Books with title Sometimes

More Adventures of the Howling Vowels! Welcome back to Sundog, Minnesota! In the three years since their adventures in The Howling Vowels, Alexa Stevens and her four friends have each grown and changed, but they are still as close as ever. It’s April, and they are looking forward to a spring and summer filled with riding horses, playing with dogs, hanging out at the pool and the library, and finishing a big project: making their own movie, complete with music, scenery, and costumes! But when a new boy moves to town—a boy who has no friends—will they be able to penetrate his mysterious exterior and welcome him in? A = Alexa A lover of words, questions, and animals, she is quirky and sprightly and wants to know everything so that she can know the whole story. E = Eduardo Tall, approachable, and calm, he loves magic, performance, and tales of adventure, and it’s easy for him to find common ground with new people. I = Isabelle Small of stature but great of heart, she is skilled in making beautiful things and committed to speaking up for what is kind and true and reaching out to anyone in need. O = Otto Likeable and funny, and always in motion, he always means well, but sometimes his foot leaves the stage and ends up in his mouth. U = Ursula Strong and brave, she returns from ten months on the island of Ireland more daring and determined than ever, filled with passions for horses and steampunk. And then there’s Y… Y = Yves Brooding and sometimes rude, he carries a foreigner’s suspicion of this Midwestern town and a battered sense of himself. Will he be his own worst enemy? Or will he break through the confusing signals and oscillating impressions he sends? Will he win new friends?

An afternoon in the playground introduces different kinds of walls: a brick wall to draw on with chalk, a water wall, and a climbing wall. What follows is a playful yet profound exploration of the many ways walls can divide us or bring us together. When one child is excluded from a game, another builds a castle to leave him out. When the builder declares the castle MINE, other kids feel alienated―but the builder becomes lonely, too, when the others have fun without him. The book ends with the optimism of a new start: friendship, forgiveness, and imagination give the wall new meaning. Told with short, simple lines of playful, rhyming text and loose line illustrations by internationally known artist Barroux, this book sparks questions with empathy, insight, and charm. It’s a timely tool for inquiry-based and social-emotional learning, sharing the important message that walls can unite or divide, depending on the choices we make.

The world is a tough place to navigate. The younger we attain and develop the necessary tools to navigate successfully, the better. "You always have a prayer, but sometimes you only have a prayer." That essentially means that sometimes in life, our only hope is prayer. God hears and answers prayer. Sometimes He doesn't answer the way we think He should, but we have to remember that He is smarter and wiser than we are. I believe it is essential that children learn as early as possible that there is a Grand Creator, our Heavenly Father, who loves and cares about them. He listens to their little prayers even before they've mastered any language. Sometimes I Pray helps children to understand the things they can pray about. I remember being a little kid at the grocery store with my mother. We were poor, and at the checkout counter, I remember hoping she would have enough money to cover everything. I felt bad for her when she didn't. I wish I knew that we can pray about such things then. So, hopefully, this little book will help children in a big way to understand that they can pray for the "big" things and the basic things in life.

During a cheerful New Year's celebration, the once peaceful Alphabet Village is unexpectedly confronted with a major dilemma: is Y a consonant or a vowel? Soon the vowels and consonants are battling over the right to claim the Y family as their own. They forget all about the love and friendship that made Alphabet Village a happy place to live. Until the Mayor of Number Town appears with a very special message...<BR> The question of whether Y is a consonant or a vowel has always baffled young minds. And Sometimes Y teaches children about the flexibility of this most versatile letter through brilliantly colored illustrations that bring the alphabet to life. Sometimes Y is a consonant, and sometimes a vowel, the important thing is that all the letters work together in friendship and joy!

Night can be a scary time for a child. Filled with beautiful, lush images, loving poetry, and gorgeous dreamscapes, Sometimes Sleep unlocks imagination and guides your child to wonderful dreams. Sometimes Sleep is a succession of poems describing the various metaphorical ways sleep is delivered (or sometimes not). Created to inspire imagination, great dreams are bound to happen!

From the creators of the highly-acclaimed The Squiggle, here is an imaginative introduction to the phases of the moon for young children. As the little girl in The Squiggle fancies a string to be many things, here, Selene uses her imagination to understand the moon's waxing and waning. She tells her Grandpa how she relates the different lunar phases to familiar concepts--the new moon is a Hiding Moon, the crescent moon is a Boat Moon like grandpa's dory, the half moon is a Basket Moon like mama's knitting basket. When the moon is two-thirds full, it is a Cheeky Moon, like Baby Nico's round, chubby cheeks, and the full moon is a Treasure Moon, like pieces of pirates' silver. Enhanced by Pierr Morgan's beguiling, fluid illustrations, Sometimes Moon is a terrific teaching tool on a subject of universal appeal. Includes an informational spread, clearly depicting the lunar progression.

Do you have a child that loves to catch animals? Maybe YOU were once a critter catching kiddo? How any jars were devoted to fireflies, lizards, frogs, and other helpless backyard wildlife? Well I have my very own critter-catcher at home, too. I can't tell you how many frogs, lizards and bugs have been scooped up, only to live a short life inside glass walls and tiny holes in the lid. So I wrote a book to help explain to my little critter-catcher why we can't keep wild critters, however small, in captivity. As we journey fromt he front yard to the shores of our local Harbor in "Sometimes Pets," I explain that watching these animals in their natural habitat is far more rewarding than keeping them in a jar. Join Emma, her dog, and I on our journey through the pages of "Sometimes Pets." and enjoy recognizing, or discovering, our beautiful Rockwall, Texas Harbor...who knows how many critters may be saved.

The animals have a wild look in their eyes. Franky has his sling shot out and is aiming at one of the sheep in the stall. Sport starts barking. Franky! What are you up to? I holler. Franky has a grin on his face as he walks towards me. I've taken all I can take! My fists come up without me knowing it...that's when everything explodes! Peter McDugal tries to understand his pal, but there's a bully side to Franky that scares him. Sometimes they're best friends, but then, suddenly, Franky is up to no good. Peter knows that pals gotta stick together, but it sure gives him a bellyache trying to figure it all out. When Franky turns on him, the grown-ups aren't around, and Peter has to tend to Franky all by himself! ~Winner of the 2014 CLIPPA Award from coast to coast, the second book, My Sometimes Pal in the Belden Boy Series, continues to engage children of all ages!