This is a book about an adventure teaching kids to live the holiday joy without limits but with morals and responsibility.
This is a book about an adventure teaching kids to live the holiday joy without limits but with morals and responsibility.
This anthology is one volume from C.J.S. Hayward's collected works. It includes a not-quite-right historical parody, a story of the worlds to be seen in Orthodox icons, a lighter look at the kinds of jobs that are available to theologians, a present-day revisiting that looks at the most famous allegory in Plato's writing, a look at two momentous moments, two documents about Eastern Orthodox Christianity in aspects that can be harder for Western Christians to pick, one of which takes a look at a Calvinist lens, a look at how much more there is in life than money, and a collection of vignettes each of which is meant to provide a little taste of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Fiction for young readers age 5 upwards. Set in Canada. Being an only child can be lonely at times. But having three animals and a pen friend who lives in a different country, is an excellent support to Meg. Meg's many hobbies and her three animals, a dog, a cat, and a lop-eared rabbit keep her very occupied. She and her parents are preparing to visit her grandparents for the Christmas holidays. Christmas is an extraordinary and exciting time for sharing generously with family and friends, especially for grandparents who don't get to see their grandchildren very often! The Christmas Cake Tin holds beautiful memories for Meg. It is kept safe in her grandmother's kitchen cupboard, and it's her most favourite treasure in all the world. Meg knows it will be hers one day! What are the secrets the tin holds, and what is Meg's fascination with it? Follow Meg and her parents' Christmas visit to her beloved grandparents to reveal all!
This Christmas will be even more spectacular for Princess Ella. Nanny is letting her choose the Christmas Tree from the Christmas Tree Forest. But when Ella arrives to pick a tree, she hears someone in need of help. Ella and Nanny venture further into the Christmas Tree Forest to find out who is calling to them and why. Through their journey, they help bring the light of the Christmas spirit to someone who needs it most of all. An adorable story that touches on manners, The Ugly Christmas Tree shows children the importance of being kind to one another and how building each other up with positive words and actions can change everything. This story makes the perfect Christmas gift for every young child that has ever felt excluded as well as those that could use a lesson in kindness.
The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most fertile periods in the history of children's books: the flowering of imaginative illustration and writing, the Harry Potter phenomenon, the rise of young adult and crossover fiction, and books that tackle extraordinarily difficult subjects. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature provides an indispensable and fascinating reference guide to the world of children's literature. Its 3,500 entries cover every genre from fairy tales to chapbooks; school stories to science fiction; comics to children's hymns. Originally published in 1983, the Companion has been comprehensively revised and updated by Daniel Hahn. Over 900 new entries bring the book right up to date. A whole generation of new authors and illustrators are showcased, with books like Dogger, The Hunger Games, and Twilight making their first appearance. There are articles on developments such as manga, fan fiction, and non-print publishing, and there is additional information on prizes and prizewinners. This accessible A to Z is the first place to look for information about the authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who have influenced the development of children's literature, as well as the stories and characters at their centre. Written both to entertain and to instruct, the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to Children's Literature is a reference work that no one interested in the world of children's books should be without.
The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television actresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy Award and NAACP Image Award winners to B–film and blaxpoitation era stars. Each entry has a complete filmography of the actress’s film, TV, music video or short film credits. The work also features more than 170 photographs, some of them rare images from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
