In A FLIGHT OF FANCY you ́ll discover that trees do have needs and feelings, and if you listen really closely you might hear them communicating in the wind. Learn what happens when trees, a major element of nature, gives the town or Arbordon the slip. Follow the friction they create in the desert. Discover the danger they create in the water. See how a reluctant Weeping Willow and two determined eleven-year olds, haunted by a dream, go on a harrowing adventure searching for the lost trees. A FLIGHT OF FANCY lies between a riff on Cyndi Lauper ́s [TREES] JUST WANNA HAVE FU-UN and an homage to Joyce Kilmer ́s classic poem TREES. It ́s a humorous, thought provoking, fantasy that exceeds the fun and adventure of the BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER. This special book is sure to captivate young minds and will help them make the important connection between their lives and the lives of trees. Click on this link to hear chapter One. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPz2kyeupWA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL.

Through the mysteries and myths of Christmas and Easter, families balance the values of receiving and giving, of growth and sacrifice. Each aspect of the Santa myth, from his slide down a chimney to his big red suit, plays a part in a child's imagination. Through their offerings of milk and cookies and their letter writing, children bring their relationship to Santa into developing attitudes toward giving and receiving gifts. The Easter Bunny story, with its ritual egg hunt and baskets of brightly colored candy, is explored in terms of life and its possibility of growth. In these examples, Clark shows how children play an active role in constructing family rituals and cultural reality, since their willingness to make the stories their own helps to renew the traditions.

When an accident brings an end to her betrothal, Cassandra Bainbridge heads for the English countryside to recover, but when her former fiancâe slips back into her life, she must choose between tradition and her dreams.

Later in life, Debbie realized she had unfulfilled hopes and dreams God placed in her heart when she was young. She knew God wanted her to share with children of all ages that it's never too late to dream. So she got together with her husband, grown-up children, and oldest grandson to come up with this little book of hopes and dreams. It is her desire for children who read it to know God has so much more in store for them than an ordinary life. For grown-ups who read it, she hopes it will bring them back to dreaming again...Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20 - 21)

Enter the world of Scottish folklore with this unique hardcover guide. Retellings of traditional tales, full-color photographs of knitted costumes inspired by the stories, plus patterns for simpler versions of the original designs.

"'Mom! How much farther to Audrey's?' Wyatt asked. Wyatt was bored. His feet were asleep. His bottom hurt. He had nothing to do. To make matters worse, his mom said he'd be in his car seat for three more hours. Or would he?"--Back cover.

Aims to invigorate the field of personality psychology by challenging the contemporary academic view that individuals are best studied as carriers of traits. The theory is then applied to an array of well-known and obscure individuals with ascensionistic inclinations, including Peter Pan.

When a little girl who loves planes is sent to her bedroom for doing a loop-de-loop off the couch, she finds a secret door leading to a room filled with real flying machines and sets off on an exciting adventure.

The third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig Johnson Wolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout. As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress’s spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that’s been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal? With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan’s help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire. In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.

Quentin Blake - Anne Fine - Michael Morpurgo - Jacqueline Wilson - Michael Rosen - Anthony Browne - Julia Donaldson - Malorie Blackman - Chris Riddell - Lauren ChildThe exceptional talents behind some of the nation's best-loved books - from The Gruffalo to The BFG, We're Going on a Bear Hunt to the Charlie and Lola series - the Children's Laureates are the perfect ambassadors for children's literature. This beautiful gift anthology marks twenty wonderful years of the Laureateship, with stories, poems and pictures by all ten former honourees. Among others, Quentin Blake tells the stories behind his pictures of weird and wonderful beasts, Michael Morpurgo draws on childhood memories for a moving wartime tale and Michael Rosen plays with language and shapes in his witty, read-aloud poems. Each contribution is designed to inspire children to create their own work, and is accompanied by a note from the authors - rare insights from the finest talent in the world of children's books. Above all else, Flights of Fancy celebrates the Laureateship's most important achievement: encouraging children to let their imaginations soar.