Author: Birdsall Otis Edey
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835390265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
This delightful collection of fairy tales contains six fanciful and whimsical stories for young ones to enjoy. They are: Six Giants and a Griffin, Gertrude's Visit to the Moon Jane and the Bears Sapphira and the Flying Pig The Christmas Trees, and; Mother Goose's Party. It is charmingly illustrated with 6 glossy black and white plates, one of them colourised. This fantastical collection is a great addition to the fairy tale book collector's library. 90 pages 10% of the profit from the sale of this story will be donated to charities. Yesterday’s Books for Today’s Charities. =============== Keywords/Tags: Teddy, Sapphira, Jane, Flying Pig, Bear, balls, Mother, Cockatoo, cage, Goose, beautiful, squirrel, Christmas, six giants, Gertrude, Mamma, Walruses, gold, sea, Prince, silver, Griffin, moon, orange, pie, gnomes, Crown, Jill, King, Squawking, Bo-peep, funny, Jack, Jimmy, Queen, ring, Amorita, Sadie, Silverlocks, Angel, books, cakes, Santa Claus, fairy, invitation, Looking-glass, palace, princess, fairy wings, excitement, mermaid, oak-tree, Wanamaker's, waves, wolf, woods, Cinderella, delicious, doll, elephants, efalents, Estelle, ephalents, Gertrude's, Goldy, Mother Goose, maid, pleasure, scream, skirts, tails, whistle, wild, blackbirds, cows, Fairyland, four-and-twenty, Grandmother's, hullabaloo, in a jiffy, Jingles, magnificent, message, Moon, man in the moon, nightgown, Nurse, pearls, peculiar, Pinky, pretty, pumpkin, Red-tail, Rhymes, Children's stories, Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Folklore, Storytelling, fables, storyteller,
SIX GIANTS AND A GRIFFIN - six charming and whimsical stories for children
SOLARIO THE TAILOR and His Tales Of The Magic Doublet
Author: William Bowen
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835885469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The sequel to The Enchanted Forest, “Solario The Tailor And His Tales Of The Magic Doublet” is equally enchanting and full of the author’s imaginations! The stories in this book are interconnected adventures told by one of the characters. In addition, all the princes, princesses, queens, and kings from The Enchanted Forest are present, and they make comments as they listen to Solario's stories. Even though the illustrations are old fashioned and quaint, if you like clever and imaginative and old-fashioned stories (the best kind) the book comes highly recommended. The six adventures in this volume are: The Story Of The Old Man In The Spangled Coat Alb The Unicorn The Son Of The Tailor Of Oogh The Ragpicker And The Princess The City Of Dead Leaves The Enchanted Highwayman 10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Enchanted Forest, Solario, Tailor, Tales, Stories, Children’s Stories, fables, folklore, fairy tales, Magic, Magic Doublet, old man, spangled coat, alb, unicorn, son, tailor of oogh, ragpicker, princess, prince, king, queen, palace, castle, city, dead leaves, enchanted, highwayman, adventures, action, enchanting, travel, begin, storyteller, plying the needle. old beggar, buy, purchase, Mortimer, Executioner, measure, suit, master peddler, Babadag, Beauty, tatters, shadow, ooze, one-armed, sorcerer, pluck, feather, stork, genie, fly away, Tush, sister, boy, girl, swing, toss, out to sea, trusty blade, hold, held, high, take, steal, money,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835885469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The sequel to The Enchanted Forest, “Solario The Tailor And His Tales Of The Magic Doublet” is equally enchanting and full of the author’s imaginations! The stories in this book are interconnected adventures told by one of the characters. In addition, all the princes, princesses, queens, and kings from The Enchanted Forest are present, and they make comments as they listen to Solario's stories. Even though the illustrations are old fashioned and quaint, if you like clever and imaginative and old-fashioned stories (the best kind) the book comes highly recommended. The six adventures in this volume are: The Story Of The Old Man In The Spangled Coat Alb The Unicorn The Son Of The Tailor Of Oogh The Ragpicker And The Princess The City Of Dead Leaves The Enchanted Highwayman 10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Enchanted Forest, Solario, Tailor, Tales, Stories, Children’s Stories, fables, folklore, fairy tales, Magic, Magic Doublet, old man, spangled coat, alb, unicorn, son, tailor of oogh, ragpicker, princess, prince, king, queen, palace, castle, city, dead leaves, enchanted, highwayman, adventures, action, enchanting, travel, begin, storyteller, plying the needle. old beggar, buy, purchase, Mortimer, Executioner, measure, suit, master peddler, Babadag, Beauty, tatters, shadow, ooze, one-armed, sorcerer, pluck, feather, stork, genie, fly away, Tush, sister, boy, girl, swing, toss, out to sea, trusty blade, hold, held, high, take, steal, money,
