As good as dead holly5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2021 by Electric Monkey, part of Farshore, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.ĭelacorte Press is a registered trademark and the colophon is a trademark of Penguin Random House LLC.Įducators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at Published in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.Ĭover photography copyright © 2021 by Christine BlackburneĪll rights reserved. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Thank you for sticking with me to the end. ![]()
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Tough guys have feelings too5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Fantastic for normalizing emotions among males. ![]() The text and illustrations are very nice. It’s obvious the boy is imagining himself as all of these tough guys (super obvious if you look at the back cover illustrations) and experiencing things that make him sad, frustrated, and scared. I guess that’s part of seeing that others are sad, though - we don’t always know why. I hesitate to do so because I can’t always tell for certain why they’re sad and thus might not be able to explain why. Often the people are crying, so I guess that makes it fairly obvious, but there’s a lot to look at in the illustrations, so I think I would have to directly point out to him that they’re crying in some cases. ![]() Nowhere does it say in the text that the people depicted are sad or mad or nervous or whatever you have to get all of that from the pictures. Additionally, the message is handled very subtly. (He’s as screen-free as I can get him, and that’s probably why he has no idea what a ninja or superhero is.) He’s also a little young for the target age range, but he often does well with books over his target age. My 2-year-old son doesn’t get this book, really, partially because he isn’t familiar with all the standard tough guy tropes it uses to get its point across. Page after page of various “tough guys,” like pirates, ninjas, cowboys, & wrestlers, showing their feelings - mostly sadness. ![]() Lily in full bloom laura driscoll5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() In a Blink is the introduction to the Never girls series featuring numerous Never Land fairies. Her work includes The Tales of Pixie Hollow series, In a Blink, The Space Between and others She worked as a children’s book editor before becoming a full-time writer. Kiki Thorpe is a fantasy author who has written and adapted more than fifty children fiction and Young Adult books. Lizzie McGuire: A Very Lizzie Summer (By:Lisa Papademetriou) The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club (By:Alice Alfonsi)Ī Very Lizzie Christmas (By:Lisa Papademetriou) The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire (By:) Legend of the NeverBeast (By:Stacia Deutsch) Rani: Two Friendship Tales (By:Lisa Papademetriou)įawn and the Mysterious Trickster (By:Laura Driscoll) Vidia and the Fairy Crown (By:Laura Driscoll) Iridessa, Lost at Sea (By:Lisa Papademetriou) Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse (By:Gail Herman) Rosetta's Daring Day (By:Lisa Papademetriou) Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon (By:Lisa Papademetriou) Beck and the Great Berry Battle (By:Laura Driscoll) ![]() ![]() ![]() When they did paint, she noted, the activity was derided as entertainment for upper-class women who wanted to cultivate a cultured aspect - a.k.a. “As late as 1893, ‘lady’ students were not admitted to life drawing at the Royal Academy in London,” Nochlin wrote, “and even when they were, after that date, the model had to be ‘partially draped.’ ” It was a skill - “learned or worked out, either through teaching, apprenticeship or a long period of individual experimentation.” Yet, throughout history, women have regularly been denied access to these types of mentoring relationships.įor centuries, women were also prohibited from studying nudes - a foundational aspect of Western art. ![]() She then proceeded to dismember the question’s premise point by well-argued point.Īrt wasn’t just some miraculous channeling of artistic endowment, she noted. “First we must ask ourselves who is formulating these ‘questions,’ ” wrote Nochlin, “and then, what purposes such formulations may serve.” ![]() The piece examined this commonplace question, along with its negative implications. In 1971, art historian Linda Nochlin published a bombshell essay in ARTnews magazine titled, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. The Tale of Two Bad Mice (Peter Rabbit Tales) Paperback July 13, 2018. Type of Resource Still image Identifiers Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1c2fcc30-c5bb-012f-6775-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. Warne, 1904 Physical Description Halftone photomechanical prints Extent: 9.5 x 7 cm. ![]() The fifth of Beatrix Potters 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Two Bad Mice has delighted children since its release in 1904. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Shelf locator: PC-CHI BOOK-Pot Topics Cleaning Dresses Aprons Animals in human situations Genres Illustrations Notes Source note: The tale of two bad mice / by Beatrix Potter. To make up for their nefarious deeds, the two mice put a crooked sixpence in the dolls stocking on Christmas Eve and tidy up the house with a dust-pan and broom. Names Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 (Artist) Collectionīook illustrations - Potter Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1904 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. ![]() ![]() Shawn flees before the men can trap him, but quickly returns to tell them that he saw a face looking up out of the ditch.