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Author: Claude Clement
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1990-09
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780803708402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransfixed by the beauty of a passing flock of white swans, a Japanese painter finds that he cannot work until he sees them again.
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
Published: 1919
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1919, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: Gregory Maguire
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0062980807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans," transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York. Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the new year begins, Laura may find herself at boarding school in Montreal. Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself. Little does Laura know that her struggle to find help for her new friend parallels that of her grandparents, who are desperate for a distant relative’s financial aid to save the family store. As he explores themes of class, isolation, family, and the dangerous yearning to be saved by a power greater than ourselves, Gregory Maguire conjures a haunting, beautiful tale of magical realism that illuminates one young woman’s heartbreak and hope as she begins the inevitable journey to adulthood.
Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2003-03-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810942387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBriefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 27
ISBN-13: 141034732X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Kilpatrick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1994-11
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0671884239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam Kilpatrick's recent book Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong convinced thousands that reading is one of the most effective ways to combat moral illiteracy and build a child's character. This follow-up book--featuring evaluations of more than 300 books for children--will help parents and teachers put his key ideas into practice.
Author: Sara Cassidy
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 1554699916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Leland's artistic talents are encouraged, he finds the confidence he needs to better communicate with his grade two teacher.
Author: Gavin Maxwell
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1567924840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume weaves together the Scottish otter stories from Gavin Maxwell's three non-fiction books, Ring of Bright Water (1960), The Rocks Remain (1963), and Raven Meet Thy Brother (1969). Maxwell was both an extraordinarily evocative writer and a highly unusual man. While touring the Iraqi marshes, he was captivated by an otter and became a devoted advocate of and spokesman for the species. He moved to a remote house in the Scottish highlands, co-habiting there with three otters and living an idyllic and isolated life – at least for a while. Fate, fame, and fire conspired against this paradise, and it, too, came to an end, though the journey was filled with incident and wonder. Maxwell was also talented as an artist, and his sinuous line drawings of these amphibious and engaging creatures, and the homes they occupied, illustrate his story. This book stands as a lasting tribute to a man, his work, and his passion. It was received and has endured as a classic for its portrait not only of otters but also of a man who endured heartaches and disappointments, whose life embodied both greatness and tragedy. He writes with rare eloquence about his birth, his devotion to the beloved Scottish highlands, and the wildlife he loved, while refusing to ignore the darker aspects of his nature and of nature in its larger sense.
Author: Robert Root-Bernstein
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2013-08-26
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 0547525893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this “well-written and easy-to-follow” guide (Library Journal). Explore the “thinking tools” of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples, Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein investigate cognitive tools such as observing, recognizing patterns, modeling, playing, and more. Sparks of Genius is “a clever, detailed and demanding fitness program for the creative mind” and a groundbreaking guidebook for anyone interested in imaginative thinking, lifelong learning, and transdisciplinary education (Kirkus Reviews). “How different the painter at the easel and the physicist in the laboratory! Yet the Root-Bernsteins recognize the deep-down similarity of all creative thinking, whether in art or science. They demonstrate this similarity by comparing the accounts that various pioneers and inventors have left of their own creative processes: for Picasso just as for Einstein, for Klee just as for Feynman, the creative impulse always begins in vision, in emotion, in intuition. . . . With a lavishly illustrated chapter devoted to each tool, readers quickly realize just how far the imagination can stretch.” —Booklist “A powerful book . . . Sparks of Genius presents radically different ways of approaching problems.” —American Scientist
Author: Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Publisher:
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781894965798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA little box of dreams featuring three wordless picture books, united by the theme of flying. A young boy rides a flying dragon. A star transforms into a floating sheep. A bird soars on a paper aeroplane. Unbound and folded in concertina style, the three stories unfurl in readers' hands with no discernible beginning or end, echoing the elusive nature of dreams and providing readers with continuing enchantment and enjoyment.
