Books with title Travels with Dad

"When Louis was home in Queens, neighborhood kids would gather around as he brought them into jazz. His music still vibrantly lives around the world, and his spirit of humaneness lives in Travels with Louis by Mick Carlon, teacher of jazz to the young of all ages."—Nat Hentoff"Thanks to his friendship with the great Louis Armstrong, twelve-year old Fred sees his world expand from ice cream and baseball in Queens to jazz at the Village Vanguard, a civil rights sit-in in Nashville, and ecstatic concerts in London and Paris. A wonderful story, which rings true on many levels."—Michael Cogswell, director, Louis Armstrong House Museum"Carlon is driven by a love divided evenly between the subject and the act of writing itself."—Brian Morton, author of The Penguin Guide to JazzPraise for Mick Carlon's Riding on Duke's Train:"In schools where students are lucky enough to experience classroom jazz studies, this title, combining rich musical history and a 'you are there' approach, is a natural."—Kirkus Reviews"Enthralling. . . . An adventure story with a smart, historical framework."—ForeWord, Recommended Books for Kids"A ripping good yarn."—Brian MortonQueens, 1959. Twelve-year-old Fred loves reading, baseball, and playing trumpet with his neighbor, Louis Armstrong. Fred accompanies Louis to Nashville, where he encounters a Civil Rights lunch counter strike, and to London and Paris. Characters include Langston Hughes, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington. Says jazz photographer Jack Bradley, "Reading this book is like visiting my friend again. This is the way he was, folks."

Grace is a bicultural, bilingual girl living in Mexico City who loves to travel and learn new things. She is excited because her cousin, Connor, is coming to visit from the United States. Grace and her mom put together a plan to teach Connor about this city in Mexico: its language, food, culture, and important places. What new things will they do and see? A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage. To learn more about how you can contribute to helping the children of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage, please visit www.nph.org.

"When Louis was home in Queens, neighborhood kids would gather around as he brought them into jazz. His music still vibrantly lives around the world, and his spirit of humaneness lives in Travels with Louis by Mick Carlon, teacher of jazz to the young of all ages."—Nat Hentoff"Thanks to his friendship with the great Louis Armstrong, twelve-year old Fred sees his world expand from ice cream and baseball in Queens to jazz at the Village Vanguard, a civil rights sit-in in Nashville, and ecstatic concerts in London and Paris. A wonderful story, which rings true on many levels."—Michael Cogswell, director, Louis Armstrong House Museum"Carlon is driven by a love divided evenly between the subject and the act of writing itself."—Brian Morton, author of The Penguin Guide to JazzPraise for Mick Carlon's Riding on Duke's Train:"In schools where students are lucky enough to experience classroom jazz studies, this title, combining rich musical history and a 'you are there' approach, is a natural."—Kirkus Reviews"Enthralling. . . . An adventure story with a smart, historical framework."—ForeWord, Recommended Books for Kids"A ripping good yarn."—Brian MortonQueens, 1959. Twelve-year-old Fred loves reading, baseball, and playing trumpet with his neighbor, Louis Armstrong. Fred accompanies Louis to Nashville, where he encounters a Civil Rights lunch counter strike, and to London and Paris. Characters include Langston Hughes, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington. Says jazz photographer Jack Bradley, "Reading this book is like visiting my friend again. This is the way he was, folks."

Grace is a bicultural, bilingual girl living in Mexico City who loves to travel and learn new things. She is excited because her cousin, Connor, is coming to visit from the United States. Grace and her mom put together a plan to teach Connor about this city in Mexico: its language, food, culture, and important places. What new things will they do and see? A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage. To learn more about how you can contribute to helping the children of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage, please visit www.nph.org.

