![]() ![]() She later went on to publish more than twenty tales and collections of rhymes.Īge Rating: 3–12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 840L ![]() 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. ![]() What started as an endearing story about a bunny rabbit would soon become the first ember for the illustrious series that is 'The World of Beatrix Potter' and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.īeatrix Potter (1866–1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The landscape that Peter Rabbit first introduced to us in 1902 is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved worlds. Jeremy has a day full of the worst fisherman's mishaps when he sets out to catch minnows for his dinner. It was written when Beatrix Potter was on holiday in Scotland where her father and his friends enjoyed fishing expeditions. Jeremy Fisher', like Peter Rabbit, began life as an illustrated letter to a young child. Jeremy Fisher he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond." "Once upon a time, there was a frog called Mr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For me, this can be a touch-and-go sort of question… When is a book comforting, and when is it exacerbating my difficult feelings? I’ve read this book before, so I knew what I was getting into last week when I sat down to reread it. I think it depends on whether and how much you’re grieving, whether you’ve been traumatized, and whether it helps you, as you process, to share those feelings with people inside a book. Alternately, it might be exactly the book for you right now. So I’ll start by saying that depending on what you’ve experienced in the past year, this may not be the book for you right now. It’s also extremely sad, and happens to be about deadly epidemics. Posted Ma& filed under Connie Willis, craft of writing.Ĭonnie Willis’s Doomsday Book is one of my favorite books, and also one of the best books ever written. Bells and Echoes: The Craft of DOOMSDAY BOOK by Connie Willis ![]() ![]() The only thing the villains need now? The object that the twins possess. ![]() ![]() ![]() The bat god, Camazotz, and Ixkik' (aka Blood Moon) have taken them out of commission. Even more shocking is the news that the Maya gods have gone missing. But when Zane tracks down the last kid on his list, he's in for a surprise: the "one" is actually a pair of twins, and they're trying to prevent a mysterious object from falling into the wrong hands.Īfter a shocking betrayal, Zane finds himself at SHIHOM sooner than expected. Anything would be better than how he has spent the last three months: searching for the remaining godborns with a nasty demon who can sniff them out (literally). Zane Obispo has been looking forward to his training at the Shaman Institute for Higher Order Magic, and not only because it means he'll be reunited with his best friend, Brooks. You will meet the scariest gods you can imagine, the creepiest denizens of the Underworld, and the most amazing and unlikely heroes who have to save our world from being ripped apart."-Rick Riordan Cervantes is about to take you on a trip you will never forget, through the darkest, strangest, and funniest twists and turns of Maya myth. ![]() Cervantes' epic finale to the Storm Runner trilogy, a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem featuring gods from both Maya and Aztec mythology, now in paperback. Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. ![]() ![]() The sisters' wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. as if 'honourable' were the best that could be said of me. I wasn't really very fond of my given name, Honour, either. īy the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I'd been called Beauty for over six years. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. The New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast. ![]() ![]() Of course, the challenges are inane and absurd and in no way evaluate who is best suited for the job of captain. Jacobs knows a popular guy like Beck will easily win the team’s vote, but the players surprise them by deciding they will set up a series of challenges that will determine who they pick as captain. However, the coaches won’t choose between the men, and instead decide to leave it up to the team. It burns him that Beck may get to be captain having done nothing to deserve it. ![]() ![]() He always gets whatever he wants and Jacobs hasn’t been able to stand Beck since their freshman year. Beck is wealthy and spoiled and puts in the bare minimum of effort. So Jacobs is stunned to find out that the coaches are also considering one of his fellow players, TJ Beckett. Now he is finally in a position to reach his goal of being team captain. Narrators: Iggy Toma and Alexander CendeseĪudiobook Buy Links: Amazon /Audible | iBooksĬhristopher Jacobs has worked hard on the CU Hockey team for the last three years, putting in time and effort to be an excellent player and a great leader. ![]() ![]() One reviewer found the book's essays both homespun and "hokey". Reviews of the book were generally positive most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt. Letter consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had". Angelou wrote the book for the thousands of women who saw her as a mother figure, and to share the wisdom gained throughout her long life. ![]() Angelou had no daughters herself, but was inspired to write Letter as she was going through 20 years of notes and essay ideas, some of which were written for her friend Oprah Winfrey. She was recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and had become "a major autobiographical voice of the time". ![]() ![]() By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies. Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After the discussion about how digital literature emerged, original textual forks emerge: Trans/Genres, Trans/Trends, Trans/Themes and Trans/Nations are the new paths digital writers are crossing through now. This article shows the forking paths of Spanish digital literature. The new commitment to digital reading has been enough to bring about a knowledge crisis capable of formulating new socio-cultural changes, innovative ways of disseminating information and novel beliefs, which is what we are already witnessing. In addition, the creativity of the so-called ‘digital natives’ is an added factor that is giving good and substantial results. During these twenty years the launch of digital literature has coincided with the crises in textuality to which digital media has given rise. ![]() Spanish Digital Literature is a field of artistic experimentation which attracts the attention of many writers, critics and readers every day. ![]() ![]() Your library, direct from the Publisher, an online Multi-publisher service or other online sources. These recommendations are frequently posted. ![]() If you want recommendations for "Ready Player One", "The Martian", "car rides" or "road trips", please use the search function before posting. Link posts without description of link contents will also be deleted. ![]() Any violation of this rule may result in a subreddit ban. ![]() Any post that assists in Copyright Infringement will be removed. This includes posts that ask for illegal torrent links, promotes torrents, or Youtube, soundcloud & torrent links that infringe on copyright. NO discussions that promote copyright infringment! You are very much welcome here, but before you post please read our RULES YOUR POST MAY BE DELETED Wiki button Rules button Where can I get audiobooks? button What apps to use for android or iOS? button Narrators button Related Subreddits Authors/Narrators/Publishers Links must be included in text posts with a brief summary of contents. This is a community of audiobibliophiles sharing and looking for their next great listen.įEEL FREE TO POST QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS, NEWS, OR REVIEWS OF INTERESTING AUDIOBOOKS, including those from, Librivox, and other sources. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.Īs her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught-about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. ![]() Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. “If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you’ll be right at home at Summershall.” -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingaleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil. “A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series ![]() ![]() When the two are called to their final tests in the danger-fogged mountains of the Northern Valley, they are soon launched into a fiery cauldron of betrayal and battles-all of it witnessed by the dolorous, mournful eyes of the Great Red Dragon. Her sister, Briar, is a darker soul, ambitious and resentful of the attention directed at Rose. Rose is the more beloved, headstrong and inattentive to her lessons about how to control her powerful ability to magically dream. ![]() Opening with a Nordic saga-like origin myth about how the dragon queen Mim was driven mad by the lord of the Locusts and buried in stone to protect the world, Rose shifts into a traditional fantasy melodrama about two princesses. So Jeff Smith's Bone, one of the great graphic novel epics, gets a teasing look at what happened in that magic realm before the series started in earnest. Every good epic not only deserves but needs a prequel. ![]() |