![]() Bear is big and hogs the images, just as he does the water, food and flowerbed, but this is no 'playground bully' story, it's just Bear being a bear, although the story could well encourage children to talk about when they have felt pushed out from something they've been enjoying. The illustrations, especially the entirely happy Bear in the flowerbed and the anxious faces peering out from the window, are wonderfully expressive. Bear eats Squirrel's corn cob and Bird's seeds, drinks Dog's paddling water and takes a nap in the flowerbed. It was a perfect day - and then bear appears and the emphasis shifts to it WAS a perfect day. Cat is sleeping in the flowerbed, enjoying the sun Dog is enjoying the cool water in the wading pool Bird is enjoying some birdseed and Squirrel a corn cob. ![]() What a simple but entirely clever story from Lane Smith, about a perfect summer day. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Through strong characters and thoughtful plotting, Hirsch shows that memory helps define who we are but isn’t the sole component of what makes us human. ![]() A civil war rages between the Glorious Path-a militant religion based on the teachings of a former US soldier-and what's left of the US government. These memories, coupled with the stresses of the National Guard leaving to make way for management of the town by a private corporation, cause Card to make a series of rash decisions with potentially disastrous effects. Overview USA TODAY bestselling author Jeff Hirsch once again creates a futuristic world with stunning, dramatic realism. As Card carefully navigates this new world, watching those around him reinvent themselves, he feels increasingly trapped by memories of what happened to his family when the virus hit. He and bully-turned-best-friend Greer take care of a group of orphans high up in a mountain camp, away from potential predators in the town below. Cardinal Cassidy, 17, is one of the few who miraculously manage to evade the virus. When a flu-like virus hits Black River Falls, causing those infected to lose their memories, families are separated and children must fend for themselves. ![]() In this fast-paced novel, Hirsch ( The Darkest Path) has created a terrifying reality that explores identity, memory, morality, and what it means to be a family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion.Įndlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but also one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan.ĭirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world's largest Far East trading company. ![]() Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shogun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom.Īs internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed. After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen - Nippon. ![]() |