Squashing Grasshoppers

Squashing Grasshoppers
Author: D. Bernard Wright
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1600343201

The book motivates people from all walks of life to pursue and achieve excellence. Leave the mundane existence of mediocrity, and brave the unsteady waves of a life worth living

Scumble

Scumble
Author: Ingrid Law
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2010-08-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 110144245X

Read the New York Times bestseller and companion to Newbery Honor winner Savvy! It's nine years after Savvy, and Mibs' cousin Ledge is on the verge of turning thirteen. More than anything, he wants the power to run like the wind. But when his birthday comes, he discovers that his savvy is actually making things fall apart. It starts out with small things, but then it gets worse. To top it all off, someone outside the family has witnessed his destruction. Now, in addition to trying to figure out how to control - or scumble - his savvy, he's got to worry about how to protect the family secrets. Over the course of one amazing summer, Ledge learns a lot about himself and his family, makes a new - and very unlikely - friend, and learns to appreciate his newfound skills. "Readers will delight in the tall-tale tropes and Ledge's authentic physical, emotional, and artistic challenges." - Booklist, starred review "The title stands alone in its fast-paced plot with twists and turns galore, and readers familiar with Savvy will eat it up and wish for more." - School Library Journal

Portraits of a Family

Portraits of a Family
Author: Eleanor Alice Warriner Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1988
Genre:
ISBN:

Honor Hull (1810-1888), a daughter of John Hull, was born near Canton, Stark County, Ohio. A lineage of his ancestry is included, although the authors state this lineage "... is given without definite proof that this John Hull (no. 3023) is our John Hull, father of our Honor." (p. 1). Honor married James F. Baker (1806-1850) in 1828 in Wayne County, Ohio, and they had nine children, all born in New Pittsburg, Wayne County, Ohio. Honor married Daniel Kiplinger (1816- 1862) in 1853 in Ashland County, Ohio, and they had one daughter. He died serving with the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Descendants and relatives lived in Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, Texas, Washington, California and elsewhere.

Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust
Author: Clancy Carlile
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Beginning with the Oklahoma land rush of 1889, this western traces the lives of an intriguing cast of characters, some of whom are historical.

Knee-high to a Grasshopper

Knee-high to a Grasshopper
Author: Anne Parrish
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1923
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

An original fairy tale with a nature background, relating the adventures of a man who begins to "ungrow" until he is small enough to live with the birds and insects.