Paul Gallico's The Small Miracle
Title | Paul Gallico's The Small Miracle PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Barton |
Publisher | Tundra Books (NY) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Determination (Personality trait) |
ISBN | 9780887766503 |
- award-winning storyteller- retelling of a classic story
Thomasina
Title | Thomasina PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Gallico |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2018-07-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1681372339 |
By the author of the classic The Snow Goose, a heartbreaking story about a young girl and her most unusual cat, who has magical powers that save her owner's life. Seven-year-old Mary adores her ginger cat, Thomasina, and is crushed when Thomasina falls sick, and Mary’s father, a grim, inflexible man who is the town vet, decrees that the only thing to be done is to put Thomasina down. Mary refuses to speak to her father, and then she herself contracts a life-threatening disease. In the meantime, however, Thomasina has been rescued—by the mysterious Lori, the Red Witch of the glen. Thomasina is now Tabitha, the descendant of an Egyptian goddess, and she is coming back to seek revenge! Thomasina, like Jenny of The Abandoned, Gallico’s other great feline heroine (Jenny is Thomasina’s great-aunt), tells her own story in her own way, witty, charming, divine, and sometimes as sharp as an unsheathed claw. Thomasina is a cat for the ages. Thomasina is a sheer delight.
The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle
Title | The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Gallico |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 69 |
Release | 2013-05-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0241967252 |
'Did you run across that queer sort of legend about a wild goose? It was all up and down the beaches. You know how those things spring up. Some of the men I brought back were talking about it. It was supposed to have appeared at intervals the last days between Dunkirk and La Panne. If you saw it, you were eventually saved. That sort of thing.' 'Hmm, a wild goose. I saw a tame one. Dashed strange experience. Tragic in a way, too. And lucky for us. Tell you about it ...' The Snow Goose is a beautiful tale of a hunchbacked artist, a girl, a wounded bird and a courageous act at Dunkirk. Also included in this volume is The Small Miracle, a contemporary fable inspired by St Francis of Assisi. Both tales are endearing classics of the storyteller's art.
Miracles on Maple Hill
Title | Miracles on Maple Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Sorensen |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152047184 |
The winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal is reissued. When Marly's father comes back from the war a different man, the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, where miracles begin to happen. Illustrations.
Love of Seven Dolls
Title | Love of Seven Dolls PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Gallico |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2014 |
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A lonely Parisian waif becomes emotionally involved with a street puppet show and the evil puppeteer. Her belief in the life of these dolls finally brings fame and happiness.
The Snow Geese
Title | The Snow Geese PDF eBook |
Author | William Fiennes |
Publisher | Picador |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-11-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781447275442 |
One winter, after an enforced period of quiet, William Fiennes finds himself restless and yearning for adventure. Inspired by his reading about the migratory patterns of birds, he flies to Texas to find the million-strong flocks of snow geese and to follow them on their spring flight thousands of miles north to breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. This mesmerizing book, already a classic, captures their journey with wisdom, humility and endless curiosity. It is a meditation on freedom of movement, on seeing the world anew, and on the joy of returning - indefinably changed.
Charlotte's Web
Title | Charlotte's Web PDF eBook |
Author | E. B. White |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2015-03-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062406787 |
Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books. Whether enjoyed in the classroom or for homeschooling or independent reading, Charlotte's Web is a proven favorite.