A PARIS PAIR - Their Day's Doings
Author: Beatrice Bradshaw Brown
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A PARIS PAIR (English) is short illustrated book for children about a brother and sister, Jeanette and Jean, who live in Paris and is ideal for children. It shows that children who live in other countries are not all that different after all. The book takes the reader through the children’s day in one-hourly blocks from waking in the morning through the day to bedtime in the evening. Each block is accompanied by a fun poem which explains what is happening plus provides a color image by Barbara Haven Brown, sister of the author. ABOUT THE AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR Beatrice Bradshaw Brown and Barbara Haven Brown lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts at the extreme tip of Cape Cod. They are both daughters of Harold Haven Brown, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and also at the Académie Julian, and his wife, Florence Bradshaw Brown, who was educated at the Art Students League. ===================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: pair in Paris, poetry, poems, verse, childrens poems, appetite, appreciate, bandits, wails, bonne, childrens books, breeze, candles, rosy cheeks, concentrate, Corot, creamy soup, croissant, dainty, dance, déjeuner, lunch, Delicious, Dieu, dolly, dresses, engine, Frenchman, happy, great, Jean, Jeanette, lark, Louvre, Jardin du Luxembourg, Luxembourg Gardens, Minette, Mistress, Mona, omelette, Oo-là-là, rapture, Roaring, Salad, Sister, sleepy-head, Spinach, tea, teacher, tippy-toes, Titian, train, tumble, tunnels, Venus, da Vinci, wings, fairy, fairies, story, paris, life, children, a day,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A PARIS PAIR (English) is short illustrated book for children about a brother and sister, Jeanette and Jean, who live in Paris and is ideal for children. It shows that children who live in other countries are not all that different after all. The book takes the reader through the children’s day in one-hourly blocks from waking in the morning through the day to bedtime in the evening. Each block is accompanied by a fun poem which explains what is happening plus provides a color image by Barbara Haven Brown, sister of the author. ABOUT THE AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR Beatrice Bradshaw Brown and Barbara Haven Brown lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts at the extreme tip of Cape Cod. They are both daughters of Harold Haven Brown, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and also at the Académie Julian, and his wife, Florence Bradshaw Brown, who was educated at the Art Students League. ===================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: pair in Paris, poetry, poems, verse, childrens poems, appetite, appreciate, bandits, wails, bonne, childrens books, breeze, candles, rosy cheeks, concentrate, Corot, creamy soup, croissant, dainty, dance, déjeuner, lunch, Delicious, Dieu, dolly, dresses, engine, Frenchman, happy, great, Jean, Jeanette, lark, Louvre, Jardin du Luxembourg, Luxembourg Gardens, Minette, Mistress, Mona, omelette, Oo-là-là, rapture, Roaring, Salad, Sister, sleepy-head, Spinach, tea, teacher, tippy-toes, Titian, train, tumble, tunnels, Venus, da Vinci, wings, fairy, fairies, story, paris, life, children, a day,
THE LITTLE PRINCESS IN THE WOOD - the Adventures of Princess Rosemary
Author: H D Fish
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835878748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Little Princess in the Wood is a very beautifully illustrated and enchanting story for younger children about the adventures of little Princess Rosemary who, on a summer's day, goes on an adventure in the woods, where she meets forest beings, animals and birds. After slipping out the castle early one morning, she meets six little Dew Children who help her with her morning routine and feed her breakfast before disappearing in a puff of vapour once the sun had fully risen. She attends a school where her desk is an old tree stump and her teacher is Master Crow. After school is out she wonders through the forest and has more adventures. What adventures you ask? Well you’ll have to download the book and read them for yourself! 