WordWorld revolves around WordFriends and WordThings characters and items comprising the letters that spell them in the correct order. So, for example, a barn is made out of the letters B-A-R-N, and a pie out of P-I-E, but in such a way as to actually look like a barn or pie -- with this rule extending to the animals who are the sentient characters in the show. The WordThings can be assembled and disassembled during the show by the characters, who use the items on their adventures and to solve their problems.
Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age. Even before reading the works of Dickens many people have met him already in some form or another. His characters have such vitality that they have leapt from his pages to enjoy flourishing lives of their own: The Artful Dodger, Miss Havisham, Scrooge, Fagin, Mr Micawber, and many many more. His portrait is present on British ten-pound notes; he is a national icon, indeed himself a generator of what Englishness signifies.
Each issue of Star Trek Magazine is packed with all the latest news from the Star Trek universe, exclusive behind-the-scenes features, brand new interviews with the cast and crew, and articles about your favorite characters, films, and episodes. Plus, much more must-have material for all Star Trek fans.
Fisher-Price Ready for School: Toddler lets young players into the world of the Little People characters and their marvelous playground. Children will learn about big and small, leave messages for characters and other users, learn about the alphabet, decorate pictures, and blow bubbles.
From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, acclaimed historian Alex von Tunzelmann sorts the fact from the fiction. Along the way, we meet all our favourite historical characters, on screen and in real life: from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Spartacus to Abraham Lincoln, and from Attila the Hun to Nelson Mandela.
