Little Boy and Mr. Scary Snake

Little Boy and Mr. Scary Snake

Author: D. A-Gravill

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1477249672

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Little Boy and Mr Scary Snake is the story of a child who has to do the right thing in order to face his fears. Little Boy, the protagonist, ends up doing the bravest thing he has ever had to do. Faced with adversity of every kind, he manages to extricate himself from his unfortunate predicament. It is the story of a child s rite of passage. During the course of the story, Little Boy must endure fear, ridicule, and the disbelief of well-meaning adults in his life. These kindly and well-intentioned grown-ups are easily identifi ed by their evocative names. Throughout the story from the moment he recognizes the difference between right and wrong in Mr Scary Snake s behaviour, to his disbelief when faced with the reality of the self-absorbed world of the adults who fail to understand his fears Little Boy goes through momentous thinking processes. When his cries about Mr Scary Snake fall on deaf ears, Little Boy becomes afraid of not being believed. His frustration almost overshadows his palpable fear of Mr Scary Snake. It is Little Boy s determination, internal values, morality, courage, resilience, sense of justice, and fi nally trust, which helps him to overcome and conquer his fears.


An African Abroad

An African Abroad

Author: Aurora Mizutani

Publisher: Aurora Mizutani

Published: 2023-03-02

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

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Aurora Mizutani has written a book that questions everything we have ever thought about. “An African Abroad” is the memoir of one of Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala's children. Olabisi Ajala was a renowned journalist, traveller, and actor. The book briefly recollects the lifelong achievements of the author's father and highlights his interactions with his young daughter. “An African Abroad" is a collection of anecdotes that speaks to the reader about international adventures, friendships, relationships, trials, and tribulations. The first-person account addresses complex subjects, including teenage escapades, parental trauma, and redemption through political and historical self-re-education. The book invites the reader to adopt a realistic perspective (instead of burying their heads in the sand). It reveals her theory about the deep-rooted and biggest secret in the entertainment industry and shines a light on the prevailing darkness surrounding child exploitation and grooming. This fictionalised journal is written in a cynical yet uplifting instructive manner, where the narrator undergoes a state of censure to achieve her goal of contemplation, self-analysis and ultimately autonomy from socially imposed scruples. Spread into eleven chapters, “An African Abroad” transports the reader on a journey that depicts the narrator's character and growth.


Snakes and the Boy who was Afraid of Them

Snakes and the Boy who was Afraid of Them

Author: Barry Louis Polisar

Publisher: Rainbow Morning Music Alternatives

Published: 1994-03

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780938663157

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Afraid of snakes, Lenny has to endure a field trip to the zoo's snake house. He encounters taunts from his bullying classmates and little sympathy from his teacher and guidance counselor, who are pictured increasingly snake-like and menacing until the wickedly funny surprise ending. It's a book about fears that says there's nothing wrong with having them. A new edition with full-page, color illustrations in this companion book to The Snake Who Was Afraid of People.


"This Terrible Struggle for Life"

Author: Thomas S. Hawley, M.D.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1476601054

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This book offers a rare insight into the history of the Civil War in the western theatre through the eyes of a regimental surgeon. The newly graduated Dr. Thomas S. Hawley served in one of the premier fighting regiments of the Union Army. This collection of letters is important for two reasons: They detail his four and a half year career in the army through firsthand accounts of the various campaigns and his numerous duties, and they chronicle his interactions with captured Confederate soldiers, his encounters with pro-Southern and pro-Northern civilians in areas occupied by the Union Army, his experiences with freed slaves and numerous other daily events in the war. Notable among the letters is his record of the early Civil War in Missouri, the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battle of Tupelo and the Battle of Nashville.


That's what Brothers Do--

That's what Brothers Do--

Author: Derekica Snake

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-02-03

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0981180213

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To save his family, he sold his innocence. To save his sisters, he sold his body. To save his love, he sold his soul. Why? That's what brothers do... 2009 Rainbow Award Winner - 3rd place in Contemporary Novel category


The Snake Who Was Afraid of People

The Snake Who Was Afraid of People

Author: Barry Louis Polisar

Publisher:

Published: 1994-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780938663164

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This book reveals the deep-rooted feelings of a snake who is afraid of people. His fears prove well-founded when he is captured by a school-aged child and held captive in a jar with little air. The snake manages to escape and goes into hiding, aided by a group of beret-wearing reptiles who are really operating underground.


Toys, Play, and Child Development

Toys, Play, and Child Development

Author: Jeffrey H. Goldstein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-06-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780521455640

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Anything to do with children's entertainment is a source of controversy: children's television programmes, musical preferences, and leisure activities are frequent sources of debate. Toys and play are often singled out for attention, particularly war toys, sex-typed toys, and video games with aggressive themes. Are these harmful to children? Are they addictive? Alternatively, can parents facilitate children's learning with educational toys? Toys, Play, and Child Development explores these and other questions. Parental attitudes and reactions towards war toys are described, as are the children's views themselves. Toys and play are shown to contribute to the development of language, imagination, and intellectual achievement and to be effective in child psychotherapy.


New Stories from the Midwest

New Stories from the Midwest

Author: Jason L. Brown

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2013-03-22

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0253008182

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New Stories from the Midwest presents a collection of stories that celebrate an American region too often ignored in discussions about distinctive regional literature. The editors solicited nominations from more than 300 magazines, literary journals, and small presses and narrowed the selection to 19 authors. The stories, written by Midwestern writers or focusing on the Midwest, demonstrate that the quality of fiction from and about the heart of the country rivals that of any other region. Guest editor John McNally introduces the anthology, which features short fiction by Charles Baxter, Dan Chaon, Christopher Mohar, Rebecca Makkai, Lee Martin, and others.