Duck for President by Doreen Cronin5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Cronin's text is hilarious for kids and adults and includes a little math and quite a bit about the electoral process." Kirkus Reviews gave it a star review and wrote "Lewin follows Cronin's lead in losing no opportunity to lampoon recognizable political figures." and "the comedy flows freely on more levels than one, and there's sufficient hilarity for all." while the School Library Journal noted "Lewin's characteristic humorous watercolors with bold black outlines fill the pages with color and jokes. Responses to Duck For President have been generally favorable. He then returns to the farm saying, "running a country is no fun at all." ![]() He goes to the mayor and governor's offices, then even visits the president. Weston Woods Studios released a 15-minute animated version of the book, released as a bilingual DVD in 2004, the same year the book came out.ĭuck becomes frustrated with Farmer Brown's rule over the farm, and holds an election to take over the farm. On April 9, 2007, the book was read by Laura Bush as part of the annual White House Easter egg roll. Released in 2004 through Simon & Schuster, The New York Times Best Illustrated Book follows the further adventures of Farmer Brown's animals that were introduced in Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Duck for President is the title of a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. ![]()
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Split tooth tanya tagaq5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The connection that particular population has with their land is incredible. Poetry is interspersed throughout the narrative along with line drawings by Jaime Hernandez the mix of media is one of the strongest aspects to this book because it completely immerses the reader, keeping our attention tied tightly to what’s in our hands only.Īs a Canadian who tries to read a wide range of indigenous literature, I found the descriptions of life in the far north fascinating. We dip in and out of varied experiences with her going to school, being sexually assaulted, getting high with her friends, talking to the elders in her community. She grows up in a small northern community that struggles with addiction of all kinds so she finds solace in the barren, harsh, but beautiful landscape of the Arctic tundra. ![]() Our female protagonist remains unnamed, as does the majority of the characters. At some points the book veers into fantasy or magical realism, for instance there’s one point in which the northern lights impregnate the protagonist-this can be taken in many different ways: allegory, myth, a re-telling of a traumatic experience- Tagaq leaves it up to the reader to decide. Having heard her speak about it, I knew that it mirrored parts of her youth growing up in Nunavut Canada, but it should not be considered a straightforward memoir, which will be obvious when one reads it. ![]() The book is a mash-up of genres memoir, poetry, fiction and myth. ![]() Dead Underground by Jaideep Bhoosreddy5/24/2023 ![]() But here at hotel Cidade de Goa, he is as human as possible, easily accessible ready to pose with his fans, be photographed minus sunglasses (the trademark of all ageing actors) and interact with media as he digs into his breakfast.Īnd guess what as the man who had the world beneath his feet at 24, who made his debut at four and won a President's Gold Medal at the tender age of six too, looks back, all he can say is, '"I think I could have done a lot better." ![]() Having started his acting career as a child, Kamal Haasan has reached such amazing heights of achievement that only a few can dream of…Īn iconic actor, superstar of the south, legend at 59, an epitome of versatility…choose your own epithet to describe Kamal Haasan, the phenomenon, often known for his mercurial temperament too. ![]() Book lovers book review5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. ‘As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure. Emily Henry taps into the headspace of the everyday person, deftly portraying. Book Review: Posted on by The Book Lovers Sanctuary. If Nora knows she's not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he's nobody's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again-in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow-what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves. Book Lovers is a hilarious story that will have you chuckling all the way through. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. ![]() ![]() Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away-with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Well-rounded characters and a believable plot gave this story an extra layer of goodness. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. Nora Stephens' life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. ![]() The original book of peter pan5/24/2023 ![]() We have postcards and programmes in stock, as well as material relating to JM Barrie’s other stage work. A production was also staged in Manchester in 1906 starring Zena Dare. Cecilia Loftus took on the role in 1905 and by American actress Pauline Chase between 1906-13 (book, shown here with a signed postcard of her dated 1913). The role was first performed by Nina Boucicault, daughter the impresario Dion. Following the Pantomime tradition, the leading role pf Peter was played by an actress. The programme on display in the auditorium was supplied by POPT. It premiered in 1904 at the Duke of York’s Theatre, just around the corner from the shop. Barrie developed the character as an adolescent boy, for the stage as Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, a play for children. He only featured in the chapter Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, as a seven year old baby who flies away to join the fairies. ![]() The character Peter Pan first appeared in a chapter of Jm Barries’s 1902 novel Little White Bird. ![]() Sisters guts smile5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() I remember book s from my own childhood that I read into pieces. They are worn out and dog-eared and the spine is cracked and I adore looking at them. My kid has now read all three, one million billion times each. Sisters is actually book two in Raina’s series about her own life. ![]() Because she went and read the whole thing on her own. She’s an only child, and siblings are VERY interesting to her, so I thought, why not? I can read it to her, sure.