Finding Wonders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding Wonders write by Jeannine Atkins. This book was released on 2016. Finding Wonders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--
Finding Perfect
Finding Perfect - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding Perfect write by Elly Swartz. This book was released on 2016-10-18. Finding Perfect available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A classic-feeling middle-grade novel with a modern twist about a girl dealing with friendship, family, and OCD.
World of Wonders
World of Wonders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World of Wonders write by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. This book was released on 2020-09-08. World of Wonders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity
Finding Wonders
Finding Wonders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding Wonders write by Jeannine Atkins. This book was released on 2016-09-20. Finding Wonders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This “evocative and beautiful” (School Library Journal) novel “vividly imagines the lives of three girls” (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects. More than a century later, Mary Anning helped her father collect stone sea creatures from the cliffs in southwest England. To him they were merely a source of income, but to Mary they held a stronger fascination. Intrepid and patient, she eventually discovered fossils that would change people’s vision of the past. Across the ocean, Maria Mitchell helped her mapmaker father in the whaling village of Nantucket. At night they explored the starry sky through his telescope. Maria longed to discover a new comet—and after years of studying the night sky, she finally did. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates the joy of discovery and finding wonder in the world around us.
The Book of Hidden Wonders
The Book of Hidden Wonders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Hidden Wonders write by Polly Crosby. This book was released on 2020-09-01. The Book of Hidden Wonders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A charming, deeply imaginative debut novel about a young girl who is immortalized in her father’s illustrated books containing clues to their family secrets. Romilly Kemp and her eccentric painter father have happy but sheltered lives in a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside. When her father finds fame with a series of children’s books starring Romilly as the main character, everything changes: exotic foods appear on the table, her father appears on TV and strangers appear at their door, convinced the books will lead them to a precious prize. But as time passes, Romilly’s father becomes increasingly suspicious of the outside world until, before her eyes, he begins to disappear within himself. She returns to his illustrations, looking for a way to connect with her ailing father, and finds a series of clues he’s left just for her. This treasure hunt doesn’t lead her to gold or jewels, but something worth far more—a shocking secret that is crucial to understanding her family. Written with tremendous heart and charisma, The Book of Hidden Wonders is an unforgettable story about growing up, facing mortality and discovering the hidden wonders that make us who we are.
