This story is about a funny King, who refused to wear a crown. He preferred to wear all different kinds of hats...Happy ending of the story is a royal double-wedding of two King's daughters, Princesses Abigail and Julia, whomiraculously found their future husbands among winners of hat contest, proclaimed by the King.
The queen doesn't want any fancy slippers or fancy necklaces for her birthday. What she'd really like is a new garden hat. The royal hatters make four special hats, but the queen doesn't like any of them. Then she spies the perfect garden hat on the donkey's head.
As the Kingdom prepares for the King’s monumental 200th birthday, unsettling winds blow: the Clowns are mounting a coup, the Jollies are frightened, and even the Giants have been deceived. The King, desperate for a solution, consults The Book and learns of a time when the kingdom was in lands far beyond the mountains. Accompanied by his trusted counsellor Digweed, he sets out on a perilous journey to find this fabled land, only to get lost. Meanwhile, Orchid, freshly returned from an unexpected trip to India, discovers that her friend Freddy the Clown has endured a terrible ordeal. Joining forces with Colin the Cat – known as the finder of lost things – Orchid embarks on a daring quest. Can they locate the lost King and thwart the menacing Clowns? As time runs out, it’s up to Orchid, Colin, and Freddy to save the Kingdom and ensure a joyous 200th birthday celebration for the King.
Small people also had the opportunity to traverse the city. Here, there was a different life in the city. There was also the chance to reverse the flow of life. Beautiful women surrounded the scenery around them. When minor characters are angry, the ancient martial arts are close to the body, the foreign world, the city freely shuttles back and forth. "Hey, what are you daydreaming for? Is the report not ready? " "CEO doesn't want it, I will continue to work hard!" Hu Yang worked hard, while the Ice Mountain female CEO cried out ...
Did you know dogs can talk? Well, neither did Cathy and her father, Tom, a songwriter struggling with a new tune—that is, until their pet dog Larry opened his mouth and helped Tom finish the song! Once Larry reveals he can not only talk but sing, there’s no stopping him. In no time, he’s on stage singing for sold-out audiences. Even the President of the United States is a fan of Larry. But soon enough, fame goes to Larry’s head: he drops Tom from his act, abandons Cathy and moves in with his agent. By the time of his showcase gig at the Hollywood Bowl, it’s clear he’s the king of rock and roll—but at what cost? A fun-filled, tongue-in-cheek romp through the world of music stardom, Larry: The King of Rock and Roll is sure to win this lovable pooch a whole new legion of fans—young readers everywhere!
The crafts in this book coordinate with each lesson in the Noah's Park Leader's Guide. Each craft activity is designed to help reinforce the Bible story the children have heard and participated in during the lesson. The craft is also designed to help the children and their parents extend the learning even further by linking it to activities they can do at home during the following week. Each craft activity in the book has a list of supplies which should be obtained prior to the session.
As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, this book tells of Bartholomew Cubbins (from Caldecott Honor winner Bartholomew and the Oobleck) and his unjust treatment at the hands of King Derwin. Each time Bartholomew attempts to obey the king’s order to take off his hat, he finds there is another hat on his head. Soon it is Bartholomew’s head that is in danger . . . of being chopped off! While The 500 Hats is one of Dr. Seuss’s earliest works, it is nevertheless totally Seussian, addressing subjects that we know the good doctor was passionate about: abuse of power (as in Yertle the Turtle), rivalry (as in The Sneetches), and of course, zany good humor! This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.
John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego—a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico—has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what’s coming—specifically, her own future and her brother’s. Lupe is a mind reader; she doesn’t know what everyone is thinking, but she knows what most people are thinking. Regarding what has happened, as opposed to what will, Lupe is usually right about the past; without your telling her, she knows all the worst things that have happened to you. Lupe doesn’t know the future as accurately. But consider what a terrible burden it is, if you believe you know the future—especially your own future, or, even worse, the future of someone you love. What might a thirteen-year-old girl be driven to do, if she thought she could change the future? As an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but what travels with him are his dreams and memories; he is most alive in his childhood and early adolescence in Mexico. As we grow older—most of all, in what we remember and what we dream—we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. Avenue of Mysteries is the story of what happens to Juan Diego in the Philippines, where what happened to him in the past—in Mexico—collides with his future.