Author: Polly Dunbar
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763658677
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Having an amazing dream about a strikingly beautiful magical boat, young Arthur is unable to interest his family in hearing about it, when suddenly the boat appears on top of his head and grows larger and larger until Arthur sails away upon the waves. By the creator of the best-selling Penguin.
Arthur's Dream Boat
Author: Polly Dunbar
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763658677
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Having an amazing dream about a strikingly beautiful magical boat, young Arthur is unable to interest his family in hearing about it, when suddenly the boat appears on top of his head and grows larger and larger until Arthur sails away upon the waves. By the creator of the best-selling Penguin.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763658677
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Having an amazing dream about a strikingly beautiful magical boat, young Arthur is unable to interest his family in hearing about it, when suddenly the boat appears on top of his head and grows larger and larger until Arthur sails away upon the waves. By the creator of the best-selling Penguin.
Arthur's Whims
Author: Hervé Guibert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943679140
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Arthur's Whims" is the tale of "a modern saint," a love story born of a childhood dream of being "alone on a boat with a boy, a friend." Arthur and his beloved Bichon-a young man who, after drinking Arthur's tears, becomes pregnant with his child-drift through a stream of identities and circumstances: birdcatchers for a French taxidermist; sailors shipwrecked in an ice fortress; explorers of the Isles of Traitors, Babies, and Sadness; famous magicians in Oklahoma; religious and medical marvels. It is an anarchic, outrageous novel, in the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe and Comte de Lautréamont, now available in English for the first time in translation by Daniel Lupo. This edition includes Hervé Guibert's essay "The Bear," in which he compares his books to rooms in a house, writing: "Arthur's Whims would be the library of the house, and the bedroom of a child who will never be." It is "a true adventure novel in the tradition of the genre, or what I believed to be its tradition, with great journeys, disasters, shipwrecks, cataclysms."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943679140
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Arthur's Whims" is the tale of "a modern saint," a love story born of a childhood dream of being "alone on a boat with a boy, a friend." Arthur and his beloved Bichon-a young man who, after drinking Arthur's tears, becomes pregnant with his child-drift through a stream of identities and circumstances: birdcatchers for a French taxidermist; sailors shipwrecked in an ice fortress; explorers of the Isles of Traitors, Babies, and Sadness; famous magicians in Oklahoma; religious and medical marvels. It is an anarchic, outrageous novel, in the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe and Comte de Lautréamont, now available in English for the first time in translation by Daniel Lupo. This edition includes Hervé Guibert's essay "The Bear," in which he compares his books to rooms in a house, writing: "Arthur's Whims would be the library of the house, and the bedroom of a child who will never be." It is "a true adventure novel in the tradition of the genre, or what I believed to be its tradition, with great journeys, disasters, shipwrecks, cataclysms."
Arthur's Choice
Author: Matej Stepan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781792925108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
One day something snaps inside Arthur Gibson, a burnt out forty year old manager tired by his rat race office life, and within one hour he sells everything he owns, flies to the sea, buys a sailboat and drives to the horizon, planning on never coming back.Of course this noble attempt to set himself free goes terribly wrong as the corporate environment didn't exactly prepare Arthur well for an off the grid sailor's life. So however free and independent he now feels, soon his biggest problem is how to survive.His escape becomes an international media sensation thanks to Alice Garbo, an ambitious journalist who makes Arthur and herself famous to boost her career. Millions admire his courage to 'stick it to the man', millions call him a coward. Soon, Alice toys with Arthur's destiny as she pleases, moves him like a chess piece to make his story appealing to the audience. He becomes a wanted felon pursued by Interpol and so he finds himself almost dying on a boat he can't drive, being chased by police for something he didn't do and haunted by a media alter ego that has a life of its own. Arthur has bitten off more than he can chew.Arthur's Choice talks about taking a scary leap of faith when finding one's personal fulfillment without conforming to where society tells you a true happiness is. In today's fast paced, performance oriented first world, this book offers the answer to the question 'what if I just said enough?' The story is for adults struggling to find meaning or joy in mundane unfulfilling jobs, those tired by the contemporary speed of life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781792925108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
One day something snaps inside Arthur Gibson, a burnt out forty year old manager tired by his rat race office life, and within one hour he sells everything he owns, flies to the sea, buys a sailboat and drives to the horizon, planning on never coming back.Of course this noble attempt to set himself free goes terribly wrong as the corporate environment didn't exactly prepare Arthur well for an off the grid sailor's life. So however free and independent he now feels, soon his biggest problem is how to survive.His escape becomes an international media sensation thanks to Alice Garbo, an ambitious journalist who makes Arthur and herself famous to boost her career. Millions admire his courage to 'stick it to the man', millions call him a coward. Soon, Alice toys with Arthur's destiny as she pleases, moves him like a chess piece to make his story appealing to the audience. He becomes a wanted felon pursued by Interpol and so he finds himself almost dying on a boat he can't drive, being chased by police for something he didn't do and haunted by a media alter ego that has a life of its own. Arthur has bitten off more than he can chew.Arthur's Choice talks about taking a scary leap of faith when finding one's personal fulfillment without conforming to where society tells you a true happiness is. In today's fast paced, performance oriented first world, this book offers the answer to the question 'what if I just said enough?' The story is for adults struggling to find meaning or joy in mundane unfulfilling jobs, those tired by the contemporary speed of life.
