Maddigan S Fantasia

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780571317301

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Maddigan's Fantasia by Margaret Mahy Pdf

In a time not far from our own, a colourful group of travellers braves the twisting, unpredictable landscape of a world trying to remake itself years after near-destruction. They are the magicians, clowns, trapeze artists and musicians of Maddigan's Fantasia, healing the injured land with wonder and laughter. When three mysterious children join the Fantasia - children with uncanny abilities and a secret past - they bring with them powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to hunt them down. Soon Garland Maddigan, the 12-year-old daughter of the Fantasia's ringmaster finds herself embroiled in a series of terrifying adventures that will take her within perilous underground tunnels, through the land of the Witch-Finder and across time itself . . .

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Quests (Expeditions)
ISBN : OCLC:939916226

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Maddigan's Fantasia by Margaret Mahy Pdf

After the time of Chaos ripped the world apart, a bizarre troupe known as braves the twisting landscape of Remaking. At their centre is twelve-year-old Garland, the ringmaster's daughter. She is worried about the sinister strangers who follow the troupe.

Author : Marek Oziewicz,Brian Attebery,Tereza Dedinová
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350203365

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Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene by Marek Oziewicz,Brian Attebery,Tereza Dedinová Pdf

The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two highly influential storytelling modes of fantasy and myth, this book shows the need for stories that articulate visions of a biocentric, ecological civilization. Fantasy and myth have long been humanity's most advanced technologies for collective dreaming. Today they are helping us adopt a biocentric lens, re-kin us with other forms of life, and assist us in the transition to an ecological civilization. Deliberately moving away from dystopian narratives toward anticipatory imaginations of sustainable futures, this volume blends chapters by top scholars in the fields of fantasy, myth, and Young Adult literature with personal reflections by award-winning authors and illustrators of books for young audiences, including Shaun Tan, Jane Yolen, Katherine Applegate and Joseph Bruchac. Chapters cover the works of major fantasy authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Terry Prachett, J. K. Rowling, China Miéville, Barbara Henderson, Jeanette Winterson, John Crowley, Richard Powers, George R. R. Martin and Kim Stanley Robinson. They range through narratives set in the UK, USA, Nigeria, Ghana, Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia. Across the chapters, fantasy and myth are framed as spaces where visions of sustainable futures can be designed with most detail and nuance. Rather than merely criticizing the ecocidal status quo, the book asks how mythic narratives and fantastic stories can mobilize resistance around ideas necessary for the emergence of an ecological civilization.

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
ISBN : 1869506022

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Maddigan's Quest by Margaret Mahy Pdf

I don't know if the world counts as the world any more, not since the wars of the Destruction ...we're the leftover people going between the leftover places. In a time not far from our own, a colourful group of travellers brave the twisting, tricksy landscape of the Remaking, after Chaos ripped the world apart. They are the magicians, clowns, trapeze artists and musicians of Maddigan's Fantasia, healing the injured land with their gifts of wonder and laughter. Garland Maddigan, the 12-year-old daughter of Ferdy, the Fantasia's ringmaster, has made the trip before, but this journey offers frightening new challenges. Three mysterious children join the Fantasia and the sinister strangers who follow them become a dangerous enigma as Garland slowly unlocks their secret origin. Margaret Mahy is one of the world's best-loved authors, writing wonderfully funny children's stories and ground-breaking novels for young adults, thrilling millions of readers. Margaret is a member of the Order of New Zealand, an honorary doctor of letters and twice winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature. Playing with time is a dangerous game ...would you dare?

Author : Norman Chance
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781456821647

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Who Was Who on TV by Norman Chance Pdf

The information herein was accumulated of fifty some odd years. The collection process started when TV first came out and continued until today. The books are in alphabetical order and cover shows from the 1940s to 2010. The author has added a brief explanation of each show and then listed all the characters, who played the roles and for the most part, the year or years the actor or actress played that role. Also included are most of the people who created the shows, the producers, directors, and the writers of the shows. These books are a great source of trivia information and for most of the older folk will bring back some very fond memories. I know a lot of times we think back and say, "Who was the guy that played such and such a role?" Enjoy!

Author : Kelly Link
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312380488

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 by Kelly Link Pdf

Collects fantasy, horror, fairy tales, and gothic stories chosen from the past year, including works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Neil Gaiman, and Bill Lewis.

