Spotlight On . . . Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf

Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf

Author: Shari Tharp
Illustrator: Jim Heath
Series: Gertrude and Toby
Publisher: Atlas Publishing 
ISBN: 978-1945033001
Published: January 9, 2017 
genre: Children's Book
40 pages

format available: hardcover (2015), paperback

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Blurb:
Gertrude the Goat and Toby the Tortoise are going fishing at Trout Lake today for their Friday adventure. On their way to the lake, Gertrude and Toby meet a new friend, but unfortunately he is carried off by a hungry wolf! They follow the wolf and rescue their new friend, but the wolf doesn't give up. He goes after them, determined to get his “lunch” back!




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Spotlight On . . . Prince Noah and the School Pirates by Silke Schnee

Prince Noah and the School Pirates

Author: Silke Schnee
Illustrator: Heike Sistig
Publisher: Plough Publishing House 
ISBN: 978-0-87486-765-7
Published: August 1, 2016 
genre: Children's Book
32 pages

format available: hardcover

I didn't find any social media for this author (must be too busy with her school!) Bio at the publisher's site: here


Description:
The prince, who starred in the book The Prince Who Was Just Himself, may be a little slower than other students, but he has no less joy in learning. In his kingdom, children go to school on sailing ships. There is a ship for girls and one for boys. There is a ship for children with an eye patch, a ship for children with one leg, and a ship for children who are slower learners. No one knows why there are so many different ships, but it has always been that way.

Then a terrible storm drives the ships into the hands of pirates. The boys and girls realize that they will only escape if everyone does what he or she does best. Through their adventures, they learn that diversity makes us strong and that every person has something to teach us.


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Spotlight On . . . Pumpkinflower: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman

Pumpkinflowers
A Soldier's Story

Author: Matti Friedman
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 978-1-61620-458-7
Published: May 3, 2016
genre: Biographies, Military Memoirs
256 pages

format available: hardcover, ebook

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Description:
It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.



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Finished Reading #6 ...

 To Tame a Dragon
The Reluctant Bride Collection
Megan Bryce
ASIN: B009Y13QXE
self-published
Oct 2012
115 pages

ebook
Historical Romance
source: personal library

Lady Amelia Delaney is known for her sharp tongue, no-nonsense attitude, and a rather sizable fortune. Numerous suitors have tried to win her hand-- for the money, for the challenge, and for a rather unfortunate bet. She knows the unflattering reasons behind her numerous proposals; can she ever accept that a man would want to marry her just for herself?

Jameson Pendrake is a devil-may-care dandy who cares for naught but fun and fashion. But behind his laughing green eyes lies a dark history, and he calls off his wedding because of his fear of repeating the past. He can not simply give up on the idea of marriage; a wife is the best defense against the yearly crop of scheming mothers and their frilly daughters. But to allay his fears he needs a woman strong enough to laugh in the face of his past. A woman unflappable, unwavering, and unbroken. He knows just the woman. The trick, it seems, is in getting her to accept.


Challenges this works for:
Romance
A-Z (D)
ebook
An Embarrassment of Riches
Mt TBR
What an Animal
Outdo Yourself
Double Dog Dare
Let Me Count the Ways


purchased before 1-1 so it counts for Double Dog Dare

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