Newbery Award-winning author Jack Gantos shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book.
With the signature wit and humor that have garnered him legions of fans, Gantos instructs young writers on using their "writing radar" to find story ideas in their own lives. Incorporating his own misadventures as a developing writer, Gantos inspires listeners to build confidence and establish good writing habits as they create and revise their stories. Pop-out text boxes highlight key tips, alongside Gantos's own illustrations, sample stories, and snippets from his childhood journals. More than just a how-to guide, Writing Radar is a celebration of the power of storytelling and an ode to the characters who-many unwittingly-inspired Gantos's own writing career.
In 1939, the Germans invaded the town of Lodz, Poland, and moved the Jewish population into a small part of the city called a ghetto. As the war progressed, 270,000 people were forced to settle in the ghetto under impossible conditions. At the end of the war, there were about 800 survivors. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. This is the story of one of the twelve. "A stunning, poetic recreation of a life lived within the horror that was the Holocaust." - Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic and Briar Rose "In vivid free verse, Jennifer Roy tells a story of hope and courage as gripping as Schindler's List." - Eric A. Kimmel, author of Gershon's Monster, a Sydney Taylor Book Award winner "' "Beautifully told and unforgettable, Yellow Star reminds us that hope and innocence can shine through the darkest tragedy."-'- David Lubar, author of Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie and Dunk
From NYT bestselling author Kelly Yang comes a picture book, adapted for audio, about Asian American changemakers doing everything they dreamed of and inspiring all of us to reach for new heights!
From creating beautiful music like Yo-Yo Ma to flying to outer space like Franklin Chang-Díaz; from standing up to injustice like Fred Korematsu to becoming the first Asian American, Black and female vice president of the United States like Kamala Harris, this book illuminates the power of Asian Americans all over the country, in all sorts of fields.
Alongside the poetic main text, Yes We Will includes one-line biographies of the person or historical moment featured in the story, with extended biographies at the end. Listeners of different ages and needs can use the audiobook in different ways, from classroom discussions to bedtime listening and more.
Yes We Will answers the question, can we accomplish whatever we dream? With love, courage, determination, and lots of imagination, we can-and we will!
Featured changemakers:
Franklin Chang-Díaz
Lia Cirio
Tammy Duckworth
Jenny Han
Kamala Harris
H.E.R.
Fred Korematsu
Padma Lakshmi
Sunisa Lee
Jeremy Li
Yo-Yo Ma
Amanda Nguyen
Sandra Oh
I. M. Pei
Mamie Tape
Peter Tsai
Philip Vera Cruz
Vera Wang
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.
A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family. A meticulously researched primer on sex education stirs up accusations of pornography and child abuse. Picture books about two mommies (or two penguin daddies) set off a hue and cry. Two hugely popular children’s series run afoul of would-be censors, one for its scatological humor, the other because it’s deemed too scary. Kids’ books that touch on race, sex, LGBTQ matters, the occult, “coarse language,” and more have found themselves under the scrutiny of those who challenge First Amendment rights.
Tune in as thirteen top children’s and young adult authors speak out about what it’s like to have your work banned or challenged in America today. Prompted by Leonard S. Marcus’s insightful questions, they discuss why their books have faced censorship—both blatant and “soft”—how the challenges have or haven’t affected their writing, and why some people feel they have the right to deny access to books. In addition, Leonard S. Marcus puts First Amendment challenges in a historical context and takes a promising look at the vibrant support network that has risen up to protect and defend young people’s rights.
Authors interviewed include:
Matt de la Peña
Robie H. Harris
Susan Kuklin
David Levithan
Meg Medina
Lesléa Newman
Katherine Patterson
Dav Pilkey
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Sonya Sones
R. L. Stine
Angie Thomas.
Before she became the legendary Joan of Arc, the child Joan lived the simple life of a farm girl in the village of Domrémy in France. Joan saw the work of God all around her, in the tall gnarled grandfather tree, in the small gentle sheep on the family farm, and in the faces of her dear friends and neighbors. Then one day Joan had a dream. She dreamed that three saints came to her and gave her a glorious yet terrible mission: to reunite her war-torn country and restore its rightful king to the throne.
Dutifully, Joan takes up the seemingly impossible task. But how, she wonders, can a simple farm girl accomplish such deeds?
". . .wise and profoundly moving. . .captivating and timeless."-Los Angeles Times Book Review
Fans of How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous and Kid Presidents can draft their own presidential fantasy team, based on these hilarious-but-true profiles of our past leaders.
