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As stirring as "Schindler's List", this classic biography focuses on the first advocate of children's rights--the man known as the savior of hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto. A "New York Times" Notable Book. photos.
Author : Betty Jean Lifton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 1997-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312155605
As stirring as "Schindler's List", this classic biography focuses on the first advocate of children's rights--the man known as the savior of hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto. A "New York Times" Notable Book. photos.
Author : Sonya Harnett
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0143192655
Twelve-year-old Cecily Lockwood and her older brother, Jem, leave their father behind in war-torn London and travel with their socialite mother to the country estate of Uncle Peregrine. Arriving at the village, Cecily discovers other children being evacuated, most of them alone and frightened, waiting to be chosen by strangers to board with them. Cecily wants one for herself, to bring home to the manor with them. After her mother surprisingly agrees, Cecily chooses a girl named May. Although May comes from a poorer background, she is clever and unwilling to be controlled by Cecily, who wonders if perhaps she has made a poor choice. In the meantime, fourteen-year-old Jem is straining to do something for the war effort and is at odds with his mother, while their uncle plays host, shaded by his own dark mystery. The discovery of the ruins of Snow Castle by May and Cecily prompts Uncle Peregrine to tell a story, a true tale of royalty and betrayal and of sons and mothers and murderous uncles, one that reaches across the centuries and into their present life. May and Cecily also discover two strange boys at the ruins, brothers whose story comes to life as the days pass. Part historical fiction, part ghost story and part coming-of-age, The Children of the King is a spellbinding story, written by an internationally renowned author.
Author : Bill Bright
Publisher : New Life Publications
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781563991509
"The white-haired storyteller spins his legendary saga around a crackling fire ... a world of kings and princes on noble steeds, of evil forces wielding dark powers, and of a mystical snow-white dove, all who come to life in the land of Withershins. At the center of this world is Jotham, a simple, lonely orphan whose greatest desire is to find a father. As he journeys on his quest, he faces dangers and enemies far beyond his own strength and understanding. Travel with Jotham as he undertakes the perilous road to Dominus, the land where he hopes to fulfill his dreams."--Back cover
Author : Max Lucado
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781433540912
When the king comes to adopt some children, they are all too busy trying to impress him with their talents, except for one little girl who offers only her kind heart.
Author : Bianca Premo
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2006-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 080787695X
In a pioneering study of childhood in colonial Spanish America, Bianca Premo examines the lives of youths in the homes, schools, and institutions of the capital city of Lima, Peru. Situating these young lives within the framework of law and intellectual history from 1650 to 1820, Premo brings to light the colonial politics of childhood and challenges readers to view patriarchy as a system of power based on age, caste, and social class as much as gender. Although Spanish laws endowed elite men with an authority over children that mirrored and reinforced the monarch's legitimacy as a colonial "Father King," Premo finds that, in practice, Lima's young often grew up in the care of adults--such as women and slaves--who were subject to the patriarchal authority of others. During the Bourbon Reforms, city inhabitants of all castes and classes began to practice a "new politics of the child," challenging men and masters by employing Enlightenment principles of childhood. Thus the social transformations and political dislocations of the late eighteenth century occurred not only in elite circles and royal palaces, Premo concludes, but also in the humble households of a colonial city.
Author : Janusz Korczak
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300097429
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Holocaust Library, c1978.
Author : Jenny Nimmo
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545520908
A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking.The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy. Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead.
Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 2016-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101974044
Driving through the cornfields in rural Nebraska, Burt and Vicky run over a young boy—only to discover that they may not be responsible for his death. Out in the corn, something is watching them, and help is nowhere to be found. From the unrivaled master of horror and the supernatural, Stephen King. “Children of the Corn,” first collected in the extraordinary collection Night Shift in 1973 and then adapted into a horror film franchise of the same name, is a terrifying and unforgettable classic of the genre. A Vintage Short.
Author : Julia Donaldson
Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,93 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781509813773
The hungry king needs a new cook, but will he ever find someone who can make his favourite dish?There once was a very hungry king,Who needed a cook like anything.The only problem is, the king is so fussy, and none of the cooks he tries can make a dish that tastes just right! That is, until a most unlikely chef comes along: shuffling and shaking Wobbly Bob. He's scared of everything, from catching fish to digging for potatoes, but can he convince the hungry king to give him the job?The Cook and the King is a brilliantly funny story from the fantastic picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts, creators of Tyrannosaurus Drip. With clever rhyming verse and richly detailed illustrations, it's sure to become a fast favourite with children and adults alike!
Author : Irene Dover
Publisher : Concordia Publishing House
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 1968-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780570060338