Author : Betty Gilderdale
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781742539034

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Magical Margaret Mahy by Betty Gilderdale Pdf

Throughout her childhood she was making up stories. Before she could write she drew them. By the time she was seven she knew she wanted to write books. Margaret Mahy was a wizard of words and a spinner of magical stories. She was New Zealand's best known author for children, wrote more than 200 books and often appeared in a purple wig or a penguin suit while she delighted audiences with vivacious readings of her stories. But who was Margaret Mahy? What was she like as a child? How did she become a writer? Where did her weird and wonderful ideas come from? Turn these pages and step into a world of the magical Margaret Mahy.

Author : Toby Young,Miranda Thomas
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780241004753

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What Every Parent Needs to Know by Toby Young,Miranda Thomas Pdf

What Every Parent Needs to Know is the bestselling, step-by-step guide to the new primary school curriculum from Toby Young and Miranda Bondy. What is your child learning each day in school? How can you tell if they are doing well or badly? And what can you do to help? This practical, detailed and user-friendly manual contains absolutely everything you need to know about primary schooling and the new UK curriculum, ensuring your child will succeed and flourish every step of the way. As parents we do the very best for our children in choosing the right school and preparing them for their very first day. But for the next seven years we have little idea what our child is learning, whether they are doing well or badly and what, if anything, we can do to help. What Every Parent Needs to Know changes that. It gives us, the parents, the details, the thinking behind and a thorough understanding of the brand-new primary school curriculum launching in September 2014. Taking us year-by-year through our children's schooling, we'll be given simple explanations of: - What they'll be taught and why (from phonics checks to SPAG tests) - What they need to know at the start of each year - What they should be able to achieve at its end - The games and exercises we can do at home to help out What Every Parent Needs to Know explains the confusing jargon while being otherwise jargon free and is written by two parents (who between them have nine children) with many successful years working in staff rooms and classrooms. Not only will this guide help you understand your children's journey through primary school, but it will also help you prepare, encourage and nurture them every step of the way. It's the manual every confused, unsure or worried parent has been waiting for. Toby Young is the outspoken columnist who wrote the international bestseller How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. A high-profile and passionate education reformer, he co-founded and set up two primary schools and wrote How to Set Up a Free School (2011) . Toby has 4 children, all currently at primary school. Miranda Thomas started teaching in 1990, coinciding with the very first national curriculum. She is now an A level physics teacher in Wiltshire, as well as being the Chair of Governors at her local primary school and a parent herself. Her youngest child is currently in Year 8.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175032144407

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780571271238

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Heriot by Margaret Mahy Pdf

A legend is born. Heriot has always known that he was different with his terrifying dreams and psychic powers. Ripped from his family farm, he is forced to serve as the King's magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the 'mad prince' Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush Diamond and its King. Heriot's psychic abilities hide a deeper power that has the strength to bring Diamond's enemies to their knees. But will he be able to control this power without becoming a monster himself? 'Margaret Mahy is outstanding in the richness of her ideas and in her great story-telling ability. She has a fresh and vivid imagination, which speaks directly to the imagination of the child and an ability to use language to increase the force of her imagery to great effect.' Twentieth Century Children's Writers 'The queen of children's fiction...her plots are complex, her language is both rich and precise.' Independent on Sunday 'A prolific and versatile writer.' The Times 'Few writers can match Mahy in her ability to exploit the exuberant possibilities of the playfulness of words.' Irish Times 'Mahy displays a deep understanding of the emotions and conflicts of growing up.' Independent on Sunday 'Sympathetic, unsentimental, effortlessly funny.' Jan Mark, TES

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000055222969

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School Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : UCLA:L0099734600

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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kelly Link,Gavin Grant
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129025313

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007 by Kelly Link,Gavin Grant Pdf

For twenty years this award-winning compilation has been the nonpareil benchmark against which all other annual fantasy and horror collections are judged. Directed first by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and for the past four years by Datlow and Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, it consistently presents the strangest, the funniest, the darkest, the sharpest, the most original—in short, the best fantasy and horror. The current collection, marking a score of years, offers more than forty stories and poems from almost as many sources. Summations of the field by the editors are complemented by articles by Edward Bryant, Charles de Lint, and Jeff VanderMeer, highlighting the best of the fantastic in, respectively, media, music, and comics, as well as honorable mentions—notable works that didn’t quite make the cut, but are nonetheless worthy of attention. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection is a cornucopia of fantastic delights, an unparalleled resource and indispensable reference that captures the unique excitement and beauty of the fantastic in all its gloriously diverse forms, from the lightest fantasy to the darkest horror.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1954 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015078320382

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The Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : UOM:39015079791029

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The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books by Anonim Pdf