Books with title Hole in the Roof

THE HOLE IN THE TREE, besides being a fascinating ecological story, is also a delightful picture book. It was written early in the half-century-long writing career of children's greatest nature writer, Jean Craighead George. Before she went on to write classics like JULIE OF THE WOLVES and today's books like the Ecological Mysteries, HOW TO TALK TO YOUR DOG, and the One Day in the. . .series, Ms. George turned out several books that she wrote and illustrated. Among them are the animal biographies she wrote with husband John George, like VULPES THE RED FOX and DIPPER OF COPPER CREEK. There was the enduring, Newbery Honor-winning MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, too. And there were her picture books, THE HOLE IN THE TREE and SNOW TRACKS. Apparently, SNOW TRACKS is not currently available on Amazon. It tells the cozy story of a forest full of animals who have adventures on a cold winter night, and a boy who follows their tracks. THE HOLE IN THE TREE is done in the same style. In it, a young boy and girl find a sanctuary under an old shady apple tree. So do a lot of wild things--woodpeckers, insects, raccoons--and the children, though they might think they are alone, soon have many neighbors in the hollow tree trunk. The pictures are lively and warm, penciled with great detail and close observation of natural behavior. The story, too, is detailed and thorough, helping explain the pictures with creative, understandable words. A carpenter bee, one of nature's most crafted homemakers, lays her eggs in the hole; a chickadee builds a nest; a raccoon hibernates; and the pictures offer a wonderful look into these otherwise hidden worlds. Sadly, this fine story of nature and ecology has been out of print for years.

WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?Geoff is sixteen and still at school. Julio is a seventeen year-old panel beater. Herbie is eighteen and already in the Air force. They have a common love – skydiving.Nothing seems to go right for Geoff – he has to go behind his over-protective mother’s back to even watch. But no way she will permit him to jump!The boys' barbecue sparks a bushfire… and no one is pleased and when a jumper commits suicide, his mother hears part of a conversation… and jumps to the wrong conclusion. When a white powder she finds in his back pocket is not what she thinks, it is the last straw!Maybe he should leave home …An adventure story set around the sport of skydiving!

When a hole appears in the road, the workers have to use lots of different big machines to help them fix it. Diggers, road rollers, dump trucks - everything has an important job to do. Follow the workers as they clear the rubble, add crushed stones, pour on the hot asphalt, make sure the surface is flat and clean the road so that the traffic can move smoothly.

The Hole in the Sky is a fantasy novel about the journey through loss and the choice we make to harden our hearts or open again to greater kindness and compassion. It targets ages 8-12 with strong crossover appeal for adults. Still struggling with anger and grief two years after her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Kaela Neuleaf wishes for some magic in her life. That very evening the answer to her heart's longing arrives in the form of a tiny being who whisks Kaela and her cousin Shawn through the hole in the sky to Muratenland, a beautiful land ensnared in a terrible curse. Kaela and Shawn are brought before the King and Queen and hear of an ancient prophecy foretelling of Kaelaís arrival. Kaela is the one that can break the curse, but she has only two days to rescue the King and Queenís kidnapped baby from an evil warlord who is bent on revenge against the people of Muratenland. On her journey Kaela finds beauty and adventure, a bevy of strange and magical friends ... and deadly enemies. Kaela must face her deepest fears and embrace her hidden strengths, but to finally break the curse she will have to choose between hardening to life or opening to greater kindness and compassion for all beings.