Download or read book The Whimsical Tales written by Rohit Bhatia and published by The Little Booktique Hub. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “She was wrapped in stardust, With twinkling eyes, And magic potions, Flying in her gleaming attire, She wasn’t an angel from above, But a fairy in the wonderland.” Do you know what magical tales are? Fantasy, legendary heroes, and the supernatural are all featured in magical tales adapted from world classics. Many of the most notable began as folktales or extensive oral pieces, but were eventually written down for future generations' benefit. Magical Tales inspires individuals all over the world to be more imaginative. Magical tales, like old age, has its advantages: it has the fantasy, joy, and distinct story line that most adult fiction today avoids in favour of the deeply psycho-analytic and introspective. There are also joyful endings! “The Whimsical Tales” is a book of magic and enchantment, where every story, poem or microtale will take you to a different world. Each work is as whimsical as the sorcery of Hogwarts and definitely gives you the pleasure of reading something mystical. It's a book with contributions from 44 authors from all over the world. “The Whimsical Tales” is a free anthology launched by The Little Booktique Publication in which none of the co-authors are charged a single penny throughout the publishing process.
Download or read book The Red Tree written by Caitlin R. Kiernan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Crowe left Atlanta—and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship—to live in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house’s former tenant—an anthropologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. Tied to local legends of supernatural magic, as well as documented accidents and murders, the gnarled tree takes root in Sarah’s imagination, prompting her to write her own account of its unsavory history. And as the oak continues to possess her dreams and nearly almost all her waking thoughts, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago…
Download or read book The Wildly Whimsical Tales of Gracie and Sniggles written by Teressa Hill and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical adventure awaits young readers in, "Boo Who?," when a precocious girl named Gracie, her dog, Sniggles, and their friends; Bob, a crotchety crow; Lucy, an eccentric cat; and an anxiety-filled squirrel named Ziggy, befriend a fearful little ghost, Boo Montague, at the Hocus Pocus Pumpkin Patch. Boo was shunned by the other ghosts because he's cheerful, not spiteful and frightful. Gracie invites Boo to join them for Halloween. All is well until Sully the snail, who delivers the mail, arrives with a note from Annie Mc Fannie that reads, "Halloween has been canceled!" The gang embarks on an adventure to save Halloween, with help from retired wizard, Mr. Finkelstein. Tag along down Scaredy Pants Path, into Fairies Forest, and onward to Trick-or-Treat Trail searching for Creepy Street, while navigating all kinds of shenanigans and meeting whimsical characters along the way. Will the gang save Halloween, and Boo too?
Download or read book Sorted Books written by Nina Katchadourian and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and thought-provoking collection of visual poems constructed from stacks of books. Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes. Over the past two decades, Katchadourian has perused libraries across the globe, selecting, stacking, and photographing groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that their titles can be read as sentences, creating whimsical narratives from the text found there. Thought-provoking, clever, and at times laugh-out-loud funny (one cluster of titles from the Akron Museum of Art’s research library consists of: Primitive Art /Just Imagine/Picasso/Raised by Wolves), Sorted Books is an enthralling collection of visual poems full of wry wit and bookish smarts. Praise for Sorted Books “Katchadourian’s project . . . takes on a weight beyond its initial novelty. It’s a love letter to books, book collecting and the act of reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As a longtime fan of [Katchadourian’s] long-running Sorted Books project I’m thrilled for the release of Sorted Books—a collection spanning nearly two decades of her witty and wise minimalist mediations on life by way of ingeniously arranged book spines. . . . In an era drowned in periodic death tolls for the future of the physical book, her project stands as a celebration of the spirit embedded in the magnificent materiality of the printed page.” —Brain Pickings “Katchadourian’s stacks possess an understated sophistication; they are true to the intimate nature of books and yet reveal their dramatic features and unexpected potential.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Elementals written by Francesca Lia Block and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a star YA author Francesca Lia Block—an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth The Elementals is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novel about a young woman, Ariel Silverman, facing the challenges of her first years away at college in Berkeley, California, while her mother battles cancer at home in Los Angeles. But the book takes on deeper, stranger meanings when we realize that Ariel is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, Jeni, who vanished without a trace a few years before, closing Ariel's heart and changing her forever. Ariel wonders if she will ever be fully alive, until she meets three mysterious, beautiful and seductive young people living in a strange old house in the Berkeley hills. Through them Ariel will unravel the mystery of her best friend's disappearance and face a chilling choice.
Download or read book Tam Lin written by Pamela Dean and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin," headstrong Janet defies Tam Lin to walk in her own land of Carterhaugh . . . and then must battle the Queen of Faery for possession of her lover’s body and soul. In this version of "Tam Lin," masterfully crafted by Pamela Dean, Janet is a college student, "Carterhaugh" is Carter Hall at the university where her father teaches, and Tam Lin is a boy named Thomas Lane. Set against the backdrop of the early 1970s, imbued with wit, poetry, romance, and magic, Tam Lin has become a cult classic—and once you begin reading, you’ll know why. This reissue features an updated introduction by the book’s original editor, the acclaimed Terri Windling.
Download or read book The Duchess of Whimsy written by Randall de Sève and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great New Yorker artist Peter de Seve teams up with the author of bestselling Toy Boat in a slightly outrageous fairy tale. The Duchess of Whimsy is fancy and fussy—and definitely not ordinary—surrounding herself with wild friends, fabulous foods, and fancy dress. The Earl of Norm (ho hum) is completely ordinary, but he adores the Duchess. She ignores him, until the chef gets sick, and her friends have to make a super supper—which includes tracking down truffles, spinning sugar stars, and looking for quail eggs. But the Earl is hungry! He sneaks off to an ordinary grilled cheese sandwich—and suddenly takes the Duchess’s eye. Maybe there’s something to simplicity after all. Maybe there’s something to the Earl after all . . . This deliciously told and illustrated love story by the remarkable de Sèves shows how utterly charming and extraordinary a picture book can be.
