Pearlie... I Dream

Pearlie... I Dream
Author: Yvonne Bardwell Cox
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2024-01-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

This is the fourth book of Yvonne Bardwell Cox’s book series entitled “Pearlie ... I Dream”. Each book is about a day in the life of Pearlie. Cox’s character, Pearlie shares stories of the precious memories and sometimes hardships of a small child. It is amazing to see, how a child will think and survive through life adversities. Pearlie’s story unveils a special love and support that is shown but not said all the time. The love of family will develop you to believe in yourself and who you want to become. The author wishes to motivate young children from all walks of life to read from the soft/hardback books again! Turning the pages of their imagination while dazzling their minds. By using hands-on activities designed to bring the Pearlie...I Dream stories to life, the author extends learning opportunities from the classroom to the child’s home. The Fourth book in The Pearlie ... I Dream Series, “Bullied At School” tells the story of a classmate that Pearlie is first afraid of, but later becomes one of her best friends. It is hard to see the hurt some children feel because of where they live or if they are not able to do class work as well as others. They hold all these feelings deep in their hearts. This causes them to become bitter toward other children within their surroundings. It's surprising how a smile can become the making of friendship that is needed.

Pearlie... l Dream

Pearlie... l Dream
Author: Yvonne Bardwell Cox
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2024-08-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

This is the fifth book of Yvonne Bardwell Cox’s series entitled “Pearlie ... I Dream”. Each book is about a day in the life of Pearlie. The book series tells the story of precious memories and sometimes hardships of a small child. These life experiences prepared her for future aspirations that she could only dream of. This series shares how a child thinks and survives through life experiences and adversities. The FIFTH book in “The Pearlie ... I Dream Series, “It’s Christmas” tells of family love, giving, and sharing at Christmas time. Pearlie’s dreams and hopes are so real, that she believes they all will come true. She dreams of Santa bringing gifts while everyone is asleep under warm blankets as it snows outside. Pearlie dreams of happiness, and when she awakes, the same happiness fills the air with laughter and inspires smiles of joy on the faces of her family. Pearlie gains an understanding and believes the true meaning of Christmas is Love and Peace in the home!

Pearlie ... I Dream

Pearlie ... I Dream
Author: Yvonne Bardwell Cox
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2022-01-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1665547170

This is the first book of Yvonne Bardwell Cox’s book series entitled “Pearlie ... I Dream”. Each book is about a day in the life of Pearlie. The book series tells the story of the precious memories and sometimes hardships of a small child. These life experiences prepared her for future aspirations that she could only dream of. This series shares how a child thinks and survives through life adversities. The first book in “The Pearlie ... I Dream Series, “Peace in the Home” sets the stage for all the unique moments and occasions Pearlie will experience. A special love and support that is shown but not said all the time, between a grandmother, two of her daughters, and their children living in the same household. It does not take a lot to be happy. It is the love of family that develops you to believe in yourself and who you want to become.

Listen to My Dream

Listen to My Dream
Author:
Publisher: No Greater Joy Ministries
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780981973715

Every once in a while, down through the pages of time, the life and works of one man forever changes the lives of millions of people. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was such a man. Full color illustrations by Michael and Debi Pearl. Amazon #1 Top Seller, Children's Educational, January 6 & 7, 2010.

Dreams of Joy

Dreams of Joy
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0679604898

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Astonishing . . . one of those hard-to-put-down-until-four-in-the morning books . . . a story with characters who enter a reader’s life, take up residence, and illuminate the myriad decisions and stories that make up human history.”—Los Angeles Times In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives. BONUS: This edition contains a Dreams of Joy discussion guide. Praise for Dreams of Joy “[Lisa] See is a gifted historical novelist. . . . The real love story, the one that’s artfully shown, is between mother and daughter, and aunt and daughter, as both of the women who had a part in making Joy return to China come to her rescue. . . . [In Dreams of Joy,] there are no clear heroes or villains, just people who often take wrong turns to their own detriment but for the good of the story, leading to greater strength of character and more durable relationships.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A heartwarming story of heroic love between a mother and daughter . . . No writer has better captured the voice and heart of Chinese culture.”—Bookreporter “Once again, See’s research feels impeccable, and she has created an authentic, visually arresting world.”—The Washington Post

Coveting the Dream

Coveting the Dream
Author: Jacintha P. Griffith
Publisher: Jacintha Griffith
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780985655624

The door to the Land of Opportunity slammed poignantly when a U.S. consulate in Belize denied Serena an entry visa. Fueled by a desperate desire to reunite with her boyfriend, Nick, who yearned for the American Dream, she embarks on a dangerous journey, risking her life and trusting underground smugglers to sneak her in through the back door. She lands in Brooklyn, to find Nick, where the Dream becomes a nightmare and opportunities become disappointments. This story chronicles the journey of a naive 20 year old woman from Belize, who is determined to create her own American Dream after the devastating realization that Nick has married someone else. She navigates several avenues to obtain the coveted green card, including a fraudulent attempt which leads to her arrest and detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Faced with deportation and the reality that the dream is swiftly slipping out of reach, Serena makes a desperate attempt to keep it in sight. Suddenly, her life takes on a new significance, with the help of a compassionate stranger. "Coveting the Dream..." is a fictional story on a topic that is relevant and timely as the U.S. pushes for more restrictions in the immigration laws.

