Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
10 best books like Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (Joel Chandler Harris): The House that Jack Built, The Burden of Southern History, My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage, Blaze and Thunderbolt, Meet Thomas Jefferson, Welcome to the Zoo!, Country Angel Christmas, Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things, Handbook of Knots: Expanded Edition, The Wind in the Willows
| Author | Jeanette Winter |
| ISBN | 0142301264 |
Here is the beloved nursery tale of Jack and his friends and his famous house, with an unexpected and lively new ending. The vivid and dramatic paintings, filled with activity, will draw children in, and a rebus puzzle on each page adds to the fun. Young listeners will delight in repeating the simple rhyme...
| Author | C. Vann Woodward |
| ISBN | 0807118915 |
C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience....
| Author | Elizabeth Borton de Treviño |
| ISBN | 1883937515 |
What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in nineteen-thirties provincial Monterrey? She finds herself sometimes hilariously coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. It is like stepping...
| Author | C.W. Anderson |
| ISBN | 0689717121 |
Billy and his loyal pony Blaze head west together in another exciting adventure from C. W. Anderson. When their new friend Jim is unable to tame the wild horse Thunderbolt, Billy and Blaze want to help. Fast and elusive, Thunderbolt is not easy to befriend. But with their kind and gentle approach, Billy...
| Author | Marvin Barrett |
| ISBN | 0375812113 |
When Thomas Jefferson was young, Virginia was still a colony of England. Jefferson thought that many English laws and taxes were unfair, so he studied hard to become a lawyer and help make better laws. Soon he and others came to believe that the colonies should become a new country, and Jefferson was chosen...
| Author | Alison Jay |
| ISBN | 0803731779 |
In this fanciful visit, Alison Jay summons her unique perspective and sense of humor to create a zoo like no other?where more than just the animals are on display. Children will delight in discovering small details and tracking narratives that play out bit by bit. Before the tour is over, kids will meet...
| Author | Tomie dePaola |
| ISBN | 0399228179 |
Ari, Pip, and Kira are the first to hear the news! St. Nicholas wants the Country Angels to plan the Christmas celebration for all of Heaven. They can't wait to get started.
But the three littlest angels haven't bargained on being told to stay out of the way when they offer to help the kitchen angels...
| Author | Cy Tymony |
| ISBN | 0740768743 |
: How to make a Boomerang with a Business Card,Convert a Pencil into a Microphone, Make Animated Origami,Turn a TV Tray ... Create Alternative Energy Science Projects
Science-savvy author Tymony shows readers how to transform ordinary objects into the extraordinary, and how to create more...
| Author | Des Pawson |
| ISBN | 1405304677 |
Fair warning: I didn't get to read all of this book, but I didn't get most of it. (Library book) I liked the beginning and the explanations of the ropes and and such. The pictures were great (love pics with how-to's)! The instructions were pretty good. I was able to understand or get the drift of almost all...
| Author | Malvina G. Vogel |
| ISBN | 0866119906 |
“Wind In The Willows”, a really good book about a bunch of animals, Mole,Badger, and Rat who are trying to control an insane toad. Toad is incredibly interested in different types of transportation. He is very rich, and is spending lots of money on all types of moving things. He starts with boats,...
It isn't always easy raising a family without much money, but the O'Sullivans prove that it is not only possible, but that there is no price tag on fun and adventure. Father, Mother, Michael, Brigid and twins Francie and Liam share a warm and mirthful existence in their cottage at Bantry Bay the fullness...
| Author | Nathaniel Benchley |
| ISBN | 0064441067 |
More than two hundred years ago, Boston belonged to the British. George was a drummer boy with the King's soldiers there. He wanted to be friends with the people of Boston. But they did not like the soldiers. They shouted and threw things at them. One night, George and the other soldiers were sent on a secret...
| Author | George Washington Cable |
| ISBN | 0140433228 |
A reread, this time on my Kindle via a Gutenberg download: I highlighted tons of passages to share, along with some non-English words to look up. I took the Kindle on a trip, reading from it on the plane, both ways. At home, the night after my return, at about the 80% mark, all my highlighting had mysteriously...
| Author | Flannery O'Connor |
| ISBN | 1606994794 |
Collection of cartoons which originally appeared in the Peabody Palladium, the student newspaper of Peabody High School in Milledgeville, Ga., and four publications of Georgia State College for Women, the Colonnade, the Alumnae journal, the Corinthian, and the Spectrum.
Includes historical...
| Author | Frank M. Young |
| ISBN | 0810988364 |
Winner of the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work!
The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song is a rich and compelling original graphic novel that tells the story of the Carter Family—the first superstar group of country music—who made hundreds of recordings and sold millions...
| Author | John R. Erickson |
| ISBN | 0141304235 |
When Sally May and Loper head off to visit the relatives?leaving Slim in charge of Little Alfred?Hank knows that trouble is sure to come knocking. But not even the Head of Ranch Security could have predicted what would happen next. First, Slim is struck down with the measles. Then a blizzard hits the ranch,...
| Author | Jerry West |
| ISBN | 0448168731 |
The Happy Hollisters and the Ice Carnival Mystery (#16 in the Happy Hollisters series)
A visit from Gram and Gramp Hollister in the Hollister home at Shoreham opens up the opportunity for the five children to go to Canada with their grandparents to see the Mardi Gras and Winter Carnival in Quebec....
| Author | Gail Gibbons |
| ISBN | 0823412385 |
Cold winters, hot summers--year after year the seasons repeat themselves. But what causes them?
Why is there winter in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time there is summer in the Northern Hemisphere? In summertime, why is it still light out in the evening? With simple language appropriate...
Oh my, how I loved this books as a child. They were very dear to me and are firmly entrenched into my memory strong enough to have become parts of my character. There are is a veritable plethora of life examples and lessons to be learned through these works of literature that take us back to a simpler time and...
