A large collection of poems and sonnets about life around pond environments, the changing of the seasons and nature in general. A very nice collection.
One day a tiny cricket was born and welcomed into the world by a bigger and older cricket. The big cricket chirps to say hello, but the little one cannot make a sound. As he travels the world, he is greeted by the sounds of other species, the hum of bees, the screech of the cicada. Until he meets a female cricket and she evokes his first chirp ever.
The year is 1865 and young Booker and very few in his own community in West Virginia know how to read. He, his brother, and his father want to learn more than anything else. Booker decides that he will have to learn on his own.
After a man rescues a Canadian goose, he soon meets a mysterious woman who crafts what appear to be magical sails. They soon marry and raise a family, but she warns him to never interupt her while she is weaving sails. Out of greed, he does so anyway, discovering her secret and thus shattering their happiness.
The year is 1849, and Lucas has been left alone after his entire family dies from a disease called consumption. Unable to work the family farm by himself he becomes an apprentice to Doc Beecher. Lucas hears about a cure for the disease but Doc tells him its nonsense. Refusing to believe Doc, Lucas joins others in a dark and dangerous ritual that they believe is their only hope.
Amadas family has decided to flee across the border from Mexico. While the rest of the family is excited, she is frightened about what is on the other side and what may happen along the way. She confides in her diary and we follow her journey.
The story about the first years of Duke Ellingtons life. How he fell in love with the piano and went on to become one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century.
After a mystical object falls to the earth from the sky, the people of the world began a great war, to gain possession over what they call the truth. A young girl sets out on a journey to find the wise creature, Old Turtle, so that she may discover what it will take to bring peace back to the world.