The Slumbering Pearl

The Slumbering Pearl
Author: Tyler Oliver
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736089309

Deep beneath the turquoise sea there lives a Pearl. And when she sleeps, something wonderful and mysterious happens... The Slumbering Pearl dreams the Universe. But there is a problem. Although she is very tired, the Pearl refuses to sleep. Can the other creatures of the sea help her sleep so she can dream the Universe into existence?Every parent is familiar with the struggle between their child's need to sleep and their resistance to it. The Slumbering Pearl weaves a lyrical fable out of this timeless conundrum, transporting us to the captivating undersea world of the Pearl and her sea creature friends. Illustrated by award-winning Latvian artist Gita Treice, Tyler Oliver's story will comfort exhausted parents and inspire their children to embrace the beauty of sweet slumber.

Dream Country

Dream Country
Author: Shannon Gibney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0735231680

The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom. "Gut wrenching and incredible.”— Sabaa Tahir #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes "This novel is a remarkable achievement."—Kelly Barnhill, New York Times bestselling author and Newbery medalist "Beautifully epic."—Ibi Zoboi, author American Street and National Book Award finalist Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when seventeen-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. He's exhausted by being at once too black and not black enough for his African American peers and worn down by the expectations of his own Liberian family and community. When his frustration finally spills into violence and his parents send him back to Monrovia to reform school, the story shifts. Like Kollie, readers travel back to Liberia, but also back in time, to the early twentieth century and the point of view of Togar Somah, an eighteen-year-old indigenous Liberian on the run from government militias that would force him to work the plantations of the Congo people, descendants of the African American slaves who colonized Liberia almost a century earlier. When Togar's section draws to a shocking close, the novel jumps again, back to America in 1827, to the children of Yasmine Wright, who leave a Virginia plantation with their mother for Liberia, where they're promised freedom and a chance at self-determination by the American Colonization Society. The Wrights begin their section by fleeing the whip and by its close, they are then the ones who wield it. With each new section, the novel uncovers fresh hope and resonating heartbreak, all based on historical fact. In Dream Country, Shannon Gibney spins a riveting tale of the nightmarish spiral of death and exile connecting America and Africa, and of how one determined young dreamer tries to break free and gain control of her destiny.

Shanghai Girls

Shanghai Girls
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2010-03-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408811804

Shanghai, 1937. Pearl and May are two sisters from a bourgeois family. Though their personalities are very different - Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true Sheep, adorable and placid - they are inseparable best friends. Both are beautiful, modern and living a carefree life ... until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away the family's wealth, and that in order to repay his debts he must sell the girls as wives to two 'Gold Mountain' men: Americans. As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, the two sisters set out on the journey of a lifetime, one that will take them through the villages of southern China, in and out of the clutches of brutal soldiers, and even across the ocean, through the humiliation of an anti-Chinese detention centre to a new, married life in Los Angeles's Chinatown. Here they begin a fresh chapter, despite the racial discrimination and anti-Communist paranoia, because now they have something to strive for: a young, American-born daughter, Joy. Along the way there are terrible sacrifices, impossible choices and one devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel by Lisa See hold fast to who they are - Shanghai girls.

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Author: Alda P. Dobbs
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1728234662

2022 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection NPR Best Book of 2021 Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."—Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."—Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, little sister Amelia, and baby brother Luisito—until they can be reunited. They flee north through the unforgiving desert as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night when Petra closes her eyes, she holds her dreams close, especially her long-held desire to learn to read. Abuelita calls these barefoot dreams: "They're like us barefoot peasants and indios—they're not meant to go far." But Petra refuses to listen. Through battlefields and deserts, hunger and fear, Petra will stop at nothing to keep her family safe and lead them to a better life across the U.S. border—a life where her barefoot dreams could finally become reality. "Dobbs' wrenching debut, about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on, illuminates the harsh realities of war, the heartbreaking disparities between the poor and the rich, and the racism faced by Petra and her family. Readers will love Petra, who is as strong as the black-coal rock she carries with her and as beautiful as the diamond hidden within it."—Booklist, starred review