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Here are 8 gloriously innovative tales for 8 pleasant classes of bedtime examining. There's a flying apple pie, a cat that's higher than an elephant, a home that lays an egg, storybook animals that jump out in their books at evening, and a wealth of different impressive characters and ideas, all with the colourful, dreamlike caliber of some of the best fairy tales.
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ISBN: 0224614622
EAN: 9780224614627
ASIN: 0224614622
SKU: YU-KNH0007073
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: 1968
Number of Pages: 112
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Author identify: joan aiken (Born: 1924/09/04 / Died: 2004/01/04)
Author Description: Joan Delano Aiken was once a far enjoyed English author who bought the MBE for providers relatively to Children's Literature. This yr marks the fiftieth ANNIVERSARY of her most renowned vintage children's publication, THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE, that's being celebrated with occasions at Cheltenham pageant within the united kingdom and at a different occasion in big apple in October, and with the ebook of 3 fresh versions of the booklet and a brand new AUDIO recorded by way of her daughter Lizza.
For additional information stopover at http://www. joanaiken. com/pages/index. .. .
Joan's Life:
She was once born in Rye, East Sussex, right into a kin of writers, together with her father, Conrad Aiken (who received a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge.
She labored for the United international locations info place of work in the course of the moment international war,and then as an editor and freelance on Argosy journal ahead of she all started writing complete time, typically children's books and thrillers. For her books she got the dad or mum Award (1969) and the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972).
Her hottest sequence, the "Wolves Chronicles" which begun with 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase', used to be set in an tricky exchange interval of background in a Britain within which James II was once by no means deposed within the wonderful Revolution,and so supporters of the home of Hanover consistently plot to overthrow the Stuart Kings. those books additionally function cockney urchin heroine Dido Twite and her adventures and travels all around the world.
Another sequence of children's books approximately Arabel and her raven Mortimer are illustrated by way of Quentin Blake, and feature been proven at the BBC as Jackanory and drama sequence. Others together with the a lot enjoyed 'Necklace of Raindrops' and award profitable 'Kingdom less than the Sea' are illustrated by means of Jan Pieńkowski.
Her many novels for adults contain numerous that proceed or supplement novels by way of Jane Austen. those contain 'Mansfield Revisited' and 'Jane Fairfax'.
Aiken was once a lifelong fan of ghost tales. She set her grownup supernatural novel The Haunting Of Lamb condo at Lamb apartment in Rye (now a countrywide belief property). This ghost tale recounts in fictional shape an alleged haunting skilled via former citizens of the home, Henry James and E. F. Benson, either one of whom additionally wrote ghost tales. Aiken's father, Conrad Aiken, additionally authored a small variety of striking ghost stories.
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29 A scrapbook journal is a book that uses photos, drawings and other clips, and memorabilia to illustrate the written entries. Vintage-Look Scrapbook Journal Here is what you need: spiral notebook of lined paper old flowery hat old jewelry white craft glue old embroidered hand or dish towel scissors pretty trims, ribbons, and small artificial flowers Here is what you do: 1. To give your scrapbook journal a vintage look, you will need to look for an inexpensive flowery hat, embroidered hand or dish towel, or old broken jewelry at garage sales, flea markets, and rummage sales.
3. Tie a piece of the ribbon in a bow and glue it onto the lid of the box. Cut strips of construction paper as tall as the box and as long as the paper will allow. You will need enough strips to make at least ten sections in your scrapbook when the strips are attached and folded back and forth like a fan. 34 old gift wrap 4. 5. Use the cellophane tape to attach the strips of paper together to make one long strip. Fold one end of the paper strip so that it exactly fits in the bottom of the box. 6.
Continue weaving ribbon across the page until the page is full of ribbon strips. 6. Trim the edges of the ribbon so that they are even with the ends of the page. Glue the ends of the ribbons in place to secure them. 7. Slip the corners of cards and photos between the woven ribbon and the page to hold them in the scrapbook. Net-Covered Page 1. To make a different kind of tuck-in page, stretch the net bag over a page of the scrapbook. 2. 3. 4. Staple the net in place around the page. Trim off the excess netting.