Celeste Sails to Spain
Celeste Sails to Spain

Author: Alison Lester

Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 9780733621062

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What does Clive do at the park? How does Rosie celebrate? Where does Celeste go in her dreams? Follow everybody s favourite children as they go out into the world. Children will have fun asking themselves what their favourite activities are while following the adventures of Frank, Clive, Nicky, Tessa, Ernie, Rosie and Celeste. Each character enjoys some fun activity, such as visiting the museum, the park and having celebrations. Applauding individuality, Celeste Sails to Spain will incite questions and comments from young audiences. Children will delight in Alison Lester s cheerful artwork and simple text that is filled with familiarity. Celeste Sails to Spain is an interactive book that depicts seven children happy in their own uniqueness.

Clive Eats Alligators
Clive Eats Alligators

Author: Alison Lester

Publisher:

Published: 1997-04-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781864484786

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Frank eats muesli for breakfast, Celeste eats tea and toast in bed, Nicky has a banana, Rosie likes eggs and bacon, Tessa eats a sausage, Ernie has porridge, but Clive eats alligators A picturebook of children who all dare to be different in their own special way.

The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

Author: Valerie Martin

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0385533519

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Based on actual events about an American merchant vessel discovered off the coast of Spain in 1872, this novel—from the prize-winning author of Property—is a spellbinding exploration of love, nature, and the fictions that pass as truth. • “A sly and masterly historical novel, written with intelligence and flair.” —The New York Times Book Review 1872: the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste is discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo is intact and there is no sign of struggle, but her crew has disappeared, never to be found. As news of the derelict ghost ship spreads, the Mary Celeste captures imaginations around the world—from a Philadelphia spiritualist medium named Violet Petra to an unknown young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle. In a haunted, death-obsessed age, the Mary Celeste is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and the tragic story of a family doomed by the sea.

When Frank Was Four
When Frank Was Four

Author: Alison Lester

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780395742754

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A fictional story of the hurdles and accomplishments of childhood, from the ages of 1 to 7.

The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel
The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel

Author: Harriet Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-11

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780521778152

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The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined legacies of Don Quijote and the traditions of the picaresque novel, these essays focus on the question of invention and experiment, on what constitutes the singular features of evolving fictional forms. It examines how the novel articulates the relationships between history and fiction, high and popular culture, art and ideology, and gender and society. Contributors highlight the role played by historical events and cultural contexts in the elaboration of the Spanish novel, which often takes a self-conscious stance toward literary tradition. Topics covered include the regional novel, women writers, and film and literature. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the innovative techniques of the Spanish novel and of the debates surrounding it.

Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children's Literature
Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children's Literature

Author: Stan Steiner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-03-15

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0313010080

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You will find this book invaluable for teaching students the beauties of diversity and for building understanding of cultures from around the world. This book features more than 800 titles, both single volume and series, selected for their multicultural content and compelling reflections of the social issues of diverse cultures. The more than 100 interdisciplinary application strategies for titles range from reading aloud with follow-up discussions to social activism. Fully indexed by author and title, this guide includes Web sites for literature integration, contact information, a discussion of the benefits of multicultural literature, and suggestions for further reading. The perfect guide for introducing students to other cultures and customs.

Tigana
Tigana

Author: Guy Gavriel Kay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999-12-01

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 1101663987

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A masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate—from the renowned author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Children of Earth and Sky. Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered... But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana. Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.

The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages

Author: Susan Wise Bauer

Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Published: 2004-05-31

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9780971412941

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Presents a history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.

The Book of the Damned
The Book of the Damned

Author: Charles Fort

Publisher: Library of Alexandria

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1613106424

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"Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.