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There are many journeys the souls of Hobbits, Elves, Men, and Dwarves take during the War of the Ring. None are darker or more illuminating than Frodo's trial of love. The light of this shines through, just as light and love shine through Bilbo's.
J. R. R. Tolkien mentioned in a letter to Milt Waldman The Lord of the Rings is seen through the eyes of hobbits "to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen...
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Little Lou the caterpillar loves her world. She lives in a big garden with her best friend, Ladybug. As spring grows into summer, Little Lou munches away on the green leaves. But a chat with a butterfly makes her afraid. She discovers shes going to change, and little Lou doesnt want to change. She likes her life just the way it is. As summer turns to fall and fall into winter, Little Lou experiences the change the butterfly told her about. At times,...
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Ningún docente con los que he compartido años de infancia y juventud tuvo la capacidad o voluntad de transmitirme la pasión por la lectura, todos ellos más obsesionados por la historia de la literatura, y el consiguiente atiborramiento de apuntes, nombres y títulos, que por la educación literaria o fomento de la sensibilidad lectora.
La expresión «animación a la lectura» se ha ido manipulando y tergiversando poco a poco para el provecho...
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Seventh grade is the turning point for many middle schoolers. So it is for Harley and his best friend TJ at JFK Middle School. They are part of a quartet of close friends growing up in a cul-de-sac. These friends discover that people are not always who they seem to be, even teachers. An accident during a soccer match sets them on a life-saving quest. Harley and TJ find themselves in a strange world where they must forge onward to complete this quest....
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Bannack is a story of adventure and self-discovery set in the time of the Civil War and vigilante violence. Sixteen-year-old Billy Mayfair, kicked out of his home in Illinois by his father, sets out to find a fortune in gold in a remote mining camp in what would become the Montana Territory. While in St. Louis, he loses his money and virginity, gets in a fight and lands in jail. But, he manages to save enough working in a Union hospital caring for...
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The book, An Insight into the Horrors of Partition, Colonialism and Women's Issues, aims to explore, highlight and condemn various forms of oppression like the oppression of the downtrodden women in the patriarchal society, colonialism and mass trauma and exodus during the Partition of India. For the convenience of the readers, the book has been, organized in three Chapters. Chapter I, "The Problem That Has No Name", attempts to explore the issue...
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When Cassidy found out that she was going to die, she wasexcited! Thats right, excited. I know, I knowit is not what I would have expected either, but Cassidy was an extraordinary, courageous little princess. And thus begins the unforgettable journey of Cassidy, the Valiant. Join her on this adventure as she reunites with her mommy, discovers the magic of heaven, and beholds the great and mighty King. Children and parents alike may be greatly moved...
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's "a biographer's dream." Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life?
This book will dive between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial...
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Hairy Krishne tells the story of how Jennifer, an only child, got her very own dog. If your house is PET FRIENDLY, getting a pooch isn't a problem; however, if pets are on the NOT WANTED list it can be a BONE OF CONTENTION! As a NO PETS parent you'll need some very good reasons why having a pet is NOT such a wonderful idea. What do you say when your child asks for a pet and you don't want one? If these words, When you get your own house, you can have...
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Ever been to the river near your house? Did you see all the native critters? Well, did you get to talk to them? Want to? Join TyLu and his river critter friends as they go on their adventure through Critter River. Join the journey as TyLu learns to walk on eggs, cross the river, climb trees, meet the community of river critter animals, and learn to help our Critter River friends.
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La milenaria tradición oral que da vida y continuidad a la cultura maya es rescatada en estas fábulas. Con las recreaciones literarias presentadas en este libro, Víctor Montejo ofrece un testimonio de los valores de respeto, unidad y entendimiento que el pueblo jakalteco del occidente de Guatemala propone para lograr una coexistencia armónica entre los seres humanos y su ambiente natural y sobrenatural.
El pájaro que limpia el mundo y otras fábulas...
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Children and adults alike remember Dr. Seuss's cat in the hat, the culinary delight to be found in green eggs and ham and the fate of the Grinch who stole Christmas. What few know is that Theodor Seuss Geisel's first book came to him while returning from Europe aboard an ocean liner; he found himself obsessed with the throbbing of the ship's engines and repeated the beat until the words of his first book "And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street"...
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The publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, is probably the most eagerly anticipated event in the history of publishing. Even the smallest hints from author J. K. Rowling about what may happen to Harry and his friends have been major news stories.
In The End of Harry Potter?, David Langford-Potter fan and award-winning writer-delves into the many mysteries which remain unsolved. Is Albus Dumbledore...
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"Co-Winner of the 2012 Wayland D. Hand Prize, History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012" Jack Zipes is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota and the author, translator, and editor of dozens of studies and collections of folk and fairy tales. His recent books include Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre,...
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A pioneering study of a unique narrative form, Words about Pictures examines the special qualities of picture books-books intended to educate or tell stories to young children. Drawing from a number of aesthetic and literary sources, Perry Nodelman explores the ways in which the interplay of the verbal and visual aspects of picture books conveys more narrative information and stimulation than either medium could achieve alone. Moving from "baby" books,...
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Forced to move to a new town with his karate-loving uncle after the events in "Jumping off swings," high school senior Josh struggles with regrets while practicing karate with upstairs neighbor Stella, whom Josh fears will reject him because of her jealous boyfriend and his own checkered past.
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Dumas' most popular novel, The Three Musketeers, has long been a favorite with children, and its heroes are well-known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in France in the seventeenth century, it follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a poor Gascon gentleman, who arrives in Paris to join the King's Musketeers and is befriended by three of them, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with whom he embarks on a career of adventure and romance. Dumas is a brilliant...
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Este libro explora las relaciones entre ética y estética en la ficción para niñxs haciendo foco en temas considerados como "difíciles" o "controversiales" según las consideraciones actuales sobre lo que sería apropiado para ellxs. Macarena García González examina críticamente la premisa de que la literatura infantil sirve para aprender de emociones cuestionando las epistemologías adultistas y las aprehensiones conservadoras que subyacen...
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Intriguing, updated portraits of classic fairy tale authors.
This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales. For years these authors, who wrote from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, have been either little known or known through skewed, frequently sentimentalized biographical information. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were cast as exemplars of national virtues; Hans Christian Andersen's...
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