īut then I didn’t have to. Then last year, when she was seven, she came to visit me in the bookshop I work in and saw a copy of Sisters by Raina Telgemeier on the shelf and asked me to get it for her. She’s always loved being read to, but reading on her own? Not so much. I ‘m not a kid, but now that I have a kid, I can see how that happens for her. ![]() (Note to self: check with my mum in case I was.) Now that I’m super old, I don’t really remember things from a long time ago, like: how old was I when I got into books? Did I always love reading? Was I good at it, or did I just like it a whole lot? I can’t remember a time before reading and writing was a massive part of my life, but it’s not like I was born with a book in my hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() The PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Sega Dreamcast all made radically different bets on what gamers would want. ![]() In boardrooms on both sides of the Pacific, engineers and executives began, with enormous budgets and total secrecy, to plan the next evolution of home consoles. But by the end of the decade, they would face new, more powerful competitors. The home console boom of the ’90s turned hobby companies like Nintendo and Sega into Hollywood-studio-sized business titans. ![]() ![]() In volume 2, he narrates gaming’s entrance into the twenty-first century, as Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft battle to capture the global market. In volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games, he chronicled the industry’s first thirty years. Kent has been playing video games since Pong and writing about the industry since the Nintendo Entertainment System. Making a blockbuster once cost millions of dollars now it can cost hundreds of millions, but with a $160 billion market worldwide, the biggest players are willing to bet the bank. You won’t want to put this one down.”-Eddie Adlum, publisher, RePlay MagazineĪs video games evolve, only the fittest companies survive. “A zippy read through a truly deep research job. The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games’ explosion into the twenty-first century and the war for industry power ![]() Stephen king the institute5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Luke befriends several other kids: Kalisha Benson, Nick Wilholm, George Iles, Iris Stanhope, Helen Simms, and later ten-year-old Avery Dixon, in the area known as Front Half. The Institute houses a number of other kidnapped children, each with special talents- telekinesis and telepathy. ![]() Luke wakes up in a room almost identical to his own at "the Institute," a facility secretly located deep in the forests of Maine. ![]() One night, intruders silently murder Luke's parents and kidnap him. ![]() A decorated former policeman, Tim takes a job as a local patrolman, and soon develops a relationship with a deputy, Wendy Gullickson.Īnother storyline begins in suburban Minneapolis with Luke Ellis, a twelve-year-old intellectual prodigy with mild telekinetic abilities. By coincidence, en route, he gives up a seat on a plane and finds himself in the small town of DuPray, South Carolina. Tim Jamieson leaves his job in Florida and prepares to head to New York City. The Institute was published on September 10, 2019, and met with generally positive reviews. When his parents are murdered, he is kidnapped by intruders and awakens in the Institute, a facility that houses other abducted children who have telepathy or telekinesis. The book follows twelve-year-old genius Luke Ellis. The Institute is a 2019 American science fiction- horror thriller novel by Stephen King, published by Scribner. ![]() Lawrence pillars of wisdom5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is an unusual and rich work. Turkey is an ally of Germany in the war and England feels that helping the Arabs defeat the Turks helps England in her war against Germany. The Arab region is a part of the Ottoman Empire at the opening of the book. He is commissioned into the British Army while at the Euphrates and is attached to the Hejaz Expeditionary Force with Lawrence functioning as the British soldier attached to the Arab leadership in the revolt against the Turks. Lawrence, educated at Oxford, begins by working for a museum on an archaeological dig in the Middle East at the outbreak of the First World War. Lawrence is the story of the Arab Revolt against the Turkish Empire and Lawrence's role in it. First published in 1926, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T. ![]() Building stories by chris ware5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But the spectacular, breathtaking visual splendor make this one of the year’s standout graphic novels. Ware’s artwork consistently overshadows his creation’s anxieties, her frets and worries made even smaller and pettier by Ware’s intricate and expansive art. Ware’s paper archipelago can be read in any order, making his heroine’s progression from single apartment life to dissatisfied motherhood in Oak Park, all the more personal, as if the reader is leafing through her memories, rather than following her linear story. Ware gives voice not only to his nameless heroine but to the people who pass through and fill her life, peering in on the dysfunctional couple that lives below her, the wistful memories of the woman’s ancient landlady, the old and crumbling building she lives in, and even the comedic blunderings of a bee named Branford, bringing together stories filled with grief, doubt, and self-loathing. Building stories (2012 edition) Open Library Building stories Chris Ware Not in Library Want to Read 1 2 4 small commission Last edited by MARC Bot Decem History Edit An edition of Building stories (2012) Building stories by Chris Ware 5. In more than 200 pages spread over 14 separate printed works that include broadsheets, booklets, and full-sized books, Ware tells the visually stunning story of a nameless woman as she lives a quiet, frustrated life in Chicago. Chris Ware Brilliantly Bundles Building Stories As Graphic Novel Boxed Set Chris Ware creates an interactive experience out of paper with his latest book. Ware provides one of the year’s best arguments for the survival of print. ![]() |