Owl and the Search for Rain

Owl and the Search for Rain
Author: Alexandria Barber
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2016-01-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1468967703

A curious yet adventurous owl sets off on an expedition in the search for rain after days and days of drought. During his brave journey, he ends up discovering more than he ever expected! Will you join Owl on his big quest for rain?!

Rain Is Not My Indian Name

Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Author: Cynthia L. Smith
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-02-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0063049821

In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community. It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around Aunt Georgia’s Indian Camp in their mostly white midwestern community, Rain decides to face the outside world again, with a new job photographing the campers for her town’s newspaper. Soon, Rain has to decide how involved she wants to become in Indian Camp. Does she want to keep a professional distance from her fellow Native teens? And, though she is still grieving, will she be able to embrace new friends and new beginnings? In partnership with We Need Diverse Books

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Rain, Rain, Go Away
Author: Caroline Jayne Church
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338167456

The bestselling author of I Love You Through and Through makes a splash with this popular preschool song! Rain, Rain, Go Away! is already a well-loved preschool favorite. Now this charming ebook will catch everyone’s attention (rain or shine!) as Church’s toddlers and stuffed animals are as adorable as ever in colorful rain gear. A pitch-perfect song for rainy days, sunny days, or any day!

Rain, Steam and Speed

Rain, Steam and Speed
Author: Allissa Oldenberg
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1803819405

Owen Linton-House grows up living his parents' hopes and dreams, but when he is expelled from school, he leaves home in shame, the day before his eighteenth birthday. Living in a squat in Battersea, he rescues an Afghan Hound, becomes addicted to heroin, and ends up smuggling drugs out of Amsterdam for a Russian cartel. When MI6 make him an offer he cannot refuse, Owen starts to live out a real-life spy thriller, caught up in an international drugs network, living and working in Canada and Afghanistan, trying to find the source of the drugs, how they are brought into the country, and who is responsible. Throughout his adventure, Owen is searching for love, for his own identity, and for a measure of redemption, vowing to return home when he is thirty. It is his sister, Helen, who writes his story. Owen's adventure is framed by rain, snow and scorching heat. He is introduced to Mayakovsky's 'The Bathhouse,' to steam baths, and to steamy relationships. He is drawn into the shady world of drugs, of cannabis, heroin, ecstasy, and amphetamines. In spite of his mistakes, it is hard not to feel compassion for Owen, and "Rain, Steam and Speed" prompts the reader to ponder if we can ever really break free from our pasts, our parents' expectations, the consequences of our poor choices, and our addictions.

Rain for My Roots

Rain for My Roots
Author: Naomi Ainslie
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595479111

From a lonely childhood spent in rural Canada, idealistic Ann Morgan goes in search of her own identity as a young woman. In the mid-1950s she embarks on a trek that takes her to Asia as an employee of UNICEF in Bangkok and a British Intelligence Agency in Singapore. Her travels take her to Thailand, India, Burma, Indonesia, South Vietnam, Borneo, Malaya and other exotic locales, where she makes a contribution to reduce poverty and disease, as well as exposing subversive and illegal activities. Ann's adventures include treating a child with yaws, uncovering a smuggling ring, communing with Mt. Kanchenjunga near Mt. Everest, and riding local transportation. They also include an episode with a cobra and a meeting with a "bandit" in the Cambodian jungle. Ann gains insights into Asian culture, finds friendship, and in Bangkok has a brief love affair with an American doctor. She gradually discovers that she is a strong and independent young woman. Ann has found the rain for her roots. "With her painterly prose Naomi takes us down crowded urban streets and into the jungle, introducing us to exotic lands and fascinating people as she weaves her magical tales."-Lee Freehling, Librarian

Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain
Author: Amanda James
Publisher: Choc Lit Limited
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781891656

A modern-day American Indian raised in England returns to his native land—and meets a woman who may change his life forever. For as long as he can remember Jacob Weston has felt like he doesn’t belong, and the shockingly vivid dreams he experiences only make him feel more distant from others. But when his job in scientific research takes him thousands of miles away to the American West, the sense of isolation Jacob has always felt vanishes—after he encounters an enigmatic Navajo guide who helps him discover who he really is and where he comes from. And when he finds a woman who takes his very breath away, Jacob feels he may have finally found the belonging he’s always been searching for. But he is about to learn that his new contentment comes with a responsibility to his Nation—a duty greater than any in his dreams . . .

Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs

Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs
Author: Albert Jack
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-03-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1588368696

FOOLED BY FABLES? LED ON BY LEGENDS? MYTH-GUIDED? WONDER NO MORE, MYSTERY-PHILES: THE TRUTH IS IN HERE! What in the world (or out of it) made those giant crop circles? Did skydiving skyjacker D. B. Cooper really get away with it? Is Bigfoot a big fake? Are ETs just BS? If you’re tired of scratching your head over persistent puzzlers like these, mystery-buster Albert Jack has the cure for your quizzical itch. He’s gone hunting for the truth behind more than thirty of the most famous and baffling conundrums in history. Did a conspiracy or a calamity kill Marilyn Monroe? Is the Bermuda Triangle a tropical tall tale? Was a dead Paul McCartney replaced by a doppelgänger? How did Edgar Allan Poe meet his doom? In quick-witted entries on each enigmatic topic, Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs offers answers certain to surprise, enlighten, amuse, and perhaps disappoint true believers. But Albert Jack never fails to fascinate and entertain as he spills the beans about the odd, the eerie, and the (no longer) unexplained.

Think Level 4 Student's Book

Think Level 4 Student's Book
Author: Herbert Puchta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107573289

Challenge and inspire your teenage learners to think beyond language. Think is a vibrant course designed to engage teenage learners and make them think. As well as building students' language skills, it offers a holistic approach to learning: developing their thinking skills, encouraging them to reflect on values and building their self-confidence. Topics are chosen to appeal to and challenge teenagers, firing their imagination and ensuring effective learning. Exam-style exercises and tips help students prepare for Cambridge English Key, Preliminary, First and Advanced. Informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, the course reflects real language usage and 'Get it right' sections help students avoid common mistakes.