Rotten Island

Author: William Steig
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780879239602
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
What would happen if every creature on land and sea were free to be as rotten as possible? If every day was a free-for-all; if plants grew barbed wire; if the ocean were poison? That's life on Rotten Island. For creatures that slither, creep, and crawl, Rotten Island is paradise.

Rotten Island

Author: William Steig
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780879235260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Originally published: The bad island. New York: Windmill Books, c1969.

Island

Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443428582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
While shipwrecked on the island of Pala, Will Farnaby, a disenchanted journalist, discovers a utopian society that has flourished for the past 120 years. Although he at first disregards the possibility of an ideal society, as Farnaby spends time with the people of Pala his ideas about humanity change. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Gorky Rises

Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466808608
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
One fresh and fair summer day, as soon as his parents go out, Gorky sets up his laboratory by the kitchen sink to have another try at concocting a magic potion. This time he strikes upon the missing ingredient--half a bottle of his mother's attar of roses--and he knows it's success at last. While he is waiting for the bubbly, glinting liquid to show what it can do, he heads over to Elephant Rock, "his best spot for doing nothing." But on the way he stops to bask in the sun, soon falls asleep--and wakes to find himself floating in the immensely blue sky, clutching his bottle of magic. There follows the most astonishing, bewildering, and bedazzling adventure a young frog could possibly have. Orbiting the globe has its ups and downs, however, and Gorky soon begins to wonder if he'll ever get back to earth. He does manage to outwit the magic; but the potion saves a last surprise until Gorky reaches Elephant Rock, just on day later than he had planned. Gorky Rises is a 1980 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Notable Children's Book of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year.

A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean

Author: Gary Buslik
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
ISBN: 9781609521455
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
"If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool." And so begins author Gary Buslik's tale of tropical adventure. Each chapter of this often hilarious and sometimes poignant travelogue recounts another island-hopping, culture-clashing crisis that pits the homesick author against falling coconuts, hospitals that remove wrong organs, insects as big and dangerous as stealth bombers, ticket agents that put him on hold for hours, mysteriously calculated currency exchanges, over-proofed rum, livestock, singing Rastafarians, garbage-bin sex, peanut-crazed children, Idi Amin, flesh-eating monkeys, dentists, cricket, steel drum bands, and the French. Fortunately, even when making fun of his West Indian hosts, the curmudgeonly author's essential good nature and devotion to his wife twinkle through, and in the end his stubborn geocentricity gives way to a heartfelt appreciation of his island hosts.

To the Lighthouse

Author: Cristy Burne
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925164624
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
Isaac arrives on Rottnest Island hoping for an awesome holiday adventure, but his mum would rather he stayed inside, where it's safe. Then Isaac meets Emmy. She's allowed to do whatever she wants – and she wants to have fun! With Emmy daring him on, Isaac's life gets more and more exciting. When Emmy suggests a midnight stalk to the salt lakes, Isaac knows his worrywart mum won't say yes – so he sneaks out. A junior novel about family, adventure and trust.

Solomon the Rusty Nail

Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466808977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Solomon the bunny can turn himself into a rusty nail! "Steig combines a tale of uncanny transformation with his distinctively animated illustrations...Children will love this bizarre tale with its humorous drawings and lively sense of fun." --Pointer, Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully written and illustrated by paintings reflecting the sunny colors of spring...A classic by a peerless artist."--Publishers Weekly

Trouble in Bugland

Author: William Kotzwinkle
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567920703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
A quick-witted insect sleuth, patterned after Sherlock Holmes, displays his brilliant powers of deduction in solving five mysteries.

Staten Island Noir

Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617751294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Presents a collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about Staten Island, New York, by such authors as Todd Craig, Linda Nieves-Powell, S. J. Rozan, and Patricia Smith.

The Dragon of Lonely Island

Author: Rebecca Rupp
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763616618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Three children spend the summer with their mother on a secluded island where they discover a three-headed dragon living in a cave and learn what it means to be a Dragon Friend.