For instance the large detached house and big car on the title page suggest it is comfortably middle class, while objects within the home, particularly in the child’s bedroom, indicate a liking for outdoor pursuits, animals and nature. Throughout the book there are clues as to what this family is like. The fictional father is clearly a loving parent and the close bond between him and his child is evident in all his actions, from a gentle wake-up call to practical support in difficult situations. Oswald says he wanted the younger character to have universal accessibility, so the child is deliberately genderless, though the origins of the story are loosely based on the illustrator’s own memories of various father-and-son outings. The story centres around two characters: the father and the child. But the book is also an homage to family life and parental love. Pete Oswald, an American illustrator and animator, describes his wordless picturebook Hike as a ‘love letter to nature’. Hike – Wordless Books Wordless Books Hike (2020)
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Yes, if someone else was doing the narration. Would you listen to Seducing Simon again? Why? Worth a credit? Well it falls under my $10 rule, so my dilemma is if it was $19.77 instead of $9.77 would I regret the credit - no I wouldn't but I would have liked/expected it to have been longer and to include either the addition of her usual spice, or a final chapter or epilogue that not only wraps up the HEA but puts a nice big pink or blue bow on top. You'll laugh, cry and sigh as their turbulent emotionally and sexually charged relationship grips you, then events and a disaster spins you about until, in the end, you're spat out the other end breathless, exhausted but grateful for another great listen. Another well written MB book (just without any heat!) and, as it unfolds, you understand the emotions of both the main likeable characters involved and find yourself pondering over the all important question of should she tell him and exactly when would the right time be. But what it is is a tender, sweet, riveting romantic book about the dilema of unrequited love which include secrets, seduction and hope as two best friends take a gamble of crossing the boundary of friendship hoping it will lead to love but aware they could lose everything. Please don't go buying this expecting it to be the usual HOT listen that Maya Banks usually writes (and the cover suggests) as it's definitely not - it's more Mills & Boon. SECRETS, SECRETS, SECRETS THEY BLOW UP EVERY TIME The different character types definitely made the story interesting, though I thought that some of them could have used way more character development. It sounds juvenile, and perhaps it is, but I will say that it was compelling and entertaining. And the majority of it is just teenagers hooking up, having sex, and betraying one another in love triangles and squares. Not much else happens throughout the book. This book is pretty much devoid of plot aside from the romantic lives of the characters. I think that I would lump this series in the \”guilty pleasure\” category. In fact, there are hardly any despite the fact that I enjoyed reading them so much. On the other hand, they don\’t really have many of the qualities that I admire in a good book. One one hand, I really enjoyed reading this book and the prequel and I sped through them at record speed. This is a hard series for me to rate or review. I really don’t want to give away more than that, because the fun is in watching it unfold for yourself. Laurel, the main girl, discovers she’s a faerie and watching her discover what she’s really like, what being a faerie entails, is just fascinating (I love that kind of thing). I think I worry that the whole book will be caught up in lots of dull faerie lore and weird magic. I take that back – the idea of faeries is always a little off putting to me. It’s a faerie story, and that’s really all you need to know. This is one of those books, like Twilight, where I think the official blurb gives away more of the story than I wanted to know. It was so lovely and spunky I loved virtually every word. 8 of 10: I haven’t heard a lot of buzz about Wings, despite it hitting the NYT bestseller list this weekend but I think it deserves more publicity. Readers will be caught up in the seesawing struggle for power between gods, dwarfs, and giants, punctuated by surprising love matches, thrilling journeys, and dazzling magic. From the creation of the nine worlds to the final battle of Ragnarok, Carnegie Medal winner Kevin Crossley-Holland details the Viking gods as never before, while Jeffrey Alan Love's lavish illustrations bring the mythic figures to life on the page. A collaboration by two talented creators provides the perfect means to delve into Norse mythology and pore over the enthralling exploits of all-powerful Odin mighty Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir and Loki, the infamous trickster. Long-recognized master of Norse mythology Kevin Crossley-Holland pairs with award-winning artist Jeffrey Alan Love for an exceptional look at the Viking gods. Includes a preview of the next thrilling novel in Dean Koontz's acclaimed Odd Thomas series: "Odd Apocalypse" But when Odd Thomas and company stop to spend the night, they discover that there's more to this secluded haven than meets the eye-and that between life and death, there is something more frightening than either. and the Harmony family homestead presiding over it all. Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific coast, quaint roadside outpost Harmony Corner offers everything a weary traveler needs-a cozy diner, a handy service station, a cluster of motel rooms. Leading up to the highly anticipated arrival of "Odd Apocalypse "this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in "Odd Interlude, " a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz Here is the spine-tingling 58-page third installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure. In 2023 John Hattie returns to his ground-breaking work with Visible Learning – The Sequel. They're excellent resources for teachers, students, educational leaders and parents who are interested in learning more about the science of education. In total, Hattie's books are informed by over 130,000 studies involving 400 million students globally. In 2011 he followed up with Visible Learning for Teachers to bring the ground-breaking concepts to a new audience of school teachers by delving deeper into pupil motivation, curriculum, meta-cognitive strategies, behavior, teaching strategies and classroom management. It was the culmination of 15 years of research into the influences on achievement in school-aged students. His first book Visible Learning was described in 2008 by the Times Education Supplement as "education's equivalent to the search for the Holy Grail". Throughout three decades of empirical education research, he has published bestselling books that explore the science of learning and how it can be applied to improve educational systems and individual student outcomes. Professor John Hattie is an internationally-acclaimed education researcher who has written extensively on the subject of visible learning. Nicole is performing as Juliet in their school play and suddenly a fire starts. When Holly's aunt dies, they are left in the custody of her uncle, Richard. However, Nicole already knew a little about witchcraft due to her boyfriend, Eli. Bast (Holly's), Hecate (Nicole's), and Freya (Amanda's) become the three girls cat familiars. Holly belongs to the Cahor house and reveals this to Amanda. Eventually, Holly realizes she is a witch and that she carries the soul of Isabeau of the Cahors house. Bizarre incidents occur to Holly, such as strange visions and dreams. After her parents die, her aunt and uncle that she never knew of get custody of her. In Witch, Holly Cathers, the main character, is the lone survivor of the rafting trip her family took with her best friend, and later receives a small cat who is deaf, Bast. The five novels depict a family feud between a coven of witches called the Cahors and a coven of warlocks called the Deveraux. In 2009 the series was optioned by DreamWorks' Mark Sourian, with the intent to combine the first two books in the series into a single screenplay. The first book, Witch was released in 2002 through Simon Pulse. Wicked is a series of young adult novels written by American authors Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié. In 1986’s The Uncanny X-Men #205 (also included in the recent Wolverine: Weapon X Gallery Edition,) Windsor-Smith already told a classic Wolverine story, teaming with Chris Claremont to tell a defining story about the man, his struggles, and his sense of honor. Windsor-Smith finds a unique angle to the story. Because within these pages Windsor-Smith sneaks in a horror story about mankind’s hubris into what should have been a marketing exercise- the origin of Wolverine, see it here for the first time!!!! Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Live within this experiment of turning a man- a troubled, drunk, and violent man- into a weapon by people who should know better. Just forget all of that kind of stuff as you live in the space of Windsor-Smith’s masterful cartooning for the length of this story. Calling Weapon X a Wolverine story is a matter of marketing, something to draw the kiddies and the rubes into Barry Windsor-Smith’s 1991 monster story (but not Monsters that’s a different book.) This isn’t a story about mutants or superheroes, and it may not even be exploring good-versus-evil. She has published 30 novels and 1 Novella (as of September 2022), two of which were converted into film. She had a brief acting career, eventually giving it up to write full-time in 1972. In the 1980s, she was also a regular contributor of book reviews to Jack Farr's CBC Radio program The Radio Show.Īt the age of 8, Tepperman wrote her first story and sent it into a local magazine, and at age 12 sent in her first TV script, however both were rejected. She later changed her last name to Fielding (after Henry Fielding) and began writing novels.įielding is also the screenwriter of the television film Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story. As Joy Tepperman, she had a brief acting career, appearing in the film Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) and in an episode of Gunsmoke. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.īorn in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Joy Fielding (née Tepperman born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress. |