![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jeffers's illustrations to make a picture book that will have children clamoring for more crayon adventures.- The Wall Street JournalĬontinues its predecessor's pleasing, goofy conceit.Once again, both Daywalt's text and Jeffers' illustrations are endearing.- New York Times Book Reviewīy telling stories from the points of view of crayons, giving voices to the small and ignored, Daywalt and Jeffers have created two books that offer plenty of charm and fun, but also make children feel deeply understood.- The Boston Globe One of Parents Magazine's Ten Best Children's Books of 2015!Ī Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year!įunnier than the creators' original blockbuster.- Parents Magazine ![]() Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Picture Book of 2015! With real, folded letters from the Crayons that you can pull from their envelopes and read, games, punch-out ornaments, a poster, and a pop-up tree, this book is the perfect gift for for the holidays and for fans of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home. In this unique book, readers get to see how Duncan, the crayons, and their families celebrate the holidays. But everyone-even the crayons-know the best presents are the ones that you give. 'Tis the season for all of us to write our holiday wishlists. This special book has letters, games, ornaments, a poster, and even a pop-up Christmas tree! More Info Celebrate the holidays with the Crayons in this festive story from #1 New York Times best-selling duo Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some may think that Eleanor Oliphant is a lost soul, but there is much more to this story and the journey you are going to take with her. At first you may not like Eleanor that much, but I promise you one thing that by the time you come towards the end, you are going to care a lot about her. Eleanor believes she has everything in her life she needs, but actually when you get to know Eleanor everything seems to be missing.Įvery weekend it is the same two bottles of vodka, no-one comes to call at her home and her phone never rings. Then there are the crosswords every lunchtime. She will wear the same clothes to work, even eats the same lunch every day. Meet Eleanor Oliphant she is a real character she lives each day at a time, never straying too far and avoiding straying from a carefully straight line that each day brings. But read on and you will have a taste of why this is THE book of the year.īe prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions through this novel but there is a message of hope written through the pages and this will resonate to every reader. I am going to say this now the debut novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Harper Collins) is a leading contender for book of the year 2017. ![]() Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman ![]() ![]() ![]() As friend and foe alike align against him-and his overprotectiveness drives Leila away-Vlad's love for his new bride could be the very thing that dooms them both. for Leila, because his enemy knows she is Vlad's greatest weakness. It isn't like Vlad to feel fear, but he does. Vlad must battle with a centuries-old enemy whose reach stretches across continents and whose strength equals his own. ![]() Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin. ![]() What she didn't learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all. Leila's years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. The climactic third novel in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince series finds Vlad and his newly turned bride, Leila, at odds with each other-and vulnerable to the one vampire powerful enough to end the Dark Prince's reign. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The play began a tour of the UK from February 2020 opening at the Chichester Festival Theatre and was due to tour until June 2020 (followed by a run at the Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. The production was directed by Sally Cookson, who is known for directing classic pieces using the devising process, following her productions of Jane Eyre, Peter Pan and La Strada. The play opened at the Bristol Old Vic from 31 May to 16 July, before transferring to The Old Vic, London from 7 July to 25 August 2018. The play was devised by the original company with Adam Peck as the writer in the room. A Monster Calls is a play based on the low fantasy novel of the same name by Patrick Ness, from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd. ![]() ![]() There are hints that it was placed on Earth to protect humankind, but from what? Far from being a clone of the Transformers, this intriguing tale is entirely worthy of an adult audience. Behind them looms the gigantic, inhuman figure of the robot. Even the anonymous interviewer, by turns enigmatic and supportive, holds the reader’s attention. Neuvel develops several interesting characters, particularly Franklin and cranky pilot Kara Resnik. There I was, this tiny little thing at the bottom of the hole, lying on my back in the palm of a giant metal hand. ![]() He’d taken some pictures and thought I’d like to see them. When the robot’s human pilots accidentally blow a hole in Denver, Colo., thus revealing the machine’s existence, other nations demand access and tensions mount. Sleeping Giants 1 by Sylvain Neuvel Genre: Sci Fi Published 2016, 320 pages 'It was one of the firemen that had gotten me out of the hole. Now that she has grown up and become a prominent scientist, she has, perhaps by coincidence, been put in charge of secretly recovering other parts of the robot, which have apparently been hidden around the world for thousands of years, and returning the behemoth to working order. REPLACE IPAD AND TV TIME WITH INTERACTIVE STEM TOYS: Keep young minds stimulated with these hands-on learning toys for boys and girls this 163-pc. Rose Franklin was a little girl, she made a startling discovery in the woods near her home: the gigantic hand of a robot that appeared to be of alien manufacture. ![]() This fascinating first novel is told mostly through conversations between an unnamed interviewer and the book’s other characters, along with newspaper articles, government memos, and various characters’ journal entries. ![]() ![]() ![]() Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Konstantin Levin, a man striving to find contentment and meaning to his life - and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike, and soon brings jealousy and bitterness in its wake. