A child plays, in various ways, with a bin made from tin. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the 'in' sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author and illustrator.

Imagine being shredded alive by two dogs you have known their whole lives or being a grandparent and watching your grandchild dying right in front of your eyes, screaming for your help, but there was nothing you could do but trust God. Imagine being a parent and getting a phone call in the middle of the nightaEUR"a parentaEUR(tm)s worst nightmare, rushing to see the worst. These are all the things that Katelynn BurneraEUR(tm)s family felt on the night of December 10, 2005. The Attack is the chilling story of KatelynnaEUR(tm)s attack by the familyaEUR(tm)s two Doberman pinschers told through KatelynnaEUR(tm)s eyes; her grandmotheraEUR(tm)s, who was with her during the attack; and her parentsaEUR(tm) eyes. All the same story but interpreted so differently. The book includes pictures and details how everyone was feeling and seeing things as the night slowly dragged on, making seconds feel like hours and hours feel like days. The Attack perfectly exemplifies that whatever the devil meant for your harm, the Lord will turn around for your good! Katelynn has forever been changed through her experience, along with her family, and has made her spiritual relationship with God much more real as she has seen firsthand what the mighty hand of God can do.

On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose, a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother Blue, beats Tula within an inch of her life. An alien, Heckleck, saves her and teaches her the ways of life on the space station. When three humans crash land onto the station, Tula's desire for escape becomes irresistible, and her desire for companionship becomes unavoidable. But just as Tula begins to concoct a plan to get off the space station and kill Brother Blue, everything goes awry, and suddenly romance is the farthest thing from her mind.

Dave Wiggins is taking a trip to his past. He doesn't much want to—but his Ma is dying. He intends to get in, do his duty, get out and forget about his small town roots. But there is something back home that has been waiting for his return—something that lurks, waiting in a tumbledown boathouse in an abandoned community offshore. Once Dave and his past meet up again, the game is on. A hurricane, a scrimshaw chess set, beer, rum, cigarettes, old friends and past mistakes all conspire to keep Dave right where he least wants to be. The game is on. And it's his move.

This book pictures and values hundreds of highly collectible tins and bins from the smallest sample tins to pocket tins, tea tins, peanut tins and more.

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