What if a zombie apocalypse or a robot uprising threatened the nation and you had the power to recruit some of the nation's finest presidents to help save the day?
By studying the most successful squads in history, Daniel O'Brien has identified the perfect ingredients for a victorious team.
Which president would you choose for: the Brain, the Brawn, the Moral Compass, the Loose Cannon, and the Roosevelt?
Choose wisely-the fate of the world is in your hands!
Zac Efron is a talented actor and singer. This book introduces his childhood, family, educational background, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will learn how Zac’s early talent for singing and dancing led him to star in Disney Channel’s Emmy award-winning High School Musical. Covered in detail are Zac’s roles in High School Musical and Hairspray. Also included are Zac’s upcoming movies, as well as his hobbies and interests. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw in reluctant readers. Buddy Books is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
When a young man's body is found by the railroad tracks, the murder and its mysterious circumstances threaten the peace and security of a small Florida town. Zora believes she knows who killed Ivory, and she isn't afraid to tell anyone who'll listen. Whether Zora is telling the truth or stretching it, she's a riveting storyteller. Her latest tale is especially mesmerizing because it is so chillingly believable: a murderous shape-shifting gator-man - half man, half gator - prowls the marshes nearby, aching to satisfy his hunger for souls and beautiful voices. And Ivory's voice? When Ivory sang, his voice was as warm as honey and twice as sweet. Zora enlists her best friends, Carrie and Teddy, to help prove her theory. In their search for the truth, they stumble unwittingly into an ugly web of envy and lies, deceit and betrayal. Just as unexpectedly, the three friends become the key that unlocks the mystery and the unlikely saviors of Eatonville itself. Best friend Carrie narrates this coming-of-age story set in the hometown of American author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960). Drawing on Hurston's stories, novels, and life, debut novelists Victoria Bond and T. "ŠR. "ŠSimon create an utterly convincing echo of a literary giant in this, the only project ever to be endorsed by the Zora Neale Hurston Trust that was not written by Hurston herself.
In the finale to the acclaimed trilogy, upheaval in Zora Neale Hurston’s family and hometown persuade her to leave childhood behind and find her destiny beyond Eatonville.
For Carrie and her best friend, Zora, Eatonville—America’s first incorporated Black township—has been an idyllic place to live out their childhoods. But when a lynch mob crosses the town’s border to pursue a fugitive and a grave robbery resuscitates the ugly sins of the past, the safe ground beneath them seems to shift. Not only has Zora’s own father—the showboating preacher John Hurston—decided to run against the town’s trusted mayor, but there are other unsettling things afoot, including a heartbreaking family loss, a friend’s sudden illness, and the suggestion of voodoo and zombie-ism in the air, which a curious and grieving Zora becomes all too willing to entertain.
In this fictionalized tale, award-winning author Victoria Bond explores the end of childhood and the bittersweet goodbye to Eatonville by preeminent author Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960). In so doing, she brings to a satisfying conclusion the story begun in the award-winning Zora and Me and its sequel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground, sparking inquisitive readers to explore Hurston’s own seminal work.
Jeune fille, Aliénor était le parti le plus recherché de toute la Chrétienté… et pas seulement à cause de sa beauté. Fille aînée du duc Guillaume X d'Aquitaine, elle avait hérité de son immense duché à l'âge de 15 ans et fut couronnée reine des Francs la même année.
Mais l'amour ne fut pas au rendez-vous pour cette magnifique duchesse, malgré deux mariages et dix enfants. Pourtant les troubadours chantèrent ses louanges, composèrent pour elle les premières chansons d'amour courtois, et c'est en son honneur que furent déclamées pour la première fois les légendes du roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la table ronde. Aliénor façonna deux empires naissants et fit de l'Aquitaine l'alliée de l'Angleterre la plus fiable sur le continent.
Aliénor d'Aquitaine fut une légende à son époque, elle l'est encore à la nôtre. Voici son histoire.
L'édition Étudiant et Enseignant contient des questions d'étude pour chaque chapitre.
Weltbestseller! Über eine Million verkaufte Exemplare!
Die Geschichte und Geheimnisse eines der erfolgreichsten Anleger aller Zeiten!
Den Namen Warren Buffett haben wahrscheinlich insbesondere Finanzinteressierte schon einmal gehört, denn er wird von vielen Anlegern auf der ganzen Welt bewundert. Er gehört zu den weltweit reichsten Menschen. Sein Vermögen wird auf mehr als 80 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt.
