Charlie And The Grandmothers

Author : Katy Towell
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375899324

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Charlie and the Grandmothers by Katy Towell Pdf

A visit to Grandmother’s house has never been so frightening. . . . Charlie and Georgie Oughtt have been sent to visit their Grandmother Pearl, and this troubles Charlie for three reasons. The first is that he’s an exceptionally nervous twelve-year-old boy, and he worries about everything. The second is that the other children in his neighborhood who pay visits to their grandmothers never seem to return. And the third is that Charlie and Georgie don’t have any grandmothers. Upon their arrival, all of Charlie’s concerns are confirmed, as “Grandmother Pearl” quickly reveals herself to be something much more gruesome than even Charlie’s most outlandish fears could have predicted. He and Georgie are thrust into a creepy underworld created from stolen nightmares, where monsters disguised as grandmothers serve an ancient, evil queen by holding children captive as they slowly sap each one of their memories and dreams. But something is different about Charlie. His worrisome nature, so often a burden, proves an asset in this frightening world. Will he be able to harness this newfound power to defeat the queen and save his sister?

Author : Katy Towell
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375872402

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Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow by Katy Towell Pdf

Adelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsbury's Madame Gertrude's School for Girls as "scary children." Unfairly targeted because of their peculiarities—Adelaide has an uncanny resemblance to a werewolf, Maggie is abnormally strong, and Beatrice claims to be able to see ghosts—the girls spend a good deal of time isolated in the school's inhospitable library facing detention. But when a number of people mysteriously begin to disappear in Widowsbury, the girls work together, along with Steffen Weller, son of the cook at Rudyard School for Boys, to find out who is behind the abductions. Will they be able to save Widowsbury from a sinister 12-year-old curse?

Author : Sally G. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Behavior
ISBN : 0590339540

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Charlie and Grandma by Sally G. Ward Pdf

Grandma asks Charlie to wait until she has taken the clothes off the line, but Charlie decides he can get an apple all by himself.

Author : Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781623342289

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Grandmas at Bat by Emily Arnold McCully Pdf

In this quirky duo’s third adventure, the Grandmas pitch in to help when Pip’s regular baseball coach contracts the chicken pox. But the trouble is, neither of them know beans about the game. ‘A double-threat winner, combining the humor of the two grandmas with enough play-by-play description to gladden the hearts of young baseball fans.’

Author : Rob Reid
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442274426

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Reaching Reluctant Young Readers by Rob Reid Pdf

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.

Author : Ryan Calejo
Publisher : Aladdin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534426597

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Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo Pdf

“A perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan.” —Booklist (starred review) “A winner for all kids, but it will be especially loved by Latinx and Hispanic families.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America. Charlie Hernández has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the art, and especially the myths. Thanks to his abuela’s stories, Charlie possesses an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the monsters and ghouls who have spent the last five hundred years haunting the imaginations of children all across the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Central and South America. And even though his grandmother sometimes hinted that the tales might be more than mere myth, Charlie’s always been a pragmatist. Even barely out of diapers, he knew the stories were just make-believe—nothing more than intricately woven fables meant to keep little kids from misbehaving. But when Charlie begins to experience freaky bodily manifestations—ones all too similar to those described by his grandma in his favorite legend—he is suddenly swept up in a world where the mythical beings he’s spent his entire life hearing about seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Hispanic folklore and into his life. And even stranger, they seem to know more about him than he knows about himself. Soon, Charlie finds himself in the middle of an ancient battle between La Liga, a secret society of legendary mythological beings sworn to protect the Land of the Living, and La Mano Peluda (a.k.a. the Hairy Hand), a cabal of evil spirits determined to rule mankind. With only the help of his lifelong crush, Violet Rey, and his grandmother’s stories to guide him, Charlie must navigate a world where monsters and brujas rule and things he couldn’t possibly imagine go bump in the night. That is, if he has any hope of discovering what’s happening to him and saving his missing parents (oh, and maybe even the world). No pressure, muchacho.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141378558

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl Pdf

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in glorious full colour. Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called: Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches television. Clutching their Golden Tickets, they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory. But what mysterious secrets will they discover? Our tour is about to begin. Please don't wander off. Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings . . . Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

Author : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 081560534X

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Grandmothers by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard Pdf

