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Billie and Bean in the Mountains
Key Selling Points Billie and Bean are back for a trip to the mountains, where Billie is nervous about trying skiing for the first time. A child demonstrates resilience and bravery as she steps outside her comfort zone, tries something new and finds her own way to have fun. Celebrates the supportive relationship between a child and their dog. Bright illustrations play with light and shadow to capture the textures and details of the snowy mountains. This is the third book in the Billie and Bean series, following Billie and Bean at the Beach and Billie and Bean in the City, which received starred reviews from Kirkus.
Billie and Bean in the City
★“Delightful, portraying a little one’s first forays into independence, joys, fears, and all...A simple yet wonderfully satisfying escapade.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Celebrating the supportive relationship between a child and her dog, this story gently introduces the resilience and bravery that come with the first steps toward independence. Billie is reading quietly in her apartment while her mom does laundry downstairs. But her impatient dog Bean wants to go outside. Billie has taken Bean outside before when mom was watching, so she decides to try taking Bean out by herself—just around the block. Billie and Bean enjoy the vibrant city street, but after stopping to pick a flower in the park, Billie becomes disoriented by the tall buildings and can't remember the way back to their building. As Billie begins to worry, Bean tugs on the leash in encouragement and Billie discovers that she's braver than she thought she could be.
Billie and Bean at the Beach
★“Open, clear, inviting...A pitch-perfect portrayal of a summer day.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Celebrating the supportive relationship between a child and her dog, this story shows how we can all be brave and achieve things in our own time. Billie prefers playing quietly, but the beach is a noisy place. Her energetic dog, Bean, is happy to explore the sand and water. When Billie does try going for a swim, she has a painful surprise and heads back to shore. But Bean digs up something that can help Billie get back in the water where she soon discovers a whole world of quiet solitude and spectacular color beneath the surface.
The Adventures of Billy the Bean
The Queen of England is worried as her Corgis get thinner and thinner, their food is being stolen by two foreign creatures. She sends for Billy to remove them from the Palace ground
Billie Bean Finds a Magic Machine
Adventure story for children. A young, mechanically inclined boy and his friend find a strange machine buried in the woods. This discovery leads the boys on a series of mysterious adventures.
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The Ballad of Billie Bean
London, 1913. Fourteen-year-old Billy Bean is a thief. He's also a talented street performer, and he's picked up by Fred Karno's music hall company, that features Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin leaves Karno for the movies, and Billy is sent to America to replace him. Billy also wants to work in movies, and soon he gets his lucky break. When his luck runs out and the movie career goes badly, he finds himself back on the streets, with nothing but his childhood skills and a cheeky grin to keep him from starvation.
Billie Bean Finds a Magic Machine
The adventure begins when Billie Bean finds an old machine buried in the woods. Only after meeting a wizard, a dragon, and little green men do they realize it's their thoughts coming to life because of the Magic Machine. Follow their journeys in this rhyme filled story with colorful pictures as they travel from adventure to adventure. The imagination is a wonderful thing!
Going the Other Way
From major league baseball’s only openly gay former player—and now its first-ever Ambassador for Inclusion—the intimate chronicle of a man who, in the prime of his career, had to make a terrible choice between his love of the game and the love of his lifeMore than ten years after its original publication, Going the Other Way remains deeply moving, and more timely than ever. By virtue of a relentless work ethic, exceptional multi-sport talent, and a quick left-handed swing, Billy Bean made it to the majors, where he played from 1987 to 1995—an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres. But as a gay man in the brutally anti-gay world of baseball, clos...
