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Download or read book Two Mrs. Gibsons written by Toyomi Igus and published by Children's Book Press (CA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: through simple and loving portraits, readers discover that the two Mrs. Gibsons are as different as a pot of rice and a pot of greens, as different as Japan and Tennessee. But what they do have in common is the warm bond of family and a love that knows no boundaries.
Download or read book Going Back Home written by and published by Children's Book Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative text describes the artist's paintings and their portrayal of the lives of her African American relatives in the rural American South.
Book Synopsis I See the Rhythm of Gospel by : Toyomi Igus
Download or read book I See the Rhythm of Gospel written by Toyomi Igus and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We free now, baby,' mama whispers as we bounce and sway with the wagon's twists and turns over roads of clay through the land that oppressed us to a new world, a brand new day. The dynamic author/illustrator team of Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood has come together again to produce I See the Rhythm of Gospel, a sequel to the Coretta Scott King Award-winning I See the Rhythm. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this informative and inspirational blend of poetry, art, and music that relates the history of gospel music as reflected through the journey of African Americans from their arrival as slaves in America to the election of our first black president, Barack Obama.
Book Synopsis A Circle of Sisters by : Judith Flanders
Download or read book A Circle of Sisters written by Judith Flanders and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MacDonald sisters started life in the lower-middle classes, denied the advantages of education and the expectation of social advancement. Yet, as wives and mothers, they connected a famous painter, a president of the Royal Academy, a prime minister, and the uncrowned poet laureate of the Empire.
Book Synopsis Wives and Daughters by : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Download or read book Wives and Daughters written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rosie the Riveter by : Catherine Lukas
Download or read book Rosie the Riveter written by Catherine Lukas and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new entry in the Lionel( Trains Rail Tales sticker book series brings Maya and Sam back to World War II, when women held jobs left by men away at war. 12 stickers included. Full-color illustrations.
Book Synopsis In Our Mothers' House by : Patricia Polacco
Download or read book In Our Mothers' House written by Patricia Polacco and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming story of family, love, and celebrating what makes us special, from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker. Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their cozy home, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, they dance and play together. But one family doesn't accept them. Maybe because they think they are different: How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee and Meema's house is full of love. And they teach their children that different doesn't mean wrong. No matter how many moms or dads they have, they are everything a family is meant to be. Celebrated author-illustrator Patricia Polacco inspires young readers with this message of a wonderful family living by its own rules, held together by a very special love.
Book Synopsis ‘England’s darling’ by : Joanne Parker
Download or read book ‘England’s darling’ written by Joanne Parker and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur, however . the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention. For much of the nineteenth century, Alfred was as important as Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the king developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfred’s life as ‘the favourite story in English nurseries’; in 1901, a national holiday marked the thousandth anniversary of his death, organised by a committee including Edward Burne Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hughes. England’s darling sets out to answer the questions that must arise in the face of such nineteenth-century enthusiasm for a long-dead king. It addresses a genuine gap in the literature on Victorian medievalism in particular and cultural history in general and argues that knowledge of the cult of Alfred is crucial to understanding the Victorian cultural map. The book examines the ways in which Alfred was rewritten by nineteenth-century authors and artists, and asks how beliefs about the Saxon king’s reign and achievements related to nineteenth-century ideals about leadership, law, religion, commerce, education and the Empire. The book concludes by addressing the most interesting enigma in Alfred’s reception history: why is the king no longer ‘England’s darling’? A fascinating study that will be enjoyed by scholars of history, cultural history, literature and art history.
Book Synopsis Mel Gibson - Man on a Mission by : Wensley Clarkson
Download or read book Mel Gibson - Man on a Mission written by Wensley Clarkson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cult screen actor to major movie director, Mel Gibson has firmly secured his place as a Hollywood player. His latest directorial project, The Passion of the Christ, has landed him centre stage once more, and author Wensley Clarkson reveals Mel's views on the controversy surrounding it. In addition, he'll uncover: the years of girlfriends, drinking and gambling; the inside stories of Mel's Hollywood business deals and how powerful Hollywood figures helped him to overcome his addictions to alcohol and cigarettes, plus the details of his marriage to Robyn and the secrets of his life with his many children. Mel Gibson: Man on a Mission provides an in-depth glimpse into the life of an actor who is a fiercely private man about whom relatively little is really known.
Book Synopsis Parson Harding's Daughter by : Joanna Trollope
Download or read book Parson Harding's Daughter written by Joanna Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Harvey is the youngest of Parson Harding's five plain children. Her father's sudden death breaks up the family's even way of life and, in despair she accepts an offer of marriage from Johnny Gates and moves to India. Life in India is not what she expects and nor is Johnny, but she has friends in high places and all in the end is resolved.
Book Synopsis Same, Same But Different by : Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Download or read book Same, Same But Different written by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar. Same, same. But different! Through an inviting point-of-view and colorful, vivid illustrations, this story shows how two boys living oceans apart can be the best of friends.
