(0)Julie Andrews
Author
Language
English
Description
With this second memoir, Julie Andrews picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her phenomenal rise to fame in her earliest films -- Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Andrews describes her years in the film industry, from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she discuss her work in now-classic films and her collaborations with giants of cinema and television, she also unveils her personal story of adjusting to...
Author
Language
English
Description
Since her screen debut in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable, endearing roles. But she has never told the story of her life before fame--until now. Here, she takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America. Her memoir begins in 1935, when Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother and a teacher father, and...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 720L
Language
English
Description
Gerry, a most enthusiastic singer, is certain her music teacher will choose her to perform the solo at the Winter Wonderland Festival, and when someone else is chosen it takes a snowfall to bring Gerry's sparkle back.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After spending weeks making valentines for all of her family and friends, self-proclaimed fairy princess Gerry takes the wrong folder to school and must find another way to tell her classmates how they sparkle.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though Gerry is cast as the court jester instead of the crystal princess in her ballet class's spring performance, she eventually regains her sparkle and once again feels like a fairy princess.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
As the school year draws to an end, Gerry has a hard time finding her sparkle knowing that she will say goodbye to her teacher, Miss Pym, and class pet Houdini, and start anew in a classroom where she may not be recognized as a very fairy princess.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This creative nonfiction book introduces readers to the remarkable story of Guido d'Arezzo's development of musical notation. Guido longed to find a way to write and teach music. Eventually, he created the musical scale, using the words Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do...one syllable for each note. Though the other monks thought it was a waste of time, Guido's music couldn't be silenced. His discovery remains the foundation for learning music today, and...
18) Hawaii
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants. Includes The Making of Hawaii.
"A large-scale production which lives up to all expectations!"--Boxoffice.
", majestic, gorgeously framed epic is adventuresome picture-making, a credit to the industry."--Film Daily.
