The Goblin And The Empty Chair

Download or read book The Goblin and the Empty Chair written by Mem Fox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal. From internationally acclaimed picture book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairy tale about family, friendship, and the power compassion has to unite us all.

Download or read book Reading Globally, K–8 written by Barbara A. Lehman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reading Globally, K-8, the authors make the case for why it is necessary to be globally literate and multiculturally aware in today's shrinking world, and they provide the tools teachers need to incorporate appropriate reading selections into primary and secondary school classrooms. By using books from or about other countries, teachers empower students to view the world in a more positive manner, enriching and broadening their students' lives, and ultimately preparing them for life in a global economy and culture. This reader-friendly resource guides teachers and reading programme coordinators in selecting quality books for their classrooms, incorporating global literature into different content areas, and facilitating the discussions that follow. Practical guidance is provided on how to: - Integrate the reading of global texts across the curriculum, with specific application to language arts, social studies, science, maths, and the arts - Locate and evaluate the authenticity and literary merit of potential books, avoiding those that depict stereotypes - Get started!-with an annotated list of children's books, samples of student work, and classroom vignettes from teachers.

Download or read book A to Zoo written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 1657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Download or read book The Goblin's Bride written by R. L. Medina and published by Moon Dragon Books. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grumpy goblin. A witch with baking magic. A recipe that brings them together. Pamina Silveri is the best baker in town. Her delicious pastries and sunny personality are enough for the townsfolk to overlook her scandalous patronage and witchiness. Full-figured and sweet tempered, she catches the eyes of many eligible young men. But Pamina dreams of a true love match like the ones her sisters have found. Lorenzo Bartoli has endured hardship after hardship, leaving him bitter and guarded. When their estranged father passes away, leaving him and his sister his abandoned bakery, Lorenzo visits to the quaint mountain town to see the shop their father abandoned them for. In need of a fresh start, Lorenzo reluctantly agrees to take over the bakery. There’s just one problem: neither sibling inherited their father’s baking talents. When a beautiful, kindhearted witch offers to help them, Lorenzo agrees. He’s determined to keep things strictly business, but the more time he spends with her, the more he finds himself warming up to the possibility of love. Can Pamina melt his icy heart, or will things end in heartache for both of them? Welcome to Zamerra, where cozy fantasy intertwines with Italian cottage core and fairy core. Within this gaslamp fantasy realm, you’ll find witches, fae, warlocks, house elves, and much more! Each standalone book features a sweet romance and heart-warming tale of family that readers can explore in any order.

Download or read book Hellboy Winter Special 2018 written by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three wintery tales featuring a Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck team-up. A New Year's Eve seance goes wrong when Hellboy visits a family's English home, Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba revisit B.P.R.D.: Vampire with a new tie-in story, and Tonci Zonjic returns to write and draw Lobster Johnson.

Download or read book The Goblin's Curse written by Gillian Summers and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life as a part-elf isn’t always enchanting, especially when you’re sixteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood, an L.A. girl forced to live—without an iPhone—at a year-round renaissance festival. In between foiling evil plots by rotten fairies and flirting with hot elfin boys, Keelie struggles to embrace her special talents.

Download or read book The Grieving Tree written by Don Bassingthwaite and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three heroes, the past is about to come back to hunt them. A renegade warrior, a mystic exile, and a magic-wielding soldier are on the run. Their enemies are closing in. Some want to control them, some want to rob them, and others just want them dead. In a land of monsters and renegades, their one hope for survival may be an ancient device of evil, the long-lost Grieving Tree. . . .