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Starring Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method) as Anna Karenina, Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes) as her husband Alexei, Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) as Count Vronsky, and also starring Matthew McFadyen, Andrea Riseborough and Kelly Macdonald, this dazzling production of Anna Karenina is adapted for the screen by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now the subject of a major new film adaptation from director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice), Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is translated by award-winning duo Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky in Penguin Classics. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Trouble with Magic (1976) written and illustrated by Ruth Chew is a fun mix of reality and fantasy. ![]() (Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful.) A child who dislikes complexity, subtext, big words, or long sentences, would have no trouble with this author. In her favour? It seems simple and easy to read. (And I can't help but compare most children's fantasy to Diana Wynne Jones, which is particularly unfair, but in this case the quality gap is especially large.) (It sure puts the "matter of fact" in matter=of-fact Magic!) And with the years sweeping by with increasing speed, if I don't love something, I move on, lest I miss out on a book that could have been a favourite. The characters aren't particularly interested, the plot isn't particularly novel, and the style isn't particularly evocative. ![]() it's just that I'm too old for books that don't fire on all cylinders for me. I'm 55, but I do read a lot of children's fantasy. It's not that I'm too old for these books exactly. ![]() ![]() ![]() “IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING.” –Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Island “RELENTLESSLY CREEPY.” –Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger (An NPR Best Horror Novel) As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice: ![]() ![]() Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left–a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn–have plagued her. The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense.ĭocumentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. “ scary, highly entertaining debut…that pays homage to Shirley Jackson.” – South Florida Sun SentinelĪ Most Anticipated Book Goodreads * Publishers Weekly * Crime Reads * Popsugar * Bookish * #1 Loanstar Pick in Canada “Come for the mounting horror and scares, but stay for a devastating examination of the nature of family secrets.” – New York Times book review ![]() *BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER FOR THE YEAR* for NPR ![]() ![]() ![]() Many books were indispensable in helping me bring this fascinating era in American history to life. Learning about the Oregon Trail was difficult because there was so much devastation along the way, but it reminded me of the resilience of the human spirit, a lesson we’re in dire need of today. There was song and dance and sometimes something to celebrate like a birth or a wedding. Travelers didn’t know what they would face from day to day. The 2000-mile journey west was treacherous, grueling, and so, so dangerous. ![]() ![]() I’ve had to learn about Salem, Massachusetts during the witch trials, Biblical Jerusalem, the American women’s suffrage movement, and most recently I had to learn about life on the Oregon Trail in order to write The Duchess of Idaho. I tend to choose historical eras for my fiction that I know nothing about. And quite frankly, I’m a history nerd who loves learning new things. Yes, I make more work for myself because I have to research a whole new era for each book I write, but I love the challenge of incorporating each new era into my fiction. Of course, I would make my life a lot easier if I would concentrate on just one historical period, but what fun is that? One of the reasons I love writing historical fiction is because I get to learn about the various era of history I’m writing about. ![]() Learning About History is a Good Reason to Write Historical Fiction ![]() ![]() Only through cunning and her spy network of maids can she maintain the delicate balance of power needed for the kingdom to survive. If Penelope chooses one from amongst them, it will plunge Ithaca into bloody civil war. ![]() Between Penelope's many suitors, a cold war of dubious alliances and hidden knives reigns, as everyone waits for the balance of power to tip one way or another. īut no one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus' empty throne - not yet. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that husband is dead, and suitors are starting to knock at her door. Whilst he lived, her position was secure. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. None of them have returned, and the women have been left behind to run the kingdom. Seventeen years ago, king Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. ![]() 'The greatest power we woman can own, is that we take in secret. ![]() |