"I like the book because it's an adventure book and a comic it's about 3 mans that found a 300 years old book that have a message and that 3 mans is going to the center of the earth maybe they can go out alive or go out losing there lives found out in this cool mysterious book" Denna y4
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal—a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of pe…
This is the third tale in a series about toddlerhood, as lived by an enchanting baby bear. Two previous titles deal with toilet training and mealtime discipline. This story tackles the problem of getting a lively youngster to go to sleep.
This is the illustrated story of a small bear called Bartholomew and how he learns to use his potty. This book is intended to encourage children learning to use their potty. Virginia Miller has also written two other books about Bartholomew, "Eat Your Dinner!" and "Get Into Bed!", and has illustrated two stories by Martin Waddell, "Squeak-A-Lot" (runner up for the 1991 Mother Goose Award) and "…
A story of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. Reverend Martin comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious "meeting" with the Reverend.
A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whe…