Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named
Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason:
he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then,
one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths
of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child
to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle
-- that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose,
and to love again.
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1905. This volume contains a collection of fairy tales from a wide
array of classical works, which we have grown up throughout time. These
tales are immortal and include the following: Enchanted Stag; Twelve Brothers;
Puss in Boots; Jack and the Beanstalk; Princess on the Pea; Ugly Duckling;
Light Princess; Beauty and the Beast; Hansel and Gretel; Jack the Giant
Killer; Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor; Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful
Lamp. Illustrated.
Alice
in Wonderland (Dover Evergreen Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Paperback from Dover Publications ISBN: 0486416585 Alice falls down a rabbit hole,
changes size unexpectedly, and attends a tea party given by a March Hare.
Along the way, she meets such unforgettable characters as the Mad Hatter,
the Cheshire Cat, the Mock Turtle, the autocratic Red Queen, and other
fanciful folk. 42 original illustrations by John Tenniel.Source of legend
and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher
Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text,
or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice
through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land
/ Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the
Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude
of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice
journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange
experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly
without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic,
non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn,
Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle,
for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling,
Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification,
and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important
as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings
are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
Heroes
of Olympus, The, Book Two: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
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In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo
made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a quest:
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. Who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie
in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears
to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. . . .
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for
those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those
who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation
to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse
to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse
and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology
that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary
giants, it is must-have addition to any library
The
Jungle Book : The Classic Tale by Rudyard Kipling, G.C. Barrett
Hardcover from Courage Books Media Published: 2003-02-04 ISBN: 0762414952 Spectacular, full-color watercolor paintings by the late American
illustrator Don Daily bring this presentation of the classic story to life
in an exciting new way. Readers ages 4 to 8 will delight in G. C. Barrett's
faithful retelling of Kipling's beloved nineteenth-century tale as they
follow the boy Mowgli and his wise animal friends on their journeys of
adventure and discovery in the jungles of India. This illustrated classic,
with glorious, evocative art, includes a full-color, imaginatively illustrated
gatefold that renders Mowgli's travels even more fantastic. No child
should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published
in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as
ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales
of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family
of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh
meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among
the Jungle-People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers--hone this man-cub's
strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story
is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,"
lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In
much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young
readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless,
thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12)
In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter
and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark
on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the
gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
A new collection of beloved tales that have been popular for more than
a century features twelve favorite stories, including ""Thumbelina,"" ""The
Princess and the Pea,"" and ""The Ugly Duckling.""
The
Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes (Translator), et al
Book Description: Perhaps no other stories possess as much power
to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers
Grimm. Now, in the new, expanded third edition, renowned scholar and folklorist
Jack Zipes has translated all 250 tales collected and published by Jacob
and Wilhelm Grimm, plus twenty-nine rare tales omitted from the original
German edition, as well as narratives uncovered in the brothers' letters
and papers. Truly the most comprehensive translation to date, this critically
acclaimed edition recaptures the fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended
them to be: rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with
folklore and song.
One of the world's experts on children's literature, Jack Zipes is a
professor of German at the University of Minnesota and is the author of
numerous books on folklore and fairy tales.
(Paperback -- November 1992)
