James and the Red Balloon

James and the Red Balloon
Author: Wilbert V. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780375830266

Three exciting and heartfelt tales from the Island of Sodor. Thomas fans will be swept along with the fun when James runs into a hot-air balloon, a new engine arrives on the Island of Sodor, and Thomas becomes a jet engine! Filled with gentle humor and lots of photos to illustrate the cassette’s music and narration.

Thomas, James and the Red Balloon

Thomas, James and the Red Balloon
Author: Wilbert V. Awdry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780603562365

'The Thomas TV Series' contains 18 hardback storybooks with colour photographic images from the TV series. Written in clear and simple text, these books are perfect first storybooks for young Thomas fans.

Middle School: Dog's Best Friend

Middle School: Dog's Best Friend
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: jimmy patterson
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316398896

Discover the series that inspired the Middle School movie with this hilarious installment of James Patterson's hit series starring everyone's favorite underdog, with non-stop laughs on every page. It's a dog-eat-dog world, and Rafe Khatchadorian is just trying to live in it. Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable-until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan: a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighborhood empire. He'll even have extra cash to buy his own WormHole Deluxe Multi-Platform GameBox! That is, until two terrible twins launch the Great Dog War by sabotaging Rafe's flyers and stealing his customers. Plus, his bratty kid sister Georgia has skipped a grade, so now she's in all of Rafe's classes. Throw a kid a bone!

The Remember Balloons

The Remember Balloons
Author: Jessie Oliveros
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148148916X

A 2019 Schneider Family Award Honor Book! What’s Happening to Grandpa meets Up in this tender, sensitive picture book that gently explains the memory loss associated with aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s. James’s Grandpa has the best balloons because he has the best memories. He has balloons showing Dad when he was young and Grandma when they were married. Grandpa has balloons about camping and Aunt Nelle’s poor cow. Grandpa also has a silver balloon filled with the memory of a fishing trip he and James took together. But when Grandpa’s balloons begin to float away, James is heartbroken. No matter how hard he runs, James can’t catch them. One day, Grandpa lets go of the silver balloon—and he doesn’t even notice! Grandpa no longer has balloons of his own. But James has many more than before. It’s up to him to share those balloons, one by one.

Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best

Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best
Author: Sharon Osbourne
Publisher: Disney Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781423180357

Mama Hook reminisces about her great experiences sailing the Never Sea and the stories she told young James Hook when he was growing up. Written by Sharon Osbourne, the stories are reminiscent of familiar fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," set in Jake and the Never Land Pirates' world of fun pirate playfulness and daring adventures.

James and the Red Balloon, and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories

James and the Red Balloon, and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories
Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780375827532

Straight from the latest Thomas video comes three delightful new tales from the Island of Sodor. Thomas fans will laugh when James gets carried away about a balloon, Harvey rescues Percy, and Thomas becomes a jet engine! Filled with gentle humor and lots of photo illustrations.

Thomas, James and the Red Balloon

Thomas, James and the Red Balloon
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Card games
ISBN: 9781405229760

Part of a series which combines storybooks and colouring and activity books, this book is aimed at young fans of Thomas. It also includes a Thomas-branded gift.

The Politics of Popular Culture

The Politics of Popular Culture
Author: Tim Nieguth
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0773596860

Days after the 9/11 attacks George W. Bush sought to reassure the American public that Osama bin Laden would be brought to justice, quipping that "there's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'" Bush's invocation of Wild West mythology was neither novel nor unusual - elected officials frequently tap into popular culture in order to mobilize public support for themselves and for their policies. The Politics of Popular Culture examines the relationship between popular culture and politics. It stresses that popular culture is politically important because it reflects and operates within broader socio-political conditions, can transport political ideas and ideologies, and is a site where identities and institutions are shaped, contested, and reproduced. Essays discuss film, television, music, and video games from a variety of theoretical and methodological vantage points in order to enrich our understanding of the ways in which popular culture shapes our views of political institutions, actors, and issues. Contributors include Jonah Butovsky (Brock), Gina S. Comeau (Laurentian), Danielle J. Deveau (Pop Culture Lab), Timothy Fowler (Carleton), Aurélie Lacassagne (Laurentian), Jérôme Melançon (Alberta), Christian Poirier (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Tracey Raney (Ryerson), Kelly L. Saunders (Brandon), and Shauna Wilton (Alberta).