When you lose a loved one, there’s not a lot you can do except wait for time to heal the open wound. But when 13 year-old Theo Saunders’ mother is struck down by a drunk driver, his reeling family does something wholly unexpected: they seek distraction and solace in a trip to far-flung China.In the aftermath of his mother’s death, Theo is struggling to understand how, “Somewhere, somebody decided that when you turn thirteen, you suddenly become an adult.” Like all adolescents, he’s feeling betrayed. The years of parental reassurance that they'll keep the world a safe place have ended all too abruptly. He knows this isn’t new. As if finding out who you are amidst the jigsaw puzzle of high school, social media and an ignorant, extorting bully all coupled with the siren’s call of the opposite sex isn’t enough, Theo and his twin sister Rose awake to find themselves drowning in a sea of grief.Smart and independent – the children of two Seattle Symphony principal players – in their family, Art is always spelled with a capital “A”. The twins have been raised in a home alive with music, encouragement and warm humor. They’ve been taught to think for themselves and believe that any goal is attainable.Clifford and Katharine Saunders balanced each other in perfect counterpoint, enjoying a marriage sparked by love at first sight and grounded by their shared passion for music. Clifford is now astonishingly alone, and for the first time in his life, unsure of what to do. For Theo and Rose, it’s as if they’ve lost both of their parents. To further complicate an impossible situation, heavy commitments that will further his reputation and career for years to come loom for Clifford as a keynote speaker and performer at a major international music conference in China. Frozen in place by the brilliant glare of heartache, clouded by the shadows of doubt and propriety, the stunned trio reluctantly embark for that alien Asian destination, where distance, love, humor and exploration are not only their brightest hope of finding a new way of living, but the realization that Katherine Saunders has been with them the whole time.

In 1878 Robert Louis Stevenson escaped from his numerous troubles—poor health, tormented love, inadequate funds—by embarking on a journey through the CÃvennes in France, accompanied by Modestine, a rather single-minded donkey. The notebook Stevenson kept during this time became Travels with a Donkey in the CÃvennes, a highly entertaining account of the French and their country. The Amateur Emigrant describes his travels to and around America: the crowded weeks in steerage, the cross-country train journey. Filled with sharp-eyed observations, it brilliantly conveys Stevenson’s perceptions of America and the Americans. Together, these writings reveal as much about the traveler as the places he travels to.

When you lose a loved one, there’s not a lot you can do except wait for time to heal the open wound. But when 13 year-old Theo Saunders’ mother is struck down by a drunk driver, his reeling family does something wholly unexpected: they seek distraction and solace in a trip to far-flung China. In the aftermath of his mother’s death, Theo is struggling to understand how, “Somewhere, somebody decided that when you turn thirteen, you suddenly become an adult.” Like all adolescents, he’s feeling betrayed. The years of parental reassurance that they'll keep the world a safe place have ended all too abruptly. He knows this isn’t new. As if finding out who you are amidst the jigsaw puzzle of high school, social media and an ignorant, extorting bully all coupled with the siren’s call of the opposite sex isn’t enough, Theo and his twin sister Rose awake to find themselves drowning in a sea of grief. Smart and independent – the children of two Seattle Symphony principal players – in their family, Art is always spelled with a capital “A”. The twins have been raised in a home alive with music, encouragement and warm humor. They’ve been taught to think for themselves and believe that any goal is attainable. Clifford and Katharine Saunders balanced each other in perfect counterpoint, enjoying a marriage sparked by love at first sight and grounded by their shared passion for music. Clifford is now astonishingly alone, and for the first time in his life, unsure of what to do. For Theo and Rose, it’s as if they’ve lost both of their parents. To further complicate an impossible situation, heavy commitments that will further his reputation and career for years to come loom for Clifford as a keynote speaker and performer at a major international music conference in China. Frozen in place by the brilliant glare of heartache, clouded by the shadows of doubt and propriety, the stunned trio reluctantly embark for that alien Asian destination, where distance, love, humor and exploration are not only their brightest hope of finding a new way of living, but the realization that Katherine Saunders has been with them the whole time.