Watch as a tiny seed grows through the seasons into a fine pear tree in this beautifully presented first book from Jenny Bowers. This format showcases vibrant artwork with more than twenty-five flaps that you lift to discover creatures hidden in every scene. The charming text mak...
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An aspiring writer returns home after university and finds his ambition at odds with the deferred dreams of his gambling addict father. As his own fantasies mingle with reality, he grapples with the people and the place that have made him who he is.
Nessa Vivian is determined to keep her parents' business, Pear Tree Farm, afloat - but it didn't do well as a farm, and it's not faring much better as a campsite. Perhaps her sister Lowena is right - caravans named after Beatles songs and homegrown pears aren't enough to turn the...
Beginning December 1st, a little bear follows the star of Bethlehem for 24 days, taking him on a long journey filled with acts of heroism, kindness, and miracles until he finds the Christ child and discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Cora Felton is shanghaied into participating in a "Twelve days of Christmas" pageant. When someone steals the partridge in a pear tree, replacing it with an acrostic that promises the death of an actress, she and her niece, Sherry Carter, try to catch the killer.
The film opens in a dark and drab contemporary setting but comes alive with light and color when Mahmoud remembers his childhood from the late 1940s, a time of respite for Iran before the political crises of the 1950s.
The fairy tales and folklore of China -- like stories told throughout the ages everywhere -- bring the fantastic world of ghosts and demons into our everyday lives. So it is not surprising that food makes an appearance here -- each story is followed by a simple recipe by Judi Cha...
Retellings of supernatural tales from Pu Sung-Ling's Liao-chai chih-i (Strange tales from a studio of leisure), a collection of folk and fairy tales which were often performed by Chinese storytellers in teahouses.
The Callery pear tree standing at the base of the World Trade Center is almost destroyed on September 11, but it is pulled from the rubble, coaxed back to life, and replanted as part of the 9/11 memorial.
"The Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit cultivars. The chosen trees have all had a profound effect on the planet and humankind. Starting with the Ginkgo biloba, fossils of which date b...
Jesse has a problem when he does not keep his promise to Grandma, and help from the rest of the family only makes things worse.
Presents a series of interlinking stories that capture the lives and fortunes of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over the course of two centuries.
Suggestions for simple projects, games, and crafts, using common household materials, for holidays throughout the year.
"On the first day of Christmas, one frog gave to Bea a package from a pear tree." Celebrate the twelve days of Christmas with these fun and delightful Little Festive Frogs. Based on the traditional verse, The Twelve Days of Christmas, this charming version will have everybody sin...
From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides -- and even in our own neighborhoods -- the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles in the spring and nutriti...