Books with title Yankee Doodle

[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] [This is the sequel to Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter] [Read by Marguerite Gavin] A charmingly funny testament to second chances in life and love from the acclaimed author of Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter Lisa Patton won the hearts of readers with her book Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter, which became a sleeper-success. Building on a smashing debut, Lisa's poised to go to the next level--because whether in Vermont snow or in Memphis heat, Dixie heroine Leelee Satterfield is never too far from misadventure, calamity--and ultimately, love. Having watched her life turn into a nor'easter, thirty-four-year-old Leelee Satterfield is back home in the South, ready to pick back up where she left off. But that's a task easier said than done. Leelee, a single mom, still dreaming of the Vermonter who stole her heart, and accompanied by her three best friends who pepper her with advice, nudging, and peach daiquiris, opens another restaurant and learns she has to prove herself yet again. Fans of women's fiction will delight in this novel filled with heart and humor.

Jackknown on the street as Jake and Boychik to his ma, was born on the Fourth ofJuly on Chicago's Southside, smelling distance from the stockyards. Yankee Doodle Boychik starts in1919.¿ Jack is four and living packed "like herring in a barrel" behind Pa's shoe store.¿ The struggles and triumphs, poignant and funny, to become a realAmerican boy are portrayed through his eyes.¿The story takes the reader through forty chapter stories to his barmitzvah when he invites the neighbors to their first Jewish party. Itwas the magic time of radio and Babe Ruth, of Paul Whiteman's band serialmovies on Saturday morning.¿ Jakeconfronts his immigrant Ma's old country values, convincing her that there istime in his day for sports as well as study and its all right for a Jewish boyto play the sax in a jazz band, rather than a fiddle in a concert hall. Thisis not the usual coming of age story.¿In Yankee Doodle Boychik, aJewish boy grows up in a functionalfamily.¿ Discipline is tempered byMa's love and conflicts resolved without sacrificing religious principle. Bythe last chapter, the reader will have laughed and cried with Jake as hepursues the wins and losses of his dreams.

An alphabet book that celebrates the birth of the United States of America. Wendell Minor’s bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce young readers to the rich history behind the colonies and Revolutionary Era.A is for “Acts,” the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots. Z is for “Zane,” the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane, Elizabeth, who saves the day by delivering more gunpowder for the deprived troops at Fort Henry. In between, Paul Revere, Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, the Boston Tea Party, and the Liberty Bell, and many more people, places, and events of the young America grace these pages. A chronological timeline at the end puts all the events in order.

Having watched her life turn into a nor'easter, thirty-four-year-old Leelee Satterfield is back home in the South, ready to pick back up where she left off. But that's a task easier said than done. Leelee, a single mom, still dreaming of the Vermonter who stole her heart, and accompanied by her three best friends who pepper her with advice, nudging, and peach daiquiris, opens another restaurant and learns she has to prove herself yet again.