Who Lived There

Download or read book There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Book written by Jomike Tejido and published by Jimmy Patterson. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs meets There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly in this clever, irreverent update of our most beloved children's classics. The little old woman who lives in a book has lost her children! But instead of sitting around and waiting for them to show up, in a refreshingly empowering, feminist take on the classic tale, she departs on a mission to find her kids herself--even if it means popping into every other fairy tale and nursery rhyme in town! She'll enlist the help of Humpty Dumpty, Jack and his beanstalk, Princess Beauty, the Three Bears, and more familiar characters in her quest to rescue her kids. This silly, irreverent picture book is a clever jaunt through our most beloved children's stories--and it's sure to become the next modern day classic.

Download or read book Who Lived There? written by Nicola McCloy and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to pretty coastal villas, romantic churches and small-town taverns, New Zealand is full of buildings whose back stories have been lost over the generations. Jane King's photographs and Nicola McCloy's words weave the facts back together to present gripping stories of these places and their ups and downs over time. The strength of women, often left to fend for their families with little help or support, and the enterprise of early New Zealanders feature in this fascinating book...Find out about places as diverse as the old School of Mines in Thames, Rush Munroe's Ice Cream Garden in Hastings; Couldrey House at Wenderholm, near Auckland; the National Tobacco Company in Napier; Mt Cook Police Barracks in Wellington; Langlois-Eteveneaux House in Akaroa; Donovan's General Store in Okarito; and the Empire Tavern in Dunedin"--Publisher information.

Download or read book Indians who Lived in Texas written by Betsy Warren and published by . This book was released on 1981-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes the environment, daily life, and customs of four Indian groups that lived in Texas--the farmers, the fishermen, the plant gatherers, and the hunters.

Download or read book Home written by Julie Myerson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever thought about all the people who lived in your house before you? Julie Myserson did, and set out to learn as much as she could about their often fascinating lives. house, an ordinary home, and ordinary people have lived in it for over a century. But start to explore what they did, who they were, what they believed in, what they desired and they soon become as remarkable, as complicated, as fascinating as anyone. Victorian terraced family house, of average size, in a typical Victorian suburb (Clapham) and she loves it. She wanted to find out how much those who preceded her loved living there, so she spent hours and hours in the archives at the Family Record Office, the Public Record Office at Kew, local council archives and libraries across the country. Like an archaeologist, she found herself blowing the dust off files that no-one had touched since the last sheet of paper in them was typed. detective hunt as, bit by bit, she started to piece together the story of her house, built in 1877, as told by its former occupants in their own words and deeds. And so she met the bigamist, the Tottenham Hotspur fanatic, the Royal Servent, the Jamaican family and all the rest of the eccentric and entertaining former occupents of 34 Lillieshall Road. The book uncovers a lost 130-year history of happiness and grief, change and prudence, poverty and affluence, social upheaval and technological advance. our front door lock, yet we rarely confront the shadows that inhabit our homes. But once you do -- and Julie Myerson shows you how -- you will never bear to part from their company again. This is your home's story too.

Download or read book The Children who Lived in a Barn written by Eleanor Graham and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for both adults and children to read, this 1938 novel shows five children successfully looking after themselves when their parents go away and fail to return.

Download or read book The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard written by Barbara G. Hennessy and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1990-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they disappeared long ago, dinosaurs live on in children's imaginations. A young boy playfully imagines the dinosaur who hatched in the backyard and grew to the size of the family car. . . . An appealing combination of fantasy and reality.--Kirkus Reviews. Full-color illustrations.

Download or read book Tales of Pollard Oklahoma by Those Who Lived There written by Micki Nellis and published by Buffalo Creek Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: