Books with title Smiles

Ten-year-old Stacy makes a startling discovery one evening while carrying out her most dreaded chore - cleaning her persistently messy room. As she is tidying under the bed, she finds something that leads her on seemingly impossible adventures. Stacy's real life gets put on hold as she lives out her wildest dreams. She forgets all about her complicated math homework when she steps on stage as the newest member of her favorite pop band. Keeping her room tidy is the last thing on her mind as she soars over the rainforest in the form of a parrot and fighting with her best friend Jade becomes a distant memory while she attends the first Olympics with the goddess Athena. Stacy's every day struggles are pushed out of her thoughts as she loses herself in mind-boggling situations. These adventures help Stacy escape mounting pressure as her real life takes a turn for the worse. She should be having the time of her life. So why is Stacy still having trouble finding anything to smile about?

Smile has all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue, the humour, the superb evocation of childhood – but this is a novel unlike any he has written before. When you finish the last page you will have been challenged to re-evaluate everything you think you remember so clearly. Just moved in to a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly’s pub for a pint, a slow one. One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts and pink shirt brings over his pint and sits down. He seems to know Victor’s name and to remember him from school. Says his name is Fitzpatrick. Victor dislikes him on sight, dislikes too the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers. He prompts other memories too – of Rachel, his beautiful wife who became a celebrity, and of Victor’s own small claim to fame, as the man who says the unsayable on the radio. But it’s the memories of school, and of one particular Brother, that he cannot control and which eventually threaten to destroy his sanity.

Brushing your teeth was never this fun! There's no getting around it. All children have to learn how to brush their teeth. And what better way to help them master this new skill than by introducing the process with favorite animal friends that lead the way with fun rhyming instructions and familiar prompts. The spiral bound format sits on top of the sink or counter and includes a mirror that lets kids see their clean and healthy smiles!

From the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past. "It's his bravest novel yet; it's also, by far, his best." -- npr.org "The closest thing he's written to a psychological thriller."- The New York Times Book Review Just moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly's for a pint, a slow one. One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts and a pink shirt comes over and sits down. He seems to know Victor's name and to remember him from secondary school. His name is Fitzpatrick. Victor dislikes him on sight, dislikes, too, the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers. He prompts other memories--of Rachel, his beautiful wife who became a celebrity, and of Victor's own small claim to fame, as the man who would say the unsayable on the radio. But it's the memories of school, and of one particular brother, that Victor cannot control and which eventually threaten to destroy his sanity. Smile has all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue, the humor, the superb evocation of adolescence, but this is a novel unlike any he has written before. When you finish the last page you will have been challenged to reevaluate everything you think you remember so clearly.

Grumpy Land got its name for one very simple reason: Every citizen, man and woman, old and young, poor and rich, is grumpy. Even the King and Queen and their five children are great big grumps. But that all changed with the birth of Prince Grumpy the Sixth. No one could explain the strange look on his face (it had been so long since anyone had seen a smile). Some thought he was ill; others chalked it up to a bad case of gas. Word of this mysterious child spread to all four corners of Grumpy Land, and before they realized it, the people were doing something they had never done before: smiling.

When Flash's plane crashes in the wilderness, he finds himself injured and alone, armed with nothing but a cheap instant camera. Then out of the sunlight appears a girl in a scarlet dress. Sutira and her brother take Flash home to their remote village, where the people have never met a photographer--or seen a photo. Flash has ten pictures left, but what should he take a picture of? The most beautiful girl in the village? An irreplaceable piece of art? A cow? Flash has always known the magic of photography, but not until he takes those last ten pictures does he realize just what wonders can be worked with light, love, and a camera.From the Hardcover edition.

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.