Fairground Lights
Fairground Lights

Author: Fran Nuño

Publisher: Cuento de Luz

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 8415784228

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Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Visit this fair full of magic, where a simple movement of the hand can set in motion all the rides. Once upon a time, my dad took me to a very special fair a long, long way from home. As soon as we arrived, he asked me to wave my hands in the air like a magician so that the lights would turn on or off as I pleased. “It’s amazing!” I shouted with joy. Today my dad has taken me to the fair, and you can't imagine how excited I am. It is a magical place, full of lights, colors, music and, above all, fun! However, this fair has something special that makes it different from the others... A witch has hung up her broom to become the driver of a flying train, a snow-capped Helter Skelter, and Bumper Cars that can zoom off to wherever the driver wants and ride through the venue... This fair seems to have come to life!

Vintage Funfairs
Vintage Funfairs

Author: Brian Steptoe

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780952311225

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Vintage fairground amusement rides and carousels in the UK, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, USA and Australia. Fairground organs and museums & collections around the world

The Unsophisticated Arts
The Unsophisticated Arts

Author: Simon Costin

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781908213129

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An examination of British working class culture, from tattoos to postcards, from garden sheds to the seaside.

The Medusa Frequency
The Medusa Frequency

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1408835681

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An inexplicable message flashed onto the screen of his Apple II computer at 3 a.m. heralds the beginning of a startling quest for frustrated author Herman Orff. Taking up the offer of a cure for writer's block leads him 'to those places in your head that you can't get to on your own' - and plunges him into a semi-dreamland inhabited by a bizarre combination of characters from myth and reality: the talking head of Orpheus; a lost love; the young girl of Vermeer's famous portrait - and a frequency of Medusas.

Where's Wally Now?
Where's Wally Now?

Author: Martin Handford

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780744594430

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This is a pocket-sized edition of Where's Wally Now?. Look out for Wally, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, loads of Wally-watchers and more on every double-page spread. There is a free magnifying lens with the book.

The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage
The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage

Author: Stephen Walker

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9811079749

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This book offers an extended consideration of the fairground showfront. It combines archival material, contemporary examples of fairs, and a sustained theoretical engagement with influential philosophies of surface, including recent work by Avrum Stroll and Andrew Benjamin, as well as the nineteenth century author Gottfried Semper. Semper’s work on the origin of architectural enclosure —formed from woven mats and carpets— anticipates the surface and material history of the showfront. Initial chapters introduce these philosophies, the evolution of showfronts, and the ways in which individual fairground rides and attractions are arranged to form an enclosing boundary for the whole fair. Later chapters focus on issues of spectacle and illusion, vast ‘interior’ spaces, atmosphere, crowds and surface effects. Informed by a wide range of work from other design and cultural studies, the book will be of interest to readers in these areas, as well as architecture and those curious about the fairground.

Maisy's Fairground
Maisy's Fairground

Author: Lucy Cousins

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780763664916

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"Join Maisy and friends for lots of noise, rides, and fun! Includes interactive pull tabs and an exciting pop-up scene!"--P. [4] of cover.

The Midnight Fair
The Midnight Fair

Author: GIDEON. STERER

Publisher:

Published: 2025-05-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781536243772

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"This splendid story needs no words: gorgeous landscapes celebrate nature's beauty, while luminous renderings of the carnival depict magical moments. Children will savor this glorious, wordless night to remember." --Booklist (starred review) Far from the city, but not quite the countryside, lies a fairground. When night comes and the fair is empty, something unexpected happens. Wild animals emerge from the forest, a brave raccoon pulls a lever, and the roller coasters and rides explode back into bright, neon life. It's time for the woodland creatures to head to the fair! In a gorgeous wordless picture book, author Gideon Sterer and illustrator Mariachiara Di Giorgio offer an exuberant take on what animals are up to when humans are asleep. Suffused with color and light, the panel illustrations celebrate the inherent humor and joy in deer flying by on chair-swings, a bear winning a stuffed bear, three weasels carrying a soft pretzel, and a badger driving a bumper car. With thrills both spectacular and subtle, Midnight Fair will have readers punching their tickets again and again to revel in this fantastic nocturnal world.