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Little Princess in the Wood, adventure, childrens story, fairy tale, fable, folklore, myths, legends, storyteller, animals, beak, beggar, birds, blackberries, branches, brave, brook, brown-caps, bunny, cakes, castle, Caw, Children, crimson, Crow, crown, dawn, Dewdrop, Diamond, Evergreen, fair, fawn, frolic, glade, Glisten, golden, happy, hares, honey, hop, joy, knights, ladies, lanterns, lovely, Master, meadow, merry, Moss-boys, Moss-cap, moss-jelly, oak, Pearl, pencil, perch, Princess Rosemary, Queen, Rainbow, red-caps, rim, rose-tree, sang, scamper, silly, Sing, slate, sleepy, Sparkle, SPRING, squirrel, Star, strawberries, summer, sun, towers, upstairs, vanish, Velvet, Whisk, white-caps, wild, wing, wood,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835878748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Little Princess in the Wood is a very beautifully illustrated and enchanting story for younger children about the adventures of little Princess Rosemary who, on a summer's day, goes on an adventure in the woods, where she meets forest beings, animals and birds. After slipping out the castle early one morning, she meets six little Dew Children who help her with her morning routine and feed her breakfast before disappearing in a puff of vapour once the sun had fully risen. She attends a school where her desk is an old tree stump and her teacher is Master Crow. After school is out she wonders through the forest and has more adventures. What adventures you ask? Well you’ll have to download the book and read them for yourself! 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Little Princess in the Wood, adventure, childrens story, fairy tale, fable, folklore, myths, legends, storyteller, animals, beak, beggar, birds, blackberries, branches, brave, brook, brown-caps, bunny, cakes, castle, Caw, Children, crimson, Crow, crown, dawn, Dewdrop, Diamond, Evergreen, fair, fawn, frolic, glade, Glisten, golden, happy, hares, honey, hop, joy, knights, ladies, lanterns, lovely, Master, meadow, merry, Moss-boys, Moss-cap, moss-jelly, oak, Pearl, pencil, perch, Princess Rosemary, Queen, Rainbow, red-caps, rim, rose-tree, sang, scamper, silly, Sing, slate, sleepy, Sparkle, SPRING, squirrel, Star, strawberries, summer, sun, towers, upstairs, vanish, Velvet, Whisk, white-caps, wild, wing, wood,
The WISHING STONE STORIES - 12 of Thornton Burgess' best stories
Author: Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Herein are all Twelve of Thornton W. Burgess's Wishing Stone stories in a wonderful three volume e-book edition that includes 15 BnW images of the classic Harrison Cady original drawings. Farmer Brown's boy Tommy discovers an old grey stone in the pasture that magically transforms him into whatever animal he wishes to be, allowing him to share adventures with Danny Meadow Mouse, Peter Rabbit, Old Mr. Toad, Paddy the Beaver and a host of others. As always, Thornton W. Burgess weaves each tale to include interesting nature lore, a touch of humor, important values, and just enough danger to provide an exciting ending to each story! 10% of the profit from each story will be donated to charities. ================ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Wishing-Stone Stories, children’s stories, folklore, fairy tales, fables, bedtime stories, Tommy Admire, Thunderer The Ruffed Grouse, Mink, A Very Humble Person, Wish, Come True, Peter Rabbit, One Less, Enemy, Friend, Red Squirrels, Pleasures, Troubles, Bobby Coon, Envy, Honker, Goose, change of heart, Reddy Fox, Gain, Furry Engineer, Beaver, Traps, Bear
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Herein are all Twelve of Thornton W. Burgess's Wishing Stone stories in a wonderful three volume e-book edition that includes 15 BnW images of the classic Harrison Cady original drawings. Farmer Brown's boy Tommy discovers an old grey stone in the pasture that magically transforms him into whatever animal he wishes to be, allowing him to share adventures with Danny Meadow Mouse, Peter Rabbit, Old Mr. Toad, Paddy the Beaver and a host of others. As always, Thornton W. Burgess weaves each tale to include interesting nature lore, a touch of humor, important values, and just enough danger to provide an exciting ending to each story! 10% of the profit from each story will be donated to charities. ================ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Wishing-Stone Stories, children’s stories, folklore, fairy tales, fables, bedtime stories, Tommy Admire, Thunderer The Ruffed Grouse, Mink, A Very Humble Person, Wish, Come True, Peter Rabbit, One Less, Enemy, Friend, Red Squirrels, Pleasures, Troubles, Bobby Coon, Envy, Honker, Goose, change of heart, Reddy Fox, Gain, Furry Engineer, Beaver, Traps, Bear
MOTHER WEST WIND WHY STORIES - 16 Why Stories from Mother West Wind
