THE STORY CENTERS AROUND SAMMY B.; A YOUNG FAMILY TURTLE LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE AROUND THE MARY LEE POND. SPRING HAS COME EARLY. THE ICE IS MELTING AND THE ANNUAL ICE SHOW ON THE MARY LEE POND IS IN AN UPHEAVAL. AS SAMMY B MAKES HIS WAY AROUND THE MARY LEE POND HE ENCOUNTERS OTHER FAMILY MEMBER CHARACTERS, SUCH AS GRANDPA BILL TURTLE, CHARLOTTE THE PRINCESS of the Dragonflies, UNCLE COLLY, UNCLE HOOTIE, AUNTIE STEFY TURTLES AND OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SAMMY B., IS HOPING THEY WILL TELL HIM INTERESTING STORIES. EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY TO CHAT WITH SAMMY B SOME ONLY OFFERING HIM SHORT PREVIEWS OF ADVENTURES. THEN MEMA TURTLE GIVES SAMMY B., AN IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT THAT LEADS SAMMY B TO PROFESSOR OWL AND THE ADVENTURE BEGINS. THE STORY ALSO INCLUDES A MESSAGE OF SAFETY AND A LESSON OF LOVE.
The story centers around Sammy B; a young family turtle looking for adventure around Mary Lee Pond. Spring has come early. The ice is melting and the annual ice show on Mary Lee Pond is in an upheaval. As Sammy B makes his way around Mary Lee Pond, he encounters other family member characters, such as Grandpa Bill Turtle, Charlotte the Princess of the Dragonflies, Uncle Colly, Uncle Hootie, Auntie Stefy turtles and other family and friends. Sammy B is hoping they will tell him interesting stories. Everyone is too busy to chat with Sammy B, some only offering him short previews of adventures. Then Mema Turtle gives Sammy B, an important assignment that leads Sammy B to Professor Owl and the adventure begins. The story also includes a message of safety and a lesson of love.
Sammy Shine's life as Hank's pet mouse is simple and quiet—until he flies off in remote controlled airplane and gets lost. When Sammy Shine crashes into the forest, he ends up in a whole new world; no longer does he live in comfort in his shoe box in Hank's room. Now he's lost in the woods, with no way to get home, and a dangerous enemy. Fortunately, a group of new friends, including another mouse, an injured crow, a newt, and a shrew, will help him find and repair his plane so he can try to get back home. Inspired by a childhood experience, New York Times-best-selling author-illustrator Henry Cole offers this charming illustrated novel featuring adorable animal characters, an exciting adventure, and an action-packed plot.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York’s Golden Age of comics, now with special bonus material by the author “It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal—smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.”—The Washington Post Book World One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the Decade • Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize A “towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book” (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon’s “magnum opus” (The New York Review of Books), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a triumph of originality, imagination, and storytelling, an exuberant, irresistible novel that begins in New York City in 1939. A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink. Spanning continents and eras, this superb book by one of America’s finest writers remains one of the defining novels of our modern American age. Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award and the New York Society Library Book Award
Lucky the Lunacorn is super happy that she has a horn that glows, even though that's all it does right now ... and she's taking part in the annual cute competition where she's up against some seriously talented cuties! Still, Lucky is sure it's what's inside that counts, and her new friends Sammy the speed-talking sloth and Pip the distinctly un-tropical, ninja pineapple totally agree. But will the judges ... ?
When Ozzie Nelson died in 1975, he was no longer a household name. For a guy who had created the longest-running TV sitcom in history, invented the rock video, and fronted one of the most successful big bands of the 1930s, it's baffling that Nelson has faded so far from American media memory. Larger than life offscreen--an attorney, college football star, cartoonist, songwriter, major band leader--Ozzie created a smaller-than-life TV persona, the bumbling average Dad who became known to the rock generation (which included his teen idol son Rick Nelson) as the essence of blandness. But America also saw Ozzie as their iconic Dad: not a "father knows best," since his pontifications usually proved flawed by the end of each episode, but the father who tried his best. This book is the only full-length biography of Ozzie Nelson since he published his memoirs in 1973. It treats the big band and early TV icon with affection and hints that American pop culture may owe more to Ozzie than is generally acknowledged.
Ilvie Little, the curious elf, has had enough of the beautiful but boring land of the elves and decides to discover the big, wide world.Together with her friends, a cook, and two twinkling companionsthe grumpy dog Sammy and the gluttonous monkey Theoshe wants to solve an ancient riddle.To do this, she must polish up a dusty old ship and go on the search for a lost treasure, withstanding any and all resistance along the way. But the fearless friends conquer all danger.A magical story for strong kids and those who want to become stronga fantastic, courage-inspiring book for reading out loud and reading yourself. For cool kids from 5-99.
