This House, Once
Title | This House, Once PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Freedman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2017-02-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481442856 |
“Tender, comforting, and complex.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Drawn with exquisite precision and quiet dashes of humor.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A lovely, ruminative selection.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “A blueprint for mindfulness and gratitude for the homes in which we…live.” —The New York Times Book Review Deborah Freedman’s masterful new picture book is at once an introduction to the pieces of a house, a cozy story to share and explore, and a dreamy meditation on the magic of our homes and our world. Before there was this house, there were stones, and mud, and a colossal oak tree— three hugs around and as high as the blue. What was your home, once? This poetically simple, thought-provoking, and gorgeously illustrated book invites readers to think about where things come from and what nature provides.
A House That Once Was
Title | A House That Once Was PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Fogliano |
Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 2018-05-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1250315603 |
A New York Times Best Illustrated book! A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018 “Accompanied by Lane's evocative art that suggests layers of history, Fogliano's story turns this childhood scenario into a radiant poem about the mysteries of other people and the wonderfulness of home.” —New York Times Deep in the woods is a house just a house that once was but now isn’t a home. Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go? Two children set off to find the answers by piecing together clues found, books left behind, forgotten photos, and discarded toys, creating their own vision of those who came before, in this deeply moving tale of imagination by Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning author Julie Fogliano and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Lane Smith.
Once Upon a Twice
Title | Once Upon a Twice PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Doyen |
Publisher | Dragonfly Books |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Conduct of life |
ISBN | 0449817946 |
"A 2010 E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor Award recipient, Denise Doyen's rollicking, rhyming tale with moody, evocative illustrations by award-winner Barry Moser is sure to please children AND adults."
The House I Once Called Home
Title | The House I Once Called Home PDF eBook |
Author | Duane Michals |
Publisher | Enitharmon Press |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
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Duane Michals (born 1932) was seventy when, soon after the death of his mother, he returned to his native Pittsburgh to revisit the house in which he was born and brought up. Its deteriorated state proved a poignant focus for his memories, prompting reveries on mortality and the succession of generations that found form as a sequence of photographs and poetic texts. In The House I Once Called Home, the interaction of words and images provides a sensitive and moving account of one man's journey through life. Michals creates a highly affecting layering of time by superimposing new photographs onto much older images taken in the same location during his earlier life there. Michals is one of America's most consistently individual and original voices in photography. He rejected the documentary emphasis of much of the work that preceded him, instead using the camera to explore the workings of the mind. Michals sought to overcome what he deemed to be the limitations of the single photographic image, both by writing directly onto his prints and by creating narrative sequences of images; these innovative techniques proved immensely influential. Powerfully intimate in its focus, The House I Once Called Home demonstrates conclusively the possibility of exposing universal truths through the most personal events. It is a work to which every reader will be able to relate through the filter of his or her own experience, and which will undoubtedly accrue new meanings as we ourselves return to it at different stages in our lives.
Once in a House on Fire
Title | Once in a House on Fire PDF eBook |
Author | Andrea Ashworth |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2014-12-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1447275136 |
With an introduction by Eimear McBride A devastatingly powerful, moving and uplifting memoir - now a classic of its genre - that inspired others to tell their own true life stories. When our stepfather staggered home reeking of whisky, ceramic hit the wall. We got used to the smash and the next-day stain, but eventually the wallpaper began to fade . . . For Andrea Ashworth, home is not a place of comfort and solace, but of violence and fear. Her father died when she was five, leaving her close-knit, loving family to battle with poverty, abuse and the long shadow of depression. But from the ashes of 1970s Manchester and the hardships of her coming-of-age in the late 1980s, Andrea finds the courage to rise . . . Written with eye-opening honesty, rare beauty and intense power, Once in a House on Fire is a ground-breaking memoir, endearing in its humour and compassion, and life-affirming in its portrait of terrible circumstances triumphantly overcome.
The House to Ourselves
Title | The House to Ourselves PDF eBook |
Author | Todd Lawson |
Publisher | Taunton |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-02-03 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781561587933 |
An empty nester's guide to remodeling features twenty-one homes and color illustrations and photographs highlighting floor plans and design ideas for a wide variety of homes that will ease the transition from busy family household to quiet homestead.
Once Upon a Winter Day
Title | Once Upon a Winter Day PDF eBook |
Author | Liza Woodruff |
Publisher | Holiday House |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-11-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 082344404X |
A boy learns that nature is full of stories to tell when he finds and follows a mouse's tracks in a wintery wood. Milo wants a story, but his mom is too busy to entertain him. Instead, she encourages him to go out and play in the snow. At first, Milo is disappointed - he doesn't want to play outside, he wants a story. But when he starts to follow a trail of mouse-prints, he discovers signs of activity all around, prompting him to ask, "What happened here?" Before long, he's using his imagination -- depicted in lush wordless spreads that capture the vividness of Milo's fantasies -- to fill in the gaps. By the time Milo comes home, he's the one with stories to tell. A must have for the winter season, Liza Woodruff's Once Upon a Winter Day is a fun read-aloud that shares details about animal behavior from a child's perspective.