Books with author john kelley

Learn about Quack Quack, Billy Bunny, Sammy Squirrel, and Tommy Dormouse, four animal friends who do everything together. They get up to all sorts of adventures, but this first story introduces you to the boys and their habitat, where they live - on the pond, in the meadow, and in the woods. There are more friends who will be introduced in later stories.Those who grew up experiencing the countryside will love remembering some of the things you used to get up to as the animals repeat those experiences.The story is related by a grandfather to his grandchildren, Syd and Leila, at bedtime. Sound familiar?Read on....

The Irish famine that began in 1845 was one of the nineteenth century's greatest disasters. By its end, the island's population of eight million had shrunk by a third through starvation, disease and emigration. This is a brilliant, compassionate retelling of that awful story for a new generation - the first account for the general reader for many years and a triumphant example of narrative non-fiction at its best.The immediate cause of the famine was a bacterial infection of the potato crop on which too many the Irish poor depended. What turned a natural disaster into a human disaster was the determination of senior British officials to use relief policy as an instrument of nation-building in their oldest and most recalcitrant colony. Well-meaning civil servants were eager to modernise Irish agriculture and to improve the Irish moral character, which was utterly lacking in the virtues of the new age of triumphant capitalism. The result was a relief programme more concerned with fostering change than of saving lives.This is history that resonates powerfully with our own times.

A friendship born of monsters, comics, candy, and kinship, Joe and Pino are trying to hang onto their hearts of adventure while entering the frightening maw that is junior high school. Into their lives are thrust two girls, sarcastic, Jean, feisty with a cutting wit and Val, a nearly six foot teenager whose height is only less towering than her intellect. While exploring the complex sewer chambers under their town, they discover that the legend that has been haunting their town for two decades has a name. And as they begin to unravel the whys of stolen mail, disappearing sons, and banshee cries, their own lives are threatened. But it is their compassion, as well as their wits, that bring them through fear and the unknown, opening up the chambers of a long mystery that threatens to split apart their hometown. Ripe with humor, action and heart, Lost & Found reminds us of what it truly means to come home.

Duck wants to join a club. But he needs to be able to ROAR to join Lion Club, or TRUMPET to join Elephant Club. And all he can do is QUACK! What’s a Duck to do? Why, set up his own club of course… where everyone is welcome to join! With a laugh-out-loud text from John Kelly and brilliantly quirky illustrations by Steph Laberis, Can I Join Your Club? is a heart-warming story which celebrates the importance of diversity and friendship. Perfect for little ones who are learning to make friends at a new school or nursery.

Nineteen year old Lydia has the one thing her mother always wished for her: a loving man. David's love helped Lydia ignore the decayed city walls that surrounded the only world she ever knew. But seemingly coming out of nowhere, a wicked man takes interest in her and tries destroying both her love and support. Her dreams of becoming a mother is also threatened by her sudden slim chance of survival. Book edited by Aurora Dewater

Opps! Buddy Alexander accidentally drops his pocket calculator into a particle accelerator. As he retrieves it, he notices it is lime-green, warm and vibrates. Later he discovers the calculator has been transformed into a time traveling device. Join Buddy as he witnessess the Kennedy assassination, the Murrah building bombing, Was that a UFO crash in Roswell, NM in 1947? What is it like to meet a caveman, an alien, a robot from the future. And who is Will Power?

When a ghastly giant comes crashing through the Kingdom one day, the townsfolk fear for their lives. He's knocking down the buildings! He's breathing his stinky breath all over the place! He's even picking giant bogeys out of his giant nose--he must be stopped!So the King decrees that ALL knights be sent to slay the giant--and whoever succeeds will be knighted BRAVEST IN THE LAND.Enter Sir Scaly Pants (the most unusual knight around) and his trusty steed Guinevere (he most unfit horse around) Will this unlikely duo manage to defeat the greedy, grimy giant? You bet they will!A wildly funny tale of good versus bad perfect for fans of Jonny Duddle.

Woodworking is a useful and enjoyable skill that anyone can learn. If you've ever wished you knew how to make things out of wood, this book is the perfect place to start. You'll be amazed at how simple it is to build fun and practical wooden items as you work through the easy lessons inside. Each of the woodworking projects in this book can be completed in just a few hours. Designed to teach basic woodworking skills, they require only ordinary lumber and simple hand and power tools that you may already own. Each new project builds on what you learned before, allowing you to become more self-confident as your skills increase

Out of the frying pan into the fire… Follow the Night Riders of Sheridan on their exploit from Tank Hill to Tongue River Canyon and beyond. Three hormonally challenged boys growing up in Sheridan, Wyoming seem to get into trouble at every turn. But somehow these best friends, whether through solidarity or dumb luck emerge unscathed time and again. Except, perhaps, for their pride.