Ollie Outside

Ollie Outside
Author: Michael Oberschneider
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2017-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1631981080

Ollie has a big imagination and big plans for summer. But no one in his family wants to go outside and play. Dad is sending emails, Mom is watching TV, Ollie’s siblings are playing video games and texting—even Gram and Gramps are too busy downloading photos. Too much screen time! How can Ollie get his family to shut off their gadgets and play together? In our technology-focused world, more kids than ever turn to screens for information and entertainment—just like their parents. By the time children are eight, they spend seven or more hours a day with screens and electronics. Ollie Outside invites kids and parents to read together, get outdoors, and focus on family fun. Tips at the end of the book reinforce this message.

Ollie Outside: Screen-Free Fun Read-along ebook

Ollie Outside: Screen-Free Fun Read-along ebook
Author: Michael Oberschneider
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2024-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1631989839

Ollie has a big imagination and big plans for summer. But no one in his family wants to go outside and play. Dad is sending emails, Mom is watching TV, Ollie's siblings are playing video games and texting—even Gram and Gramps are too busy downloading photos. Too much screen time! How can Ollie get his family to shut off their gadgets and play together? In our technology-focused world, more kids than ever turn to screens for information and entertainment—just like their parents. By the time children are eight, they spend seven or more hours a day with screens and electronics. Ollie Outside invites kids and parents to read together, get outdoors, and focus on family fun. Tips at the end of the book reinforce this message.

A Secret History of the Ollie

A Secret History of the Ollie
Author: Craig B. Snyder
Publisher: Pioneers of Skateboarding
Total Pages: 912
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Popular culture
ISBN: 9781930287006

Every culture has a creation myth, and skateboarding is no different. The Ollie forged a new identity for skateboarding after its invention in the 1970s, and it lies at the root of nearly every significant move in street skating today. This groundbreaking no-handed aerial has also affected the evolution of surfing and snowboarding, and has left a permanent impression upon popular culture and language. This, then, is the story of the Ollie, the history and technology that set the stage for its creation, the pioneers who made it happen, and the skaters who used it to start a revolution.

Brave Ollie Possum

Brave Ollie Possum
Author: Ethan Nicolle
Publisher: Canonball Books
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781947644489

Ollie Mackerelli's night terrors come true when he is transformed into a possum by monstrous Mizz Fuzzlebuzzle, who will eat him if Ollie and his animal friends cannot stop her.

Ollie Come Free

Ollie Come Free
Author: Timothy Patrick
Publisher: Country Scribbler Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2021-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0989354466

"...A rewarding page-turner..." --Foreword Clarion Reviews "...A truly original cast of characters..." --Blue Ink Reviews "...Sensitive...Engaging...Grounded exploration of recovery, resentment, and redemption..." --BookLife Reviews Ollie Buckmeyer is funny, popular, and lives an idyllic life with his family on one of the last cattle ranches in Southern California. But when he suffers a devastating brain injury, his wonderful world is shattered. Even though he still looks like the same old Ollie, his family mourns as if he had died, his friends don’t know him, and the girl he loves is gone. Everything that matters is taken from him…but something is also given: Ollie has an amazing new talent that might be powerful enough to rebuild his life. Ollie Come Free is a sweeping family saga that explores love, betrayal, and the resilience of the human spirit. Plots and subplots abound—including a buried treasure that has confounded fortune hunters for 120 years—and are brought to life by a full cast of complex and fascinating characters. As Foreword Clarion says in their five star review, “Ollie Come Free is a meticulous novel about a family forever changed by one unexpected day."

Dead Dad Jokes

Dead Dad Jokes
Author: Ollie Schminkey
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1638340226

2022 Midwest Book Awards- Debut Poetry Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Da Vinci Eye Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Grand Prize Short List 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry Honorable Mention 2019 Button Poetry Video Contest Winner Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schminkey's debut. Every page is raw, honest and unforgettable. Dead Dad Jokes brings the impact of addiction into crisp focus while also shattering our simplistic TV preconceptions about it. Ollie never lets the reader slip into the easy sadness of cliche - instead they guide us through the realities and contradictions of losing someone you love and of death - reminding us that they need not be one and the same.

Ollie

Ollie
Author: Olivier Dunrea
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2003-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547416415

Friends Gossie and Gertie are waiting and waiting for Ollie to hatch. They try poking, listening, even sitting on top of his egg—but Ollie just won’t come out. Ollie is Ollie and he will decide when it’s time to hatch. Fans of Gossie and Gossie and Gertie will find Ollie just as charming and delightful as the first two books. Any toddler that has had to wait for a new brother or sister will find Ollie irresistible.

Ollie on the Out

Ollie on the Out
Author: Gianni Holmes
Publisher: Till There Was You
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781798598948

"Roses are red, violets are blue, I hate being touched but not by you."Drew Wescott doesn't count himself as anybody exceptional. He's just trying to do the right thing after quitting his job as a police officer because of guilt. But doing the right thing proves to be more difficult for Drew when it comes to his best friend's son-a broken soul that could not be touched by anyone. Ollie Mattis lives a painful life avoiding the touch from others, even those closest to him. After being the victim of a vicious hate crime which stripped him of his innocence and robbed him of his ability to trust, Ollie is drawn to the ex-cop in ways he's too terrified to explore. Until one night, lost in the darkness of his mind, Ollie allows Drew to soothe him. Drew is convinced nothing can exist between them. Ollie is positive Drew is the one man who can help him overcome his crippling fear of being touched. Will Drew agree to teach Ollie the pleasure of touch where he once knew pain or will his loyalty to Ollie's dad come between them and destroy the tentative trust they have worked to build?

Stan Without Ollie

Stan Without Ollie
Author: Ted Okuda
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786489871

Long before his momentous teaming with Oliver Hardy, comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was a motion picture star in his own right. From his film debut in Nuts in May (1917) through his final solo starring effort Should Tall Men Marry? (1928), Laurel headlined dozens of short comedies for a variety of producers and production companies, often playing characters far removed from the meek, dimwitted "Stanley" persona that we know and love. This is a film-by-film look at the pictures Stan made as a solo artist, as well as those he wrote and directed for other stars, shows his development as a movie comedian and filmmaker. Comedy legend Jerry Lewis, a longtime friend and admirer of Stan Laurel, provides an affectionate and eloquent foreword. Included are several rare photographs and production stills.