This collection of stories and vignettes-a multicultural anthology of women from diverse ethnic backgrounds—reveals how the mantle of culture and family is passed from woman to woman. As they vividly explode stereotypes, the pieces illustrate not only the courage of older women, but the received wisdom of younger women. Granddaughters remember their grandmothers as extraordinary women at once defiant and tradition bound, loving and stubbornly dogmatic. Some reinvent their grandmothers, others discover them for the first time. For example, Mary Helen Washington unmasks the word "freedpeople" in her grandmother's story to reveal the widespread aggression against supposedly freed slaves. Beryl Minkle's Bubba tells a tale of cultural and religious injustice that includes the oppression of women. Noted Native American writer Paula Gunn Allen reflects on her different cultural threads, as she searches for her Lebanese great-grandmother for whom she was named. Contributors include: Paula Gunn Allen, Marilou Awiakta, Robin Becker, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Laurence B. Calver, Christina Chiu, Michelle Cloonan, Martha Collins, Jean Gould, Padma Hejmadi, Anna Kimmage, Florence Ladd, Monty S. Leitch, Aimee Liu, Beryl Minkle, Naomi Shihab Nye, Patricia Traxler, Ana Aloma Velilla, Annelise Wagner, Mary Helen Washington

Author : Jenny Nimmo
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545520904

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Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King #1) by Jenny Nimmo Pdf

A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking.The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy. Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead.

Author : Caron Levis
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781683358541

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This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis Pdf

From the award-winning team behind Ida, Always comes a story about a friendship that grows between a blind horse and a gruff goat All the animals at the Open Bud Ranch can see that Jack likes keeping his space to himself. But when Charlie arrives, he doesn’t see Jack at all. He’s still getting used to seeing out of only one of his eyes. The two get off to a bumpy start. At first, Jack is anxious and distrustful. But one day, he summons his courage and guides Charlie to his favorite sunlit field: this way, Charlie. And so begins a powerful friendship that will be tested by life’s storms—but will ultimately change each life for the better.

Author : Annie York
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774841887

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Spuzzum by Annie York Pdf

Living on the banks of the turbulent Fraser River, the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum have a long history of contact with non-aboriginal peoples. They watched as Hudson's Bay Company employees hacked a path through the mountains for the fur brigades, and over time they found themselves in the path of the Cariboo road, the CPR, and virtually every commercial and province-building initiative undertaken in the region over the past two centuries. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation from the community of Spuzzum with archival information, this book explores the history of Spuzzum in the light of concepts central to the Nlaka'pamux definition of family, political authority, land, and cosmos.

Author : Stella Stamatakis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1717322069

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What's a Yiayia? by Stella Stamatakis Pdf

A beautiful children's book about grandmothers and embracing diversity When Eleni tells her friend Luca about her Yia-Yia, he has no idea what she's talking about. That is until he realises he has one too - a grandmother! Only his is called Nonna. In fact, all their friends have a grandmother - the only difference is the special name they have for her. What do you call your grandmother?

Author : PAUL FUHR
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557579532

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A FORTUNE FOR THE UNDERTOW by PAUL FUHR Pdf

Author : Lesley Stahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780698148345

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Becoming Grandma by Lesley Stahl Pdf

The New York Times Bestseller From one of the country’s most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life. After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it—as though it were a news flash. And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman’s life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), as well as the proverbial woman next door. Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they have grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists about the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers. Throughout Becoming Grandma, Stahl shares stories about her own life with granddaughters Jordan and Chloe, about how her relationship with her daughter, Taylor, has changed, and about how being a grandfather has affected her husband, Aaron. In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, Stahl’s book is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship.

Author : Korie Herold
Publisher : Blue Star Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781950968558

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Grandma's Story by Korie Herold Pdf

Preserve your life story and pass it down to your family in this beautiful keepsake memory book. Grandma's Story is a guided journal thoughtfully designed to help grandmothers record their special memories and share them with their grandchildren and family. Designed by bestselling artist Korie Herold, this keepsake book offers writing prompts and journaling pages to guide grandmothers along as they record their life’s most precious moments. This book is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time of year for your grandmother. Sections and writing prompts include: • Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were your favorite toys or playtime activities? • School Years: What did you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as a teenager? • Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family vacations do you remember the most? • Love and Family: What’s your best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a grandfather? • Character and Values: What do you value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? • Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? • Words of Wisdom: Additional space to write letters to your family Special features include: • Elegant linen with gold foil cover • Acid-free and archival paper • Layflat design allows you to easily write in the book • Carefully developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and remember