Ziba Came on a Boat
Author: Liz Lofthouse
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1933605529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Based on real events is the moving story of a little girl whose family has lost almost everything. This beautiful picture book takes us on her brave journey to make a new life far from home.
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1933605529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Based on real events is the moving story of a little girl whose family has lost almost everything. This beautiful picture book takes us on her brave journey to make a new life far from home.
The Feasts of Camelot, with the Tales that Were Told There
Author: Mrs. T. K. Hervey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Camelot (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Camelot (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Arthur's Neighborhood
Author: Marc Brown
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679867371
Category : Aardvark
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Play and learn with Arthur! Seven punch-out figures designed to be put into and taken out of slots on each page--plus lots of flaps with surprises underneath--offer very young children hours of imaginative play and interactive fun!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679867371
Category : Aardvark
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Play and learn with Arthur! Seven punch-out figures designed to be put into and taken out of slots on each page--plus lots of flaps with surprises underneath--offer very young children hours of imaginative play and interactive fun!
The Alliterative Morte Arthure
Author: Valerie Krishna
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780819130365
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
One of the finest narrative poems of the Middle Ages translated in its entirety by a recognized authority on the poem. This volume represents an important chapter in the evolution of the Arthurian legend. It is marked as an epic poem by its celebration of battle and conquest and its unsentimental depiction of combat and death.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780819130365
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
One of the finest narrative poems of the Middle Ages translated in its entirety by a recognized authority on the poem. This volume represents an important chapter in the evolution of the Arthurian legend. It is marked as an epic poem by its celebration of battle and conquest and its unsentimental depiction of combat and death.
King Arthur
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192741943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Arthur is a special boy. Brought up by the wizard Merlin and destined to be King. Britain is split by warring tribes and Arthur is the only hope for peace. With his magic sword Excalibur and his Knights of the round table, the young Arthur is ready for heroic deeds. But he had not reckoned on the evil sorcery of his vengeful half-sister, Morgana Le Fay. * James Riordan's first novel, Sweet Clarinet, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Novel Award in 1998. James's vivd retelling introduces children to one of the great characters of world literature.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192741943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Arthur is a special boy. Brought up by the wizard Merlin and destined to be King. Britain is split by warring tribes and Arthur is the only hope for peace. With his magic sword Excalibur and his Knights of the round table, the young Arthur is ready for heroic deeds. But he had not reckoned on the evil sorcery of his vengeful half-sister, Morgana Le Fay. * James Riordan's first novel, Sweet Clarinet, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Novel Award in 1998. James's vivd retelling introduces children to one of the great characters of world literature.
Pat-A-Cake Baby
Author: Joyce Dunbar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406365801
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Are you ready? Grab a spoon! Because it's Pat-a-cake time! Come on Jelly Baby, Allsorts Baby and Candy Baby - Pat-a-cake Baby wants to make a very special cake and needs your help, what a job it is! Pitter-patter - get the butter! Glitzy-glossy - whisk in sugar! Jokey-yolky - add the eggs! Sipping-sopping - pour some milk! And don't forget the flour - sieving-shaking! Then there's the baking to do and there's icing to pipe and, at last, the all important ... EATING! A riot of rhyme and action, little children will feel stuffed to the brim full of magic and fun.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406365801
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Are you ready? Grab a spoon! Because it's Pat-a-cake time! Come on Jelly Baby, Allsorts Baby and Candy Baby - Pat-a-cake Baby wants to make a very special cake and needs your help, what a job it is! Pitter-patter - get the butter! Glitzy-glossy - whisk in sugar! Jokey-yolky - add the eggs! Sipping-sopping - pour some milk! And don't forget the flour - sieving-shaking! Then there's the baking to do and there's icing to pipe and, at last, the all important ... EATING! A riot of rhyme and action, little children will feel stuffed to the brim full of magic and fun.
Shoe Baby
Author: Joyce Dunbar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844280056
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A colourful and charming picture book from a mother-and-daughter team There once was a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learned how to say 'How do you do?' In a shoe you might think there is not much to do, but this very same baby went to sea in that shoe And so the baby's journey continues - but where are his parents? Could the two giants looking for a baby and a shoe be them? With a great read-aloud text and a winsome hero, this is a picture-book delight From the illustrator of Flyaway Katie and the author of Baby Bird.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844280056
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A colourful and charming picture book from a mother-and-daughter team There once was a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learned how to say 'How do you do?' In a shoe you might think there is not much to do, but this very same baby went to sea in that shoe And so the baby's journey continues - but where are his parents? Could the two giants looking for a baby and a shoe be them? With a great read-aloud text and a winsome hero, this is a picture-book delight From the illustrator of Flyaway Katie and the author of Baby Bird.