Magnificent Sam

Magnificent Sam
Author: Laurie Cockerell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2013-03-02
Genre: Governors
ISBN: 9780984560912

A full-color children's picture book relating the life and adventures of Sam Houston. It follows Sam through his childhood, his life with the Cherokee Indians, his participation in the Texas Revolution and his political presence both in Texas and the United States.

The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998

The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998
Author: Glenn Young
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2000
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781557834263

A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

Tom's Magnificent Machines

Tom's Magnificent Machines
Author: Linda Sarah
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471122476

A magical, captivating picture book about the power of love between a son and his father Tom and his dad are good at making things. Their inventions start out simple, but they quickly become bigger, faster, crazier - and they almost always involve wheels. But then Dad loses his job, and everything changes. Sadness clouds the house like a winter sky. That is, until Tom comes up with a brilliant plan that takes their amazing vehicle inventions and creates something astounding - something the world has never seen before . . . An emotionally charged and highly imaginative book that explores themes of love and support between children and their parents but is also great fun, with incredible inventions, crazy contraptions and a wonderfully inspiring pioneering spirit at its heart.