Bøger af Lori Alden Holuta

A collection of the "Brassbright Kids" stories PLUS a brand-new novelette!The Steamkettle Kids Save the Day - Can Paisley Pockets and Christopher Cogan stop a crime in progress? They may be just a couple of kids, but where there's a will and some smarts, there just might be a way.The Legend of The Engineer - In a country called Industralia, children listen to a New Year's story about Frostica, the Engineer, and a magical train.A Life Invented - Gerard Liddle tinkers with his very first inventions - which sometimes work, and sometimes do unexpected things.The Steamkettle Kids and the Lucky Tentacles - After a hurricane shakes up Steamkettle Bay, Paisley Pockets, Christopher Cogan and Jimmy Cupper have an adventure as big as the sea.~ NEW ~ The Secret of Tarragon Alley - Robin dreams of having a garden filled with flowers, just like Gramma did. When he brings home a little clay pot filled with gnarly, weird plants, he has no idea that it will take him on an amazing adventure.

Constance is a wild, stubborn young girl growing up poor in a small industrial town in the late 1800's. Beneath her thread-worn exterior beats the heart of a dreamer and a wordsmith. But at age twelve, she's orphaned. Running away to join the circus-like kids do in adventure books-seems like such a brilliant idea... or is it? "Anne of Green Gables travels around the world in 80 days and follows the Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard of Menlo Park." "This is one of my ten-year-old daughter's "bedstand books." She keeps it by her bed, and I find her reading it over and over. When she accidentally left her hard copy at home when she went to her grandparents', we had to get her a soft copy for her tablet. She loves Constance! - Cathy Karas "A beautiful coming of age story that shows that although dark days loom over us all, a positive outlook on life can make even the worse situations feel better. The heroine, Constance Whittlesey, tells her story in the first person, bringing a storyteller's charm to the entire adventure." - Author Joseph Gatch "Lori Alden Holuta's debut novel is a delightful read that will appeal to teens and young adults as well as some not-so-young adults. The tone is light and witty-I found myself smiling often at a turn of phrase or laughing at a clever twist-and the themes are positive and uplifting." - Mark Nofsinger

Even fictional characters gotta eat. These are their recipes. Now you can make the favorite foods of the fictional country of Industralia, from breakfast right on through to late night snacks. You'll even learn how to make traditional New Year's "Coal Week" holiday treats."Ah, the delightful sounds and smells of cooking. And explosions. Or maybe that is just my kitchen... Venture forth into the wilds of your own kitchen to explore the possibilities for flavor and ingredients you encountered in your explorations of Industralia! From carnival peanuts and cotton candy to some hearty meat pies these recipes can help you, or a young friend, cook some of the flavors of adventure." -- Nurseferatu's five-star Goodreads review