Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids, Fiction literature | 7 June 2009
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Grade 4-6 After the death of her father in a sawmill accident, Jane-Ery, 11, passes through levels of grief so poignantly revealed that her voice sets a ragged emotional tone throughout. This tension, paired with a languorous pace, deepens the value of an authentically drawn backdrop that embodies stillness and reflection. The Virginia mountains are home and push Jane-Ery into a personal space where her memories prick her heart.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary value and appeal is formed by its numerous memorable characters. Each character in The Pickwick Papers, as in many other Dickens novels, is drawn comically, often with exaggerated personalities.
Сборник содержит 9 сказок знаменитого английского писателя XIX в., хорошо известного российскому читателю но роману «Портрет Дориана Грея», пьесам «Идеальный муж», «Веер леди Уиндермир» и др. Тексты сказок слегка адаптированы и сокращены и сопровождаются комментарием и упражнениями; в конце книги приводится словарь.
If you study English or speak it fluently, listen to adventures of the most famous detective in the world literature in the original or in Russian. Если вы изучаете английский язык или свободно на нем говорите, слушайте о приключениях самого знаменитого сыщика в мировой литературе на языке оригинала, а затем проверьте свое понимание произведения, прослушав русский перевод.
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids, Fiction literature | 6 June 2009
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Grade 3-5 Dilly is writing about the start of fourth grade in a spirited journal she is keeping for class. The pencil drawings add to her excitement as she candidly introduces her classmates and teachers, commenting on who has changed over the summer (Kate has little boobies now and her hair got blonder) and who hasn't (most of the teachers). Dilly decides to run for class president against a new kid from Wisconsin...