![]() ![]() You don’t want to start up with me!” … Pig Three heaped some bricks in a pile. “I’m a certified weapon, So watch where you’re steppin’. ![]() The rhyming text will have everyone – even adults – rolling on the floor with laughter and rooting for those unstoppable pigs! Excerpt: The chase carried on to their sister’s. ![]() ![]() Great illustrations with lots of action – this should appeal to boys and girls alike. I loved that the third pig was all “Bring it, Wolf.” Girls (and girl pigs) can kick some serious wolf butt. The first 2 pigs are no match for the wolf when he comes, but the third pig (the girl!) impresses the wolf, who runs away rather than test himself against her.Īll 3 pigs rededicate themselves to their lessons and eventually open a dojo to train others in the martial arts. The first little pig dabbles in Aikido, the second little pig takes Jujitsu (but only masters the basics), and the third little pig becomes a dedicated practitioner of Karate (advancing through all of the belts and practicing regularly). A retelling of the Three Little Pigs, these 3 pigs decide to go on the offensive and prepare themselves for a wolf attack by taking classes in martial arts. This book gets points for being an excellent (and funny) story that actually uses rhyme to good effect (unlike a lot of the picture books I’ve been reading lately). ![]()
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![]() ![]() So this book is about Rachel Kim’s journey from trainee to debut. ![]() Okay, so now you want the good stuff, right? But I would say that it feels more like an interesting set up for what will no doubt be a far more intriguing sequel, which will give us more insight into the K-POP world after you debut-a world with a million times more pressure and backstabbing. It’s a very fast read-took me a little over 3 hours to finish. The language and pop cultural references are current, the prose is as simple as possible, and the first person present POV makes the reader feel like they are right in the character experiencing everything she is at that moment. The story is basically about the plucky and relatable 17-year old Rachel Kim’s trainee life as she readies herself to debut. And who better to give that insight than a legendary K-POP idol from one of the most legendary K-POP groups of all time. ![]() Shine is essentially a very fun, zippy contemporary YA read that gives some insight into the K-POP world. My own trilogy, The Effigies Series (Sailor Moon meets Pacific Rim) is inspired a lot by the K-POP world, so this was a must read. As a K-POP fan, and as a YA author published under the same publisher and imprint, I just had to pick up this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S. In this stunning follow-up to the groundbreaking Being Emily, Rachel Gold explores the brave, changing landscape where young women try to be Just Girls. ![]() ![]() The flinty oldster’s initial hostility to this emphatically urban youth he’s never previously met quickly and very predictably melts. Lacking any real alternative, he seeks out the man he believes to be his only living relative, located a long bus-ride away. ![]() This bond blossoms during the rural interlude that forms the screenplay’s second act: having fallen foul of his landlady and associated local street-gangs, perennially cash-strapped and work-shy Tato must lay low. Starring newcomer Bryan Córdoba as a slackerish 17-year-old forced to grow up fast after the death of his mother, it premieres at Miami and should enjoy wider international exposure than Rincón’s soccer-themed Hero Steps (2014) which also bowed at the Florida festival.Īn atmospheric youth-focused character studyĭedicated to the director’s own late grandfather, the picture has at its heart the tender relationship between stringy Fabián -nicknamed Tato (Córdoba) - and his elderly grandfather Octávio (Óscar Atehortúa). The notoriously mean streets of Colombia’s second metropolis Medellín provide a vivid principal backdrop for The City Of Wild Beasts , an atmospheric youth-focused character study from local writer-director Henry E Rincón. ![]() ![]() ![]() " I Kissed Shara Wheeler" has the same elements of LGBTQ representation and romance told through a younger lens, all while not feeling condescending to the young readers who are already fans of McQuiston's work. ![]() While " I Kissed Shara Wheeler" is McQuiston's first official YA release, they know that young readers are already in their audience - and make a conscious effort to hold similarities between their first two books and their upcoming third. ![]() "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" brings LGBTQ visibility to the world of a fictional, small-town Christian high school. ![]() ![]() My mom gave me my copy as one of my “report card gifts” after I finished kindergarten, and it quickly became one of my favourite stories. Perfect for Summer, Blueberries for Sal is a charming classic story that every child should read at least once. Their household surroundings are appropriately blue, and even their pets and toys get in on the action. On the other side of the hill, Little Bear is eating blueberries with HIS mother, and before long, the two young ones have accidentally switched places. ![]() When Sal and her mother go blueberry picking, it’s clear from the beginning that Sal isn’t going to be much help, and they are both too busy picking (or in Sal's case, eating) to keep an eye on one another. Robert McCloskey’s stunning black and white illustrations are the perfect complement to this sweet, classic story about a little girl who goes blueberry picking with her mother. As you may know, I’m a sucker for children's books with great illustrations, and Blueberries for Sal is no exception. ![]() ![]() Most important, he explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world. He discusses such ideas as why creative individuals are often seen as selfish and arrogant, and why the tortured genius is largely a myth. