The Runaway Roller Skate
Title | The Runaway Roller Skate PDF eBook |
Author | John Vernon Lord |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Humorous stories |
ISBN | 9780395185148 |
Mr. Ellwood braves one unlikely adventure after another in his pursuit of the mischievous mouse who hijacks his favorite roller skate.
The Runaway Roller Skate
Title | The Runaway Roller Skate PDF eBook |
Author | John Vernon Lord |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780645056686 |
Everyone's favourite bedtime story is back! Mr Ellwood's crazy, courageous quest to recover his stolen roller skate has delighted adults and children for generations. This comic masterpiece is back, 50 years on.
The Giant Jam Sandwich
Title | The Giant Jam Sandwich PDF eBook |
Author | John Vernon Lord |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2015-08-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 054466423X |
In this funny and zany picture book, villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap the wasps that have invaded their town. It's a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. Young readers will love this lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was! Don't miss this classic funny read-aloud picture book!
Sebastian's Roller Skates
Title | Sebastian's Roller Skates PDF eBook |
Author | Joan de Déu Prats |
Publisher | Kane/Miller Book Publishers |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Bashfulness |
ISBN | 9781929132812 |
Sebastian is very shy, but when he finds a pair of old roller skates in the park, he learns how to do much more than skate.
Miserable Aunt Bertha
Title | Miserable Aunt Bertha PDF eBook |
Author | John Vernon Lord |
Publisher | Random House (UK) |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780224016131 |
This is the story of a sour old woman and her nephew's attempts to cheer her.
Streetwise
Title | Streetwise PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Baker |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN |
A collection of photographs of Seattle's street children that captures their lives on the streets--and the effects of that life. Meet Tina, a 13-year-old prostitute with dreams of diamonds and furs; Rat and Mike, 16-year-olds who eat from dumpsters; and Dewayne, a 16-year-old boy who hanged himself in a juvenile facility when faced with the prospect of returning to the streets. 57 duotone photographs.
Lexicon
Title | Lexicon PDF eBook |
Author | Max Barry |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 417 |
Release | 2014-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0143125427 |
"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King “Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool Stick and stones break bones. Words kill. They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it. They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember. Now they're after him and he doesn't know why. There's a word, they say. A word that kills. And they want it back . . .