Ella S Night Lights

If you look very carefully at the night sky, you might spot a teeny-tiny sparkle out of the corner of your eye, a whisper of a tinkling trail. That's Ella. Ella has always dreamed of seeing the sunrise. But with her delicate gossamer wings, she can only come out at night. So, when the moon is high, she collects as many shimmering beams of light she can find - a twinkle from a star, the glow from a lamp post. With her light, she guides lost and lonely animals and finds friendship in Fox and Owl. And, together, Ella's animal friends know just how to return her kindness.

While preparing for bedtime, a little girl and her dog note all the different kinds of lights that brighten up the night, from headlights to moonlight.

Celebrity TV Reporter Sylvia Stark is determined to find a real investigative news story instead of the fluff she usually covers. She discovers just what shes searching for in the most unlikely person: Cinderellas evil stepmother, Charlotte Johansson Baker. Sylvia decides its time this infamous old crone tells her side of the story, since everyone knows all about Cinderella. Since the story broke twenty years earlier, Cinderella has become societys image of female perfection. She is the lowly, downtrodden young maiden who suffers the injustice of others with grace, never getting angryalways beautiful and yet also dignified. She embodies the ideal values of goodness and ultimate virtue, as well as finding true love. However, what if all thats just a bunch of bull? After talking to the cursed stepmother, Sylvias world is turned upside-down. Then, she and her cameraman are kidnapped and rescued bywho else?Humpty Dumpty. Sylvia is now more determined than ever to find out the truth of whats really going on in the magical land where fairy tales began.

Each night before going to bed, Melinda counts the lights, from one seashell on the nursery wall to a million twinkling stars.

In this culinary memoir, readers get a personal tour of the storied New Orleans restaurant with the woman who put it—and Creole cuisine—on the map. Meet Ella Brennan: mother, mentor, blunt-talking fireball, and matriarch of a New Orleans restaurant empire. Ella is famous for bringing national attention to Creole cuisine, and her unique vision is best summed up in her own words: "I don’t want a restaurant where a jazz band can’t come marching through." In this candid autobiography, Ella shares her life story from childhood in the Great Depression to opening acclaimed eateries. When the Brennans launched Commander’s Palace, it became the city’s most popular restaurant. Many of the city’s most famous chefs such as Paul Prudhomme, Emeril Lagasse, Troy McPhail, and many others, got their start there. Miss Ella of Commander’s Palace describes the drama, the disasters, and the abundance of love, sweat, and grit it takes to become the matriarch of New Orleans’ finest restaurant empire.