Author :
Publisher : Nobrow Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781907704178
Explores the dying days of a failing relationship through the infinitesimal unseen moments that surround it.
Author : Harry Allard
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780395401460
Suggests activities to be used at home to accompany the reading of Miss Nelson is missing by Harry Allard in the classroom.
Author : Glenn Adamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 1632869667
From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development for thousands of years. The objects are still here, but we seem to care less and know less about them. In his presentations to groups, he often asks an audience member what he or she knows about the chair the person is sitting in. Few people know much more than whether it's made of wood, plastic, or metal. If we know little about how things are made, it's hard to remain connected to the world around us. Fewer, Better Things explores the history of craft in its many forms, explaining how raw materials, tools, design, and technique come together to produce beauty and utility in handmade or manufactured items. Whether describing the implements used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the use of woodworking tools, or the use of new fabrication technologies, Adamson writes expertly and lovingly about the aesthetics of objects, and the care and attention that goes into producing them. Reading this wise and elegant book is a truly transformative experience.
Author : Matt Mendez
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1534404465
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
Author : Celeste Ng
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 11,64 MB
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593492552
An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love. “It’s impossible not to be moved.” —Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review “Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People, Book of the Week “Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick) Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and the power of art to create change.
Author : Renée Carlino
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501105787
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M
Author : Jill Santopolo
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008224587
*The International Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick!* ‘A one-sitting kind of book. Fans of One Day by David Nicholls will love this.’ Stylist Magazine ‘Santopolo is a true master of matters of the heart.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid
Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250144833
ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?
Author : Alexandra Penfold
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 33,70 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0525579664
Join the call for a better world with this New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where diversity and inclusion are celebrated. The perfect back-to-school read for every kid, family and classroom! In our classroom safe and sound. Fears are lost and hope is found. Discover a school where all young children have a place, have a space, and are loved and appreciated. Readers will follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where students from all backgrounds learn from and celebrate each other's traditions. A school that shows the world as we will make it to be. “An important book that celebrates diversity and inclusion in a beautiful, age-appropriate way.” – Trudy Ludwig, author of The Invisible Boy
Author : Vona Hill
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781735126203
What does she want to be when she grows up? That's the question Rashada's homeroom teacher asks her one day at school. When she goes looking for the answer, Rashada sets off on a journey that leads to some exciting and strange adventures. At times, she thinks she'll never be able to decide what she wants to be. She even faces the nay-saying of a familiar heckler. But, with the love and support of her family, she is introduced to some amazing new role models.Finding inspiration all around her, Rashada takes what she's learned from the role models' experiences and embraces her sense of ambition and self-confidence. But, will she be able to decide what she wants to be in time for her Career Day presentation on Monday?This first book of the Little Miss Everything series features over 10 real-life Black role models who broke glass ceilings to achieve success. They serve as inspirations to the main character, Rashada, and will likewise be inspirational to any young child who dares to be great.Little Miss Everything eloquently introduces several fascinating career paths that children aren't often told about, and it seamlessly illustrates how the things that kids love to do and are skilled at can translate into the careers they aspire to have in the future. It also presents the achievements of real-life Black role models that any girl or boy of any race or ethnicity can look up to. This book offers an abundance of Black role models to help normalize, for all children, the concept of Black success so that it won't feel so rare and exceptional, as it is often depicted. By highlighting numerous real-life Black success stories, this book helps Black children know that their own success is achievable. And when Black success is normalized in the minds non-Black children, they become much less susceptible to absorbing implicit messages that perpetuate negative stereotypes about Black people and Black culture. In becoming aware of these stories, all kids will naturally embrace the normalcy of Black success. And in this case, normalcy is quite exceptional!
