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A summer holiday at the beach for Zoe becomes a turning point in her life. A neglected child of divorced parents, she finds that she is really a worthwhile and confident person when given the care and love of a family who take her into their hearts over the summer. She learns to love the beach and...

Ethics and Form in Fantasy Literature: Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer by Lykke Guanio-Uluru examines formal and ethical aspects of The Lord of the Rings , Harry Potter and the Twilight series in order to discover what best-selling fantasy texts can tell us about the values of contemporary Western culture.

Stanley Penwellington, fed up of being the school SWOT, skips school and takes himself off to St Ives harbour. After being attacked by a seagull, a fisherman gives Stanley a tip on how best to deal with seagulls. Stanley rushes home to put his plan into action. Stanley's plan goes awry and, whilst...

The story of the H. L. Hunley submarine is about American ingenuity and real people who were inventive, loyal, brave, resilient, persistent, and adventurous. The Hunley, built by the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. After that historic...

February 2016 marked the second anniversary of the Covington Writers Group (CWG). Anniversaries, as well as other special occasions, are usually celebrated in certain ways, commonly referred to as “Family Traditions”. We noticed many of these traditions included a special family recipe or craft project,...

A partir de una sugerente mirada sobre las emociones y su acompañamiento educativo, estas páginas nos invitan a descubrir todo aquello que los cuentos permiten transitar y elaborar.Tabla de materias / Tabla de contenidoPrólogo, Jaume Centelles. Érase una vez… · Te acompaño, yo conozco el bosque....

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Aktuell - kritisch - facettenreich. Die neue Ausgabe mit Interviews, Porträts, Hintergrundgeschichten und vielen Rezensionen zu ausgewählten Neuerscheinungen. Diesmal am Cover: Joann Sfar, einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der franko-belgischen Comicszene. Er scheut sich nicht davor, seine...

Tytuł książeczki mówi sam za siebie. Przeznaczona jest dla maluchów, których nie zdążyły jeszcze wciągnąć po czubek głowy gry komputerowe. A zresztą wiem z obserwacji moich wnuków, że jedno nie przeszkadza drugiemu. Zawsze lubiłam czytać dzieciom. Najpierw córkom, potem wnukom....

„Szalone wakacje na wsi” Pawła Choroszczaka to zbiór zabawnych opowiadań dla najmłodszych, wydanych w ramach serii „Przygody Leonka”. Główny bohater to sześcioletni chłopiec – Leonek, który po wakacjach ma zostać uczniem pierwszej klasy szkoły podstawowej. Zanim jednak to nastąpi,...

Dende a desaparición de Natalia os pais de Antón xa non lle deixaban baixar o lixo á noitiña. Parecía incríbel que a súa vida, a vida de todos eles, dese un xiro tan brusco e dramático en tan pouco tempo. As cousas andaran nas mans do demo dende que a nova da desaparición de Natalia, compañeira...

Discover the awesome possibilities of Kinetic Sand, the sand with superpowers! This amazing futuristic material molds just like wet sand, yet leaves surfaces perfectly clean and dry. Shape it, roll it, slice it, sculpt it, stamp it, or build with it. Then watch it ooze, move, and melt away right before...

Have you at anytime come across the acronym “DIY” and wondered what it is all about? DIY is used to represent “Do-it-Yourself”.  In this case it includes the actions of creating, producing and modifying all with “Do-it-yourself” methods.  Research has revealed that this is a trend that...

The experience of growing up in the U.S. is shaped by many forces. Relationships with parents and teachers are deeply personal and definitive. Social and economic contexts are broader and harder to quantify. Key individuals in public life have also had a marked impact on American childhood. These...