TALES OF REAL ESCAPEFrom convicts in Alcatraz to prisoners in Colditz Castle, 'Tales of Real Escape' celebrates the cunning, determination and courage of the would-be escaper.
Vivid illustrations, fascinating photographs, and lively maps and diagrams accompany this exciting collection of true stories.
Fairy tales transport readers to magical places where good battles evil and heroic deeds are done. Fantastic creatures inhabit these fairy-tale worlds, where supernatural events happen during everyday life. Someone often lives happily ever after in these enchanting tales, but what makes the character happy can be surprising.
Writing tips and activities to help readers become writers of tall tales. Tall tales are chock-full of heroes whose impossible explots often explain America's landscape. Their incredible adventures will leave you grinning. Some of the larger-than-life characters in these whoppers are based on real people, while others spring forth from the imaginations of writers just like you.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 28 January 2011
5
The Loss of the Waterwitch and Other Tales
The fourteen stories in Newfoundland Stories - The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales comprise a spectrum of characters and events that have helped forge an image of an island, its people, and its culture that is unique and compelling. Heroic deeds, great achievements, hardships and deprivation, disasters, superstitions and customs, as well as the Beothuk saga and the indomitable character of our ancestors, have all contributed to the making of the modern-day Newfoundland and Labrador. Many of these stories are based on actual events that have occurred over hundreds of years, while others are purely fictional yet truly reflective of the uniqueness of the province and its people.