Author: Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Thornton W. Burgess was a bird-watching, berry-picking student of nature, who took up writing children's stores including those collected in Old Mother West Wind "Why" Stories which were published in 1920. Grandfather Frog is very old and very wise, and he knows all about the days when the world was young. When he is feeling just right, he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days. "Chug-a-rum!" says Grandfather Frog. And then he told why Peter Rabbit -- and all rabbits -- cannot bend their wrists. In fact, he told a thousand stories, because that's what Grandfather Frog was meant to do. Stories of Rabbits, Chipmunks, Possums, Foxes and more forest animals. Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives around the meadow. Burgess sets his tales at a time "when the world was young," back when Peter Rabbit's "great-great-ever-so-great grandfather" was a young hopper, and Old Mother Nature still had some work to do on basic designs. She sees that a duck needs webbed feet to swim, and a prairie dog needs a burrow designed to keep dry. Burgess's animals are proud of their unique features and abilities, but the real voice of enthusiasm is the author's own, sharing the delights he found in the woods of New England. Typical of the book's charm is the story of where "Dippy the loon got the name of being crazy." The bird is smarter than he looks -- and that's how Dippy always gets the last laugh. 10% of the profit from the sale of the book will be donated to charities. =================================== Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess (1874-1965), American author, naturalist and conservationist, wrote popular children's stories including the Old Mother West Wind series (1910). He would go on to write more than 100 books and thousands of short-stories during his lifetime. Thornton Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, "Bedtime Stories". He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column. =================================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Mother West Wind, why stories, childrens stories, fables, folklore, animal stories, forest stories, children’s book, Striped Chipmunk, Stripes, Peter Rabbit, rabbit Hands, Unc' Billy Possum, Play Dead, Reddy Fox, Red clothes, Jimmy Skunk, Never Hurries, Sammy Jay, Fine Coat, Jerry Muskrat, House In The Water, Old Man Coyote, Miner The Mole, Live Under Ground, Mr. Snake, Cannot Wink, Bobby Coon, Rings On His Tail, Black Head, Buzzard Family, Buster Bear, Appears To Have No Tail, Flitter The Bat, Flies At Night, Spotty The Turtle, Carries His House, Paddy The Beaver, Broad Tail, Forest Feast, Grandfather Frog, stick out his Tongue, Old King Bear, Wish, Wish to fly, Thornton W Burgess,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Thornton W. Burgess was a bird-watching, berry-picking student of nature, who took up writing children's stores including those collected in Old Mother West Wind "Why" Stories which were published in 1920. Grandfather Frog is very old and very wise, and he knows all about the days when the world was young. When he is feeling just right, he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days. "Chug-a-rum!" says Grandfather Frog. And then he told why Peter Rabbit -- and all rabbits -- cannot bend their wrists. In fact, he told a thousand stories, because that's what Grandfather Frog was meant to do. Stories of Rabbits, Chipmunks, Possums, Foxes and more forest animals. Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives around the meadow. Burgess sets his tales at a time "when the world was young," back when Peter Rabbit's "great-great-ever-so-great grandfather" was a young hopper, and Old Mother Nature still had some work to do on basic designs. She sees that a duck needs webbed feet to swim, and a prairie dog needs a burrow designed to keep dry. Burgess's animals are proud of their unique features and abilities, but the real voice of enthusiasm is the author's own, sharing the delights he found in the woods of New England. Typical of the book's charm is the story of where "Dippy the loon got the name of being crazy." The bird is smarter than he looks -- and that's how Dippy always gets the last laugh. 10% of the profit from the sale of the book will be donated to charities. =================================== Thornton W. (Waldo) Burgess (1874-1965), American author, naturalist and conservationist, wrote popular children's stories including the Old Mother West Wind series (1910). He would go on to write more than 100 books and thousands of short-stories during his lifetime. Thornton Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, "Bedtime Stories". He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column. =================================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Mother West Wind, why stories, childrens stories, fables, folklore, animal stories, forest stories, children’s book, Striped Chipmunk, Stripes, Peter Rabbit, rabbit Hands, Unc' Billy Possum, Play Dead, Reddy Fox, Red clothes, Jimmy Skunk, Never Hurries, Sammy Jay, Fine Coat, Jerry Muskrat, House In The Water, Old Man Coyote, Miner The Mole, Live Under Ground, Mr. Snake, Cannot Wink, Bobby Coon, Rings On His Tail, Black Head, Buzzard Family, Buster Bear, Appears To Have No Tail, Flitter The Bat, Flies At Night, Spotty The Turtle, Carries His House, Paddy The Beaver, Broad Tail, Forest Feast, Grandfather Frog, stick out his Tongue, Old King Bear, Wish, Wish to fly, Thornton W Burgess,
