Books with author J. L. Patrick

When words in verse are paired with the awesomeness of nature, something magical happens! Beloved former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates an exuberant poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thrunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and never-before-published works.

Named one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews!Named one of the top Children's Books of 2012 by the New York Public Library!"Add a little natural wonder to your poetry shelves. Because if we’re talking about the best possible compliment to your eyes and ears alike, few have as many perks and grand moments as this." —School Library Journal starred review"Out of a windless August night/A luna moth in ghostly lightBeat softly on my window screen/Tick-tick-ticking-all silver green.She whispered secrets in my ear--/I am but a stranger here.The stars are scrawled across the sky/By ghostwriters, the Moon and I.You will not see me here tonight--/I have a thousand stars to write."What could be better than cuddling up with your child and this book on your lap and allowing your imaginations to soar with the words and images? Lovingly selected by U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis and paired with vibrant animal photography, this collection of poems is an exuberant celebration of the animal kingdom and a beautiful introduction to this genre of literature. Designed for family sharing but targeted to ages 4-8, this dynamic, fresh, yet still classic collection of animal poems is a must-have for the family bookshelf.Featured poets include J. Patrick Lewis, Dorothy Aldis, Emily Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, Jack Prelutsky, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and many more.Divided into chapters that group the poems by theme for extra resonance, the collection is a mix of old and new, classics, and never-before-published. A foreword from Lewis, sets the scene for helping children appreciate this gift of language and this visual feast for the eyes. Chapters include: Welcome to the World (birth of animal young) Big Ones (large animals--elephants, hippos, rhinos, bears) Little Ones (small animals--worms, insects) Winged Ones (birds and other flying creatures) Water Ones (aquatic animals--fish, dolphins, crabs) Strange Ones (curious creatures--armadillos, centipedes) Noisy Ones (loud animals--lions, hyenas) Quiet Ones (silent or still animals--hens, rabbits, snakes) Last Thought (a reflection on the world we share with animals)Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding: 978-1-4263-1054-6 , $28.90/$33.00 CanNational Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal—to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the eleven year old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept in a secret prison by forces within the government. But she doesn't know much beyond her own name, Rachel. She only remembers the past two months of her life—and that she has a skill that makes her very dangerous to these men and the hidden men in charge.Dryden, who lost his wife and young daughter in an accident five years ago, agrees to help her try to unravel her own past and make sense of it, to protect her from the people who are moving heaven and earth to find them both. Although Dryden is only one man, he's a man with the extraordinary skills and experience—as a Ranger, a Delta, and five years doing off-the-book black ops with an elite team. But, as he slowly begins to discover, the highly trained paramilitary forces on their heels is the only part of the danger they must face. Will Rachel's own unremembered past be the most deadly of them all?

It's all about us! Join former U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis on a lyrical journey through the United States to experience the wonders of America's people and places through 200+ inspiring poems and stunning photographs.Celebrate the gift of language and the vibrant culture of the United States with this collection of classic and never-before-published poetry. Poems are arranged by region, from coast to coast, and among them you'll find works by Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker, Robert Frost, Naomi Shihab Nye, Walt Whitman, and more. From the familiar to the surprising, subjects include people, places, landmarks, monuments, nature, and celebrations. Designed for sharing, but geared to younger readers, this beautifully illustrated treasury is a must-have for the whole family.

Nanoagents missions 1-5 from The Alien Files at over 40% off the price of buying them individually!Mission 1: Induction - The infiltration of the sinister alien named "Xabigan" who tried to take over the Universe by creating a computer system driven by the minds of kids.Mission 2: Lightcycle - A man who leveraged the technology from designs he'd gotten from Xabigan creates a remote-controlled motorcycle that is carrying a nuclear bomb.Mission 3: Moon Base - A secret moon base that was set up by NASA has gone quiet. The Nanoagents have to go to the moon to discover what's happened and to help get the moon base back on line.Mission 4: Mars Rover - The Mars Rover named "Spirit" had gone silent a number of years ago, but it's suddenly started sending signals again. The Nanoagents have to go to Mars and figure out what's going on. Node networks, forcefields, mechs, and battle drones are all on tap for this exciting mission.Mission 5: The Return of Xabigan - After all that's happened, it turns out that Xabigan had never fully lost his memories. He had them backed up! Now he's coming back to Earth to seek revenge. If the Nanoagents fail to stop him, the entire Earth will fall under the rule of the most sinister alien ever known!

"Breathless, involving, smart, and completely convincing."-Lee ChildIn Patrick Lee's Runner, Sam Dryden, ex--Special Forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, he encounters a young girl on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal: to kill her. Dryden learns that the twelve-year-old can only remember the past two months, during which she's been kept in a secret prison by forces within the government. Beyond her own name, Rachel, she knows only that she has a skill that makes her very dangerous to these men and those in charge of them."Nonstop action and nonstop fun." -Providence JournalDryden, who lost his wife and young daughter in an accident, agrees to help Rachel try to unravel and make sense of her own past, and to protect her from the people who are moving heaven and earth to find them both. Although Dryden is only one man, he has extraordinary skills and experience-as a Ranger, a Delta, and five years doing off-the-book black ops with an elite team. However, as he slowly begins to discover, the highly trained forces on their heels are only part of the danger they must face. Because there's something in Rachel's past-and it's more dangerous, and deadly, than Dryden can even imagine..."Superbly engrossing."-USA Today This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

