Books with title HERE COME THE HEROES

Stories of the heroes of ancient Greece, told in fine poetic prose. Includes accounts of Perseus who slew Medusa the Gorgon, Jason who sought the Golden Fleece, and Theseus who slew the Minotaur. By preserving the Greek spirit in the retelling of these myths, Kingsley gives us plain strength and seriousness, courage, steadfastness, and beauty. Dozens of attractive illustrations by T. H. Robinson enliven the text. Suitable for ages 9 and up.

Look for the Helpers is a shaped board book that highlights the emergency vehicles that help make our world a better place.It’s a big, beautiful world, filled with awesome adventures. But sometimes emergencies happen. When they do, look for the helpers! Helpers are all around you. Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and more crowd the pages of this shaped board book that teaches children to look for helpers wherever they go. With a search-and-find twist, each scene highlights different types of emergency vehicles in action. Look for the Helpers is an adventurous book that introduces little ones to the caring helpers who make the world safer.

My Dear Children, Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them. You may come to see, I may say every day, things which we should not have had if it had not been for these old Greeks. You can hardly find a well-written book which has not in it Greek names, and words, and proverbs; you cannot walk through a great town without passing Greek buildings; you cannot go into a well-furnished room without seeing Greek statues and ornaments, even Greek patterns of furniture and paper; so strangely have these old Greeks left their mark behind them upon this modern world in which we now live. And as you grow up, and read more and more, you will find that we owe to these old Greeks the beginners of all our mathematics and geometry—that is, the science and knowledge of numbers, and of the shapes of things, and of the forces which make things move and stand at rest; and the beginnings of our geography and astronomy; and of our laws, and freedom, and politics—that is, the science of how to rule a country, and make it peaceful and strong. And we owe to them, too, the beginning of our logic—that is, the study of words and of reasoning; and of our metaphysics—that is, the study of our own thoughts and souls. And last of all, they made their language so beautiful that foreigners used to take to it instead of their own; and at last Greek became the common language of educated people all over the old world, from Persia and Egypt even to Spain and Britain. - Taken from "The Heroes Or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children" written by Charles Kingsley

Meet the 12 treble monsters as colorful illustrations tell the story of how the high notes chose their spots on the music lines. In this brilliantly engaging book, sheet music becomes an unforgettable musical world. Here Come the High Notes is the first book in the FableNotes© series, created as a science-backed way to make music literacy unbelievably fun. A musician has thought up the notes in her head, and decides to set them free onto paper so she could share her songs with the world. In this 32-page book, the notes are introduced one-by-one as their stories explain where to find them on the music lines.

In 1986, two artists—one Russian, one American—joined forces, against the odds, to tell a brand new kind of picture story. In Here Comes the Cat!, a single mouse runs around shouting "HERE COMES THE CAT!" again and again—in both English and Russian—until everybody he knows is worried sick. Just when the tension can't get any tenser, the cat arrives with a giant wheel of cheese! A big party breaks out and everyone—the reader included—laughs a huge laugh of relief.Funny, whip-smart, and illustrated in mesmerizing detail, Here Comes the Cat! is a parable about fear, more relevant than ever, that follows in the great tradition of Chicken Little. McSweeney's proudly presents this deluxe new edition, complete with a fold-out dust-jacket, on the 25th anniversary of the book's conception.

Cumbria is underwater again, and PC Kathy Stone faces looting in the village. A suspect is soon identified, to DS Ian Mann’s delight, but Kathy has her doubts. And she’s far from sure about her sister’s new boyfriend, either, although she’d be sacked if she used police resources to investigate him. Owen Irvine is reluctant to get involved, but his unofficial enquiries suggest that Kathy is right, and that Darren Capstick is mixed up with something sinister. But how can visiting endless Lakeland hotels possibly be connected with the most depraved criminality?

Now, why have I called this book ‘The Heroes’? Because that was the name which the Hellens gave to men who were brave and skilful, and dare do more than other men. At first, I think, that was all it meant: but after a time it came to mean something more; it came to mean men who helped their country; men in those old times, when the country was half-wild, who killed fierce beasts and evil men, and drained swamps, and founded towns, and therefore after they were dead, were honoured, because they had left their country better than they found it. And we call such a man a hero in English to this day, and call it a ‘heroic’ thing to suffer pain and grief, that we may do good to our fellow-men. We may all do that, my children, boys and girls alike; and we ought to do it, for it is easier now than ever, and safer, and the path more clear. But you shall hear how the Hellens said their heroes worked, three thousand years ago. The stories are not all true, of course, nor half of them; you are not simple enough to fancy that; but the meaning of them is true, and true for ever, and that is—Do right, and God will help you.’

An ancient evil stirs in the west. A red star glows at the peak of Mount Ganiya. A river goes suddenly and inexplicably dry. The signs point to only one thing:The time of the Heroes has returned. In order to save Sadonia, the Heroes must set forth, armed with little more than their wits and Prophecy to guide and protect them. They will face wild animals, terrifying and unnatural beasts, unknown dangers, and their own worst fears … yet forsaking the quest is not an option, for doing so means the end of good in the world. At the last, they must battle the face of that ancient evil itself if they are to survive.

Look for the Helpers is a shaped board book that highlights the emergency vehicles that help make our world a better place.It’s a big, beautiful world, filled with awesome adventures. But sometimes emergencies happen. When they do, look for the helpers! Helpers are all around you. Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and more crowd the pages of this shaped board book that teaches children to look for helpers wherever they go. With a search-and-find twist, each scene highlights different types of emergency vehicles in action. Look for the Helpers is an adventurous book that introduces little ones to the caring helpers who make the world safer.