"Your fortune lies to the west. Keep your face to the sunset . . . and one day you'll ride the greatest wheel in all the world." When Aunt Honora reads this fortune in his tea leaves, Conn Kilroy knows he is destined for greater things than his small Irish village can offer. A letter from his uncle [...]
Carol Lawson, former executive editor of the American Birding Association Field Notes and Birding magazines, is series editor of the "Chrysalis Reader." Robert Lawson, a poet, former editor for Simon and Schuster, and co-author for Macmillan Computer Publishing, is a freelance editor. As editors of [...]
Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos Funny, interesting and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. Once you've met Amos and read his account, you'll never think of Ben Fran[...]
Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.[...]
Awarded the John Newbery Medal as "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" in the year of its publication. "A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor o[...]
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when our pacifist hero is pi[...]
A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers is entered in a bullfight.
Introduction to Politics reflects the realities of modern global politics by bringing together the theory, comparative politics and international relations content that students need, and contextualising this material with a wide range of international examples.[...]
Mr. Popper's Penguins is one of the handful of American books for children that has attained the status of a classic. First published in 1938, this story of a housepainter who is sent a male penguin by the great Admiral Drake, and who, thanks to the arrival of a female penguin, soon has twelve pengu[...]
Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree. Leaf's simple storytelling paired with Lawson's pen-and-ink drawings make "The Story [...]
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when our pacifist hero is pi[...]
This book uses three independent lines of research to trace the origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause.[...]