Book Synopsis Home at Last by : Susan Middleton Elya
Download or read book Home at Last written by Susan Middleton Elya and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ana Patino is adjusting well to her new life in the United States, but her mother is having a difficult time because she doesn't speak English. When Ana's baby brother falls ill, Mama tries to get help, but no one can understand her. Now convinced of the need to learn the native language, Mama agrees to take English lessons. As her knowledge of the English language grows, so does her sense of confidence and belonging.
Download or read book I See the Rhythm written by Toyomi Igus and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual and poetic introduction to the history of African-American music takes youngsters from the roots of black music in Africa through the development of Southern plantation work songs, New Orleans jazz, the Harlem Savoy Club, and more. A Coretta Scott King Award winner. Reprint.
Download or read book Long John Silver written by Björn Larsson and published by Harvill Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Swedish novel on Long John Silver of Treasure Island, chronicling his many adventures, including service on a slave ship where he instigates a revolt. Wounded, he loses his leg and in revenge chops the leg of the man responsible and roasts it.
Book Synopsis Selected Poems of Thomas Hood, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, and Thomas Lovell Beddoes by : Susan J. Wolfson
Download or read book Selected Poems of Thomas Hood, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, and Thomas Lovell Beddoes written by Susan J. Wolfson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology brings together three powerfully original figures who vividly capture the spirit and anxieties of their age. Thomas Hood and Winthrop Mackworth Praed write with a self-conscious playfulness about literary history and traditions as well as an active and often satirical engagement with contemporary social and political culture. Thomas Lovell Beddoes has always held the interest of the "dark" Victorianists for his lushly lurid imagination and of the modernists for his ironic, frequently caustic verses. Most of all, these are three amazingly interesting poets--full of verbal wit, evocative imagery, compelling imaginations. Although he started by writing in the style of Keats, Thomas Hood (1799-1845) declared, "I have to be a lively Hood for a livelihood," and devoted most of his career to comic verse. But his sheer verbal ingenuity and endlessly inventive punning do not conceal his phobias and fears, nor overshadow the emerging social protest that was to shape the impressive poems in his later years. Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839) observed the social scene of his day--the flirtations, political intrigues, elegant chit-chat, and parliamentary procedures--with sparkling, self-deprecating wit. Having read law, Praed was called to the Bar in 1829 and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1830. Even so, he wrote to his school friend and future editor, "Having been favoured by Nature with a long face, a short purse, and two elder Brothers, I find no way of making myself popular in the circle in which she has placed me, except versifying." Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849), who committed suicide, was, in the editors' words "brilliant, solitary, eccentric, erratic, homosexual, politically radical, a poet of powerful, haunting imagination, and, like the other morbidly witty poets in this volume, is most characteristic for his defiance of easy characterization." He has been called the last Elizabethan, a Jacobean scion, an original interpreter of gothic terror, the first modernist, and, with his comic grotesqueries, a precursor of the twentieth-century theater of the absurd. The editors' introductions to each poet are lively and accessible to the non-specialist, while their editorial work, both in establishing the texts and in their annotation and apparatus, makes this an ideal text for specialist study as well.
Download or read book Clap Your Hands written by Toyomi Igus and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational, joyous celebration of poetry, art, and rhythm, tracing the history of African-American gospel music and the poets, singers, and thought leaders who have fearlessly and soulfully contributed to the spiritual and social evolution of America. Clap Your Hands, created by the dynamic author and illustrator team of Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood, winners of the Coretta Scott King Award for I See the Rhythm, shares the African American history of gospel music that has courageously broken all color barriers, influencing both worship and popular culture in America for hundreds of years. This spellbinding blend of poetry, art, history, and music also includes a running timeline of all historical milestones--from the first slaves to President Obama's inauguration. This powerful and poetic read bursts with vibrant artwork and is rich in personal notes and information to further any history buff or music enthusiast. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this informative and inspirational blend of poetry, art, and music that honors gospel music with its proper, influential due as reflected through the journey of African Americans. Clap Your Hands includes: Notes from the author and the illustrator sharing their personal inspirations and influences, as well as their research on the roots and evolution of Gospel music. Historical note about the events covered in the book exploring the cultural importance of gospel music throughout history Further reading section, discography, and discussion questions to encourage learning and engagement.
Download or read book Craft written by Adriana Locke and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're not quite enemies. Not really friends. More like frustrated balls of sexual tension, and neither will give in. Lance Gibson drives Mariah Malarkey absolutely crazy. He uses her office like a phone booth, and takes cupcakes from the corner of her desk like she baked them just for him. She didn't. Maybe she knew the history teacher happened to love peanut butter icing, but that was purely a coincidence. All 16 times. Mariah has a way of getting under Lance's skin, too. She calls him out on his crap, spoils him even if inadvertently, and, seeing the librarian in skirts, drives him wild. She won't give in. It's for the best, really, considering there's no way he could lie to a woman like that, and he's not about to tell her the truth about himself. Not in a million years. These two don't hate each other. They don't really like each other. But for this to be a friends-to-lovers story, they have to start somewhere, right? Note: This can be listened to as a standalone novel.
