The Adventures of Norbert Mouse

The Adventures of Norbert Mouse

Author: G. a. Leveque

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2014-08-28

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781478700678

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This delightful tale centers around a young naive mouse, named Norbert. He lives with Mom, Dad, and little sister, Marshy, under the roots of an old weathered tree stump. It's cold winter time, and Norbert thinks the family should move to a better place. He is quickly out-voted by his parents, and stubbornly takes matters into his own hands. By light of moon, Norbert slips out into the world to find the family a new home. He soon meets and befriends Lucky, a small lost spider. After danger presents itself, Norbert realizes his error in judgment, and the following morning, hurries back home ... with Lucky. Winter turns to spring, and talk turns to a more important search. With reluctant approval from Norbert's parents, the two friends set out to find Lucky's family. Along the way, Norbert and Lucky meet friend and foe alike. Norbert and Lucky also struggle against Mother Nature, braving unfriendly weather and a perilous vegetable garden. In the midst of these harrowing experiences, a rainbow appears with the promise of hope, optimism, and a treasure greater than all the gold on earth!


The World Through Picture Books

The World Through Picture Books

Author: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789077897805

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"The World Through Picture Books (WTPB) is a programme of the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section in collaboration with IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Children's Librarians all over the world understand how important picture books in both traditional and digital formats are for children, for their development, cultural identity and as a springboard into learning to read for themselves. The idea behind the World Through Picture Books was to create a selection of picture books from around the world that have been recommended by librarians, as a way of celebrating and promoting the languages, cultures and quality of children's book publishing globally. The 3rd edition highlights 530 picture books, from 57 countries and featuring 37 languages. It is fully digital and the catalogue as well as a poster and bookmark can be downloaded free of charge." --


Adventures in Group Theory

Adventures in Group Theory

Author: David Joyner

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-12-29

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0801890136

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David Joyner uses mathematical toys such as the Rubik's Cube to make abstract algebra and group theory fun. This updated second edition uses SAGE, an open-source computer algebra system, to illustrate many of the computations.


A Ball for Daisy

A Ball for Daisy

Author: Chris Raschka

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Published: 2011-12-21

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 0375988734

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Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog. In the tradition of his nearly wordless picture book Yo! Yes?, Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka explores in pictures the joy and sadness that having a special toy can bring. Raschka's signature swirling, impressionistic illustrations and his affectionate story will particularly appeal to young dog lovers and teachers and parents who have children dealing with the loss of something special.


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Author: J.K. Rowling

Publisher: Pottermore Publishing

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1781100489

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Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.


Player Piano

Player Piano

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0307568083

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“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—Life “His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—The New York Times Book Review


Focus on Vocabulary 1

Focus on Vocabulary 1

Author: Diane Schmitt

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9780131376199

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A research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary, such as that found in novels, newspapers, films and social and workplace settings.


War beyond Words

War beyond Words

Author: Jay Winter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1108293476

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What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are not fixed; they change over time, and Jay Winter's panoramic history of war and memory offers an unprecedented study of transformations in our imaginings of war, from 1914 to the present. He reveals the ways in which different creative arts have framed our meditations on war, from painting and sculpture to photography, film and poetry, and ultimately to silence, as a language of memory in its own right. He shows how these highly mediated images of war, in turn, circulate through language to constitute our 'cultural memory' of war. This is a major contribution to our understanding of the diverse ways in which men and women have wrestled with the intractable task of conveying what twentieth-century wars meant to them and mean to us.