Newbery Award-winning author Jack Gantos shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book.
With the signature wit and humor that have garnered him legions of fans, Gantos instructs young writers on using their "writing radar" to find story ideas in their own lives. Incorporating his own misadventures as a developing writer, Gantos inspires listeners to build confidence and establish good writing habits as they create and revise their stories. Pop-out text boxes highlight key tips, alongside Gantos's own illustrations, sample stories, and snippets from his childhood journals. More than just a how-to guide, Writing Radar is a celebration of the power of storytelling and an ode to the characters who-many unwittingly-inspired Gantos's own writing career.
Serena Williams has been ranked number one in the world for tennis singles, won twenty-two Grand Slam singles titles, and won four Olympic gold medals. She is a powerful player and a fierce competitor. Learn more about the record-breaking athlete in this comprehensive and action-packed biography.
Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.
Circumnavigate the globe with Sir Francis Drake, spread the gospel in Africa with David Livingstone, survive the wilds of Jamestown with Captain John Smith, penetrate the wilderness with Daniel Boone, capture Mexico with Hernán Cortes, fight the British with John Paul Jones, and search for gold with Hernando De Soto. Each chapter sounds like an exciting work of fiction, yet is based on fact. These men lived lives of adventure and it's fitting that their stories should be told with all the drama of a great story. Men and boys alike will relate to the thrilling experiences portrayed in these pages.
Explore history from a Christian worldview through heroes and heroines of the past in the Amy Puetz Collection. Discover little-known stories that show God's providential hand and invoke a simpler time in history.
The Young Listeners Collection
Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. If you want facts about our forefathers, get any history text; this book is more interested in the personalities and character traits and family histories that contributed to the development of the great men who built our nation. It's a phenomenal addition to the audio library of any who would like to hear stories that honor the founders and shapers of the great United States of America. Written in the 1800's, the Young Listeners Collection features children's stories from yesterday's classics. Learn from our nation's founders whose Christian faith was lived out in the lives of the characters in these stories.
Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1 hit when he was thirteen. Since then he has had thirty US top ten hits, won a range of awards for his music and his civil rights work, and created such iconic songs as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Stevie Wonder is a beloved entertainer who continues to tour and perform around the world.
Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right up until his death is 2009 before a much anticipated tour. He had a pitch-perfect voice and footwork that his idol Fred Astaire admired. Who will ever forget the Moonwalk? Kids today who only know Jackson through video performances are nevertheless fascinated by him. Megan Stine provides a sensitive, fair-minded depiction of this unique music legend.
Follow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world.
Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive crowds of adoring fans. Who Are the Rolling Stones? captures the excitement of the Stones on their journey to become the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world.
Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenties. Of course, her success didn't stop there. Dolly Parton is also an actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist whose "Imagination Library" reading initiative reaches children throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. There is simply no one like Dolly Parton! - See more at: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/314460/who-is-dolly-parton/#sthash.N9xCGvR1.dpuf
Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music!
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe. Bob's distinctive style and dedication to his Rastafari beliefs became a rallying cry for the poor and disenfranchised the world over and led to a hugely successful solo career. After his death in 1981, Bob Marley became a symbol of Jamaican culture and identity. His greatest-hits album, Legend, remains the best-selling reggae album of all time. Who Was Bob Marley? tells the story of how a man with humble roots became an international icon.
This title in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations that help bring the story to life.
Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon.
Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll and playing guitar. After the breakup of a local band he'd joined, Springsteen went out on his own and people began to take notice. He signed with Columbia Records and under pressure to come up with a hit, wrote "Born in the USA," which tells the story of America during the years of the Vietnam War. A multi-millionaire and twenty-time Grammy winner, the Boss has remained a working class hero whose music deals with the political and social changes in our country.
Die Philosophen der Antike formulierten die großen Fragen, die uns bis heute beschäftigen. Kenntnisreich, anschaulich und dabei aufs Wesentliche konzentriert ist diese Sokrates-Biographie für junge Hörer zugleich Einführung in die Philosophie überhaupt. Wer sind wir? Was können wir wissen und erkennen?, wollte Sokrates wissen, einer der Urväter der Philosophie. Und er versuchte, diese Fragen erstmals nicht mehr mit der Berufung auf die Götter zu beantworteten - sondern logisch und rational. Seine Ideen beeinflussten nicht nur die Zeitgenossen, sondern später auch das Christentum, den frühen Islam und unsere modernen Wissenschaften. Arnulf Zitelmann erzählt von dem großen Denker und seinen Visionen. Davon, wie Sokrates die Kunst des Fragens lehrte und dafür den Gifttod starb. Das Hörbuch ist klar und anschaulich erzählt und lässt das große Abenteuer erfahrbar machen, das die Philosophie seit der Antike war - und bis heute ist!
Der griechische Philosoph Platon gründete mit seiner 'Akademie' die erste Universität der Welt. Er war ein Schüler des legendären Sokrates, von dem er das Philosophieren lernte und dessen Ideen er in seinen berühmten Dialogen für sich und die Nachwelt aufschrieb. Und obwohl er vor 2500 Jahren starb, in einer Zeit, als die Welt noch ganz anders aussah als heute, sind seine Ideen jung geblieben. Philosophen aller Zeiten haben sich mit ihnen beschäftigt und sich in Zustimmung oder Ablehnung auf sie berufen. Wer sich auf das Abenteuer Philosophie einlassen möchte, kommt an Platon - und an diesem Hörbuch - nicht vorbei! Große und kleine Hörer lernen hier das Leben Platons kennen, die Zeit, in der er lebte und wirkte, und seine faszinierenden Ideen. Kenntnisreich, anschaulich und dabei aufs Wesentliche konzentriert, ist diese Hörbiographie zugleich Einführung in die antike Welt und Werbung für die Philosophie.
