Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody. Seuss: An ooey-gooey, green oobleck was not exactly what the king had in mind when he ordered something extra-special f. Seuss Bartholomew and the Oobleck, published by Random House: New York: 1949. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into 45 languages. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. The oobleck that you can make for a science project isn't gummy, but it does have interesting properties of both solids and liquids. Seuss book that was capable of gumming up a whole kingdom. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Oobleck was the name given to a type of slime in a Dr. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. Seuss-is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time.
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Another project is the Jonathan Crowley Library which collects and keeps in print the genre work of James A. In recent years they have added the Steve Gerlach library, a project to publish his complete works which have been previously only available in his native Australia. The main focus, however, of the press is the Novella Series, Novelette Series, and Chapbook Series. Several of the Lettered Editions have been signed in blood and housed in metal traycases, in one example designed as a trailer complete with working interior lights. They were originally located in Modesto, California, but have since relocated to Welches, Oregon. Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the high-end collectors. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions. Which brother had the best power in your opinion? Why? Act out some of the super powers. Make connected paper dolls - fold paper four times accordion-style, then cut out in the shape of people and decorate with colorful hats, outfits, etc.Ĭheck our craft ideas for May on Pinterest! How do many "tales" begin? (Once upon a time.) How do they usually end? (and they all lived happily ever after.) If you could have a magic power, what would it be? How were the five Chinese brothers alike? How were they different from one another?Ĭan you name a superhero or other character with magic/super powers? Iron - a strong, hard magnetic silvery-gray metal, the chemical element of atomic number 26, much used as a material for construction and manufacturing, especially in the form of steel.Ĭondemned - sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death.Įxecution - the carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person.ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Indefinitely - for an unlimited or unspecified period of time. Would you like to have five brothers or sisters? How many brothers or sisters do you have? This is the classic picture book about five clever brothers, each with a different extraordinary ability, who use their special powers to rescue the First Brother from being unfairly put to death.ĭo the men on the cover look like brothers? Grade Level: 1st (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Volunteers needed in June! Click here to sign up. “Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.” - The New York Times “Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.” - Boston Herald The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. “Few will escape the allure of the land and people describes. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins the American acquisition the gold rush the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. They know he showed his long-form chops with his debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box, and they know the buzz that started in 2005 when 20th Century Ghosts was released in the UK by PS Publishing. They know his blue-ribbon lineage - the son of famous writers. Each, on one or more levels, is an example of the short-story writer’s art.īy now, just about every horror fan is familiar with Joe Hill. Its fifteen tales are a mixed bag of horror, mainstream fiction and the all-but-unclassifiable, and yes, some do indeed work better than others. Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts is one of those rare volumes that defies the odds, a book brimming from start to finish with little miracles and a few fairly large ones. The magic is so hard to pull off even once, let alone consistently, that even the best collections by the best writers can show the strain. It’s even harder to write a book stuffed full of them. It’s not easy to write a good short story. A good short story is a thing of wonder, a tiny miracle, a concoction of amazing complexity that is placed under an enchantment so that it appears to be everything it is not: easy, effortless, deceptively simple. It is full of primitive creatures, including dinosaurs, highly intelligent apes, cannibals, strange storms and bad hygiene.ĭeciding on a brief picnic and minor exploration before jumping to Victorian England, Ned and his friends end up saving a famous apeman from human-eating birds, and soon set out to assist the apeman, Tango, in stealing a Golden Fleece with curative powers, a fleece skinned from the body of a strange space traveler. It’s a warm world with jungles, rivers, and land-locked seas. In the process of jumping from one dimension to another, trying to discover a time path home, they find themselves in an inner world with a stationary sun. They have saved them from drowning or possibly being killed by alien invaders. Wells, returning from correcting wounds in the fabric of time, not to mention a brief trip to an alternate Mars, have rescued two shipwreck survivors, Bongo Bill and Suzie Q. You might think two books of adventure involving Ned the brain-enhanced Seal would be enough for any little seal’s lifetime, but not so. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Timothy Truman. The authors, both prominent historians, are renowned experts in their fields. It is the most complete, scholarly, and fully documented account of this famous (and underpublicized) unit, unlikely to be superseded. This book is the definitive history of the 369 th Regiment in World War I, an outstanding black infantry regiment comprised of 3,000 men led by a white command element. military, and bigoted American civilians. Harlem’s Rattlers lays bare the bigotry that African-American citizens faced in the early 20 th century and, more importantly, details the innumerable accomplishments by black American soldiers despite the racism propagated by the President of the United States, U.S. Du Bois, the eminent American sociologist, scholar, and leader, wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.” Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri Staten Island, New York Cleveland, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina should make us realize that, despite America’s recent racial progress, the problem of the 21 st century is still the color-line. Polar Nights brought out the power, dedication, & magic behind the love between sisters. Is it possible that Kristoff inadvertently unearthed memories of a draugr, and thus unleashed the monster upon Arendelle? Anna and Elsa must uncover the real story behind the tale before everyone in Arendelle forgets who they are and is cast into darkness forever…. Together they recall Kristoff's terrifying tale about a princess who turned into a draugr-an undead creature that steals memories in an effort to make others forget the misdeeds it committed when it was alive. After telling spooky stories around the campfire, Olaf swears that one of the creatures of their tales has come to life! Who else is responsible for the sudden onset of storms and the earlier than normal darkening of the skies? Why else is everyone starting to become so forgetful?Īnna and Elsa join forces to determine what is going on. Accompanied by Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf, Anna reunites with Elsa in the Enchanted Forest. She has been working so hard, her fiancé Kristoff suggests she take a night off to visit her sister Elsa, the Snow Queen. Anna, Queen of Arendelle, has been tirelessly preparing for the Polar Night's Celebration that is held every year to welcome the time when the sun doesn't rise in the Polar Circle. Packed with drama, fast-paced and gripping, it is both a panoramic depiction of the birth of modern China and an intimate portrait of a woman: as the concubine to a monarch, as the absolute ruler of a third of the world’s population, and as a unique stateswoman. Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot and also takes the reader into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing’s Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs – with one of whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences. Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state and it was she who abolished gruesome punishments like ‘death by a thousand cuts’ and put an end to foot-binding. In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the most important woman in Chinese history – brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processesĭiscover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023. Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. Yet the sensory descriptions resonated the crunch of the snow underfoot, the wetness of the melting snowball, and the sheer joy of being alive on a snowy day. I remember seeing this book as a child and being fascinated with the patterns in Ezra Jack Keats’ collages, but also with Peter, who, as an urban child, lived a much different life than I, in my neighborhood where neighbors had orchards and there were no sidewalks. In this simple story, Peter wakes up to a snowfall and spends the day playing and experimenting with this outdoor wonder. A Caldecott medal recipient in 1963, this is one of the most loved and celebrated children’s books. |