Ĭhristy Mahon, frightened and dirty, enters the pub. Michael James demands Shawn stay with Pegeen, but Shawn refuses, fearing the disapproval of the parish priest. They are drunk, and have not yet left for the wake. ![]() Michael James enters, along with his friends Philly and Jimmy. Shawn then reveals that he heard a man outside, wailing from a ditch. However, he offers to send the Widow Quin to stay with her. Shawn refuses, claiming it would be improper for him to be alone with her until they are wed. Pegeen asks him to stay with her, since the night makes her nervous as well. Shawn Keogh enters, remarking upon the frightening darkness outside. ![]() ![]() Her father, Michael James, has left her for the evening, while he attends a wake. Pegeen Mike, daughter to the alehouse owner, sits alone in the pub, writing a letter to order supplies for her upcoming wedding to Shawn Keogh. The entire play is set in a public house (or pub) "on the wild coast of Mayo," outside a village in Northwestern Ireland, circa 1907 (113). In a short preface to his play, Synge emphasizes a link between the imagination of the Irish country people and their speech itself, which is "rich and living." He credits the Irish people for having such a "fiery," "magnificent" language, and further credits himself for having both the presence of mind and poetic vision to recognize those virtues. ![]() Perelandra by cs lewis5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Later in life, Lewis married Joy Davidman Gresham, an American woman with whom he had corresponded. In 1954, Lewis became chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University’s Magdalene College. During World War II, he delivered a series of radio addresses that became the basis for his famous work of apologetics, Mere Christianity. Though Lewis had been a staunch atheist since his teen years, he became a Christian in 1931 and remained a committed member of the Church of England for the rest of his life. From 1925–1954, he taught English literature in Oxford’s Magdalen College. He was injured in 1918 and thereafter returned to Oxford, where he studied classics, philosophy, and English literature. Lewis entered Oxford University in 1916, but he was soon sent to France to fight in World War I. As a child, Lewis loved spending time in his father’s massive library, and he lost his mother to cancer around the age of 10. Growing up, Lewis-who adopted the nickname “Jack” as a young boy-lived in a house in East Belfast that his parents and brother Warren called Little Lea. ![]() ![]() S.) Lewis was born in Northern Ireland to Albert James Lewis, a solicitor, and Flora Lewis, the daughter of a Church of Ireland clergyman. ![]() This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Together Wayne and Lori have created a financial and emotional support system for more than 50 families struggling with childhood cancer, giving out nearly $100,000, from purchases of TSWGO bracelets, through donations given individually, at Leak圜on, and Project for Awesome and by fabulous fundraisers planned and implemented by individuals and groups. Wayne and Lori Earl are the parents of the late Esther Earl and founders of the non-profit organization This Star Won't Go Out (), whose mission it is to financially assist families struggling through the journey of a child living with cancer. Photographs and essays by family and friends help to tell Esther's story, along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her. The fixed format edition of This Star Won't Go Out, matching the original design of the print edition, without resizable text.Ī collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. ![]() Herbert wells war of the worlds5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The War of the Worlds has been both popular (having never been out of print) and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. At the time of publication, it was classified as a scientific romance, like Wells's earlier novel The Time Machine. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears and prejudices. The plot has been related to invasion literature of the time. ![]() The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. ![]() The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. Written between 18, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. ![]() Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. ![]() Elmer's Colors by David McKee5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The picture book contains wonderfully colorful scenes of nature, and young readers are sure to enjoy spotting what has caught Elmer's fancy on his stroll.Įlmer's Walk by David McKee. ![]() When considering how we spend our days, rushing to and fro and moving from one task to another, it is possible to wonder what really matters and reconsider how important those tasks actually are. The book's last line contains a punch that just might make readers pause and think for a moment before hurrying onward or maybe even cause them to stop for longer. But Elmer's cousin Wilbur shares his same penchant for close observation, and they spend some time gazing up at the night sky. ![]() For the others, clearly there is no time to slow down and notice what's around them. But when he points out these natural wonders, the other animals just rush past him because they have places to go and things to do or they make fun of him. In every scene in this picture book, originally published in Great Britain, Elmer is captivated by flowers, an unusually shaped log, a waterfall, even a rock formation. No, Elmer has the inclination to stop and smell the roses. But it isn't just those colors that make him different from the others. ![]() Elmer is depicted as a bit different from the other elephants as he is covered in patchwork colors. I liked the gentle way this story is told, and I'm certain many readers, whether they be young or old, will be able to relate to its message and to Elmer's plight. ![]() |