Kevin And The Seven Lions

Kevin is a third grader who is in constant trouble for daydreaming at school. Then one day his teacher comes up with an assignment to harness and encourage his imagination. Much to Kevin's surprise, he learns to enjoy this assignment.

Grey Beard the pirate, arguing classmates, science work, and a Three-Headed Alien that is intent on blowing up the world, all make Kevin's week. Oh yeah, then there are the illegal fireworks. Is Kevin going to make it through? Kevin and the Three-Headed Alien continues the story of Kevin, from Kevin and the Seven Lions, and introduces Jared, Sam, TJ and Sarah. Follow Kevin as his classmates discover that he writes down his daydreams and decides that Kevin needs to share his work, despite Kevin's determination to keep his work quiet. Kevin and the Three-Headed Alien is an 11,000 word early chapter book, with illustrations by Carla Tracy, leveled for third and fourth grade readers. Chapters are 1-3 pages each. It is a story of friendship, and the joy of creativity.

When Kevin and his friends decide set up a film festival to show the movie they made "Attack of the Three-Headed Alien", other kids at school want to join in and make their own movies. Will Kevin's parents still allow them to have the festival? Will his friends turn it too much into a competition? More importantly, will Kevin survive the week? Kevin and the Triple Creature Feature continues the story from "Kevin and the Three-Headed Alien. It is a 12,000 word early chapter book leveled for 2nd through 4th graders, with five illustrations.

Daring lion keeper seen by millions on YouTube gives insider's view of life inside the pride

In the far future, humanity began to search the stars, sending out vast spaceships that would take generations to reach their goals. In the depths of space they encountered the Ildiran empire - apparently the galaxy's only other intelligent civilization. The Ildirans came to Earth and passed on the knowledge of their stardrive, allowing humanity to expand to the stars. Almost two hundred years after that first contact, there are human colonies proliferating through the galaxy. As Mankind seizes the future, danger comes from the past, for two human archaeologists glean forbidden knowledge from the ruins of a dead world. Once, the insect-like Klikiss ruled the stars. Now, only their robot servants remain, guardians of a terrible technology - the Klikiss Torch, which has the power to create suns. Now, Humanity prepares to flex its new found muscle and activate the Torch for the first time in millennia, but there are reasons the Klikiss empire fell, and a train of events is about to be set in motion, that will change the universe...

A sun. A flower. And a lion. With three visual motifs, three colors, and fewer than 200 words, renowned Caldecott Medalist and #1 New York Times-bestseller Kevin Henkes cracks open the wide world and the youngest child’s endless imagination. This irresistible picture book is a must-have for every reader and every family. On a warm morning, a little lion sleeps under a sun that shines so brightly, it looks like a flower. He dreams the flower is as big as the sun. He dreams the flower is a cookie. He lets his imagination soar. Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes uses simple shapes, limited colors, and a pitch-perfect text to tell Lion’s story in this transcendent picture book. Sun Flower Lion introduces emerging readers to short chapters, action verbs, and adjectives, while bright illustrations transform simple shapes into something magical. Sun Flower Lion will shine at story time and bedtime and for young children just learning how to read on their own.

One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander. As then-Captain Rusty Bradley he began his third tour of duty in southern Afghanistan in 2006, the Taliban were poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. This is the story of a two-week battle that raged in scorching heat over a territory the size of Rhode Island.--From publisher description.

Brady Bolenger's best friend Quinton Alexander was arrested at his 10th birthday party.Life is already hard living in a world that was attacked by large aliens, known as Dragons. Where seven billion people died during the war.Brady didn't even know that his best friend had secrets. Secrets to fight against the Kingdom. The Kingdom is now following Brady and his friends to see what they know.Now everything has changed.Brady finds himself in a mission to break his friend out of the most secure prison, not on planet Earth, but the most secure prison in the solar system.

An introduction to lions, covering their physical characteristics, habits, prey, and relationship to humans.