A CHINA CUP AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN - 8 childrens stories
Author: Feliks Vadimovich Volkhovsky
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Herein are 8 disparate stories from Northern Climes compiled by Feliks Vadimovich Volkhovsky. The stories in this book originate from Baltiysk in Western Russia to Vladivostok in the East. This stories in this book are: A China cup How Scarlet-Comb the cock defended the right The tiny screw The dream Browny The old sword's mistake 'My own' The tale about how all these tales came to light. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ----------------- KEYWORDS/TAGS: A China cup, young girl, smash, repair, favourite, stories for children, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Scarlet-Comb, cock, defend, the right, tiny, screw, dream, Browny, old sword, mistake, tales, myths, legends, storyteller, fables, fantasy, magic, imagination, Russian, Siberian,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Herein are 8 disparate stories from Northern Climes compiled by Feliks Vadimovich Volkhovsky. The stories in this book originate from Baltiysk in Western Russia to Vladivostok in the East. This stories in this book are: A China cup How Scarlet-Comb the cock defended the right The tiny screw The dream Browny The old sword's mistake 'My own' The tale about how all these tales came to light. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ----------------- KEYWORDS/TAGS: A China cup, young girl, smash, repair, favourite, stories for children, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Scarlet-Comb, cock, defend, the right, tiny, screw, dream, Browny, old sword, mistake, tales, myths, legends, storyteller, fables, fantasy, magic, imagination, Russian, Siberian,
THE WATER BABIES - A Children's Classic
Author: Charles Kingsley
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835883083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley between 1862–63. It is written as part satire, satirising the events of the period. The book’s protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby", as he is told by a caddisfly—an insect that sheds its skin—and begins his moral education. Tom embarks on a series of adventures and lessons, and enjoys the community of other water-babies on Saint Brendan's Island once he proves himself a moral creature. The major spiritual leaders in his new world are the fairies Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby (a reference to the Golden Rule), Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, and Mother Carey. Weekly, Tom is allowed the company of Ellie, who eventually becomes a water-baby as well. Grimes, his old master, drowns as well, and in his final adventure, Tom travels to the end of the world to attempt to help the man where he is being punished for his misdeeds. Tom helps Grimes to find repentance, and Grimes will be given a second chance if he can successfully perform a final penance. By proving his willingness to do things he does not like, if they are the right things to do, Tom earns himself a return to human form, and becomes "a great man of science" who "can plan railways, design steam-engines, electric telegraphs, rifled guns, and so forth". He and Ellie are united, although the book states (perhaps jokingly) that they never marry, claiming that in fairy tales, no one beneath the rank of prince and princess ever marries. The book ends with the caveat that it is only a fairy tale, and the reader is to believe none of it, "even if it is true." Initially published in serial form Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes. ================ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Water Babies, fairy tale, land babies, childrens novel, childrens stories, Charles kingsley, satire, magical, enchanting, adventure, underwater, under sea, dragonfly, Land Babies, Water-Babies, Down To The Sea, Fairies, Tom, St. Brandans Isle, Leap Frog, Jump, Little White Lady, Give Chase, Lizards, Bathe, Old Dame, Cool, Clear