Books with title The Walking Stick

Walking sticks are among the world's most fascinating insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story, perfect for read-alouds, and colorful illustrations, this scientific look at a walking stick's life-cycle will captivate budding entomologists. Informative sidebars are included that let children learn even more about these wild insects.

Walking sticks are among the world's most fascinating insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story, perfect for read-alouds, and colorful illustrations, this scientific look at a walking stick's life-cycle will captivate budding entomologists. Informative sidebars are included that let children learn even more about these wild insects.

Thirteen-year-old Ripley can't believe his luck when the dock master hands him the knotted, twisted tree branch from among his pile of treasures. Its strange markings appear to be text, but no one knows what they mean.Fashioning it into two walking sticks, Ripley shows them to an eccentric potential buyer only to be harassed later by a local bully who flings one of the sticks into a murky pond. Ripley rushes to save it only to drown.But, as the villagers of Bellowood mourn his loss, Ripley wakes up in a wheat field--in another world.Packed with political upheaval, ancient signs, and mystic portals, The Walking Stick is a thrilling and thought-provoking young adult fantasy that follows Ripley as he tries to navigate the alternate world of Luxor, while hoping to find a way back home to Lydia.

In this exquisitely wrought tale, young Van finds a walking stick at the foot of a huge teak tree. Blessed by Buddha, it becomes his talisman, his life long link to the past, and the support he will need to carry him into the uncertain future. For when the winds of change blow, not even the deep forest of Vietnam remains safe. With the walking stick and his indomitable spirit, Van leads his family to safety and new land. Though the years pass in peace, the ever present tap tapping of the brass-tipped walking stick is Van's constant reminder of the customs, voices, and land he will always remember with love. When the stick's long odyssey is finally over, it is Van's granddaughter who carries it home and places it at Buddha's feet.

Our Choice outstanding book selection, CCBC Outstanding Book, Parent Council In this exquisitely wrought tale, young Van finds a walking stick at the foot of a huge teak tree. Blessed by Buddha, it becomes his talisman, his life long link to the past, and the support he will need to carry him into the uncertain future. For when the winds change blow, not even the deep forest of Vietnam remain safe. With the walking stick and his indomitable spirit, Van leads his family to safety and new land. Though the years pass in peace, the ever-present tap, tapping at the brass-tipped walking stick is Van's constant reminder of the customs, voices, and land he will always remember with love. When the stick's long odyssey is finally over, it is Van's granddaughter who carries it home and places it at Buddha's feet. The Walking Stick is a tribute to all those who must see beyond the next hill.

The Walking Stick tells the fascinating tale of two alternate worlds, Lydia and Luxor, and the thirteen-year-old boy who drowned in one and woke up in the other. Ripley opens his to eyes to find himself surrounded by wheat rather than murky, suffocating water. Thankful but confused, he sets out to understand what’s happened only to be accused of trespassing by the wheat farmer’s daughter, Taleera. The locals are soon convinced that Ripley is crazy when he keeps referring to the world as Lydia rather than Luxor. Hoping to find proof of his homeland, Ripley seeks help from a renowned scholar and unexpectedly becomes embroiled in the town’s political power struggle. Meanwhile, back in Lydia, others are trying to make sense of the mysterious walking stick that Ripley fashioned from an ancient tree branch before his tragic disappearance. Can Ripley help the townspeople of Derrybrook win the liberty all humans deserve and still find a way back home to his own people?

When Nathan, a Native American boy, moves to a new town the other children make fun of his long hair. With the help of his talking stick, Nathan teaches his classmates about his tribe and his way of life. Will the talking stick also help him make friends in his new home?Based on a true story, The Talking Stick is a tale for all ages and cultures. Includes tips for caregivers and instructions for making your very own talking stick.

Walking sticks are among the world's most fascinating insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story, perfect for read-alouds, and colorful illustrations, this scientific look at a walking stick's life-cycle will captivate budding entomologists. Informative sidebars are included that let children learn even more about these wild insects.

John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada. Buchan was born in Scotland and educated at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. After a brief career in law he went to South Africa in 1902 where he contributed to the reconstruction of the country following the Boer War. His love for South Africa is a recurring theme in his fiction.On returning to Britain, Buchan built a successful career in publishing with Nelsons and Reuters. During the first world war, he was Director of Information in the British government. He wrote a twenty-four volume history of the war, which was later abridged.Alongside his busy public life, Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay, whose exploits are described in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast, The Three Hostages, and The Island of Sheep.Apart from Hannay, Buchan created two other leading characters in Dickson McCunn, the shrewd retired grocer who appears in Huntingtower, Castle Gay, and The House of the Four Winds; and the lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, who features in the The Power-House,John Macnab, The Dancing Floor, The Gap in the Curtain and Sick Heart River.From 1927 to 1935 Buchan was Conservative M.P. for the Scottish Universities, and in 1935, on his appointment as Governor-General to Canada, he was made a peer, taking the title Baron Tweedsmuir. During these years he was still productive as a writer, and published notable historical biographies, such as Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, and Cromwell.When he died in Montreal in 1940, the world lost a fine statesman and story-teller.