Florence and Her Fantastic Family Tree
Title | Florence and Her Fantastic Family Tree PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Gilliam |
Publisher | Abrams |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2020-08-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1641704187 |
Everyone has a family tree, no matter how big or small. But what happens when mine has more than just the roots, trunk, and branches? I’ve got six parents (yes, six—you can count with me and see) and enough siblings to take up almost all of my fingers. Will this piece of paper, with the stems, branches, leaves, trunk, berries, and nuts of the great, big, loud, colorful, fun, crazy family I call mine, even fit on Ms. Collin’s wall at school? Florence and Her Fantastic Family Tree explores the idea of what it means to have a big, messy, complicated, and remarkable blended family as a young girl tries to complete her family tree assignment for school. With adorable drawings and the succinct words of a child, you can’t help but love your own family tree, no matter how large or small, simple or chaotic, traditional or unique.
The Little Leftover Witch
Title | The Little Leftover Witch PDF eBook |
Author | Florence Laughlin |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2013-08-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442486783 |
A little lost witch undergoes a magical transformation when she’s loved by a human family in this heartwarming story. When Felina, a little witch, breaks her broom on Halloween and can’t fly home, she is stuck with the Doon family and their black cat, Itchabody, for an entire year. Although she’s homesick and unhappy, the Doon parents and their daughter, Lucinda, do their best to make Felina feel welcome. (And she has no trouble with Itchabody at all!) As time passes, the mischievous Felina learns what it means to be part of a family—and how, with love, she will always belong. This timeless tale, originally published in 1971 and cherished ever since, brims with witchy whimsy and will find a home in the hearts of a new generation of readers.
The Family in Renaissance Florence
Title | The Family in Renaissance Florence PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Battista Alberti |
Publisher | Columbia : University of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
"I libri della famiglia has long been viewed by Italians as a classic of Italian literature. It displays a variety of styles--high rhetoric, systematic moral exposition, novelistic portrayal of character--in the typical Renaissance framework of the dialogue. The chief merit of the work lies in its scope: it directly assays the personal value system of the Florentine bourgeois class, which did so much to foster the development of art, literature, and science. This translation is based upon the critical edition by Cecil Grayson, Serena Professor of Italian Studies, Oxford."--Jacket.
Coyote's Soundbite
Title | Coyote's Soundbite PDF eBook |
Author | John Agard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781911373735 |
Excitement spreads like wildfire through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference! From Australia to Antarctica, Amazon to Africa, goddesses will debate the burning environmental issues of our times . . . and bushy-tailed, smooth-talking Coyote wants in on the action. Can this infamous trickster come up with a plan to infiltrate the conference and leave a lasting legacy for our planet? This is a rip-roaring poem by a master poet.
Swim the Moon
Title | Swim the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Brandon |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2010-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429971207 |
A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland. After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of his former life, scratching out a living playing music. Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman who's ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic-a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Title | The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative PDF eBook |
Author | Florence Williams |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0393242722 |
"Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.
The Dragon Tree
Title | The Dragon Tree PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2010-06-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062020390 |
One mystical tree. One dangerous neighbor. Strange and magical things continually occur at the Hall family's home at 40 Walden Street. Now there's a terrible sound throughout the town of Concord—the buzzing of a chain saw. Only one thing is worse for Eddy and Georgie Hall than that noise: the man who causes it, Mortimer Moon. When all the trees in town are falling to his hand and he threatens the mysterious tree sprouting in the Halls' backyard, Georgie and Eddy will do anything to stop him. In the eighth installment of the Hall Family Chronicles, secrets—all caused by the growth of a miraculous tree—will be unlocked.