Books with title The Golden Shell

My name is Kaidance Monroe, and I'm cursed with the gift of sight.I see death. Bloody, violent death. Before it even happens.I was taken in by a mysterious benefactor, who wants to use my abilities to vanquish his oldest enemy. But the dark secrets in my new home drove me away. I don't know where I belong any more - with the fallen angel who has become my protector, or with the immortal deities that are determined for me to join their cause.All I know is I'm being hunted by an army of Zeus's soldiers, tracked by monstrous beasts that want to eat me alive, and running from the one person I want to be with.But when I find the Golden Shears, and claim the power to vanquish gods, everything will change.

A brother and sister's search for a new life and new home . . .5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia during a terrible drought, Jomar and Zefa's father must send his children away to the city of Ur because he can no longer feed them. At fourteen, Jomar is old enough to apprentice with Sidah, a master goldsmith for the temple of the moongod, but there is no place for Zefa in Sidah's household. Zefa, a talented but untrained musician, is forced to play her music and sing for alms on the streets of Ur. Marjorie Cowley vividly imagines the intrigues, and harsh struggle for survival in ancient Mesopotamia.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. These are no ordinary princesses-- they're Rescue Princesses! The Rescue Princesses are going to Princess School! They're excited, but also a little worried--will they still have time to help animals in need? Princess Ella has lost her pet rabbit. She hopes that her new friends, the Rescue Princesses, are just the girls to bring her bunny home.

In biblical times, Itamar, the tailor's son, has carefully carried the High Priest's robe―with its little golden bells sewn onto the hem―home for his father to mend. But one day, one of the bells is missing! When nobody turns in the lost bell at the Claiming Stone, Itamar wonders if the tiny bell will ever be found. A surprise ending brings the story into modern times when an archaeologist finds a golden bell at a Jerusalem dig.

My name is Kaidance Monroe, and I'm cursed with the gift of sight. I see death. Bloody, violent death. Before it even happens. I was taken in by a mysterious benefactor, who wants to use my abilities to vanquish his oldest enemy. But the dark secrets in my new home drove me away. I don't know where I belong any more - with the fallen angel who has become my protector, or with the immortal deities that are determined for me to join their cause. All I know is I'm being hunted by an army of Zeus's soldiers, tracked by monstrous beasts that want to eat me alive, and running from the one person I want to be with. But when I find the Golden Shears, and claim the power to vanquish gods, everything will change.

Children's story in Chinese and English. Illustrated with the most beautiful and loving modern paintings by Chinese and Korean artists, this is a story of a young girl's journey to recapture her family’s lost stories, the ones her grandmother told over and over but are now gone. For a moment's pleasure, the girl trades all her grandmother's stories to a poor and lost old man who immediately recognizes the great value of the treasure the girl hands to him. As time passes, the girl realizes the value of what she gave away, and she realizes she must reclaim her heritage, knowing her future strength and wisdom exist in the stories of her ancestors. They are her heritage and her destiny. Written in seemingly simple prose accessible to children, this is a tale, a hero quest, that readers of any age can enjoy. The artwork depicts with emotional clarity the beauty and complexity, the innocence and naivety, of what it is to be a child. This book is intended for parents as well as children. It will provide opportunities to share their own stories. On the shelves of bookstores and libraries, and on websites throughout the world, are countless important and entertaining children's stories, yet none of them are quite like this. In this time of distraction and video games and sudden bursts of brief entertainment, and overloaded schedules, children are crying out for their parents to put down the technology and talk with them, really talk with them, about what matters, about who they are, about what their parents see when they look at them, and about all there is to know, about their parents' lives and the lives all their ancestors, for they are hungry for words and stories that will make them strong and provide them with a place and meaning in this chaotic and distracted world. Sit down on the couch, turn off the computer, the cell phone, the television, make a couple cups of hot chocolate, and prepare to talk with your child, to listen, allowing time to explore what there is to see and to say. This book invites children to learn about lives in distant lands. Perhaps it will inspire them to pick up crayons and begin to illustrate their own mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers, forming the stories that have now been shared with them. I can think of no greater gift to give a child than an understanding of all the glorious sacrifices that have resulted in their being in this world here and now--a sense of the love beaming down upon them from generations that have come and gone. Our eternal lives rest in the hand of God, and also in the stories that future generations will tell of our lives, our loves, and the joyful sacrifices we have made for the safety and hopeful happiness of all who will come after we have gone. I have taught many young students from foreign countries whose parents endured unimaginable hardships to escape their old homes, to bring their children to a better place where they may be free and strong, where their lives will be valued, where they will at least have a chance to realize their gifts. Their sacrifices should be remembered with joy and reverence, for therein lies wisdom, virtue, and grace.

Across the continents of the ancient world wandered the Storyteller, enchanting all who heard him with his wondrous tales of the gods. He longed for a glimpse of the all-powerful deities of his stories, and listened eagerly to those who had experiences such encounters. And interwoven with his journey is the story of Heracles – a magnificent story with all the intense drama and high tragedy of the Greek Myths.

In biblical times, Itamar, the tailor's son, has carefully carried the High Priest's robe―with its little golden bells sewn onto the hem―home for his father to mend. But one day, one of the bells is missing! When nobody turns in the lost bell at the Claiming Stone, Itamar wonders if the tiny bell will ever be found. A surprise ending brings the story into modern times when an archaeologist finds a golden bell at a Jerusalem dig.

In biblical times, Itamar, the tailor's son, has carefully carried the High Priest's robe—with its little golden bells sewn onto the hem—home for his father to mend. But one day, one of the bells is missing! When nobody turns in the lost bell at the Claiming Stone, Itamar wonders if the tiny bell will ever be found. A surprise ending brings the story into modern times when an archaeologist finds a golden bell at a Jerusalem dig.