Books with author Carol Thompson

MOLLY TALKS ABOUT HER DAD CONSTANTLY. He’s a famous artist! He’s been to space! He can make anything!But what she doesn’t tell her classmates is that all she really knows about her dad is what he looks like in photographs. When Molly finally meets her father for the first time, she’s disappointed that he’s nothing like the tall tales she invented. What will her classmates say when she brings him for show-and-tell? But Molly’s dad has some tricks up his sleeve, and he turns out to be better than an astronaut or an artist. He’s an amazing storyteller—just like Molly. Thompson’s expressive lines dance with Ormerod’s energetic characters in this poignant tale of parent and child.Molly and Her Dad is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Bryson Miller is a sixteen-year-old high school student who has already dealt with his mother's death and his father's subsequent alcoholism. When that happened, he adapted. He became the core of the family, making sure that groceries were bought and his sisters stayed out of trouble all while maintaining perfect grades with matching ambitions. Balancing his dysfunctional family life with a shining image became routine. He doesn't view himself as special or even especially unlucky. After all, there are plenty of people in his small town who are worse off. What is supposed to be just another normal Friday night, attending his friend Gary's party and keeping Gary out of trouble, becomes a nightmare when Bryson is attacked. In the days that follow, he does what he always does and attempts to adjust... to being a vampire. However, his sire won't leave him or his family alone. What she wants isn't something Bryson is willing to give, and when her threats to his girlfriend get Bryson killed, his soul ends up in the Underworld, ruled by the creator of vampires, the God of Temptation.Now Bryson is being asked to work for the god responsible not only for ruining his life but actually ending it. Although given a choice, the consequences for his refusal are far more complicated and far reaching than they seem. When he learns he won't be the one paying the price, how can he say no?Gods Don't Sleep is the first book in a planned trilogy. It serves as an origin story for the young protagonist and sets up the action to come.

It used to be a time when only the worthiest of the living was allowed to speak to the dead. As of tonight, those days will no longer exist. Six continents are fully engaged with the aid from more than five major communication satellites. Over four billion people watching and listening−three queens together on the same stage−two ways to escape death and it all begins in one arena. It’s the biggest show in humanity’s run-of-the-luck−the event is called the ‘Visitcom Showcase’, and the place is Madison Square Garden. Professor Franz Luzzatto Schiff introduces to the world his intriguing new technology called the Visitcom. This device converge power with such intensity, that it forges a bridge between the spiritual and the real. Therefore, the Visitcom conjures up and contrives over twelve of history’s most influential figures back from the after-life to our day and time to talk openly about their deeply ambivalent feelings towards the modern world and answer questions from some of the globe’s most dominant freethinkers and conformist. Thomas Jefferson talks present politics and answers questions about the visual evidence of constitution slack, ‘pay-for-play’, healthcare, the middle east, and he shares new thoughts on today’s leading issues. Vlad Dracula challenges fashionable foulness, the evils of nanobots blood-surfing throughout the modern body, and he puts 600-year-old rumors to rest. Harriet Tubman debates Harry Houdini on several subjects such as−who was the better escape artist of the two−Illusions vs diversions−working under pressure vs mental expectations−nursing your audience vs conditioning your audience. Genghis Khan explains parallel worlds, the multiverse, inter-dimensional portals, and infinitesimal singularity. Cleopatra touches on the ultra-modish woman while sharing the stage with Elizabeth I of England and the Queen of Sheba. Alexander the Great coaches a homosexual NFL quarterback on the art of being great. Nero addresses finance and the propaganda industrial complex. Nostradamus drops new nervy quatrains through the use of prevalent symbolism and metaphors without having to avoid being tried as a magician, which means−the gloves are off. Leonardo da Vinci rocks out with Michelangelo while being assisted by other awe-inspiring band members. And among the religiously affiliated−Jesus Christ and Lucifer come face to face once again, but this time to discuss−ownership interests. That's just some of the historical icons that will discuss the eye-opening and complex issues of modern culture, society, economics, politics, sports and the arts. However, a group of these legends managed to evade the confinement restraint array of ionizing radiation from the Visitcom and band together to track down, level and settle a score with an organization called the Order of the Dragonist−which they believe has been the root of global misfortunes for over two millenniums. In pursuing the Dragonist, this motley band of historical icons find themselves paranormal fugitives from the Visitcom, hunted by international authorities, and accused of crimes similar to the accounts in their historical record. Even though they managed to find some humor among the company of each other, their enduring task turns out to be perplexingly problematic and more modernized morbid than they ever expected−bringing them all to some shocking persuasive conclusions.See Author’s page for BOOKCLIP TRAILERS.

