Author : James Hurst
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Brothers
ISBN : 9780886820008
Ashamed of his younger brother's physical handicaps, an older brother teaches him how to walk and pushes him to attempt more strenuous activities.
Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481449427
When a fire leaves twelve-year-old Scarlet in a different foster home than her autistic little brother, she tracks a bird to find her way back to him in this deeply moving illustrated novel from the author of Wild Wings. Scarlet doesn’t have an easy life. She’s never known her dad, her mom suffers from depression, and her younger brother Red has Asperger’s and relies heavily on her to make the world a safe place for him. Scarlet does this by indulging Red’s passion for birds, telling him stories about the day they’ll go to Trinidad and see all the wonderful birds there (especially his beloved Scarlet Ibis), saving her money to take him to the zoo, helping him collect bird feathers, and even caring for a baby pigeon who is nesting outside his window. But things with her mom are getting harder, and after a dangerous accident, Scarlet and Red are taken into foster care and separated. As Scarlet struggles to cope with the sudden changes in her life and her complex feelings towards her mom, the one thing she won’t give up on is finding Red. Nothing is going to get in her way—even if it might destroy the new possibilities offered to her by her foster family.
Author : Susan Hahn
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2007-03-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0810151847
A collection of poems by Susan Hahn that use the image of the ibis to explore a wide range of topics, including slavery, ancient Egypt, individuality, and courage.
Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442414499
This “vividly imagined and well-written novel” (Booklist, starred review) tells a gripping story about a boy from Scotland and a girl from West Africa who join together to save a migrating Osprey—and end up saving each other. When Callum spots crazy Iona McNair on his family’s sprawling property, she’s catching a fish with her bare hands. She won’t share the fish, but does share something else: a secret. She’s discovered a rare endangered bird, an Osprey, and it’s clear to both her and Callum that if anyone finds out about the bird, it, and its species, is likely doomed. Poachers, egg thieves, and wild weather are just some of the threats, so Iona and Callum vow to keep track of the bird and check her migratory progress using the code a preservationist tagged on her ankle, no matter what. But when one of them can no longer keep the promise, it’s up to the other to do it for them both. No matter what. Set against the dramatic landscapes of Scotland and West Africa, this is a story of unlikely friendships, the wonders of the wild—and the everyday leaps of faith that set our souls to flight.
Author : Emily Winfield Martin
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553511033
Best-selling author/illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Emily Winfield Martin, shares her "Imaginaries": paintings from over the last ten years, captioned with one enigmatic sentence, designed to inspire. From mermaids and giant flowers to magical robes and mysterious characters, this full-color collection of old and new art from Emily Winfield Martin will inspire the artist and writer in you! Each glorious image is given a mysterious or magical one-line caption--the beginning of a story, or maybe the middle--you imagine the rest. The captions are hand-written on vintage scraps of paper, envelopes, postcards and more. Akin to the Chris van Allsburg book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Imaginairies is destined to become a cult classic in its own right. The book is unjacketed with foil and a matte finish on the cover; a treasure to keep and display and pore over for years.
Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 2009
Category : American literature
ISBN : 143812743X
Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."
Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1442414472
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
Author : Lucia De Leiris
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486247434
Forty-four drawings, with descriptive notes, of a variety of tropical birds, which may be colored or painted.
Author : John James Audubon
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486841790
Featuring the snowy egret, wild turkey, brown pelican, screech owl, and many others, this new collection gathers 130 select plates from Audubon's octavo edition. Includes an informative introduction to the artist and his work.
Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481400967
Both torn from their homes in Laos, a boy and a moon bear cub form a deep bond in this “moving and memorable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale of impossible odds and resilient hope, based on true and tragic conditions in Eastern Asia. Twelve-year-old Tam, on a dare, ventures into a moon bear den in the mountains of Northern Laos. His goal is to steal the cub and sell it, making a fortune for his family. But the mother bear’s unexpected return upends Tam’s plan, and he barely escapes with his life. Then his life implodes anyway: his entire mountain village is forced to relocate to make room for a new highway. Lured by the promise of electricity, running water, and a television, Tam’s people move to an overcrowded village, where Tam’s father is killed by a stray landmine. Now the family breadwinner, Tam is forced to work hundreds of miles away in the city of Laos, at a moon bear farm where bile from bear gall bladders is used for medicine. It is a cruel, miserable place, and when a familiar face—the very cub he’d seen in the den in Vietnam—is sold to the bear farm, Tam knows he must save this moon bear, no matter what it takes. Deeply and powerfully moving, Moon Bear is an unforgettable story of compassion, hope, and bravery against overwhelming odds, and brings to light the real-life, heartwrenching plight of Asia’s endangered moon bears.
