A Walk in the Words
Title | A Walk in the Words PDF eBook |
Author | Hudson Talbott |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2021-09-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399548726 |
Winner of a Schneider Family Honor! “A beautifully rendered and deeply inspiring book for everyone who has ever read slowly—myself included! Hudson shows us the beauty and magic that can come from taking our time. Brilliant.”—Jacqueline Woodson Hudson Talbott's inspiring story vividly reveals the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of being a non-mainstream kind of learner. When Hudson Talbott was a little boy, he loved drawing, and it came naturally to him. But reading? No way! One at a time, words weren't a problem, but long sentences were a struggle. As his friends moved on to thicker books, he kept his slow reading a secret. But that got harder every year. He felt alone, lost, and afraid in a world of too many words. Fortunately, his love of stories wouldn't let him give up. He started giving himself permission to read at his own pace, using the words he knew as stepping-stones to help draw him into a story. And he found he wasn't so alone--in fact, lots of brilliant people were slow readers, too. Learning to accept the fact that everyone does things in their own unique way, and that was okay, freed him up and ultimately helped Hudson thrive and become the fabulous storyteller he is today.
A Walk in the Woods
Title | A Walk in the Woods PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Bryson |
Publisher | Anchor Canada |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2012-05-15 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0385674546 |
God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
I Took the Moon for a Walk
Title | I Took the Moon for a Walk PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Curtis |
Publisher | Barefoot Books |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781841486116 |
A boy and the moon share a walk through his neighborhood.
I Walk with Vanessa
Title | I Walk with Vanessa PDF eBook |
Author | Kerascoët |
Publisher | Schwartz & Wade |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2018-04-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1524769576 |
This simple yet powerful picture book--from a New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife team--tells the story of one girl who inspires a community to stand up to bullying. The perfect back-to-school read for every kid, family and classroom! Don't miss the companion book, I Forgive Alex, about the importance of compassion and forgiveness. Inspired by real events, I Walk with Vanessa explores the feelings of helplessness and anger that arise in the wake of seeing a classmate treated badly, and shows how a single act of kindness can lead to an entire community joining in to help. By choosing only pictures to tell their story, the creators underscore the idea that someone can be an ally without having to say a word. With themes of acceptance, kindness, and strength in numbers, this timeless and profound feel-good story will resonate with readers young and old. A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year "This beautifully illustrated story shows young readers how to become caring and supportive upstanders. Love it!" --Trudy Ludwig, bestselling author of The Invisible Boy
Learning to Walk in the Dark
Title | Learning to Walk in the Dark PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
Publisher | Canterbury Press |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2014-06-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1848256175 |
In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?
A Walk on the Wild Side
Title | A Walk on the Wild Side PDF eBook |
Author | Nelson Algren |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1998-06-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780374525323 |
With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".
Take a Walk, Johnny
Title | Take a Walk, Johnny PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Hillert |
Publisher | Norwood House Press |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2016-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1599538059 |
Johnny is encouraged by his mother to take walks to relieve his boredom during the summer. He soon finds joy in walking as he collects rocks, goes to the library, finds some coins and meets a special friend. These Beginning-to-Read books foster independent reading and comprehension. Using high frequency words and repetition, readers gain confidence while enjoying stories about every day life and adventures. Educators' resources include reading reinforcement activities and a word list in the back. Activities focus on foundational, language and reading skills. Sections include phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Teacher notes available on website.