![]() Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn-he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear for her. ![]() ![]() Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. About the Book A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.īook Synopsis Corduroy was first introduced to readers in 1968, and in the fifty years since, his adventures have never stopped. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Homestead Acts promise the American dream: wealth, prosperity and “every man a landlord!” (36). However, it's the government's push to settle the High Plains by offering free land through the Homestead Acts (beginning in 1862) that draw the greatest number of settlers to the Great Plains. Railroad companies print brochures in German, targeting German Russians (like George Ehrlich), who are desperately fleeing the czar. Rain follows the plow? Damn right!” (24).Īuthors write books on how to get rich quickly on the prairie. Farmers are told that “the act of plowing itself would bring additional rain, causing atmospheric disturbances. agricultural office) assures prosperous farming and recommends farmers to use dust to moisturize the soil. Campbell’s Soil Culture Manual (stamped and approved by the U.S. ![]() One real estate company in Boise City, Oklahoma sells fraudulent lots by distributing fliers with false pictures of trees and a gushing water fountain in the center of town. In the first section of The Worst Hard Time (“Promise: The Great Plow-up, 1901-1930”), Egan describes how real estate agents, railroads, writers, and the United States government entice settlers to inhabit the Dust Bowl region. ![]() ![]() ![]() The short text and lively cover art will attract young readers, who will howl at the atrocious puns-and repeat them at the earliest opportunity. Logan uses the dictionary and experiments with Scrabble(tm) tiles as he races against the clock to find the required answers. There is an emphasis on problem-solving and self-reliance as well. The language concepts are deftly explained and the clever, wordplay-filled dialogue provides numerous examples. This lighthearted fantasy would be an excellent classroom read-aloud. Logan has three days to collect seven oxymorons, seven anagrams, and seven palindromes-or the 'pun'-ishment will continue forever. According to the professor, there is only one way to break the spell. His family and friends think he's just smarting off, but Logan quickly realizes that he is under a curse. But what did the strange old man mean when he said that Logan should be 'punished?' Suddenly, the boy starts speaking in puns-really awful puns-and he can't stop. "Logan knows he shouldn't have been playing tag in the library reference stacks and he's sorry that he crashed into Professor Wordsworth. ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Eurekas life is taking on dark undercurrents that dont make. “Mystery, romance and fantasy combine for an enchanting world. Teardrop: (Teardrop Trilogy Book 1) - Lauren Kate - ISBN: 9780552567503. ![]() “Plenty of danger, romance and intrigue to entertain. “Fans of Kate’s popular Fallen series will find a similar blend of supernatural romance, mystery, and destiny.”- Publishers Weekly It’s real.Īnd Eureka’s life has far more evil undercurrents than she ever imagined. She has little left that she cares about, just her friend Brooks and some heirlooms-a locket, a letter, a mysterious stone, and an ancient book about a girl who got her heart broken and cried an entire continent into the sea.īut Ander has some secrets of his own. Ander knows things about Eureka she doesn’t yet know herself, but not her darkest secret: ever since her mother drowned in a freak accident, Eureka wishes she were dead, too. ![]() Everywhere Eureka goes he is there: Ander, a mysterious blond boy who tells her she’s in danger. ![]() |