Touch The Sky

Author : Ann Malaspina
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807580341
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touch the Sky written by Ann Malaspina and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CCBC Choices 2013 2014-2015 Children's Crown Award 2013-2014 Macy's Multicultural Collection of Children's Literature 2015 Louisiana Readers' Choice Master List A 2013 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2013 Amelia Bloomer list 2013 IRA-CBC Children's Choices Best Children's Books of the Year 2013, Bank Street College Tells how Alice Coachman, born poor in Georgia, became the first African American woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Bare feet shouldn't fly. Long legs shouldn't spin. Braids shouldn't flap in the wind. 'Sit on the porch and be a lady,' Papa scolded Alice. In Alice's Georgia hometown, there was no track where an African-American girl could practice, so she made her own crossbar with sticks and rags. With the support of her coach, friends, and community, Alice started to win medals. Her dream to compete at the Olympics came true in 1948. This is an inspiring free-verse story of the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Photos of Alice Coachman are also included.

Author : Christina Lee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530682522
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touch the Sky written by Christina Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas Barnett and Gabriel Stewart didn't have it easy as kids. They were only trying to deal with bad situations at home when they became lifelines for each other. Their pipe dream was to someday meet in LA, where Lucas would design skyscrapers, and Gabriel would learn to fly. But then Gabriel disappeared without so much as a goodbye, and Lucas got himself in trouble with the law. Five years later, both men are at a loss when they run into each other at a Hollywood bar. Lucas is still angry, but it's not as if Gabriel could control how his mind and body had betrayed him. Being found on the ledge of that bridge had changed everything. The attraction is immediate, but it's more than their inability to keep their hands off each other. Neither man expects the fierce connection pulling them together. Unfortunately, ignoring their problems doesn't make them disappear. Gabriel's internal struggles are serious...dangerous. And no matter how much Lucas wants it to be true, saving Gabriel won't make up for not being able to save his mom. If they don't find the strength to face their own demons before the darkness takes hold, they risk more than just losing each other forever.

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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811213967
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Touch the Sky written by and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Touch the Sky contains Willis Barnstone's translations of some of the most inspiring writing of world literature: ten mystical and spiritual poets spanning three thousand years.

Author : Rashmi Bansal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789386850706
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touch the Sky written by Rashmi Bansal and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've got the Power. The power to change my world. To speak up. To stand out. Leap forward. And break out. Give me a football, give me a pen. If I fall down, I will stand up again. This book is a tribute to the courage and confidence of the Indian woman, from Korba to Kashmir. In each personal triumph lies a larger story. Of boldness, of transformation. Of women rising, to take their place in the sun.

Author : Timothy P. McLaughlin
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 168335768X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky written by Timothy P. McLaughlin and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exceptional poetry collection written by Lakota students in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The historic school was founded in 1888 at the request of Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Lakota. The poems enable readers to learn about the unique lives and heritage of students growing up in such distinctive circumstances and straddling cultures. The collection was compiled by a teacher at the school, working with school administrators, and contains never-before-published artworks by award-winning artist S. D. Nelson. Praise for Walking on Earth and Touching the SkySTARRED REVIEW "This is an important collection that offers opportunities for insight into a culture that has too often been either ignored or misunderstood." --Booklist, starred review "A moving, fascinating glimpse across cultures. Vivid, polychromatic illustrations by Nelson accompany the students’ evocative works."--Kirkus Reviews "As a collection, the poems present an interesting, eye-opening look at the Lakota culture, which is one that is often overlooked. The paintings by S.D. Nelson are gorgeous and vibrant." --Library Media Connection Awards: New York Public Library’s Children's Books 2012: 100 Books for Reading and Sharing list HONORABLE MENTION - 2012 Aesop Accolade, American Folklore Society Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2013

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553073249
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daddy, Daddy, Can You Touch the Sky? written by and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1994 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six poems designed to develop strong identity concepts.

Author : Jerrie Oughton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395779385
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Stars Fell Into the Sky written by Jerrie Oughton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

Author : Valerie Bloom
Publisher : Macmillan Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780333780671
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Me Touch the Sky written by Valerie Bloom and published by Macmillan Pub Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first time Valerie Bloom's poems have been collected together in one volume. Valerie's poems have been published in over 70 anthologies.

Author : Ibtisam Barakat
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 9781429998475
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tasting the Sky written by Ibtisam Barakat and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home. Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.

Author : Allan Fallow
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780783508863
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Do Skyscrapers Touch the Sky? written by Allan Fallow and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers questions about cities and towns, including "Why is there so much traffic in the city?" and "Where do children play?"