Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Children s Literature written by Emer O'Sullivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's literature comes from a number of different sources-folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for children, and material authored specifically for them-and its audience ranges from infants through middle graders to young adults (readers from about 12 to 18 years old). Its forms include picturebooks, pop-up books, anthologies, novels, merchandising tie-ins, novelizations, and multimedia texts, and its genres include adventure stories, drama, science fiction, poetry, and information books. The Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature relates the history of children's literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, books, and genres. Some of the most legendary names in all of literature are covered in this important reference, including Hans Christian Anderson, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter, J.K. Rowling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jules Verne, and E.B. White.
Download or read book African Animal Tales Sleepy Cheetah written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African tale with a traditional feel, celebrating the speed and grace of the Cheetah - a brand-new title in this successful series of African folktales. Long ago, Cheetah was sandy-coloured and lay snoozing all day on the Great African Plain. There was no need to run to hunt because animals tripped over her. But one day there is a fire, and all the other animals are fleeing. This is the story of how Cheetah got her markings, and discovered that she can run as fast as the wind. The first book in the series - Greedy Zebra - was published in 1984 and the series has stayed in print ever since. Praise for the series: 'Their books are beautiful to look at and to feel, and perect for reading aloud.' School Librarian 'A delightful book.' Books For Keeps
Download or read book Crafty Chameleon written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1995-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chameleon bedeviled by a leopard and a crocodile uses his wits to get them to leave him alone.
Download or read book The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon written by Mini Grey and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious tale of two nursery-rhyme heroes on the run, from the award-winning creator of the Traction Man series! When the cow jumped over the moon, the dish ran away with the spoon . . . to seek fame and fortune in twentieth-century America. This is the never-before-told story of their exciting adventures out in the big world. How this famous nursery rhyme couple learns that crime doesn’t pay—and love conquers all—is a treat for the whole family! Hand this to fans of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s The True Story of the Three Little Pigs or The Stinky Cheese Man. “This inventive tale of true love will sustain many re-readings by readers of all ages.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Hey-diddle-delightful.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Download or read book Sleepy Cheetah written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African tale with a traditional feel, celebrating the speed and grace of the Cheetah - a brand-new title in this successful series of African folktales. Long ago, Cheetah was sandy-coloured and lay snoozing all day on the Great African Plain. There was no need to run to hunt because animals tripped over her. But one day there is a fire, and all the other animals are fleeing. This is the story of how Cheetah got her markings, and discovered that she can run as fast as the wind. The first book in the series - Greedy Zebra - was published in 1984 and the series has stayed in print ever since. Praise for the series: 'Their books are beautiful to look at and to feel, and perect for reading aloud.' School Librarian 'A delightful book.' Books For Keeps
Download or read book Mr Gumpy s Outing written by John Burningham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
Download or read book Greedy Zebra written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the animals discovere a cave full of furs and skins, they discarde their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra, arrives late, after a delicious snack, only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra iis too big for them and his new coat bursts open! The story of how all the animals chose their clothing, except for Greedy Zebra, who had to take the left-over pieces . . .
Download or read book Lazy Lion written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too lazy to build his own shelter before the Big Rain comes, Lion orders the other animals to do it for him, but when none meet his standards, Lion pays a soggy price for his laziness.
Download or read book Bumping Buffalo written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new title - Bumping Buffalo - in this successful series of African folktales.
Download or read book Awkward Aardvark written by Mwalimu and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aardvark's snoring keeps the other animals awake night after night. Something has got to be done! Mongoose calls on the others for help, but it is not until the termites get involved that the problem is solved. This is the story of how Awkward Aardvark came to sleep during the day and eat termites at night.
Download or read book This Is the Reef written by Miriam Moss and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrically describes the plants and animals of the Great Barrier Reef and their daily interactions.
Download or read book The Wild Fluffalump written by Mwenye Hadithi and published by Troika. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning, at the foot of a tree on the African plain, a strange creature is found. It's fluffy and puffy. What can it be? The meerkats declare that it is a wild Fluffalump. Eagle says there is no such thing, Buffalo thinks it must be a bird, Hyena says it squeaked and wriggled when he gave it a poke, and Giraffe finds it has toes. By now the Fluffalump is hungry and thirsty and when it is nipped on the bottom by Crocodile it trumpets loudly. And across the plain comes Elephant who dumps it in the lake for a wash and Fluffalump is revealed to be . . . ?
Download or read book This Is the Oasis written by Miriam Moss and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a celebration of an oasis - the green jewel of the desert - and the significance this has on the plant, animal and human life that depend upon it. Written in beautifully crafted poetic prose, this is the perfect introduction to the harsh but beautiful desert wilderness and the life that it supports.
Download or read book Blessu written by Dick King-Smith and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic animal story from master storyteller, Dick King-Smith. Blessu is a very small elephant who suffers from dreadful hay fever - and although he's very small, he has a very large sneeze! Blessu doesn't grow very fast, except for one part of him - his trunk. And every time he sneezes, his trunk grows even bigger.
Download or read book Harris Finds His Feet written by Catherine Rayner and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful story of a child's journey to independence. Grandpa shows Harris how to hop high into the sky, to climb to the tops of the mountains, and to run very fast. Harris not only learns about the world around him but also the importance of finding his own feet...
Download or read book 101 Facts about Parakeets written by Julia Barnes and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, physical characteristics, and behavior of parakeets, and presents information on choosing, training, and caring for one as a pet.
Download or read book There Is a Tribe of Kids written by Lane Smith and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams, and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends. If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor Book Grandpa Green was an homage to aging and the end of life, There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood and life's beginning. Smith's vibrant sponge-paint illustrations and use of unusual collective nouns such as smack and unkindness bring the book to life. Whimsical, expressive, and perfectly paced, this story plays with language as much as it embodies imagination, and was awarded the 2017 Kate Greenaway Medal. This title has Common Core connections.
