Resultados para "E A Johnson" en Ficción biográfica

It isn't how fast you get someplace, but what you do along the way: That's the philosophy behind the is story, inspired by Thoreau's Walden, about two friends who agree to meet thirty miles away in Fitchburg. Henry elects to take a very long nature walk while his friend chooses to work to earn his train fare.

It's the day before the big parade. Alta can think about only one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson’s NEW ValueTales is now available on audio! Before #1 New York Times megabestselling author Spencer Johnson wrote Who Moved My Cheese and Peaks and Valleys, he created ValueTales, a series of storybooks that encouraged children to grasp...

They called her "Minty." When she grew up, she became Harriet Tubman, the courageous and heroic woman who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad. But she was just a little girl for a while—and this is her story. Minty, short for Araminta, was a feisty and...