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists, as well as his thirty years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous flow theory to explore the creative process. creativity-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi - CREATIVITY Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention Mihal圜sikszentmihalyi Thisisa0ascinatingo. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich peoples lives. The classic study of the creative process from the national bestselling author of Flowcreativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. ![]() The author of The Evolving Self draws on the theories put forth in his best-selling Flow to explain the creative process and share personal anecdotes of successful people to show readers how to tap into their own creativity. ![]() ![]() Explains the creative process and shares personal anecdotes of successful people to show readers how to tap into their own creativity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even after the girls realize they're the only ones who are going to help Lisa, they never stop trying to get the teachers and her parents involved. ![]() In the middle of improvised group sessions the friends will begin chatting about movies or tease the over-eager M.N. ![]() That last exclamation aside, Neufield is good at capturing the voice of teenage girls. is focused on diagnosing the problem, and the new girl Elizabeth is strangely aloof, but Betsey is warm-hearted and concerned, and habitually moons over Paul Newman's eyes (zowee!!). It's through Betsey, a girl who before Lisa's crisis was only an acquaintance, that the story is narrated. Neufield is quick to establish Lisa Schilling's dilemma and the concern of her classmates Mary Nell (M.N.), Elizabeth and Betsey and the lack of response from teachers, the guidance counselor and Lisa's own family. The stuff that after-school specials are made of.and I'm not kidding, 'Lisa, Bright and Dark' was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV drama, the cover says so.īut don't be so quick to judge, this is hardly 'Go Ask Alice' or any other histrionic 'What Happened to the Chiiildreeen!!' fare. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of t Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Such an alliance could save her father from financial ruin, but would call into question the ownership of Hidden Wolf, the mountain where Nathaniel, his father, and a small group of Native Americans live and hunt. Determined to provide schooling for all the village children white, black and Native American Elizabeth is soon at odds with the slave owners, as well as her own father, who insists she marry local doctor Richard Todd. Under the pen name Sara Donati I am the author of the Wilderness series, six historical novels that follow the fortunes of a group of families living in upstate. ![]() He is Nathaniel Bonner, also known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives. ![]() It is December 1792 when she arrives in a cold climate unlike any she has ever experienced and meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered a white man dressed like a Native American, tall and lean and unsettling in his honesty. Into the Wilderness Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donatis epic novel sweeps us into another time and place. ![]() When Elizabeth Middleton leaves England to join her father and brother in a remote mountain village on the edge of the New York wilderness, she does so with a strong will and an unwavering purpose- to establish a school. The first in Sara Donati's bestselling Wilderness series, this epic novel of love and adventure interweaves the fate of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two outsiders from different worlds. ![]() ![]() It's been more than one hundred years since the Meiji period of Japan. Though they might live in the same place at the same time, they cannot share one heart, one kokoro. Though they have set off the right flags and won love, even so, their thirst cannot be quenched. For example, take the narrator, Sensei, K, and Okusan. ![]() Through this story, Natsume is communicating that humans are fundamentally lonely creatures and have no choice but to reflect on how they will live cast out from the collective, understood by no one. Perhaps you could also describe this as the establishment of individualism. We accept it as very much a matter of course. But we, who live in the modern world, are already used to such loneliness. Natsume calls this helpless feeling loneliness. Neither love nor friendship will cure your isolation. You may find someone who understands you, but that person will never be your friend. You may set off all the right flags, but you will never get your happy ending. ![]() ![]() This is a story that depicts individuals isolating themselves from the world, a story of the truth that there is nothing the world can do to help you. The central theme of this work is most certainly not the romantic entanglements that compose the love triangle, but a rather poignant story about distrust. ![]() |