Russian literature exudes an atmosphere of mysticism, which is said to be a natural result of the simplicity of her people. Often, instead of being "about" anything, Russian stories sometimes seem to be the "thing" in itself. Be this as it may, it is an undeniable fact that with hardly any portent of future greatness to come, Russian literature suddenly sprang fully developed into existence in the 19th century. One after another, from Pushkin to Chekhov, some of the greatest writers who have ever lived emerged from the steppes, forests and cities of Mother Russia.
A day doesn’t go by when a child, parent, or teacher doesn’t ask for assistance in choosing books—good books. With a little bit of questioning, we can usually figure out what a person really wants. Many good sources, both in print and online, index children’s books.
This book, however, is formatted in the way children ask their questions, such as “Do you have any books about sports?”
These titles are only the beginning of the discovery of good books. We hope that one good book will lead young readers to another and then another. We hope this book will be a helpful resource for children, librarians, and teachers in finding the books that will entice, encourage, and sustain the love of reading.
TOMOKO FUSE is recognized at home and abroad as one of the most original and exciting of all up-and-coming origami talents. In this book, she explains her method for combining folded-paper units in an insertion fashion that results in an endless sequence of multidimensional variations giving new life and freshness to old-fashioned origami classics. Another dynamic departure is the way she employs a single origami work as an axis around which to assemble various other multidimensional parts.
This rich and highly readable anthology is a comprehensive record of the history and progress of English poetry. Anthologizing the great works from Chaucer through Yeats, The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets brings together the major poets' connections with one another by publishing their criticism, their satire and other comments on their contemporaries as well as their predecessors.
With his "secret plans and clever tricks," the Enormous Crocodile desires to lunch not with but on a nice, juicy child. His croc companion, the Notsobig One, is the first to try to talk him out of his scheme, claiming children are no good to eat. "' Tough and chewy!' cried the Enormous Crocodile. ' Nasty and bitter! What awful tommyrot you talk! They are juicy and yummy!'" One jungle critter after another monkey tries to prevent the Enormous Crocodile from carrying out his dastardly deed... BOOK ADDED by mythoslogos
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