Download or read book The Fog written by Kyo Maclear and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clever and whimsical environmental fable about a bird who is a human-watcher from a dynamic author-illustrator duo. Warble is a small yellow warbler who lives on the beautiful island of Icyland, where he pursues his hobby of human watching. But on a warm day, a deep fog rolls in and obscures his view. The rest of the birds don't seem to notice the fog or the other changes Warble observes on the island. The more the fog is ignored, the more it spreads. When a Red-hooded Spectacled Female (Juvenile) appears, Warble discovers that he's not the only one who notices the fog. Will they be able to find others who can see it too? And is the fog here to stay? Kyo Maclear's witty story, brought to life with the delicate, misty artwork of Kenard Pak, is a poignant yet humorous reminder of the importance of environmental awareness.
Download or read book The Middle Stories written by Sheila Heti and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildly acclaimed in Canada, this book marks the debut of a remarkable young writer first published by McSweeney's when she was twenty-three and living at home with her dad and brother. The Middle Stories is a strikingly original collection of stories, fables, and short brutalities that are alternately heartwarming, cruel, and hilarious. This edition, marking the 10th anniversary of The Middle Stories, will be designed in the newly iconic McSweeney's paperback style, and will be published shortly before Heti's newest novel, How Should A Person Be?, emigrates from Canada via Henry Holt & Co.
Download or read book Grampy and His Fairyzona Playmates written by Woody Weingarten and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandpa Graybeard is a sorcerer who frequently has to get his granddaughter Lily and her best friend Penny out of trouble when the two 8-year-old fairies mess up their magic spells. Their misadventures - as told by a real grandfather-grandchild team - become great fun for all three and for young readers who love to let their imaginations run wild.
Download or read book The Dollmaker of Krakow written by R. M. Romero and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times. In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina’s courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.
Download or read book The Black Sheep Rebel Girl Rises Again written by Rachel Hutcheson and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is unforgettable. Welcome to the hilarious free-spirit universe of the Black Sheep Rebel Girl. It is a universe filled with wonder, adventure, and saying the things we think about but never say out loud. This funny and relatable collection of stories and observations about life, love, and living in this wild world will surprise and delight you. Inside, you will find fearless living, secrets to love, saints, poker-playing turtles, rebel girl wisdom, King Kong, pirates, long-shots, truthful lies, and much more! The Black Sheep Rebel Girl Rises Again is the second book in the humorous and thought-provoking Black Sheep Rebel Girl collection. If you like to laugh, if you like untamed imagination, and a fun and moving read, you will love Rachel Hutcheson's book. Pick up The Black Sheep Rebel Girl Rises Again today!
Download or read book Telephone Tales written by Gianni Rodari and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari's Telephone Tales is many stories within a story. Every night, a traveling father must finish a bedtime story in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it's a carousel that adults cannot comprehend, but whose operator must be some sort of magician, the next, it's a land filled with butter men who melt in the sunshine Awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy's most important children's author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali (The Forest), Telephone Tales entertains, while questioning and imagining other worlds.
Download or read book Whimsical Children s Fantasies written by Louis Davilla Wiyono and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore and enjoy the whimsical world of children's fantasies! No mandalas. No overly-intricate patterns. No boring symmetrical and mirrored images of animals' heads. Instead, you'll find beautiful drawings of magical scenes filled with lovable characters and curious creatures! From the tallest castle to the deep sea, from hot desert canyons to cool tropical bayou, from tranquil lake to a sparkling city, there are a lot of magical places to see! Also, discover the most lovable characters and creatures along the way - a fishing bear, a flying whale and turtle, a boy and his pet dragon, a gypsy princess with her dancing dog - just to name a few. Inspired by children's fantasies and drawn in classic children's book illustration style, this coloring book gives you a bundle of super fun pages dedicated to your coloring enjoyment! Important note: This book is printed on regular white paper stock by CreateSpace, so it's not recommended to color the pages using watercolor or any other water-based coloring tools. Each illustration is printed on a single page (leaving the other page blank) to minimize "bleed-through". About the author Louis D. Wiyono is an award-winning illustrator / graphic designer / character concept artist from Jakarta, Indonesia. He specializes in drawing fun and whimsical mascots, characters, and any cartoon / children-themed illustrations. He has worked with many clients on different projects, including Disney and Cartoon Network. This coloring book is a compilation of some of his personal illustration works in the past, which had been redrawn and finalized digitally for print.
Download or read book Heaven and Hell written by Susan G. Sizemore and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light-hearted collection of stories about angels, demons, and a variety of different heavens and hells, including a lawyer who barters his soul and then wants it back again; a young lover who follows his beloved into a fairy ring to fight a demon to save her; a cat who thinks he's a demon, and one of Satan's lovely minions wants to see how the other side lives
Download or read book Whimsical Tarot written by Dorothy Morrison and published by U S Games Systems. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absolutely delightful tarot deck based on children's fairy tales, stories, fables, and myths. Every card in the deck features a full pictorial scene. Suitable for both children and adults.
Download or read book Tales from the Witch s Cottage written by and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth coloring book from Sweden’s coloring book sensation, Hanna Karlzon. In Hanna Karlzon’s newest coloring book, you have been invited to a witch’s cottage where all kinds of magic awaits. Calm your mind and your soul as you color witch’s hats, cats, and potions, as well as full moons, spells, and mysterious plants and animals. Drawn in her highly regarded detailed style, coloring book enthusiasts will love getting lost in Hanna’s magical illustrations.
