Counting Thunder
Author: Robert Bernard Hass
Publisher: Wordtech Communications
Published: 2008-08-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781934999240
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Thunder Cake
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1990-03-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0399222316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . . . and the storm is coming closer all the time! Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. Ms. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately . . . a celebration! Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm.
The Big Storm
Author: Nancy Tafuri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-08-25
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1416967958
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTen animals find shelter in a hill hollow one by one, but when the storm is over, a rumbling tells them there is still danger afoot.
Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
Author: Daniel J. Sharfstein
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017-04-04
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0393634183
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein’s Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and grace that resonant past we should never forget.”—Brenda Wineapple, author of Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848–1877 After the Civil War and Reconstruction, a new struggle raged in the Northern Rockies. In the summer of 1877, General Oliver Otis Howard, a champion of African American civil rights, ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families who resisted moving onto a reservation. Standing in his way was Chief Joseph, a young leader who never stopped advocating for Native American sovereignty and equal rights. Thunder in the Mountains is the spellbinding story of two legendary figures and their epic clash of ideas about the meaning of freedom and the role of government in American life.
Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice?
Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2017-08-01
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 1541502000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Moss grows only on the north side of a tree. No two snowflakes are alike. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about Earth, weather, and the environment and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether all deserts are hot! Discover whether it’s true that a ring around the Moon means rain or snow is on the way! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
The Seer
Author: Bruce A. Schmidt
Publisher: Author House
Published: 2013-12-13
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1491821728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKevin knew he was a great Detective and he had worked hard to get out of the senseless crimes and ruthless and in-humane deaths of the California glamour and bright lights. After watching the bad that was brought out in the very soul of even the purest person, he started to lose his edge, his cases became more and more senseless in their nature; but Kevin hears the victims even in death and tries to help them, tries to solve their crimes so they can get justice. With the cases in California getting harder and harder to even understand in the very manor of which they were brutally committed and a bad divorce he moves back to a small town to regain his sharpness and wit as a Detective. The small town offers Kevin the calm and peaceful environment he needs to recalibrate his senses, become sharper at what he knows best; being a good Detective and crime scene investigator. Kevin starts to experience an element he hadnt planned on and he is now forced to add in a new and mysterious factor into the already horrible and unfortunate profession of Detective and crime scene investigation. Just prior to Kevins arrival in the small town crime and tragedy double almost overnight! Can Kevin take advantage of the small town and the pure nature of the town and solve the crimes that have exploded in number? Can Kevins wit and skill as a Detective help the victims of the small town get their justice, can Kevin use this new factor he has just come to know to his advantage or will it be his undoing? Kevin sets forth with the small town police department to get the victims their justice, but will he have enough time, is it too late already?
American Indian Trickster Tales
Author: Richard Erdoes
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1999-03-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1101174064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOf all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it's the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and again in Native American folklore, where he takes many forms, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the amorphous spider man of the Lakota tribe. This dazzling collection of American Indian trickster tales, compiled by an eminent anthropologist and a master storyteller, serves as the perfect companion to their previous masterwork, American Indian Myths and Legends. American Indian Trickster Tales includes more than one hundred stories from sixty tribes--many recorded from living storytellers—which are illustrated with lively and evocative drawings. These entertaining tales can be read aloud and enjoyed by readers of any age, and will entrance folklorists, anthropologists, lovers of Native American literature, and fans of both Joseph Campbell and the Brothers Grimm.
The Thunder Pause
Author: Sheri Mabry
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2023-10-05
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0807579157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter an angry outburst, a child takes a cue from nature to find calm. As a storm brews outside, a younger brother takes a green marker to his older sister's favorite drawing. She is so angry that all she can do is yell and stomp away. It’s only when Grandpa applies the thunder pause game he taught her—counting seconds between the lightning flash and the boom—that she is able to control her temper. A perfect addition to SEL collections, this story offers a memorable, practical exercise that kids can use to find calm anytime, anywhere.
I Wish... I Wish... I Wish...
Author: Silvia Elena Calzadilla
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-05-13
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1450047211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAndrÉs, like many other kids, doesn't appreciate anything in his life and is always complaining about everything. One night he goes to bed angry at his mom because she won't get him something he wants, so before going to sleep he wishes for a new life and new parents. His wish comes true but not exactly the way he expects, and the next day he wakes up in a small and very poor house he doesn't recognize. AndrÉs is very upset and confused because even though he wished for a new life, he doesn't want to be stuck in this new poor life forever. Somehow he is going to have to figure out 'the secret' that could take him back to his old life.
