Mommy in the Sky
Title | Mommy in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Derrig |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Flight attendants |
ISBN | 9780915479689 |
A flight attendant's child explains the uniqueness of Mom's job.
Mommy Paints the Sky
Title | Mommy Paints the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Danny Oertli |
Publisher | NavPress Publishing Group |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781576836880 |
A moving tribute, singer and songwriter Danny Oertli tells the story of his wife Cyndi's battle with cancer. When she dies after eight years of fighting the disease, Danny and their two young children see that there is a special place in heaven for their wife and mother.
My Louisiana Sky
Title | My Louisiana Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Kimberly Willis Holt |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2011-02-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 142999102X |
Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life. Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home. My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Title | Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Dallas |
Publisher | Sleeping Bear Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1627537724 |
It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. But after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, things change. No Japs Allowed signs hang in store windows and Tomi's family is ostracized. Things get much worse. Suspected as a spy, Tomi's father is taken away. The rest of the Itano family is sent to an internment camp in Colorado. Many other Japanese American families face a similar fate. Tomi becomes bitter, wondering how her country could treat her and her family like the enemy. What does she need to do to prove she is an honorable American? Sandra Dallas shines a light on a dark period of American history in this story of a young Japanese American girl caught up in the prejudices and World War II.
Ruby in the Sky
Title | Ruby in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0374309078 |
A Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club Read Twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes does not want her new classmates to ask about her father. She does not want them to know her mother has been arrested. And she definitely does not want to make any friends. Ruby just wants to stay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. She and her mother won’t be staying long in Vermont anyway, and then things can go back to the way they were before everything went wrong. But keeping to herself isn’t easy when Ahmad Saleem, a Syrian refugee, decides he’s her new best friend. Or when she meets “the Bird Lady,” a recluse named Abigail who lives in a ramshackle shed near Ruby’s house. Before long Ahmad and Abigail have become Ruby’s friends—and she realizes there is more to their stories than everyone knows. As ugly rumors begin to swirl around the people Ruby loves, she must make a choice: break her silence, or risk losing everything that’s come to mean so much to her. Ruby in the Sky is a story of the walls we hide behind, and the magic that can happen when we’re brave enough to break free.
Like the Moon Loves the Sky
Title | Like the Moon Loves the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Hena Khan |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2020-03-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1797206060 |
A lyrical and heartwarming celebration of a mother's love for her children by the award-winning author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns. In this moving picture book, author Hena Khan shares her wishes for her children: "Inshallah you find wonder in birds as they fly. Inshallah you are loved, like the moon loves the sky." With vibrant illustrations and prose inspired by the Quran, this charming picture book is a heartfelt and universal celebration of a parent's unconditional love. • A reassuring bedtime read-aloud for mothers and their children. • A perfect book for sharing Muslim family traditions and for families teaching diversity and religious acceptance. • Hena Khan's books have been widely acclaimed, winning awards and honors from the ALA, Parent's Choice, and many others. For families who have read and loved Under My Hijab, Yo Soy Muslim, and Mommy's Khimar. A sweet and lovely bedtime book to help let children know they are loved and precious. • Bedtime books for ages 3–5 • Mother's Day gift • Islamic children's books Hena Khan is the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets, Night of the Moon, and many other books for children. She lives in Rockville, Maryland. Saffa Khan is an illustrator and printmaker born in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, and living in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pie in the Sky
Title | Pie in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Remy Lai |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.