![]() ![]() ( )Īfter a dream, Jack and Annie, once again keen to follow their mission to become “Master Librarians” enter the magic tree house to travel in time and land in Pompeii before the big catastrophe. Finally, it included a small amount of Latin by having the story title Vir Fortimmimus in Mundo, which means The Strongest Man in the World (referencing to Hercules). The people of Pompeii thought it was great fun" (pg. ![]() Also, "Gladiators were slaves or criminals who fought in the amphitheater.They were forced to fight each other or. Not only did people wash at the baths, they also swam, played sports, and visited with their friends" (pg. For example, "Most people in Pompeii did not have a bathtub at home, so they went daily to the Public Baths. ![]() Also, it was educational because it included Latin terms and small amounts of mythology. In addition, they were using words that are appropriate for Italy such as villa, soothsayers (people predicting the future), and scrolls. Also, they were exploring Pompeii by seeing the different places such as the forum (center of the city). As I was reading this, I felt very engaged with the story especially since it created a sense of mystery to find out which story Jack and Annie were recovering from Pompeii. This was a very entertaining and educational book. ![]()
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Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl-the fortieth prisoner-sits alone and outcast in the corner. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mathewson always had a love for reading but this was rekindled in 2008, during a particularly hard time in her life. The single mother of two admits to a major hot chocolate and romance novel addiction, and a perfect day is when she can combine the two. 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Mathewson is a contemporary romance and paranormal romance author from New England best known for the “Pyte/Sentinel” and the “Neighbor from Hell” series of novels. ![]() The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and ... by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Our collection showcases classic fairy tales, children’s stories, and the work of some of the most celebrated artists, illustrators and authors. Pook Press celebrates the great ’Golden Age of Illustration’ in children’s literature - a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration from the 1880s to the 1930s. ![]() Some of Goble’s best known works include illustrations for Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and H. His work is delicate in its colouring, and masterful in its presentation of line and form. The son of a commercial traveller, he was educated at the Westminster School of art, and specialised in chromolithographic printing. Warwick Goble (1862 - 1943) was an illustrator of children’s books, who specialised in Japanese and Indian themes. It includes the narratives of ’Sleeping Beauty’, ’Cinderella’, ’Beauty and the Beast’, ’Tom Thumb’, ’Rumpelstiltskin’, ’Snow White’, ’Jack and the Beanstalk’ and many more. In the words of the author, it is intended as ’the best collection attainable of that delight of all children, and of many grown people who retain the child-heart still - the old-fashioned, time-honoured classic Fairy Tale. The Fairy Book : The Best Popular Fairy Stories selected & Rendered Anew. ![]() It is a collection of classic children’s tales, compiled and edited by Dinah Craik, and illustrated by Warwick Goble. Married George Lillie Craik, a partner in Macmillan publishing house, in 1865. ![]() The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Fairy Stories was originally published in 1913. ![]() ![]() ![]() But in searching for a cure for him, Ever accidentally discovers a way to twist time so she can save her family from the accident that killed them. Panicked at the thought of losing him, Ever finds a path to the in-between world known as Summerland, where she learns the secrets of Damen tortured past. Just as she's getting stronger, though, Damen seems to be weakening. ![]() Things have changed for Ever since she met her beloved Damen not least because she got a whole new set of powers, courtesy of her new Immortal status. 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In 2014, Entry Island won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme 's 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. ![]() Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the CEZAM Prix Litteraire. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. Peter May (born 20 December 1951) is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. The Lewis Trilogy, The China Thrillers, The Enzo Filesġ973 Scottish Young Journalist of the Year Television drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction May receiving the Prix Cezam Literature Award in Strasbourg, France, in 2011 ![]() |