The artwork in this book is exquisite- unique forms of aquatic creatures brought to life by rich, watercolour tones. Seahorse slowly gains confidence that he will also become a great father.Ī gorgeous tale of parenting and family love, Mister Seahorse is bound to impress your children. As her husband swims across the sea, he finds other male counterparts taking care of their little babies. She is sure that he is a very capable father. Father and child, Sea horses, Fishes, Father and child, Sea horses, Fishes. Seahorse as he finds his way of nurturing for the eggs and parenting them. This book has the usual colorful Eric Carle artwork with tissue paper, and it looks beautiful. In fact, you’ll be surprised to know that the father becomes the primary parent raising their offspring.Ĭome, join us on this wonderful journey with Mr. One seahorse tries to go back, but, lovingly, Mister Seahorse tells it that while he does love the baby, it needs to go on without him. But that doesn’t mean that there are no exceptions. Usually, when a mother fish lays eggs, they are all left on their own to figure out everything. The mysterious underwater families have a lot to teach us. Mister Seahorse is a heartwarming tale about a seahorse family.
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The book sets out to offer the average reader a set of high-leverage intellectual tools that can vastly enhance the depth and value of his reading, and it succeeds its flaws are minor in comparison to its achievements. The latter requires several skills that take a lot of practice, such as identifying bad reasoning, extrapolating from incomplete or poorly organized data, and evaluating claims in the proper context. The print version of the book is a hefty 426 pages, all of which explore different aspects of one central idea: the difference between reading as a means of absorbing information uncritically and understanding that information. These words were first written in 1940, in the first edition of How to Read a Book. Nothing less will satisfy the needs of the world that is coming. We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word “competent” implies. We must be more than a nation of functional literates. New York: Touchstone, 1972 (revised edition) The first UK book edition was published by the Hogarth Press, run by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, in September 1923. In the US it appeared in the November 1922 issue of The Dial magazine. The Waste Land was first published in the UK in the October 1922 issue of The Criterion, a literary magazine started and edited by Eliot. The narrative space of The Waste Land is dominated primarily by women, both contemporary and mythical, who illustrate the brutal relationship between men and women. Few, however, have considered the role his portrayal of women plays in supporting his poetic themes. When Mr Eliot speaks in his own language and his own voice it is like this at one moment:įor the rest one can only say that if Mr Eliot had been pleased to write in demotic English The Waste Land might not have been, as it just is to all but anthropologists and literati, so much waste paper. 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Seuss classic that first introduced Horton the Elephant Beloved by generations for his kindness and loyalty, Horton the Elephant is one of the most iconic and honorable characters in children's literatureas well as the star of two books and a short story by Dr. Horton receives ridicule and laugher from friends, battles the elements, and captured by hunters to be put on display for a circus. Horton is tasked into laying on an egg by Maizy, a lazy bird going on a permanent vacation. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the powerful Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Change, in which a young woman's quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path where choices come with deadly consequences, and she risks losing more than her heart. Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors. His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony" (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).ĭespite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature. Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world. If you aren’t a fan of women’s soccer (and if you enjoy sports, you should check it out), you probably hadn’t heard of Carli Lloyd before last summer. I’m surprised my local book store didn’t just automatically set it aside for me. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, the moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best players in the world and bound for the Summer Games in 2021 at thirty-nine.Ī memoir. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding it out. Then she found a trusted trainer, James Galanis, who saw in Carli a player with raw talent, skill, and a great dedication to the game. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer career at a crossroads. But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick during the first sixteen minutes. Women’s National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. “If you are a real soccer player-then this is the book for you to read. A New York Times bestseller from the superstar who is going to Tokyo for her fourth Olympics- the oldest player the U.S. He noted that he is frequently asked if horror is all he writes. King addressed the collection’s genesis himself in the book’s afterword. Stephen King on his writing process (Uploaded to YouTube by Bangor Daily News) These were Stephen King’s Different Seasons. The collection produced a popular coming-of-age tale, a dark prediction of sinister indoctrination, a story most considered unfilmable, and, quite unexpectedly, the basis for one of the most beloved films ever made. But what happens when you dominate one genre, but still have other kinds stories to tell? For King, the answer was two-fold on one hand, he released some books under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, and the on other hand, he gathered four novellas into one volume that were (mostly) departures from his famous horror fiction. In short order, novels like ’ Salem’s Lot, The Shining, and The Stand followed, cementing him as a modern master of horror. After years of slugging it out in short stories, Stephen King rose to prominence with his 1974 bestseller, Carrie. |