This lively, fun-soaked collection of modern poems is arranged around the child's day. It is divided in six sections, which start with waking up, sweep through school, shopping, teatime, and playtime, and end with bedtime. Many of the 46 poems have been commissioned specifically for this anthology. Playful verses address such important events as bubble baths, birthday parties, finger painting, and somersaults. Humorous rhymes give answers to questions like "what's in the bath?" and the often-asked "what's in the dark?" A lot of the poems salivate about kids' favorite meals, from pancakes and scrambled eggs to chips and cakes. Dozens of full-page, full-color drawings bring the poems to children's imagination. Make time for Rhyme Time!

What is the Earth Window? Who is Ck5? Where are the voices coming from? Driven by memories of her famous Astronaut father, Dorian Fox is on her way to the new Polaris Lunar Mining Base. It is only the beginning of her journey and nothing seems to unfold as planned. The Defense Alliance needs her help and she needs answers. With only fragments of family stories growing up Dorian hoped that going to the stars would help her to discover the parents that she never really knew. In many ways Dorian knew that she was exceptional, but she is also filled with normal doubts about meeting the challenges of the future. During her Polaris training she met Casey Adams, a self-assured and capable pilot astronaut. Adam helps Dorian to build her own confidence and strength. He is her rock and also the close relationship that Dorian never expected. Together they make discoveries that change the direction of their lives forever.Dorian, Volume One is the first in a series of stories that take us to the Labyrinth Nebula. It’s a fantastic place where alien life and civilizations demonstrate that we are not alone and we have a lot to learn. Facing a common threat these diverse worlds must put aside their differences and work together for the common goal of survival. Dorian’s future keeps pulling her further into the unknown; both wonderful and dangerous.

Here is something entirely new in Australian natural history stories for youngsters--an exciting and humorous detective mystery tale of the busy, in which birds and animals play major parts.Clumsy old Bill the wombat, they grumpiest creature in the bush, is a positive pain in the neck and a great nuisance to police trying to investigate the theft by two thieves of a Chinese treasure box. The police are also pestered by two small boys, lovable but mischievous young rascals, and by several suspiciously-acting and inscrutable Chinese.But it is grumpy old Bill the wombat and his feathered and furred bush friends who take the centre of the stage and provide a great deal of the comedy and excitement.Authentic as to detail, the book provides young readers with much information about the interesting marsupial wombat, a creature hitherto neglected by Australian natural history writers. “Wombat” is a noteworthy addition to the popular bush animal and bird series by popular writer C. K. Thompson.

Farting is known as flatulence medically. It is also known as passing gas or passing wind. This biological process aids the passage of gas from the digestive system.Farts can be uncomfortable especially when they are loud and foul-smelling. In some instances, farts can be odorless and silent. Though uncomfortable, smelly gas is most times considered normal.There are many causes of smelly farts which we will soon look into. Smelly farts can also be a sign of an underlying health problem, disorder, digestive issue, or an infection.

Join Old Bob the sundowner and his two small friends, Roddy and Susan, as Bob shares the vast lore of the bush, gained during a lifetime of wandering.For over 60 years readers of Australian nature stories have recognised that "Thompson and truth" are synonymous. He writes about his birds and animals as they are and not as fancy would fashion them; thus, "Old Bob", though a great bird lover, does not see his feathered friends through rose-tinted glasses. Like humans, says "Old Bob", the birds all have their little faults. Some of them, indeed, are real villains.Written in the author's usual captivating style, these stories cannot fail to have a wide appeal. Needless to say, they are well leavened with the irresistible Thompson humour.A library without this book of our better-known bush birds is a library incomplete.

“Maggie the Magnificent” is something entirely different in children’s nature stories. Readers of previous books by this author have realised that he approaches the popular theme of Australian bird and animal lore from an angle never before attempted by a writer of Juvenile books—sheer entertainment deftly combined with authenticity of detail.The birds do not talk, but they LIVE. “Maggie the Magnificent” is an exceedingly well-written story of Australia’s most popular black and white bird, the magpie. Though Maggie himself is the chief character and his life and adventures are portrayed faithfully, we meet a number of humans who are drawn so naturally that they might be your next door neighbours.There is real human interest as well as bird interest in “Maggie.” The episodes range from grave to happy, many being of such laughter-provoking quality as to go down in juvenile fiction history.Though designed primarily for the child mind, adults will appreciate the story as a rich page torn from the diary of their grandparent's childhood.