Aber wie hat er seine Karriere angefangen? Welche Regel hat er bei wichtigsten Aktienkäufen befolgt? Und was kann ein normaler Anleger vom erfolgreichsten Anleger aller Zeiten schon lernen? Eine ganze Menge, meint Robert G. Hagstrom.
In der komplett überarbeiteten, dritten Auflage seines Bestsellers stellt Robert G. Hagstrom Warren Buffetts Investment-Methode vor und verdeutlicht sie anhand vieler Beispiele. Alle wichtigen Käufe in der Karriere von Warren Buffett werden skizziert und analysiert. Hagstrom wirft einen Blick auf den Menschen Buffett und seinen Ansatz des Value Investing, den er weltweit populär gemacht hat. In der dritten Auflage werden außerdem die neuesten Akquisitionen und Investitionen unter die Lupe genommen. Neu ist ebenfalls der Themenkomplex Behavioral Finance: Wie kann ich als Investor all jene psychologischen Fallen umgehen, die einem langfristigen Anlageerfolg im Weg stehen? Auch ganz normale Investoren können so von der Erfahrung und den Erfolgen des größten Investors aller Zeiten profitieren.
In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie:
• wie Warren Buffett seine Karriere angefangen hat und wen wir als seine Mentoren bezeichnen können;
• wie und unter welchen Bedingungen er seine größten Käufe wie Washington Post Company, GEICO, Capital Cities/ABC, The Coca-Cola Company, General Dynamics, Wells Fargo & Company, American Express Company, International Business Machines, H.J. Heinz Company getätigt hat und dazu lernen Sie die Geschichten dieser Unternehmen kennen;
• was hinter den Begriffen Value Investing und Behavioral Finance steht und wie Warren Buffett sie bei der Aktienwahl anwendet.
Sein Verstand, seine Integrität und sein Esprit haben Millionen Anleger in aller Welt begeistert. Diese unvergleichliche Kombination macht Warren Buffett heute zum beliebtesten Vorbild im Bereich der Geldanlage und zum größten Anleger der Geschichte.
Die amerikanische Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel The Warren Buffett Way. 3d edition.
Die Rechte auf die deutsche Übersetzung von Egbert Neumüller liegen bei Börsenmedien AG, Kulmbach, Deutschland (P) 2021 ABP Verlag
Se l'obiettivo è il progresso spirituale, non c'è alternativa alla Parola di Dio. Abbiamo intrecciato la nostra prosperità divina con le conquiste fisiche, finanziarie e sentimentali. Dobbiamo seguire ciò che è fondamentale. Non è necessario sapere come pensare o come agire. Per avere successo è necessario ascoltare la piccola voce di Dio e seguire le sue istruzioni. Ciò che fa accadere le cose è l'obbedienza alla Sua Parola.Quando mi ha chiesto di scrivere questo libro, sono diventato il suo autore perché mi ha chiesto di scrivere ciò che ha fatto quando ho obbedito.La gente mi chiedeva di scrivere questo libro, ma io dicevo di no, non volevo che la gente conoscesse me, ma che conoscesse il Signore.Un pomeriggio un'amica venne da me e portò alcuni suoi amici che non avevo mai conosciuto. Non sapevo che una di loro fosse una profetessa e, quando iniziò a pregare per me, profetizzò che avrei finito il libro che avevo iniziato e che avrebbe dato gloria a Dio.In quel periodo ero molto malata. Tuttavia, i pensieri negativi mi impedivano di andare avanti e il libro mi aveva dimenticato.Quando la profetessa ha detto che il libro avrebbe dato gloria a Dio e non a me, ho cambiato completamente idea.Molte cose hanno impedito anche a voi di andare avanti a causa del bugiardo, Satana, ho imparato che la paura, il distorcere la parola di Dio e il dirci il contrario di ciò che Dio vuole per noi è la tecnica principale del diavolo.Quale sarà il risultato del vostro ascolto di Dio invece che del bugiardo? Tutto è possibile. Se posso farlo io, puoi farlo anche tu.Possa questo libro condurvi al piano superiore di Dio per ricevere tutte le benedizioni che possono venire solo da Lui.Dio è l'Autore e io sono solo l'umile contenitore, mi ha anche dato il titolo, l'ho fatto a modo suo. Tutta la gloria a Dio!L'ho fatto a modo suoAutore Elizabeth Das
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