Some books become classics for a reason. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of them. The actual title of Defoe’s book is The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. The wordiness of the title on the cover is an indication of the story that lies beneath. Defoe’s writing is filled with long, cumbersome sentences that are delightfully layered with meaning and content.
Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719, yet it feels relevant and fresh even in the light of the 21st century. Nearly three hundred years after it was written,
Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?
by Ronald A. Rowe June 9th, 2009 | Children's, New Releases, Nonfiction
Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud is quite possibly the most useful children’s book that I have yet encountered. HYFYBT is not a typical children’s story. It really isn’t a story at all. There is no protagonist or character arc. HYFYBT is a how to manual on being happy for children.
The gist of the lesson is that we each carry an invisible bucket that we fill with good feelings about ourselves. We can fill other people’s buckets by saying and doing nice things to them. When we fill someone else’s
The gist of the lesson is that we each carry an invisible bucket that we fill with good feelings about ourselves. We can fill other people’s buckets by saying and doing nice things to them. When we fill someone else’s
Amazon Publishes First Legacy
by B Kenney May 19th, 2009 | Children's, Fiction, New Releases, Young Adults
Amazon, the almighty online distributor, has plans in the works to release and publish book titles.
AmazonEncore, Amazon's newly established and "traditional" publishing company will be focused on re-releasing books from other major publishing companies that are currently out of print.
Their first publication will be the novel Legacy, which was written by a young teenager named Cayla Kluver. Legacy was a bronze medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, a finalist in Young Adult Fiction in the National Best Books Awards 2008, and is sponsored by USA Book News.
Legacy will be re-published as a hardcover edition sometime in August 2009.
Legacy,
AmazonEncore, Amazon's newly established and "traditional" publishing company will be focused on re-releasing books from other major publishing companies that are currently out of print.
Their first publication will be the novel Legacy, which was written by a young teenager named Cayla Kluver. Legacy was a bronze medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, a finalist in Young Adult Fiction in the National Best Books Awards 2008, and is sponsored by USA Book News.
Legacy will be re-published as a hardcover edition sometime in August 2009.
Legacy,
Books for Kids (And for Adults, Too)
by Jaclyn Abergas February 10th, 2009 | Children's, Fiction, Young Adults
I love children's books. I'm an adult now, but I never get tired of reading books for children. It makes me believe in hope and dreams and fantasy.
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was so easy to sympathize with Charlie Bucket. All of us have gone through our share of hard times. And all of us have our own dreams we want to come true. Charlie Bucket exemplifies this dream so well. It's a great book especially when you're having a not so good day, and you just want to feel better. And it's
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was so easy to sympathize with Charlie Bucket. All of us have gone through our share of hard times. And all of us have our own dreams we want to come true. Charlie Bucket exemplifies this dream so well. It's a great book especially when you're having a not so good day, and you just want to feel better. And it's
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
by Jaclyn Abergas January 6th, 2009 | Children's, Fiction, Young Adults
A Wrinkle In Time is a fantasy book about Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, her friend Calvin O'Keefe, her father Dr. Alexander Murry and a phenomenon called tesseract. One dark, stormy night, the Murrys receive a visitor named Mrs. Whatsit, a friend of Charles Wallace, who seeks temporary shelter at their place from a storm. Just as she is about to leave, she turns to Mrs. Murphy and tells her "that there is such a thing as a tessaract". Mrs. Murphy almost faints when she hears this.
Curious, Meg tries to find out what a tesseract is and learns more about
Curious, Meg tries to find out what a tesseract is and learns more about
