Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
Title | Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 1996-03-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399229434 |
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they're eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town, using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
Title | Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 1996-03-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399229434 |
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they're eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town, using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.
Betty Doll
Title | Betty Doll PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780756932084 |
The author shares the true story of her mother, Mary Ellen, and Mary Ellen's favorite doll, Betty Doll. Sewn together by Mary Ellen as a child, Betty Doll remained at her side, even many years later when Mary Ellen discovered she had cancer. Full color.
The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone
Title | The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Basil Ering |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780763613822 |
A boy finds a mysterious treasure in a junkpile and creates a monster to guard it.
Alfred Zector, Book Collector
Title | Alfred Zector, Book Collector PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly DiPucchio |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2010-05-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0060005815 |
In his warm, weathered house, stuffed in crannies and nooks, were heaps, rows, and stacks of beloved bound books. The only thing that brings Alfred Zector joy is collecting books. And so he sets out on a mission to collect every last one, until his home on the hill is stretched at the seams with books big and small. But what happens when the rest of the townspeople have nothing left to read? In this clever rhyming story, Alfred Zector discovers what it means to find true joy in a good book.
Big Hugs Little Hugs
Title | Big Hugs Little Hugs PDF eBook |
Author | Felicia Bond |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2013-12-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399162062 |
A joyful board book about family love from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie! Big or small, Furry or not, Here or there, Inside or out, Everyone hugs all over the world. With its loving, simple text and bold, beautiful artwork, this is a perfect board book for baby showers, first birthdays, or a baby's first first holidays. And it's not just about hugging! Little ones can learn about opposites and about animals and their habitats in this story too. Mega-selling author and artist Felicia Bond has crafted a charming book filled with animals hugging across the globe that celebrates the universality of love.
The Princess Problem
Title | The Princess Problem PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Hains |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2014-09-02 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1402294042 |
How to Raise Empowered Girls in a Princess World! It's no secret that little girls love princesses, but behind the twirly dresses and glittery crowns sits a powerful marketing machine, delivering negative stereotypes about gender, race, and beauty to young girls. So how can you protect your daughter, fight back, and offer new, less harmful options for their princess obsession? The Princess Problem features real advice and stories from parents, educators, psychologists, children's industry insiders that will help equip our daughters to navigate the princess-saturated media landscape. With excellent research and tips to guide parents through honest conversations with their kids, The Princess Problem is the parenting resource to raising thoughful, open-minded children. "a very insightful look at our princess culture...Parents—this is a must read!" — Brenda Chapman, Writer/Director, Disney/Pixar's BRAVE