Building Our House
Author: Jonathan Bean
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-01-08
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 0374380236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA family of four builds a house, back, away from the road, down a dirt lane, in the middle of an old, weedy field.
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The House of Four Seasons
Author: Roger Duvoisin
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2017-04-04
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 1681370999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the author of the bestselling picture book Petunia, The House of Four Seasons is a bright and lively family picture book about colors, imagination, and compromise When Father, Mother, Billy, and Suzy go house hunting in the country, they fall in love with a grand old house nestled among tall weeds and trees. It is in need of repair, and soon a carpenter, mason, and tinsmith come to set things straight, but it needs painting too. The family agrees it would be more fun to paint the house themselves, but no one can agree on the color, and to make matters worse, the hardware store only carries three colors: red, blue, and yellow. But Father has an idea. “You’ll see, he says, “colors can do many tricks when they get together,” and with a sudden flourish, a color wheel appears! Budding artists and engineers will love this surprising story, and adults would do well to note how Father arrives at a winning trifecta of negotiation, education, and thrift.
The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
Author: Thomas Harding
Publisher: Candlewick Studio
Published: 2020-09-08
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 1536212741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory comes home in a deeply moving, exquisitely illustrated tale of a small house, taken by the Nazis, that harbors a succession of families—and becomes a quiet witness to a tumultuous century. The days went around like a wheel. The sun rose, warming the walls of the house. On the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a hundred years, this little house played host to a kind Jewish doctor and his family, a successful Nazi composer, wartime refugees, and a secret-police informant. During that time, as a world war came and went and the Berlin Wall arose just a stone’s throw from the back door, the house filled up with myriad everyday moments. And when that time was over, and the dwelling was empty and derelict, the great-grandson of the man who built the house felt compelled to bring it back to life and listen to the story it had to tell. Illuminated by Britta Teckentrup’s magnificent illustrations, Thomas Harding’s narration reads like a haunting fairy tale—a lyrical picture-book rendering of the story he first shared in an acclaimed personal history for adult readers.
How I Met My Monster
Author: Amanda Noll
Publisher: Flashlight Press
Published: 2019-11-03
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1947277111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: "Monsters! Meet here for final test." Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan's monster. But only the little green monster, Gabe, has the perfect blend of stomach-rumbling and snorting needed to get Ethan into bed and keep him there so he falls asleep—which as everyone knows, is the real reason for monsters under beds. With its perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this silly-spooky prequel to the award-winning I Need My Monster and Hey, That's MY Monster! will keep young readers entertained.
At Night
Author: Jonathan Bean
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2016-09-27
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1466896469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn some nights, a snug bedroom is a hard place to fall asleep. On some nights, it's better to get away from slumbering, snoring family members and curl up alone with one's thoughts in the cool night air, under wide-open skies. In this charming bedtime fantasy, a sleepless city girl does just that, finding her surprising way to a serene rooftop version of a backyard campout. With captivating ink-and-watercolor illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, newcomer Jonathan Bean has created a soothing bedtime story that is sure to charm children and parents alike. At Night is the winner of the 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Books.
Secrets of Our House
Author: Rea Frey
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2022-02-08
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1250241618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thrilling domestic drama set against the power of the wilderness, Rea Frey's Secrets of Our House is a deeply-felt novel of long-held secrets and the strength of family. Desi is the mastermind behind her dream getaway house. Nestled high into the mountains of North Carolina, it is a sleek place, a luxurious place, a dark place. A place full of secrets. Secrets about the man she longs for, a man who is not her husband. Secrets about the roots of her family that must never, ever, see the light of day. When Desi and her family arrive from Chicago to spend the summer in the mountains, the seeds for the tumultuous months to follow are planted—her marriage on the rocks, not knowing which way they’ll go. Her seventeen year-old daughter Jules, falling in love for the first time with a local boy—and forging a new path that will take her to uncharted places. And Carter—a man Desi knew long ago, before she expunged him from her life for good. All hurtling toward events none of them can undo. Engaging, propulsive, and with a dramatic, heart-pounding final act, Secrets of Our House is a dazzling novel, richly-drawn, that shows no matter how hard outside forces may shake you, the bonds of family are stronger than the harshest winds.
Mouse in the House
Author: Sowmya Rajendran
Publisher: Pratham books
Published:
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA mouse enters the house. And there is utter chaos. Here is an action-packed adventure for little ones.
Our House
Author: Emma Rogers
Publisher:
Published: 1992-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780744520224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSUMMARY: "This is the story of a house and some of the many different people who have lived there -- from the time it was built in the 1780s almost to the present day"
My Family, Your Family
Author: Lisa Bullard
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1467776602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDifferent can be great! Makayla is visiting friends in her neighborhood. She sees how each family is different. Some families have lots of children, but others have none. Some friends live with grandparents or have two dads or have parents who are divorced. How is her own family like the others? What makes each one great? This diverse cast allows readers to compare and contrast families in multiple ways.
Our House Is on Fire
Author: Greta Thunberg
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-03-17
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 052550737X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet. Steered by Greta’s determination to understand the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own suffering and the planet’s. Written by a remarkable family and told through the voice of an iconoclastic mother, Our House Is on Fire is the story of how they fought their problems at home by taking global action. And it is the story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, igniting a worldwide rebellion.
