Lila and the Secret of Rain
Title | Lila and the Secret of Rain PDF eBook |
Author | David Conway |
Publisher | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781847800350 |
For months the sun has burned down on Lila's Kenyan village. It is too hot to gather firewood, too hot to weed the garden, even too hot to milk the cow. Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers to her the secret of rain, she decides to go and talk to the sky herself. How Lila saves the village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows is told in David Conway's elegant and spare prose style, which is complemented perfectly by Jude Daly's beautiful and poignant illustrations.
Lila (Oprah's Book Club)
Title | Lila (Oprah's Book Club) PDF eBook |
Author | Marilynne Robinson |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-10-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0374709084 |
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award National Book Award Finalist A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves. Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead and Home, a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence that is destined to become an American classic.
Shine Moon Shine
Title | Shine Moon Shine PDF eBook |
Author | David Conway |
Publisher | Hodder Children's Books |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780340930847 |
A paperback of Shine Moon Shine - a poignant story that honours the remarkable gift of kindness.
Bedtime Hullabaloo!
Title | Bedtime Hullabaloo! PDF eBook |
Author | Honorary Research Fellow David Conway |
Publisher | Hodder Children's Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Bedtime |
ISBN | 9780340981269 |
"One night in the silly Savannah a ludicrous leopard is leapfrogging to bed when all of a sudden there is a terrible racket! The animals decide to follow the noise, but they are in for a big surprise!"--Back cover. Suggested level: junior, primary.
My Name is Mitch
Title | My Name is Mitch PDF eBook |
Author | Shelagh Lynne Supeene |
Publisher | Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2003-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1554695112 |
Mitch MacLeod may be the smallest kid in grade six, but he has a great sense of humor and a strong backbone. He can read, sometimes, but never at school when he has to. "You don't know what humiliation is until you have a grade one reading buddy who reads better than you do," he says. But things start to change for Mitch when he creates an opportunity to stand up to Philip, his arch-enemy, when his reading begins to improve, and when his dad, "The Creep," moves back to town.
The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster
Title | The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster PDF eBook |
Author | David Conway |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2014-11-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1444925008 |
Little Miss Muffet is bored of her own nursery rhyme so goes in search of a new nursery rhyme to be in. But before you can say Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, the whole book of rhymes is thrown into chaos! With some of the most favourite rhymes, including The Grand Old Duke of York, Jack and Jill, Hickory, Dickory, Dock, Ding, Dong, Bell, Hey Diddle, Diddle, Sing a song of Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts, and Little Miss Muffet. "Melanie Williamson's illustrations are eye-catchingly quirky and superbly original." - The Observer http://www.davidconwaychildrensbooks.co.uk/
Errol and His Extraordinary Nose
Title | Errol and His Extraordinary Nose PDF eBook |
Author | David Conway |
Publisher | Gullane Children's Books |
Total Pages | 29 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Elephants |
ISBN | 9781862338173 |
Errol is an elephant and he's not sure he's that good at anything. So when a school talent contest is announced everyone's excited except him. But when Errol's dad gives him a book to read - a book all about elephants - his entire world changes.