Water, Pterodactyles, Cramchild, Queen, Learn, Old Salmon, Wicked, Old Otter, Coasting, Point Of Rock, Champagne, Swam, Buoy, Terns, Lazy Sunfish, Distinguished, Lobster, Professor, Ptthmllnsprts, Wise Man, Leap Frog, Town Clerk, White Sand, Inshore, Fishes, Nursery Maid, Nasty Old Monk, Ellie, Surprise, Warm Springs, Light Summer, Flapdoodle Tree, Eft, Pond, Beasts of the Sea, Grand Old Lady, Quakeress, Good Crow, Water Dog, Jellyfish, Mackerel, Epimetheus, Pandora, Old Mother Shipton, Great Sea serpent, Philosophers, Gotham, Spectacles, Poor Turnip Sun, Mr. Grimes, Bandage, Black Cedars, folklore, fantasy, waterfall, Caddisfly. education, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby, Golden Rule, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, Mother Carey,
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835883083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley between 1862–63. It is written as part satire, satirising the events of the period. The book’s protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby", as he is told by a caddisfly—an insect that sheds its skin—and begins his moral education. Tom embarks on a series of adventures and lessons, and enjoys the community of other water-babies on Saint Brendan's Island once he proves himself a moral creature. The major spiritual leaders in his new world are the fairies Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby (a reference to the Golden Rule), Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, and Mother Carey. Weekly, Tom is allowed the company of Ellie, who eventually becomes a water-baby as well. Grimes, his old master, drowns as well, and in his final adventure, Tom travels to the end of the world to attempt to help the man where he is being punished for his misdeeds. Tom helps Grimes to find repentance, and Grimes will be given a second chance if he can successfully perform a final penance. By proving his willingness to do things he does not like, if they are the right things to do, Tom earns himself a return to human form, and becomes "a great man of science" who "can plan railways, design steam-engines, electric telegraphs, rifled guns, and so forth". He and Ellie are united, although the book states (perhaps jokingly) that they never marry, claiming that in fairy tales, no one beneath the rank of prince and princess ever marries. The book ends with the caveat that it is only a fairy tale, and the reader is to believe none of it, "even if it is true." Initially published in serial form Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes. ================ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Water Babies, fairy tale, land babies, childrens novel, childrens stories, Charles kingsley, satire, magical, enchanting, adventure, underwater, under sea, dragonfly, Land Babies, Water-Babies, Down To The Sea, Fairies, Tom, St. Brandans Isle, Leap Frog, Jump, Little White Lady, Give Chase, Lizards, Bathe, Old Dame, Cool, Clear Water, Pterodactyles, Cramchild, Queen, Learn, Old Salmon, Wicked, Old Otter, Coasting, Point Of Rock, Champagne, Swam, Buoy, Terns, Lazy Sunfish, Distinguished, Lobster, Professor, Ptthmllnsprts, Wise Man, Leap Frog, Town Clerk, White Sand, Inshore, Fishes, Nursery Maid, Nasty Old Monk, Ellie, Surprise, Warm Springs, Light Summer, Flapdoodle Tree, Eft, Pond, Beasts of the Sea, Grand Old Lady, Quakeress, Good Crow, Water Dog, Jellyfish, Mackerel, Epimetheus, Pandora, Old Mother Shipton, Great Sea serpent, Philosophers, Gotham, Spectacles, Poor Turnip Sun, Mr. Grimes, Bandage, Black Cedars, folklore, fantasy, waterfall, Caddisfly. education, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby, Golden Rule, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, Mother Carey,
Los Angeles Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
The Lost Heir
Author: E. G. Foley
Publisher: Gryphon Chronicles
ISBN: 9781946923899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Strange new talents... Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he's started seeing ghosts and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family - with magical powers! But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends - both human and magical - to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found... (270 pages / 100,409 words)
Publisher: Gryphon Chronicles
ISBN: 9781946923899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Strange new talents... Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he's started seeing ghosts and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family - with magical powers! But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends - both human and magical - to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found... (270 pages / 100,409 words)