Kevin Discovers Autumn

Kevin Discovers Autumn
Author: Liesbet Slegers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-07
Genre: Autumn
ISBN: 9781605370644

A young boy named Kevin enjoys the crisp weather of autumn. After putting on his jacket and boots and venturing outside, he notices the changing colors of the falling leaves and helps his father to rake.

Kevin Discovers Spring

Kevin Discovers Spring
Author: Liesbet Slegers
Publisher: Clavis Pub
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781605370293

Kevin has fun doing his favorite springtime activities.

In the Middle of Fall

In the Middle of Fall
Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780876177518

Children and animals alike enjoy the wonders of fall. Caldecott Medalist and NY Times bestseller Kevin Henkes uses striking imagery to convey basic concepts of language and the season, while Dronzek's paintings illuminate the changing world. Five starred reviews!

Autumn Dreams

Autumn Dreams
Author: Gayle Roper
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590521277

The third book in the Seaside Seasons series, Cass's mother, father, and nephew all need her—but have Cass's dreams gotten lost in the crunch? The proud proprietor of her own bed-and-breakfast in sleepy Seaside, New Jersey, Cass Merton is intrigued by Dan Harmon, who arrives at SeaSong for an extended stay. After witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City, the godly finance specialist is rethinking his life, career, and relationships—or lack of them. Meanwhile, Cass is questioning her consent to care for her easygoing nephew and feisty teenage niece for a whole year while their parents work in the Middle East. Add in Cass’s four brothers, who don’t take Dad’s compulsive contest entries and Mom’s increasing dementia one bit seriously, and her emotions swirl like the quickly rising hurricane that’s fast approaching Seaside. But everyday cares aren’t Cass’s only problems. And when a troubled, young employee unknowingly endangers her, and Cass is taken hostage by a gunman, Dan will have to look urgently to the Lord for help.

Beatlebone

Beatlebone
Author: Kevin Barry
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385540302

A searing, surreal novel that blends fantasy and reality—and Beatles fandom—from one of literature’s most striking contemporary voices, author of the international sensation City of Bohane It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought eleven years prior. Leaving behind domesticity, his approaching forties, his inability to create, and his memories of his parents, he sets off to calm his unquiet soul in the comfortable silence of isolation. But when he puts himself in the hands of a shape-shifting driver full of Irish charm and dark whimsy, what ensues can only be termed a magical mystery tour. Beatlebone is a tour de force of language and literary imagination that marries the most improbable elements to the most striking effect. It is a book that only Kevin Barry would attempt, let alone succeed in pulling off—a Hibernian high wire act of courage, nerve, and great beauty.

Becoming Mr. October

Becoming Mr. October
Author: Reggie Jackson
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2014-09-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307476804

A soul-baring, brutally candid, and highly colorful memoir of the two years--1977 and 1978--when Reggie Jackson went from being an outcast to a Yankee legend. In the spring of 1977 Reggie Jackson should have been on top of the world. The best player on the Oakland A's dynasty teams, he was the first big-money free agent wooed by George Steinbrenner into coming to the New York Yankees. But, as Reggie writes in this vivid and surprising memoir, until his initial experience with the Yankees, "I didn't know what alone meant." Persevering against an alcoholic manager, ostracism from teammates, and negative stereotypes in the New York City press, Jackson fought against the odds to become "Mr. October." Filled with revealing anecdotes about the notorious "Bronx Zoo" Yankees of the late 1970s, bluntly honest portrayals of his teammates and competitors, and especially of manager Billy Martin, Becoming Mr. October is a revelatory self-portrait of a baseball icon at the height of his public fame and private anguish.

Jelly Roll

Jelly Roll
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2005-02-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0375709894

In this jaunty and intimate collection, Kevin Young invents a language as shimmying and comic, as low-down and high-hearted, as the music from which he draws inspiration. With titles such as “Stride Piano,” “Gutbucket,” and “Can-Can,” these poems have the sharp completeness of vocalized songs and follow a classic blues trajectory: praising and professing undying devotion (“To watch you walk / cross the room in your black / corduroys is to see / civilization start”), only to end up lamenting the loss of love (“No use driving / like rain, past / where you at”). As Young conquers the sorrow left on his doorstep, the poems broaden to embrace not just the wisdom that comes with heartbreak but the bittersweet wonder of triumphing over adversity at all. Sexy and tart, playfully blending an African American idiom with traditional lyric diction, Young’s voice is pure American: joyous in its individualism and singing of the self at its strongest.

My Autumn Book

My Autumn Book
Author: Wong Herbert Yee
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627797785

Crisp air and gray skies beckon a little girl to thoroughly investigate the outside world: chipmunks, squirrels, insects, and fallen leaves all hint that a change of season is coming. Young readers can explore the signs of autumn along with the adventurous child narrator in this charming conclusion to Wong Herbert Yee's series on the seasons (Tracks in the Snow, Who Likes Rain? and Summer Days and Nights).

Fall Leaves

Fall Leaves
Author: Liesbet Slegers
Publisher: Clavis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Autumn
ISBN: 9781605371221

Filled with the recognizable images of a brisk fall day, this charming board book takes toddlers on an autumn adventure. Whether observing squirrels gathering nuts, dodging falling leaves, or splashing in puddles, children will delight in the vivid images while they learn about the world around them. Bright illustrations and simple yet engaging text help young readers develop vocabulary and improve language skills. "Slegers's characteristically vivid and whimsical illustrations bring charm to these board books. . . . These books offer just the right balance of comfort and excitement for the youngest readers." --School Library Journal

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods
Author: Kevin Estela
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1624147437

The Foundation of All Survival Skills is “Feeder” Mind-Set “Feeder” mind-set means being in control of a situation, proactive rather than reactive. It is an optimistic outlook that reframes any situation as a learning experience. Kevin Estela teaches survival skills from this feeder-based perspective, which is what separates his teaching style from other wilderness instructors. Kevin has written the quintessential guide for an outdoor enthusiast’s “bucket list” of skills—how to make a fire, build a shelter, gather food, find water, use a knife correctly and make cordage. These skills will keep you safe and better prepare you to deal with emergencies in the field, when you’ll need the additional skills of signaling and communication, navigation and crisis first aid taught in this book. Each chapter concludes with more advanced techniques to build your skills in various challenging situations, with tips that even seasoned survival enthusiasts haven’t thought of. 101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods is not a onetime read but a lifetime reference you will turn to over and over again. It will become the first thing you pack for any adventure and just might save your— or someone else’s—life. kevin estela, a bushcraft and survival expert, is an avid world traveler and martial arts instructor.