Mr. Lucky Straw
Author: Elizabeth Lane
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780201322217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this Japanese folk tale, Yosaku's lucky straw is transformed into enough gold to buy land for his village.
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Tell Along Tales!
Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-05-05
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1598846361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book makes the perfect addition to teachers' and librarians' story time selections, containing 25 educational and entertaining tales from around the world as well as proven storytelling techniques. Storytelling predates reading. Storytelling is a vibrant tradition in nearly every culture on earth. And of course, storytelling serves as a perfect medium for educating young children and early readers. Specifically intended for elementary school and public librarians, teachers, storytellers, and camp counselors, Tell Along Tales!: Playing with Participation Stories contains 25 adapted tales from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Ireland, Korea, Norway, Spain, and West Africa that are appropriate for kindergarten through sixth grade students. These stories are linked to standards and are full of fun audience participation, making them perfect for the library, classroom, camp, or home. The book will illuminate the best methods for telling a tale, describe various types of audience participation and how to encourage it, identify elements in a story that provide opportunity for participation, explain when to include audience participation, and share the author's proven audience management techniques.
Little One-Inch & Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories
Author: Florence Sakade
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2012-07-03
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13: 1462908195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith this Japanese book for children, your whole family can experience the wonder and excitement that these well-loved tales bring to story time or bedtime reading. Welcome to a fantastic world populated by mischievous monkeys, a dragon king and a host of other beloved characters who have lived on for centuries in the traditional tales of Japan. Drawn from folklore passed down from generation to generation, the ten enchanting stories collected in this Japanese children's book have been lovingly retold for today's readers. Vibrantly illustrated in full color and packed with thrilling adventures, funny discoveries, and valuable lessons, they're sure to become story time favorites and serve as an introduction to Japanese culture. Included are some of Japan's classic folktales: The Spider Weaver Little One-Inch The Badger and the Magic Fan Mr. Lucky Straw Why the Jellyfish Has No Bones The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom The Crab and the Monkey The Ogre and the Rooster The Rabbit Who Crossed the Sea The Grateful Statues Readers of any age and background will find much to love and return to time & again in Little One-Inch And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories.
One Red Paperclip
Author: Kyle MacDonald
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1632990520
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet Kyle MacDonald. He has one red paperclip and one big dream. And he can write. Only problem is he’s between jobs, and his girlfriend is supporting him. Now is the time for Kyle MacDonald to get creative. And that is where this amazing story begins. Kyle takes his paperclip and puts an ad on Craigslist. In just fourteen trades, Kyle MacDonald turned that paperclip into a fish pen, then a doorknob, and then a camping stove. Next, he trades the camping stove for a generator. Soon, Corbin Bernsen, Alice Cooper, and a small town in Canada are involved, and before long Kyle MacDonald turns his paperclip into a house! One Red Paperclip is an inspiring story about a man with the courage and moxie to think outside the box. It is the most unlikely of stories and an example of how we can create and do amazing things with the right amount of know-how and determination. Let Kyle MacDonald inspire you to find your own one red paperclip. You just never know where it could lead . . .
Aloha, Mr. Lucky
Author: Corson Hirschfeld
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-08-11
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780312876012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearning cards are a wonderful way to reinforce basic principles, lessons, and skills. The Positional/Directional Concepts set includes 14 cards (5.5” x 8” each), featuring photographs of a plush puppy in different positions relative to a doghouse, 14 positional word cards, a 2-piece doghouse, and 2 puppies for use on a flannel or magnetic board. Positional concepts include over, under, inside, next to, between, behind, in front, and more. It includes resource guide with additional activity ideas and card descriptions in English, Spanish, and French, as well as supports NCTE, NCTM, and NAEYC standards.
Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book One
Author: Florence Sakade
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2012-11-27
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 1462908101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Playful goblins with long noses, magic tea kettles and a delightfully brave hero who just happens to be one-inch tall--these are some of the wonderful characters you'll meet in this collection of the 20 best-loved Japanese children's stories. Drawn from folklore and passed down for generations, these classic tales speak of the virtues of hard work, humility, kindness and good humor--"Once upon a time…" has never sounded so inviting. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of our all-time best-selling titles. With a new foreword, each story has been lovingly revised and reset, and all the sparkling illustrations appear in color for the very first time. With so many enchanting stories to choose from, young readers will have a delightful time deciding which is their very favorite. This classic book has had 51 reprints and sold over 175,000 copies since it was first released in 1953. Other titles in our growing series of Asian Children's Favorite Stories include Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories and Filipino Children's Favorite Stories.
Appalachian Underground
Author: Jean Casey
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1412036739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA man sets out for a night of gambling, yet ends up in a high-speed chase with a State Trooper that causes him to not be able to return home. During the night of gambling, he meets up with an old girlfriend from the past who believes he can win her a million dollars in a high-stakes poker game. First, they have to come up with the buy-in fee, and to do this, they have to play by the rules of a crooked small-town sheriff which puts them in the middle of an F.B.I. sting. From the very beginning, however, the C.I.A. has set them both up without anyone's knowledge, having their own plans for the money, should they win.
Cinco de Murder
Author: Rebecca Adler
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0425275957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTex-Mex waitress and part-time reporter Josie Callahan serves up more Lone Star justice in this spicy mystery from the author of The Good, the Bad, and the Guacamole. It's fiesta time in Broken Boot, Texas, and tourists are pouring into town faster than free beer at a bull roping for the mouthwatering Cinco de Mayo festivities. Tex-Mex waitress Josie Callahan, her feisty abuela, and even her spunky Chihuahua Lenny are polishing their folklórico dances for Saturday's big parade, while Uncle Eddie is adding his own spicy event to the fiesta menu: Broken Boot's First Annual Charity Chili Cook-off. But Uncle Eddie's hopes of impressing the town council go up in smoke when cantankerous chili cook Lucky Straw is found dead in his tent. And when Josie's beloved uncle is accused of fatal negligence, she, Lenny, and the steadfast Detective Lightfoot must uncover who ended the ambitious chilihead's life--before another cook kicks the bucket.