Maya the Magnificent! is the story of a beautiful angel, named Maya, who visits Earth and captures the hearts of the Collins family who fall in love with their new bundle of joy. But alas, some angels are just too pure and too bright to live on Earth, and Maya must return to Heaven after cancer dims her natural light. It is based on the true story of Maya Collins, who valiantly battled leukemia for 6 1/2 years, and passed away on October 3, 2017 at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A touching story, sprinkled throughout with Maya's whimsicle drawings, that tries to make sense of such a tragedy and provides comfort to families dealing with a similar loss of a child. Net proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Live Like Maya Foundation to help raise funds for research, better treatment options, and cures for pediatric cancer as well as to help alleviate the financial burdens for families managing childhood cancer. For more information please visit: www.LiveLikeMaya.org.

An alien has infiltrated the Internet!Seth Brennan is a typical, run-of-the-mill kid genius who is leading the school’s computer club into the upcoming science fair. Almost. He was actually orphaned at the age of 9 when his parents were killed in a car crash. Since then he's been moved from home to home in search of a permanent situation. The only family he really has is the computer club, which just happens to be full of other kids who were orphaned similarly.One night, while working on ideas for the science fair, Seth gets an email from Xabigan Industries. The email promises a new piece of technology that will revolutionize the way people use the Internet. And it includes free shipping!The problem is that a lot of computer-savvy kids have gone missing over the last few months, so Seth wants to be careful with this new piece of tech. Unfortunately, his friend and next-door neighbor, Chen, also got the email from Xabigan Industries and he’s never careful with anything.When Seth gets home from school that night he learns that Chen has disappeared!Could Xabigan Industries be behind these disappearances? Could this new technology have some sinister application that nobody knows about?Seth has to connect the tech, outwit a couple of robots, foil the plans of a malevolent alien, and try to save Chen before it's too late!

Authored by none other than the former US Children's Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis, this collection of animal-focused jokes and riddles will keep kids reading, rhyming, and laughing like a hyena. The Just Joking series has wowed the kid crowd, and now Just Joking: Animal Riddles delivers 150 hilarious and puzzling riddles all about animals, guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of kids everywhere!

Now, the real-life adventures and the myths of the 18th century Pirate King Edward Teach have inspired a thrilling collection of biographical poems by J. Patrick Lewis—collected in a picture-book format that will quicken the pulses and fire the imaginations of young adventurers everywhere. This dramatically illustrated book combines history, adventure, geography, and poetry in a treasure trove of rhymes about Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty seadogs. While Lewis's swashbuckling verse celebrates Blackbeard's mystique, the author's extensive historical note recovers the facts of Edward Teach's life from time-encrusted layers of legend. The spine-tingling poetry also explores many lesser-examined realities amid the mass of mythology inspired by Blackbeard. Each of these 14 poems is written in a distinctive style as Lewis explores different aspects of the pirate's life. Blackbeard's seaborne reign of terror also roars to life in carefully selected historical prints, dating back to the earliest known images of the Pirate King. Blackbeard: The Pirate King is a rich chronicle of the most notorious pirate to ever scour the oceans. It's a book to be plundered and treasured by young dreamers with imagination in their blood, poetry in their bones, and a thirst for adventure on the high seas.

A futuristic motorcyle is carrying a bomb!A suspected terrorist, Fedir Goraya, has built a motorcycle that is capable of housing a nuclear bomb, and it can be driven by remote control. It’s called the Lightcycle. The Nanoagents team is called in to track information on the suspect, which is not easy because his access point inside the Internet is on another grid and he’s encrypted his data stream. Plus, the agents are just getting used to working inside the 'net. Ajita has to spoof Goraya’s access page in order to get his username and password, Cheryl and Bits need that intel to hack the rest of the way so they can snag the schematics on the bike and to setup a block against the detonation codes for the bomb, and Jaden and Rez need the bike’s layout so they can build a piece of tech that Seth and Chen can use to get inside the Lightcycle. And this has to all be done without Goraya suspecting a thing! Can the agents get control of the Lightcycle before Goraya sets it in motion? Even if Seth and Chen can get into the bike, will Chen be able to drive it? And even if they do get control of the bike…what about the bomb? The Nanoagents have to pull together, work as a team, and leverage each other’s strengths in order to save a small city in the Ukraine from certain destruction!

Is the Mars Rover named "Spirit" still alive?In 2010, the Mars Rover named "Spirit" had stopped sending signals back to NASA. In 2011, NASA ceased all efforts to communicate with the rover and called the mission complete.But something unexpected happened: Spirit started to send signals again. The weird thing was that the signal was nothing that Spirit had been programmed to send. It was as if something or someone had taken over the rover.The Nanoagents have been tasked to figure out what's going on. But how will they get to Mars? And when they get there, what are they going to find? Seth, Ajita, Jaden, Cheryl, Chen, Bits, and Rez will have to work together through node networks, forcefields, mechs, and battle drones if they're to succeed in learning the secret behind why the Mars Rover Spirit has come back online.Will they even survive?