John, Paul, George & Ben
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780439027496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA humorous look at five of our country's founding fathers.
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Abe Lincoln's Dream
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-10-16
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1596436085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling author of "It's a Book" comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America's greatest president. Full color.
Madam President
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2008-07-29
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781423108467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President. There would be executive orders to give, babies to kiss, tuna casseroles to veto (or VETO!)…and so much more! Not to mention that recess would definitely require more security. With deadpan wit and hilarious illustrations, best-selling picture book creator Lane Smith introduces readers to an unforgettable new character. /DIVDIV
Wit and Wisdom of the Founding Fathers
Author: Paul M. Zall
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"George Washington laughing? That the venerable Father of Our Country, the austere and unfailingly honest leader of historical record and legend, had a penchant for tall tales and crafty quips seems unthinkable to most Americans, even today. In The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers, historian and scholar Paul Zall shatters the sober image of American icons George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to reveal - and celebrate - their natural bent for incisive, spirited humor." "With ample quotes from personal correspondence and private memoirs, Zall peers behind the staid and serious facade of our first three presidents and demonstrates how each strove to suppress his sense of mirth to maintain a dignified public reputation. By lifting the curtain on our Founding Fathers as they engage in practical jokes and regale friends with humorous stories, Zall opens a window on their personalities otherwise obscured by our preconceptions of them as larger-than-life historical figures. While Franklin's humor and wisdom is legendary thanks to his authorship of Poor Richard's Almanac, readers will be surprised to learn that Washington had a penchant for biting sarcasm; that Adams engaged in direct, colloquial, even vulgar, humor; and that Jefferson, our most cerebral president, enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of his own situation as leader of the nation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Author: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-05-10
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1442439653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho is George? Only Howard Carr and his older brother, Ben, can answer that question, because only they know about George. George is the funny little man who lives inside Ben, helping him (mostly) navigate life as a sixth grader who happens to be a scientific genius and who happens to be studying organic chemistry with students much older than he. One of those students is William Hazlitt, a senior who has been Ben's lab partner in previous years. William's interest in chemistry has taken a troubling turn, and Ben has a plan to come to his rescue. And that's when things get complicated -- for Howard, for Ben, and for George.
John Paul Jones
Author: Evan Thomas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-06-15
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1451603991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy. John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, “in harm’s way.” Evan Thomas’s minute-by-minute re-creation of the bloodbath between Jones’s Bonhomme Richard and the British man-of-war Serapis off the coast of England on an autumn night in 1779 is as gripping a sea battle as can be found in any novel. Drawing on Jones’s correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the American Revolution—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson—Thomas’s biography teaches us that it took fighters as well as thinkers, men driven by dreams of personal glory as well as high-minded principle, to break free of the past and start a new world. Jones’s spirit was classically American.
It's a Book!
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 2018-02
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781509884711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA wry exchange between an IT-savvy donkey, a book-loving ape and a mouse forms this very funny picture book that's perfect for both digital natives and book lovers. With a subversive and signature Lane Smith twist, this satisfying and perfectly executed picture book has something to say to children and adults alike about the importance and joy of reading.It's a Book is another bold and funny story from the creator of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-winning There Is a Tribe of Kids, Lane Smith.
There Is a Tribe of Kids
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2016-05-03
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1626727562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams, and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends. If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor Book Grandpa Green was an homage to aging and the end of life, There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood and life's beginning. Smith's vibrant sponge-paint illustrations and use of unusual collective nouns such as smack and unkindness bring the book to life. Whimsical, expressive, and perfectly paced, this story plays with language as much as it embodies imagination, and was awarded the 2017 Kate Greenaway Medal. This title has Common Core connections.
Apt. 3
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1999-05-24
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 0140565078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his apartment in the city, Sam hears voices, barking dogs, snoring, and all kinds of other noises. One rainy day he also hears the sad sounds of a harmonica, and wonders who's playing. Sam's search leads him to Apt. 3, where he finds not only the source of the music--but a new friend.
My Senator and Me
Author: Edward Moore Kennedy
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 043965078X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere's an old saying: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." A few years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy decided to do just that...a beautiful Portuguese water dog by the name of Champion Amigo's Seventh Wave (aka Splash). We follow Senator Kennedy and Splash through a busy day in D.C., from press conferences to meetings with school groups to committee discussions to a floor vote. Caldecott winner David Small's warm, witty illustrations provide a wonderful tour of the sights of Washington, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at how a bill becomes a law. Perfect for political junkies and dog lovers alike!
