Children Of The Flying City

Author : Jason Sheehan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593109526

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Children of the Flying City by Jason Sheehan Pdf

“Richly imagined and emotionally resonant, Children of the Flying City is a fantasy for young and old alike. This book gave my heart wings.” –Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising “Children of the Flying City feels, at once, timeless and wondrously, gloriously new.” –Katie Williams, author of Tell the Machine Goodnight Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home. Now almost thirteen, Milo survives one daredevil grift at a time, relying only on his wit, speed, and best friends Jules and Dagda. A massive armada has surrounded Highgate’s crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors—in opulent parlors and pneumatic forests and a master toymaker’s workshop—the once-great flying city protects a powerful secret, hidden away for centuries. A secret that’s about to ignite a war. One small airship, the Halcyon, has slipped through the ominous blockade on a mission to collect Milo—and the rich bounty on his head—before the fighting begins. But the members of the Halcyon’s misfit crew aren’t the only ones chasing Milo Quick. True friendship is worth any risk in this clever, heart-racing adventure from award-winning author and journalist Jason Sheehan. Sheehan weaves together wry narration and multiple points of view to craft a richly imagined tale that is dangerous and surprising, wondrous and joyful.

Author : Andrea Curtis
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781773061436

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A Forest in the City by Andrea Curtis Pdf

This beautiful book of narrative non-fiction looks at the urban forest and dives into the question of how we can live in harmony with city trees. “Imagine a city draped in a blanket of green ... Is this the city you know?” A Forest in the City looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird’s-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree’s trunk, back into the leaves and branches. Trees make our cities more beautiful and provide shade but they also fight climate change and pollution, benefit our health and connections to one another, provide food and shelter for wildlife, and much more. Yet city trees face an abundance of problems, such as the abundance of concrete, poor soil and challenging light conditions. So how can we create a healthy environment for city trees? Urban foresters are trying to create better growing conditions, plant diverse species, and maintain trees as they age. These strategies, and more, reveal that the urban forest is a complex system—A Forest in the City shows readers we are a part of it. Includes a list of activities to help the urban forest and a glossary. The ThinkCities series is inspired by the urgency for new approaches to city life as a result of climate change, population growth and increased density. It highlights the challenges and risks cities face, but also offers hope for building resilience, sustainability and quality of life as young people act as advocates for themselves and their communities. Key Text Features diagrams author's note glossary sources definitions Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Author : Katie Williams
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525533146

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Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams Pdf

FINALIST FOR 2018 KIRKUS PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE "BEST LITERARY FICTION OF 2018' BY KIRKUS REVIEWS "Sci-fi in its most perfect expression…Reading it is like having a lucid dream of six years from next week, filled with people you don't know, but will." —NPR "[Williams’s] wit is sharp, but her touch is light, and her novel is a winner." – San Francisco Chronicle "Between seasons of Black Mirror, look to Katie Williams' debut novel." —Refinery29 Smart and inventive, a page-turner that considers the elusive definition of happiness. Pearl's job is to make people happy. As a technician for the Apricity Corporation, with its patented happiness machine, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of "pursuit of happiness." As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhett--but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her job--not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either. Told from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, Tell the Machine Goodnight delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about the advance of technology and the ways that it can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.

Author : Cynthia Levinson
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781682633052

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Watch Out for Flying Kids by Cynthia Levinson Pdf

Can circus change the world? Award-winning author Cynthia Levinson reveals the inspiring real-life stories of Black and white American kids and Jewish and Arab kids from Israel as they join forces to learn from each other and create remarkable circus performances. Welcome to the world of social circus—a movement that brings kids from different worlds together to perform amazing acts on a professional level! Watch from your seats as we follow the participants of two specific circuses: Circus Harmony in St. Louis, whose participants are inner-city and suburban Black and white kids, and Circus Galilee in Israel, whose participants are Jewish and Arab. The members may be from different demographics, different races, and different religions, but they work together to learn not how to overcome assumptions, animosity, and obstacles, and also to put their trust in the hands of people who may be very different from themselves. Featuring in-depth one-on-one interviews, extensive research, and engaging storytelling, this inspiring book highlights stories of collaboration, compromise, and overcoming obstacles. Includes informational sidebars and photographs throughout.

Author : William Joyce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442464896

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce Pdf

The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Times bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce. Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power of story will save the day. Stunningly brought to life by William Joyce, one of the preeminent creators in children’s literature, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a modern masterpiece, showing that in today’s world of traditional books, eBooks, and apps, it’s story that we truly celebrate—and this story, no matter how you tell it, begs to be read again and again.

