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Bluebeard is the main character in one of the grisliest and most enduring fairy tales of all time. A serial wife murderer, he keeps a horror chamber in which remains of all his previous matrimonial victims are secreted from his latest bride. She is given all the keys but forbidden to open one door...

Published to mark the centenary of Roald Dahl’s (Welsh) birth, Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected breaks new ground by revealing the place of Wales in the imagination of the writer known as ‘the world’s number one storyteller’. Exploring the complex conditioning presence of Wales in his life...

Educators who teach children’s literature at the college level as part of the pre-service experience seldom allocate enough space in the curriculum for nonfiction literature. This book recognizes the viability of nonfiction as a literary genre that demands critical analysis, celebrates storytelling...

When Santa Claus returns home on Christmas day after having delivered toys to children all over the world, he doesn't feel so well. He doesn't feel at all like his jolly and energetic self. He decides that a little r&r is all he needs to get him back into tip-top shape. However, Santa is unable...

24 simple projects to create as a family During these uncertain times, families around the country are slowing down, reconnecting, and getting back to basics. One of the best ways for families to share experiences and meaningful time together is through the art of crafting, sewing, and recycling. Make...

Get into the holiday spirit by folding this origami Christmas craft and decorating it any way you like. Kids and adults will have fun with this one! Beautify your home or classroom for the holidays with unique and elegant origami paper craft ornaments. This origami design book has 2D and 3D...

It's Black and White/A Turtle Quest for the Ages/Navigating the ADHD Controversy    This is the first book in the 5-part Turtle Quest Series that takes place in the town of West Bank in the Commonwealth of Quick. Anyone with children , moms or dads, teachers, and care-givers etc. are going to need...

This book analyses the success and adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel War Horse to stage, radio, live events, and feature film, in different cultures, on tours, and in translation.  In under a decade, War Horse has gone from obscure children’s novel to arguably one of the world’s...

Beautify your home or classroom for the holidays with unique and elegant origami paper craft ornaments. This origami design book has 2D and 3D paper model projects that includes step-by-step instructions and color diagrams. Each model is explained with easy-to-follow diagrams and illustrated...

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. How seriously are we taking our constitutional, inalienable rights these days? There is certainly plenty of focus on power, money and success. But where will that get you if in the end you fail to achieve the ultimate right – happiness? Time to...

Life can be crazy. Life can be stressful. Life can be hard to take. These are all truths that are just simple facts. Because life can be difficult, people look for different ways to cope with the stress that life brings. Regrettably, drugs have become the most prominent coping mechanism that people...

This pioneering study is the first full-length treatment of feminism and the environment in children's literature. Drawing on the history, philosophy and ethics of ecofeminism, it examines the ways in which post-apocalyptic landscapes in young adult fiction reflect contemporary attitudes towards environmental crisis and human responsibility.

Childhood books play a special role in reading histories, providing touchstones for our future tastes and giving shape to our ongoing identities. Bringing the latest work in Memory Studies to bear on writers' memoirs, autobiographical accounts of reading, and interviews with readers, Rereading Childhood...

Contributions by Lanette Cadle, Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem, Renata Lucena Dalmaso, Andrew Eichel, Kyle Eveleth, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Darren Harris-Fain, Krystal Howard, Christopher D. Kilgore, Kristine Larsen, Thayse Madella, Erica McCrystal, Tara Prescott-Johnson, Danielle Russell, Joe Sutliff Sanders,...