Books with author Debbie Barry

Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie HarryBRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life—until now. In an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals, Face It upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail, Face It re-creates the downtown scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Aesthetically dazzling, and including never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations, Face It brings Debbie Harry’s world and artistic sensibilities to life. Following her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie’s breakup as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights, Face It is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps—a memoir as dynamic as its subject. “I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up yet I was very serious.”—From Face It

Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie HarryBRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNKMusician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life—until now.In an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals, Face It upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail, Face It re-creates the downtown scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Aesthetically dazzling, and including never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations, Face It brings Debbie Harry’s world and artistic sensibilities to life. Following her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie’s breakup as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights, Face It is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps—a memoir as dynamic as its subject.“I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up yet I was very serious.”—From Face It

Join the five green speckled frogs in their frolicking adventure!Five delightful frogs dive into the cool water of a pond to entertain and delight children, and to help them learn the concepts of counting and subtraction. Based on a traditional nursery song by Mother Goose, the story is retold and expanded for today’s young learners.The five green speckled frogs introduce the concept of counting up to 5, and introduce the concept of zero.Children have the opportunity at the end of the book to learn higher counting skills, first counting to 25, and then counting to 100.Each verse includes counting the frogs, and ends with the concept of subtraction, such as 5-1=4.Reading level: 2nd gradeMath level:Kindergarten to 1st grade.Appropriate for infants and preschoolers with adult reading assistance.

Three Little Kittens is a new adaptatioon of the classic nursery rhyme, with a Christian ending. Follow three adorable kittens and Mother Cat through the ups and downs of a messy, but fun, kittenhood day and night. Parents will recognize the familiar childhood nursery rhyme, and children will enjoy the new and exciting lyrics. This is a great book for young learners, who are discovering not only traditional rhymes, but also God, Jesus, and the importance of prayer. Through finding and washing their mittens, these kittens learn to be honest, responsible, and hard-working, and they are rewarded by their mother’s smiling approval. Faithful kittens greet a new day with a simple prayer.

Nearly everyone knows and loves at least a few nursery rhymes learned in childhood. We sing or recite them in games as children. We sing them to our children to hush them to sleep. Some are so familiar as songs that we forget that they were originally in that vast collection of rhymes and verses attributed to Mother Goose.Nursery rhymes are an important part of our language, and of our cultural heritage. They should be preserved and remembered for their richness. They carry fragments of our history. They carry fragments of our faith. They carry fragments of our identity.Many of these nursery rhymes are the versions I learned in my childhood. Many have other versions that are not collected here. The words change with time, with place, with the changes in our culture. I hope readers of these nursery rhymes, children and adults alike, will enjoy the versions collected here.I did not write any of these nursery rhymes. They exist in the public domain; I have simply gathered them together as a matter of convenience.Enjoy!

Little Susie has a life-changing experience, when she attends the Beatification Mass for Father Solanus Casey, at Ford Fild, in Detroit. An amazing spiritual experience has a profound influence on her future, which her doting parents could never have predicted.Based on a true story, at least in part. The Beatification Mass happened very much as Susie experienced it. The author, Debbie Barry, was so moved by her participation in this historic Mass, that she had to express it. "An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin. Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead.” -- Catechism of the Catholic Church (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4G.HTM)

“Peter Piper, without Pretension to Precocity or Profoundness, Puts Pen to Paper to Produce these Puzzling Pages, Purposely to Please the Palates of Pretty Prattling Playfellows, Proudly Presuming that with Proper Penetration it will Probably, and Perhaps Positively, Prove a Peculiarly Pleasant and Profitable Path to Proper, Plain and Precise Pronunciation. “He Prays Parents to Purchase this Playful Performance, Partly to Pay him for his Patience and Pains; Partly to Provide for the Printers and Publishers; but Principally to Prevent the Pernicious Prevalence of Perverse Pronunciation.” Parents and children alike will delight at this recreation of the 1836 book that launched the famously popular Peter Piper on his career of picking pickled peppers by the peck. Along with his alliterative companions, Peter Piper provides a full alphabet of challenging tongue twisters, which will still appeal to the current generation. Illustrated with digital reproductions of the original woodcuts, this is a book every family will enjoy.

“Jack and Jill” is a familiar nursery story throughout the English-speaking world, and is one of the most beloved of Mother Goose’s nursery rhymes. This new adaptation of the nursery rhyme brings together the five verses of this rhyme, with some adaptation of the text, to become the delightful story presented in this book. Children and adults alike will read and re-read this story with pleasure and delight, peopling memories with the unfortunate children of the nursery rhyme.Decorated with illustrations by legally-blind author, editor, and illustrator, Debbie Barry, this book is a celebration of wishes and imagination. The high-contrast, white-on-black text and illustrations, combine with the extra-large letters, make this book accessible for many visually-impaired and legally-blind readers. Visually accessible books are important, not only for adults, but for those children who, through illness, injury, or from birth experience reduced vision. This is a personal mission of the illustrator, who was blessed to grow up with normal vision, and had a love of reading from early child, but who lost most of her vision while her children were still young.

Bugs, bugs, and more bugs! Children are fascinated by bugs, and love to see them in colorful pictures. Young learners will find counting a delight when they count the adorable bugs in this colorful book. The illustrations were drawn in a simple, child-like style by the legally-blind author of the cheerful words. All of the illustrations were made in the traditional style, using colored markers on paper, just as young children draw similar pictures.

Three Little Kittens is a new adaptatioon of the classic nursery rhyme, with a Christian ending. Follow three adorable kittens and Mother Cat through the ups and downs of a messy, but fun, kittenhood day and night. Parents will recognize the familiar childhood nursery rhyme, and children will enjoy the new and exciting lyrics. This is a great book for young learners, who are discovering not only traditional rhymes, but also God, Jesus, and the importance of prayer. Through finding and washing their mittens, these kittens learn to be honest, responsible, and hard-working, and they are rewarded by their mother’s smiling approval. Faithful kittens greet a new day with a simple prayer.