Author : Brenda Peynado
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525507277

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The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado Pdf

An NPR Best Book of 2021 NYPL 10 Best Books for Adults, 2021 A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to tackle issues ranging from class differences to immigration to first-generation experiences to xenophobia What does it mean to be other? What does it mean to love in a world determined to keep us apart? These questions murmur in the heart of each of Brenda Peynado’s strange and singular stories. Threaded with magic, transcending time and place, these stories explore what it means to cross borders and break down walls, personally and politically. In one story, suburban families perform oblations to cattlelike angels who live on their roofs, believing that their “thoughts and prayers” will protect them from the world’s violence. In another, inhabitants of an unnamed dictatorship slowly lose their own agency as pieces of their bodies go missing and, with them, the essential rights that those appendages serve. “The Great Escape” tells of an old woman who hides away in her apartment, reliving the past among beautiful objects she’s hoarded, refusing all visitors, until she disappears completely. In the title story, children begin to levitate, flying away from their parents and their home country, leading them to eat rocks in order to stay grounded. With elements of science fiction and fantasy, fabulism and magical realism, Brenda Peynado uses her stories to reflect our flawed world, and the incredible, terrifying, and marvelous nature of humanity.

Author : Faith Ringgold
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593377864

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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold Pdf

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

Author : JL Hope
Publisher : JL Hope
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Flying High & The Big City by JL Hope Pdf

Soul loves to explore his farm; Farmer Joe tells Soul that he is going into the big city. Soul had never been to the city and was so excited that this adventure would be memorable.

Author : Lior Steinberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9090355839

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The Car That Wanted to be a Bike by Lior Steinberg Pdf

Finally, a children's book about the joy of cycling and the future of cities. The world is changing, and sometimes it's difficult to fit in. Johnny, a lovely and friendly car, experiences it firsthand. One day, Johnny's family finds out how nice it is to use a bicycle instead of a car. Johnny misses his family and dreams of becoming a bike. Can Johnny turn into a two-wheeler? How does his family react? Can Johnny find a new purpose in life?

Author : Gabrielle Roy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0771078382

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Children of My Heart by Gabrielle Roy Pdf

Author : Viikass Jolly
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644290514

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Children Flying Infinite by Viikass Jolly Pdf

Children, , the tiny buds that God plants in the garden of life, are little miracles waiting to be discovered. Their minds are enriched with creativity and imagination. When given the right direction and the motivation, they can do wonders, which most of us only dream about of. I believe in the powers which these little buds have inside them. The pinnacles some of these children have achieved at such tender ages are remarkable. With self-motivation, meditation techniques and improving some techniques of the mind, they can unlock their hidden potential. This book is full of stories of such kids who have done amazing things in their young age and left the whole world awestruck. Some of them are already great surgeons, musicians, researchers, sports-persons, excelling in the work they do, leaving a trail of their success behind. These children tend to be great motivators and teach us that there is no age when there is a term equivalent to impossible. This book will make you realise the potential of the human mind. If they can do it at such a young age, why can’t we? It’s all the barriers of our mind that we need to break free of and let our inner creativity take control. For this book, I’d like to thanks all these children who have done wonders. They are our biggest motivators. Apart from them, I would like to thank my mother, Mrs. Vinod Jolly. Without her blessings, this would not have been possible. I’m extremely thankful for co-operation and understanding of my work to my wife Mrs. Pooja Jolly. I’m extremely grateful to my friend, Mr. Santa Singh Sethi who is a Numerologist, and is a gold medalist. My special thanks goes to Ms. Japneet Boyal, thanks to her support for editing and creating content for this book. The major source of content for this book has been taken from YouTube videos and various websites where the interviews of these bright minds had been published. The sole purpose of this book is to let the world know the miracles these children are performing

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 014032724X

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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Pdf

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Author : Elizabeth Tucker,Ellen E. McHale
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617038655

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New York State Folklife Reader by Elizabeth Tucker,Ellen E. McHale Pdf

New York and its folklore scholars hold an important place in the history of the discipline. In New York dialogue between folklore researchers in the academy and those working in the public arena has been highly productive. In this volume, the works of New York's academic and public folklorists are presented together. Unlike some folklore anthologies, New York State Folklife Reader does not follow an organizational plan based on regions or genres. Because the New York Folklore Society has always tried to "give folklore back to the people," the editors decided to divide the edited volume into sections about life processes that all New York state residents share. The book begins with five essays on various aspects of folk cultural memory: personal, family, community, and historical processes of remembrance expressed through narrative, ritual, and other forms of folklore. Following these essays, subsequent sections explore aspects of life in New York through the lens of Play, Work, Resistance, and Food. Both the New York Folklore Society and its journal were, as society cofounder Louis Jones explained, "intended to reach not just the professional folklorists but those of the general public who were interested in the oral traditions of the State." Written in an accessible and readable style, this volume offers a glimpse into New York State's rich cultural diversity.

Author : Victoria Griffith
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1419700111

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The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont by Victoria Griffith Pdf

Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.

Author : Joey Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1543428282

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Children of the Sky by Joey Harris Pdf

A broken Earth sits below the glowing flying cities of the skies. Ben lost his parents to a mysterious sickness sweeping the Earth that killed almost everyone. And now his brother is sick, and he needs to find a cure before it's too late. But before he can save his brother, he's thrown into the middle of a civil war. Anna is a prodigy, an orphan pilot who knows she has the skill needed to fight in the civil war ravaging the Clockwork Kingdom. But when she realizes that her kingdom is corrupt and evil, she switches sides in the war. Now a traitor, she flies for the opposite side in a hopeless conflict while she learns secrets that she wishes were kept secret. Read the first book of the Children of the Sky trilogy, and be ready for an adventure like never before. The sky is no longer the limit.