Alice Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington. It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee and, more famously, in 1935 by George Stevens. The narrative centers around the character of a young woman, Alice Adams, who aspires to climb the social ladder and win the affections of a wealthy young man named Arthur Russell. The story is set in a lower-middle-class household in an unnamed town in the Midwest shortly after World War I.
Bella has a very special bear named Arthur, who protects her from monsters. One night, Arthur goes missing. Everyone searches high and low, but he is nowhere to be found. Will Bella ever find him again? A perfect good night, sleep tight book to reassure all children who are afraid of monsters at bedtime.
Set in the mid '60s, Roy's outstanding debut melds strong characters and an engrossing plot with an evocative sense of place. When Negro boys start phoning Elaine, Arthur Scott's teenage daughter, Arthur decides it's time to leave Detroit and return to the small Kansas town that he left 20 years earlier after his sister Eve's mysterious death. His wife, Celia, resents the move that will put her close to in-laws she barely knows and that will change her family dynamic. That Arthur's younger daughter, Eve-ee, resembles her late aunt unsettles Arthur's older sister, Ruth, and Ruth's husband, Ray, who have never seen Eve-ee before.
Arthur's Teacher TroubleArthur is a little apprehensive on his first day of school. Especially when he meets his new teacher, Mr Ratburn. Find out what happens as the school year progresses. Arthur represents his school in the school spellathon. Kids can practice along with Arthur as he studies for the spelling bee.
This CD helps children develop essential skills in reading, spelling and vocabulary. Kids love the Living Books with great stories, beautiful graphics and tons of clickable hotspots. Text is highlighted as the story is read increasing reading comprehension and confidence. Kids can also click on individual words to hear them read.
Douglas Adams - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Arthur heads back to the earth he knows and loves, hitching in spacecrafts and then in a car with an exquisitely beautiful unconscious girl and her git of a brother. Meanwhile, Ford is in a space bar with a bad rep trying to pay for an entire bar tab using American Express... which no one in the known universe accepts. He, too, soon discovers the re-existence of Earth and wonders if Arthur knows.
