Author : James Berry
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Anancy Spiderman trades various items with the people he encounters, until he himself is distracted by a bird and ends up empty-handed.
Author : Eugene Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1950 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134468482
" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Author : Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 22,16 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826417787
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781565123083
Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.
Author : Kenneth Ramchand
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9766371512
An account of the emergence of the West Indian novel in English, this work provides valuable insights into the social, cultural and political background, offering concise and focused accounts of the growth of education, the development of literacy, and the formation of West Indian Creole languages.
Author : Barbara Thrash Murphy
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780815320043
The Third Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to the genre of books for children and young adults with the biographies of 274 authors and artists - including 121 new biographies not included in previous editions. The book presents the user with a rich source of accessible, in-depth biographical data on each individual author or artist, including birthplace, education, their approach to art or literature, career development, and awards and honors received. Over 160 photographs of the subjects bring the biographies to life, and 46 covers of important children's books are reproduced. Also included is a comprehensive index of books, an index of authors and illustrators, and useful listings of publishers, distributors, and bookstores arranged by state.
Author : Christopher Riches
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1431 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 019251850X
Over 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1787 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135355193
The 13th edition of the International Who's Who in Poetry is a unique and comprehensive guide to the leading lights and freshest talent in poetry today. Containing biographies of more than 4,000 contemporary poets world-wide, this essential reference work provides truly international coverage. In addition to the well known poets, talented up-and-coming writers are also profiled. Contents: * Each entry provides full career history and publication details * An international appendices section lists prizes and past prize-winners, organizations, magazines and publishers * A summary of poetic forms and rhyme schemes * The career profile section is supplemented by lists of Poets Laureate, Oxford University professors of poetry, poet winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for American Poetry and of the King's/Queen's Gold medal and other poetry prizes.
Author : Jim Charkins
Publisher : Council for Economic Educat
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781561835805
This publication contains complete instructions for teaching the lessons in Choices and Changes, Grades 24. The Choices and Changes series is designed to help students understand how the U.S. economy works and their roles in the economy as consumers, savers and workers.
Author : Gary C. Tarbert
Publisher :
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Children's literature
ISBN :
