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Nineteenth-Century Fictions of Childhood and the Politics of Play

Michelle Beissel Heath
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Author : Michelle Beissel Heath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351392136

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Drawing evidence from transatlantic literary texts of childhood as well as from nineteenth and early twentieth century children’s and family card, board, and parlor games and games manuals, Nineteenth-Century Fictions of Childhood and the Politics of Play aims to reveal what might be thought of as "playful literary citizenship," or some of the motivations inherent in later nineteenth and early twentieth century Anglo-American play pursuits as they relate to interest in shaping citizens through investment in "good" literature. Tracing play, as a societal and historical construct, as it surfaces time and again in children’s literary texts as well as children’s literary texts as they surface time and again in situations and environments of children’s play, this book underscores how play and literature are consistently deployed in tandem in attempts to create ideal citizens – even as those ideals varied greatly and were dependent on factors such as gender, ethnicity, colonial status, and class.

Fictions of Childhood

Marjorie Salvodon
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Author : Marjorie Salvodon
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0739118293

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Fictions of Childhood analyzes identity from the perspective of child/adolescent narrators and protagonists using the works of Nina Bouraoui, Linda Lê, and Gisèle Pineau. This theme is studied in French narratives that bring to the fore questions of the power imbalances in both the sociological context of the family and the larger geopolitical context of French colonialism.

Scenes from a Childhood

Jon Fosse
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Author : Jon Fosse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 191069553X

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A haunting collection from one of Norway's most celebrated writers.

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke
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Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795324970

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In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise

Katherine Rundell
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Author : Katherine Rundell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781526610072

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Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell Pdf

_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.

A Crooked Tree

Una Mannion
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Author : Una Mannion
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571357987

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My mother made a snap decision.How could we know it would change us forever?THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Brimming with curiosity and wonder.' Irish Times'Lushly atmospheric.' Daily Mail'Thoroughly gripping.' Lucy Caldwell'Brilliant.' Sara BaumeRage. That's the feeling engulfing the car as Ellen's mother swerves over to the hard-shoulder and orders her daughter out onto the roadside. Ignoring the protests of her other children, she accelerates away, leaving Ellen standing on the gravel verge in her school pinafore and knee socks as the light fades.What would you do as you watch your little sister getting smaller in the rear view window? How far would you be willing to go to help her? The Gallagher children are going to find out. This moment is the beginning of a summer that will change everything.**Una Mannion's latest novel, TELL ME WHAT I AM, is available to pre-order now**

You Must Be Layla

Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Author : Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780241440506

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You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied Pdf

'If you want to invent something nobody has ever thought of before, you need to read the things that others don't read, look in the spaces other people are not in...' Layla believes she was right to stand up for herself against a bully, but it's landed her a suspension - not the way she (or her parents) would have wished to begin her time at her fancy new school! This is just a setback though, and she's determined to prove that she does deserve her scholarship by making new friends and setting her sights on inventing something that could win the big robotics competition. But where to begin? You Must Be Layla introduces Sudanese-born author, broadcaster, social advocate and mechanical engineer Yassmin Abdel-Magied as an exciting new voice in children's writing. "...this warm, humorous account of a larger-than-life Sudanese girl navigating a posh Australian school is an engaging read for 12-plus." - The Guardian

Childhood in Edwardian Fiction

A. Gavin,A. Humphries
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Author : A. Gavin,A. Humphries
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230595132

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Childhood in Edwardian Fiction by A. Gavin,A. Humphries Pdf

The first book-length look at childhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challenges assumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compelling picture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood.

My First Kafka

Matthue Roth
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Author : Matthue Roth
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781935548713

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My First Kafka by Matthue Roth Pdf

Runaway children who meet up with monsters. A giant talking bug. A secret world of mouse-people. The stories of Franz Kafka are wondrous and nightmarish, miraculous and scary. In My First Kafka, storyteller Matthue Roth and artist Rohan Daniel Eason adapt three Kafka stories into startling, creepy, fun stories for all ages. With My First Kafka, the master storyteller takes his rightful place alongside Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, and Lemony Snicket as a literary giant for all ages.

Childhood

Andre Alexis
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Author : Andre Alexis
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771008016

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Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood – or perhaps the loss of childhood – of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at ten, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself.

Dark Holds No Terrors

Shashi Deshpande
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Author : Shashi Deshpande
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789351181613

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Why are you still alive-why didn't you die?' Years on, Sarita still remembers her mother's bitter words uttered when as a little girl she was unable to save her younger brother from drowning. Now, her mother is dead and Sarita returns to the family home, ostensibly to take care of her father, but in reality to escape the nightmarish brutality her husband inflicts on her every night. In the quiet of her old father's company Sarita reflects on the events of her life: her stultifying small town childhood, her domineering mother, her marriage to the charismatic young poet Mahohar.

Becoming a Reader

J. A. Appleyard,Joseph Albert Appleyard
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Author : J. A. Appleyard,Joseph Albert Appleyard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 052146756X

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Becoming a Reader in allowing us to predict our reading experience, allows us, as adults, to choose what to do with the power which reading gives us.

A Child of Books

Oliver Jeffers
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Author : Oliver Jeffers
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763690779

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A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life.

Huggy Kissy

Leslie Patricelli
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Author : Leslie Patricelli
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763665876

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Huggy Kissy by Leslie Patricelli Pdf

Oh, baby! Leslie Patricelli’s one-haired wonder returns to share the love. When you’re an adorable bald baby, your family finds lots of ways to show you how much they love you: Mommy lifts you uppy, Daddy kisses you on the tummy, and everyone wants to snuggle. What’s not to love? With comedy and warmth, Leslie Patricelli offers a universal tribute to love and affection in a book full of instant appeal for little valentines everywhere.

Trickster's Choice

Tamora Pierce
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Author : Tamora Pierce
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780375890437

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Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce Pdf

When you gamble with kingdoms, all bets are off. Legends are born in this thrilling and New York Times bestselling spy saga from the fantasy author who is legend herself: Tamora Pierce. Aly is from a family known for great deeds. She is the daughter of Alanna, the famed knight and King’s Champion of Tortall. But even though she is bold and brave, like her mother, her true talents lie on her father’s side, in the art of spying. When Aly is captured by pirates and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Isles, she strikes a bargain with the trickster god. If she can keep young noblewomen Sarai and Dove safe for the summer, then he will return Aly to her family. The task should be simple, but Sarai and Dove are anything but. It’s a time of murderous plotting at court, and Aly will need to rely on her training and the insights of a strange young man named Nawat to survive in a world where trust can cost you your life. “Tamora Pierce’s books shaped me not only as a young writer but also as a young woman. She is a pillar, an icon, and an inspiration. Cracking open one of her marvelous novels always feels like coming home.” —SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Tamora Pierce didn’t just blaze a trail. Her heroines cut a swath through the fantasy world with wit, strength, and savvy. Her stories still lead the vanguard today. Pierce is the real lioness, and we’re all just running to keep pace.” —LEIGH BARDUGO, #1 New York Times bestselling author