Kate the Lion Tamer

Kate the Lion Tamer
Author: Meredith Honaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2016-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781504982849

Kate the Lion Tamer is the story of the adventure that young Kate takes to become a lion tamer. After she sees a lion tamer at a circus with her family, she is inspired to bring the children of her neighborhood together to put on their own circus for their families and neighbors.

Kate the Lion Tamer

Kate the Lion Tamer
Author: Meredith Honaker
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2016-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504982851

Kate the Lion Tamer is the story of the adventure that young Kate takes to become a lion tamer. After she sees a lion tamer at a circus with her family, she is inspired to bring the children of her neighborhood together to put on their own circus for their families and neighbors.

The Show Must Go On!

The Show Must Go On!
Author: Kate Klise
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1616204060

In their trademark style, author Kate Klise and illustrator M. Sarah Klise blend a story bursting with jokes, puns, and wordplay with illustrations, signs, letters, recipes, and bold graphics to introduce Three-Ring Rascals. When Sir Sidney, a kindly old circus owner, becomes too tired to travel with his show, he places a Help Wanted ad in the newspaper. Enter Barnabas Brambles: “I have a degree in lion taming from the University of Piccadilly Circus.” But does Leo the lion need taming? Will Elsa the elephant still get her gourmet peanuts? And what will Brambles say when he discovers Bert and Gert—two mice who travel with the circus on popcorn cleanup patrol? Brambles has big plans: More cities! More shows! No more free popcorn. Soon he’s made a big mess of Sir Sidney’s Circus, but Leo, Elsa, Bert, Gert, and the rest of the performers agree: The Show Must Go On! Black and white line drawings throughout.

Freddie Mole: Lion Tamer

Freddie Mole: Lion Tamer
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524713791

From the bestselling adult author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series as well as the middle-grade series School Ship Tobermory comes an exciting tale of bravery set in and around the circus, with fun, energetic illustrations throughout. Freddie Mole loves his family They are tight-knit, but they struggle day to day to make ends meet. Times are tough, and Freddie is determined to help. Then Freddie finds out about a job opening at a local circus--and he can't believe his luck when he is hired. At the circus, Freddie sweeps and cleans and is praised for his work. One thing leads to another, and he's asked to be understudy for some of the acts. The trapeze stunts are daunting enough--can Freddie face the lion's cage?

Author: Dick Gibson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781420896619

It's October 1968. Just as Rob Grant is preparing to leave for a conference in Las Vegas, his attorney calls and tells him his divorce is final. Rob is now a single parent living in Connecticut with two teenage sons. The younger one, Greg, gets into drugs, and Rob takes immediate steps to find help. Now twice divorced, Rob is wary of committing to a permanent relationship. While in Vegas, he meets Kate Skowron, a pretty face who follows him back East. She is the first of several women he romances as he searches for a new companion and a surrogate mother for his boys. They hope to see immediate results-especially Greg, who needs firm maternal guidance. But a conflict arises when Rob finds that his personal timetable and cautious approach aren't compatible with either the boys' hopes or those of the women he dates. Rob then encounters a professional setback when the oil company he works for in New York becomes the target of an acquisition. This unforeseen complication tests his resilience, but a new woman enters his life and brings Rob love and support. Will it be enough to help him face the uncertainties that lie ahead?

Caught on Camera

Caught on Camera
Author: Meg Maguire
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426889062

Wilderness survival television star Dominic Tyler (Ty) and his assistant Kate Somersby are stranded in a remote cabin during a freak winter storm. Things look pretty bleak—until they make a fire and strip off their wet clothes…. Act I—set up Survive This! is Kate's life…as are unscripted fantasies about Ty, her boss and best friend. But when Kate is suddenly injured, Ty decides filming is too dangerous for her. This will be Kate's last adventure for a while. Act II—plot point Kate is furious and threatens to quit. But Ty needs her. So what can he do? Keep her occupied by filming every minute of their intense and definitely unrehearsed sex! Act III—cliff-hanger It's Kate's choice now: Her hard-won career? Or end credits featuring dangerously wild sex with Ty? Ha. Some choice. But either way, the final cut is guaranteed to be a thrilling ride!

Shakespeare's Sweet Thunder

Shakespeare's Sweet Thunder
Author: Michael J. Collins
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1997
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780874135824

"This collection of essays on Shakespeare's early comedies has been designed to suggest how five four-hundred-year-old plays have been and might continue to be, in the words of Jonathan Miller, "assimilated to the interests of the present" to the men and women who encounter them, as texts or performances, in the last years of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Project Prep

Project Prep
Author: Niki Smit
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 178352538X

Project Prep tells the story of four thirteen-year-old girls as they begin to discover a new world of technology, entrepreneurship and coding. It’s also a story about friendship, love, fashion and all the other things in the life of a thirteen-year-old. The girls come across the challenges, setbacks and successes any entrepreneur faces, but most importantly they discover how magical working in technology can be – the amazing feeling that comes from seeing an idea become a reality, something you can actually use and that is impacting other people’s lives for the better. Along the way readers will learn the ins and outs of the tech world, meet entrepreneurial role models, and learn the beginnings of how to code.

Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer

Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2016-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 140886584X

Roll up, roll up for a sensational circus story from the bestselling author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, with fun, energetic illustrations by Kate Hindley throughout. Join Freddie Mole as he tumbles through the air, flies around the big tent and tames four growling lions! Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage? A joyful, exciting tale of bravery and showbusiness glamour by a much loved author.

The Mysterious Benedict Society Collection

The Mysterious Benedict Society Collection
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316182788

In this set of the first three adventures of the NYT bestselling The Mysterious Benedict Society series, join Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance as they embark on their daring missions in The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, and The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma. Filled with page-turning action and mind-bending brain teasers, these wildly inventive journeys are sure to delight.