Bandon Public Library

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. Illustrated with antique pictures by some well-known children's book illustrators. Includes a short biography of Robert Louis Stevenson (page 121).

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep

A poetry collection about cryptozoological creatures (the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, etc.) from around the world, written so as to allow the design of the book to disguise the fact that the collection is poetry--

Die drei Nüsse Clemens Brentano-Clemens Brentano wurde am 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein geboren und starb am 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg. Bruder von Bettine von Arnim. 1798-1800 im Kreis der Jenaer Frühromantiker. Begegnung u. a. mit Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe und Friedrich Schlegel. Freundschaft mit Achim von Arnim. 1803 Heirat mit Sophie Mereau. Ab 1804 in Heidelberg. Mitarbeit an Achim von Arnims Zeitung für Einsiedler....

Bob Marley's music has inspired millions of listeners around the world with messages of peace, love, and truth. This third picture book adaptation of one of his beloved songs has a timely message for children: To counter injustice, lift others up with kindness and courage. As a young girl goes on with her day in school, she comes across several instances of teasing and intimidation. But with loving action and some help from her friends, she's able...

When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna -- and that stubborn cow, Zora.

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep. Al atardecer, cuando se realiza el trabajo del día, un camión grúa, una hormigonera y otros equipos de construcción se dirigen a sus lugares de descanso y se van a dormir.

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape

Every day, Afiya wakes to a brand new day and a clean white dress, ready for her adventures to begin... Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry. WINNER...

Este hermoso y poético relato de un niño que viaja en una caravana desde El Salvador hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, ofrece una necesaria y elocuente visión que contrarresta las mentiras que se escuchan acerca de los inmigrantes centroamericanos cuya única opción es abandonar sus amadas tierras natales.

Esta novela en verso es un poderoso relato en primera persona. Cuenta la historia de Misael Martínez, un

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