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"Above a cold mountain, on a cool winter day, a breeze chilled the cloud of Willy Snowflake.The cloud shook once, and the cloud shook twice, till it shook poor Willy right out of the sky.Willy glided left, and then to the right. Poor little Willy was frozen with fright."This children's book tells the story of a little snowflake and his companions trying to get back to their home in the clouds. It makes for a good bedtime story, it reinforces the importance of trying and enduring through problems, and it follows the general pattern of the water-cycle, which could make it a fun addition to the classroom. If nothing else, it could make a nice holiday gift for nieces, nephews, grandkids, etc... Willy Snowflake is an independently published book, which means every bit of patronage is felt, appreciated, and supports the making of more works like this.
In her remarkable debut, Joyce Weatherford writes with raw power, muscular beauty, and firsthand experience about life in the twentieth-century American West. Twenty-eight-year-old Iris Steele has just inherited her family's ranch in northeast Oregon. It is the ranch where she grew up herding cattle and harvesting wheat, and where her brother and father both died. It is also, it turns out, land that the Nez Percé Indians now claim is rightfully theirs. As Iris begins to piece together the property's legitimate ownership, she unearths not only her family's turbulent history, but also two centuries of tortured relationships between homesteaders and Native Americans. Struggling with a new crop and a fragile romance, she must ultimately confront the true nature of her legacy. In astonishing language, Joyce Weatherford combines unflinching descriptions of ranch life with the sensuous beauty of the Oregon landscape. Part romance, mystery, courtroom drama, and history, Heart of the Beast is a family saga of epic power and import.
A collection of original contributions in prose and verse.