockne. And in the end, his sometimes rocky path out of the Ohio Valley mill towns to a better life involved taking risks to get ahead and sometimes being manipulated by stronger forces beyond his reach. This is a story of America and college football, as seen through the eyes of a forgotten star, Cyril Letzelter, who deserves to be remembered again.
Author : Gabriel Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2017-08-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781975752712
Dora's attempt to learn about where she came from brings her face to face with a new evil seeking her powers! Can the Dream League save her before it's too late? Find out in this mysterious adventure! After that continue following the adventure in Book 13!
Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Michael Joseph
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,54 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405940368
Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera. Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.
