books about: pebbles

books about: pebbles

books:

Pebbles

Garbage Trucks (Pebble Plus: Mighty Machines)

DeGezelle, Terri

Capstone Press, 2006

Garbage Trucks
A great book for young first time readers with lots of fun but good informnation very well explained with pictures

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2005

Delightful!
I'm not quite sure what's behind the criticism from other reviewers of this book; it's fairly innocuous compared to some of the Disney animated features in which the parents of cute animal characters are violently murdered. My granddaughters both love to pick up ...

A Pebble for Your Pocket

Thich Nhat Hanh

Plum Blossom Books, 2002

Anything by this author is good.
My daughter (2) is a little young for this book yet, but I read it and think it is wonderful for children. If you have children about 6 or older who are having a difficult time or are angry about something, this book would be great. Even if your children are happy ...

The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook

Maggy Howarth

Firefly Books, 2003

A beautiful collection
Maggy Howarth's COMPLETE PEBBLE MOSAIC HANDBOOK provides a review of pebble mosaics which can be used in gardens, patios and public places. Artists, landscapers, and any with a special interest in the design qualities of these mosaics will find this a beautiful ...

The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever

Mark Frost

Hyperion, 2007

the match
Talks about and brings back the birth of the excitement of Professional Golf. The facts about the personal histories of the early major players are interesting.Their personal stories bring back memories of these men who were major factors in making the game what it is ...

Martin Pebble

Jean-Jacques Sempé

Phaidon Press, 2006

Endearing Tale of Lasting Friendship...
This is an endearing story about a pair of inseparable childhood pals who lost contact with each other when one of them moved; thru a touch of serendipity, they somehow found each other in the big city after having been apart for years.... If you had ever lost a best ...

How to Write a Children's Picture Book: Learning from The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, ...

Eve Heidi Bine-Stock

E & E Publishing, 2004

Practical, Easy-to-use
As an author of many books for children, I found this book to be one of the most practical and helpful tools to format a picture book during the writing process. I'm already using the techniques to structure new projects to make my picture book manuscripts shine! I ...

Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story

Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan

HarperTrophy, 1999

Nice Little Book
I had the honor of meeting the author, and no wonder she survived! This lady was as tough as they come! Liked the book, loved the author.

Miracle on the 17th Green: A Novel about Life, Love, Family, Miracles ... and Golf

James Patterson

Back Bay Books, 1999

Five Stars
James Patterson smashes it out of the park again. Whether you are a golfer or not, this story relates to all who feel like life is crashing in around us. James Patterson does a great job of taking us on a journey through this characters struggle with forced change and ...

Yoga Calm for Children: Educating Heart, Mind, and Body

Lynea Gillen, James Gillen

Three Pebble Press, LLC, 2008

Outstanding Reference
As an Occupational Therapist working in elementary schools, much of my work is helping students find ways to manage their own energy levels and increase their ability to pay attention in class. I have found that using the techniques described in Yoga Calm for ...

Pebble in the Sky

Isaac Asimov

Tor Books, 2008

One of the best science-fiction stories I have ever read!
Joseph Schwartz is on his way home, when he inexplicably finds himself whirled to another world. It's inhabited by humans, but they wear such strange clothes, and live in strange houses, and talk a language that he has never heard before. It seems that Schwartz has ...

The Empire Novels

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction Book Club, 2002

Empire Novels Finally Together in One Beautiful Book
Isaac Asimov's universe is vast; beginning with the near-future Robot novels and ending with the far-future Foundation novels. These three stories that comprise the Empire novels sit inbetween. Set many years after a nuclear holocost ravaged the Earth, the Empire ...

Pebbles And Pearls

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Sounds True, 2005

As usual, excellent insights from Jon Kabat-Zinn
Don't pay attention to the description on the back of the box as well as that given in the beginning of Tape 1--the content in the tapes is actually quite broad. These descriptions inaccurately reduce the tapes' actual content. The tapes are actually live recordings ...

The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth

Meredith Hooper

Viking Juvenile, 1996

Delightful reading for any child
I work with children in environmental education. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that many children have no concept of the soil except that it is dirty! This book helps the reader examine this presious resource and contemplate the longevity of soil and the ...

A Single Pebble

John Hersey

Vintage, 1989

Revisiting A Single Pebble
Although published almost 50 years ago, this book deserves another look using a modern, critical lens. Overshadowed by Hersey's other works, specifically Hiroshima and A Bell for Adano, A Single Pebble offers a great deal to the reader. The book is far more than a ...