TINYBOY AND OTHER STORIES - An Adventure in a Garden

TINYBOY AND OTHER STORIES - An Adventure in a Garden
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 234 In this 234th ÿissue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of Tinyboy who lives in a garden full of beautiful flowers. Tinyboy lives in a big red poppy, and it was a very pretty house. In the day-time the bees and butterflies came to see him; at night, when the poppy shut its petals, he crept down into the seed-box and slept in his warm blankets. One day Tinyboy sat on his doorstep, kicking his heels complaining about how lonely he is because everyone is so busy doing other things, like pollinating flowers. But the Big Red Butterfly feels sorry for him and offers him a ride. So Tinyboy jumps on and off they go on an adventure. What was the adventure you ask? Well you?ll just have to download and read the story to find out the names of the new friends Tinyboy makes on his adventure around the garden and exactly what the Big Red Butterfly and Tinyboy got up to. Also, read about the Scarlet Poppy and California Poppy, cousins to the Big Red Poppy which Tinyboy lives in. 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories

The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2002-08-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780521294300

These thirteen short stories were written between 1924 and 1928. Eleven were collected in The Woman Who Rode Away (1928), though 'The Man Who Loved Islands' appeared in the American edition only and the other two in The Lovely Lady (1933). An unpublished fragment 'A Pure Witch' is also included.

The Adventures of Tom Thumb

The Adventures of Tom Thumb
Author: Marianna Mayer
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-08-01
Genre: Body size
ISBN: 9781587170652

A tiny boy has adventures in a cow's mouth, a fish's belly, and the stomach of a giant.

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2001-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593115007

"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

Stitch Head

Stitch Head
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2015
Genre: Best friends
ISBN: 1623703840

Stitch Head, the Mad Professor's first creation, has long hidden in the shadows of Castle Grotteskew--but now that the newest monster, the Creature, has decided that they are best friends, and the evil Freakfinder wants to kidnap the monsters for his freak show, Stitch Head finds himself cast in the role of hero.

If You Take A Pencil

If You Take A Pencil
Author: Fulvio Testa
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448188784

"If you take a pencil, you can draw two cats." But then what do the cats do? Full of exciting adventure and imagination, this surreal, charming counting book will take you on a journey that anyone can go on, if they take a pencil...

Big Or Little?

Big Or Little?
Author: Fonda Bell Miller
Publisher: Bebop Books
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2002
Genre: Picture books for children
ISBN: 9781584308577

A little girl compares objects around her of different sizes.

Confetti Kids #9: The Protest (Dive Into Reading, Emergent)

Confetti Kids #9: The Protest (Dive Into Reading, Emergent)
Author: Samantha Thornhill
Publisher: Confetti Kids
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781643792095

In this new book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Lily and her friends organize a protest in order to save their neighborhood public garden from being demolished. Five friends from diverse backgrounds learn how to navigate common childhood challenges, new experiences, and the world around them in the realistic and kid-friendly Confetti Kids early chapter books. In this story, Lily learns that the community garden is going to be torn down and made into a parking lot. Lily and her friends are upset by the news. They decide to form a protest and call on friends, neighbors, and reporters to participate and save their beloved garden. On the morning of the protest, Lily is unsure if their efforts will work. After all, she and her friends are just kids, and no one is going to listen to them. . . . Or can they prove that kids can make a difference too?