Author: Paul Fleischman
Narrator: Paul Michael, Susan Denaker, Lincoln Hoppe
Unabridged: 2 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 02/14/2006
Paul Fleischman spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist's creations reveal truths - tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers.
Can wood, copper, or marble communicate? They can if they are the graven images in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman's trio of eerie, beguiling short stories. If you whisper a secret into a wooden statue's ear, will anyone find out? Can a wobbly weathervane bearing the image of Saint Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, steer a love-struck apprentice toward the girl of his dreams? And if a ghost hires a sculptor to carve a likeness of him holding a drink to a baby's lips, what ghastly crime might lie behind his request? And, in a brand-new afterword, the acclaimed storyteller reveals how he found his own author's voice.
In this episode, Princess Irulan sends Diah Lubis back in time to acquire Minotaur fillet in order to impress on a social media mogul. But is travelling back in time to slay mythological creatures really a good idea, or is mercy a better option?
The Adventures of Angus the Mouse is about a mouse that loves to adventure and despite his passion to discover new and exciting things he battles with everyday situations we all face in life. As in fitting in and being accepted by others and most im...
Are you wanting to be assured that your children are reading stories that are going to convict, inspire and encourage them in their characters for them to make right choices?If you are wanting your daughters to be taught in piety, grace and modesty ...
A girl doesn't have a date for the school dance—until her dad makes one for her in his lab. "Lily—meet Stitchy." A family enjoys a nice Thanksgiving dinner—until they are interrupted by a torrent of turkeys out for revenge. A princ...
When you set foot in an abandoned village, it can be quite a shock to realize you aren't quite alone...Good news! Fun-loving, adventure-finding Steve is going on vacation! Bad news – it's with the school! Not only will Steve have to endure th...
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm. From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own ch...
In this episode, Diah must face the challenges of her new life after her time travels changed the space time contiuum. Her first mission in the new timeline is to stop her former friend Irulan from obtaining the help of the Roman God Jupiter. Will...
Diah Lubis is an ambitious chef working for the Princess Irulan on the Malaysian space colony on the Europa Moon.When Princess Irulan tasks Diah with cooking a certain type of Polish sausage, Diah has a crazy idea: She travels back in time to meet w...
Here is a collection of four delightful dragon stories by two master writers for children: The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, The Fiery Dragon and The Last Dragon by Edith Nesbit. Presented with lively mus...