At the Toyshop
Author: Beverley Randell
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9780170095938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two
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The Toyshop That Came to Life
Author: Haitham Hashem
Publisher: Haitham Hashem
Published: 2024-09-03
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a peaceful little town, an old toyshop holds an otherworldly mystery. Consistently at 12 AM, the toys inside become fully awake, driven by a daring wooden manikin named Oliver. At the point when a baffling new toy shows up, the toys set out on an unprecedented excursion to resuscitate failed-to-remember companions and find the genuine wizardry that exists in their shop. This is an account of kinship, grit, and the force of affection in resurrecting even the most neglected dreams.
Night-Time in the Toyshop
Author: Elaine Rogers
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 0722348789
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMr Sam's Toyshop in Bluebell village is like no other toyshop in the world. Mr Sam makes all the toys himself, in a little workshop out the back, but not even he knows everything his marvellous toys can do. He doesn't see what they get up to at the end of every day, when the last customer has gone home and the toys are alone. Morris the monkey reaches for his drumsticks and Ola the elephant asks the clockwork mouse for a dance while the two clowns turn somersaults and Mr Wobble wobbles merrily. And the night is only just beginning. . . .
The Moving Toyshop
Author: Edmund Crispin
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2014-05-15
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1448214238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen a poet, Richard Cadogan, receives an unexpected £50 advance from his publisher for his new poetry book, he decides to go to Oxford for a well deserved holiday. The change of scenery and peace of mind is what he needs to recover his inspiration for writing, but little he suspects that what he envisioned as a leisurely time spent on long walks and visiting friends will turn into a mystery solving adventure full of unexpected and dangerous twists. After an eventful train journey, Cadogan arrives in Oxford late at night only to realise that he has forgotten the exact address of his stay. Relying on a distant memory of the place he boarded in years ago he accidentally enters a toyshop where, to his surprise and fright, he finds the dead body of a women. Before he knows he is knocked out and spends his first night of the holidays locked in the backroom of the shop. When he finally recovers from the concussion the body is gone and the toyshop turned mysteriously into a grocery store, and Cadogan himself is accused of trespassing and stealing food. Luckily for the puzzled poet his old university friend, the professor of literature, Gervase Fen is there ready to plunge into the midst of this mystery. The Moving Toyshop, first published in 1946, is Edmund Crispin's most famous novel featuring eccentric amateur detective, Gervase Fen.
Christmas Treats
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 1444934767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelight in the magic of Christmas with this bumper collection of short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller! Perfect for children aged 5 and up! This hugely popular short story collection, first published in 2017, is back with a shiny new cover... Curl up with this collection of festive short stories by Enid Blyton. From the proud rocking horse who learns the gift of giving to a snowman befriended by elves, these joyful tales celebrate the true spirit of Christmas. With lots of humour and fantastic characters, these stories will appeal to newly confident readers for reading alone as well as to younger children being read to. Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers. Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2022: Stories for Bedtime Stories of Mischief Makers Stories of Wonder and Wishes Christmas Treats *** Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.
Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War
Author: Lissa Paul
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1317361660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBecause all wars in the twenty-first century are potentially global wars, the centenary of the first global war is the occasion for reflection. This volume offers an unprecedented account of the lives, stories, letters, games, schools, institutions (such as the Boy Scouts and YMCA), and toys of children in Europe, North America, and the Global South during the First World War and surrounding years. By engaging with developments in Children’s Literature, War Studies, and Education, and mining newly available archival resources (including letters written by children), the contributors to this volume demonstrate how perceptions of childhood changed in the period. Children who had been constructed as Romantic innocents playing safely in secure gardens were transformed into socially responsible children actively committing themselves to the war effort. In order to foreground cross-cultural connections across what had been perceived as ‘enemy’ lines, perspectives on German, American, British, Australian, and Canadian children’s literature and culture are situated so that they work in conversation with each other. The multidisciplinary, multinational range of contributors to this volume make it distinctive and a particularly valuable contribution to emerging studies on the impact of war on the lives of children.
The Bonds of Debt
Author: Richard Dienst
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2017-01-31
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1784786543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does such an enormous degree of debt and insolvency mean? In this timely book, cultural critic Richard Dienst considers the financial crisis, global poverty, media politics and radical theory to parse the various implications of a world where man is born free but everywhere is in debt. Written with humor and verve, Bonds of Debt ranges across subjects-such as Obama's national security strategy, the architecture of Prada stores, press photos of Bono, and a fairy tale told by Karl Marx-to capture a modern condition that is founded on fiscal imprudence.
The Mouse and His Child
Author: Tamsin Oglesby
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-11-15
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 1849437165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcclaimed as one of the classics of 20th century children's literature, The Mouse and His Child is a moving story about two clockwork mice thrown on a scrap heap who then have to begin a dangerous quest for a place to belong. It is adapted for the stage by Tamsin Oglesby and will be directed by Paul Hunter, Told By An Idiot's Co-Artistic Director. The Mouse and His Child continues the Royal Shakespeare Company's long tradition of creating new stage adaptations of much-loved childhood tales – including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Heart of Robin Hood, and Matilda The Musical, the RSC's award-winning Roald Dahl adaptation, currently playing in the West End.
At the Back of the North Wind
Author: George MacDonald
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe adventures of a little boy, named for his father's favorite horse, as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.
Lewis Carroll
Author: Lindsay Smith
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1780235453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough he’s known now primarily as the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, in his lifetime Lewis Carroll was interested at least as much in photography as in writing. This book offers a close look at Carroll’s engagement with the medium, both as a creator and a collector of photographs. Lindsay Smith takes readers to the glass studio above Carroll’s college rooms at Oxford, where he created many of his striking portraits, and she also follows him into the field—on excursions to the theater in London, to the seaside at Eastbourne, and even to Russia. Smith also details Carroll’s enthusiastic work as a collector, in which role he arranged portrait sittings for photographers whose work he admired. Beautifully illustrated with a generous selection of Carroll’s work and that of other photographers of the period, this book gives fans of Carroll’s writing a new way to understand his creative genius.
