6/27/2023 0 Comments The snowy day![]() ![]() The Skirball show aptly points this out in a section about the progress of African American characters throughout the history of children’s literature. The details of this story were quite unusual for the time – Peter is African American and the snow he explores lies not in a lovely country town but on the streets of the inner city. These two factors were both unique in the world of children’s literature before 1962, black characters were rare, and if they appeared at all were marginal figures or caricatures such as Little Black Samba. ![]() The Snowy Day is a beautifully realized book about a little boy named Peter experiencing his first snow storm. His 1962 book The Snowy Day changed the world of children’s literature by introducing the first African American hero. This terrific new show aims to give children who love books an immersive experience about Keats’ creative process and the close ties between his work and his life. Ezra Jack Keats is the subject of a new show at the Skirball Cultural Center – The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Keats, open through September 17, 2014. ![]() We’re grateful for hours of cozy reading in bed with our kids, and so always appreciate learning more about a particular author or illustrator. The Snowy Day changed the world of children’s literature by introducing the first African American hero. ![]()
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Ever by Jessa Russo![]() ![]() ![]() Used to read these guys, but now they just freak me the eff out!) when I’d been ready to move past Christopher Pike.Īs an adult, I continued feeding my love of mystery and paranormal with Sandra Brown, more Dean Koontz, Heather Graham …Īnd then I had a baby, and decided I didn’t have time to read. I think I just quickly followed in my mom’s footsteps and began devouring Steven King and Dean Koontz (I have gotten weak in my 30s. Met him at a reading festival 2 yrs ago and he made up an AWESOME story right there on the spot with the kiddos suggestions!) But I feel like we didn’t have much along the lines of young adult back then, and honestly, I can’t remember anything after my Christopher Pike obsession. I started reading at an early age – as I believe we all did – and when I was in middle school I became obsessed with Christopher Pike and R.L. POLO! Oh sorry, just blogging pool side)–anyway, where were we? Oh yes! Jessa Russo, my CQ sister who like me, reads, writes and breathes paranormal YA, is here to tell us what drew her to read and write in this kick butt genre. Today I’m kicking off my sandals (yes, I’m wearing sandals. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Franz kafka the metamorphosis![]() ![]() As he’s trying to figure out how to work his new body, his boss, the Chief Clerk, shows up and demands to see Gregor. Gregor spends the next moments struggling to get rolled over and out of bed without hurting himself. He expresses his concern over his family, their finances, and his responsibility to both. Despite this shocking turn of events, he’s more worried about the fact that he’s overslept and has now missed a train he needed to catch for work. The protagonist of the novel, Gregor wakes up in his bed to discover he’s been transformed into a gigantic insect, or something resembling a cockroach. The novelįranz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis opens with travelling salesman Gregor Samsa. He delves into what it means to be human, to be perceived as human, and then have those perceptions taken away by no fault of one’s own. Over the rest of the novel, Kafka explores themes of humanity, alienation, family, and responsibility. ![]() He struggles briefly with his physiology but struggles for many more pages with his humanity and holding onto the shreds that remain of it. The change is surprising to Gregor but is less worrying than the impossibility of providing for his family. Gregor Samsa, a man who works hard at a job he hates in order to support his family, wakes up one morning in the body of a giant vermin. It details the shocking transformation of Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, into a large cockroach. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Get help with access Institutional accessĪccess to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. Analyzing the gap, revealing the deeper story beneath the surface, Tate finds not false consciousness but narratives that indicate a tempered hope for social equality and female agency. In Tate's words, such novels offered “cultural description as symbolic representation, not transparent presentation” (101). Hopkins offered shrewd portrayals of the gap between an imagined world of ideal courtship and marriage and the actual world of racial injury. Tate argues that African-American women novelists in the 1890s presented to their readers “allegories of political desire.” Rather than domestic mimesis, Frances E. They have qualified the charges of acquiescence leveled against the literature of respectability or “uplift”: the charges that such literature adopted white middle-class values of industry, frugality, circumspection, and moral purity in a bid for social acceptance, and that such literature was distinguished by condescension towards the African-American masses and surrender to the dominant culture. Literary critics such as Claudia Tate and Ann duCille have taught us to think differently about form and class in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century African-American literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. ![]() Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() Or maybe the cat will do better.ĭungeon Crawler Carl is a LitRPG story by "Doctor Hepa" (Matt Dinniman), originally published serially on Royal Road and then later as a series of books via Amazon. But he might just be the best chance humanity has left. He just happened to be caught outside chasing his ex-girlfriend's cat when it all literally went down. Too bad no one ever wins!Ĭarl isn't anyone special, really. The few surviving humans are offered a choice: eke out a living somehow from what remains, or enter the World Dungeon, where a live audience will watch as they battle through eighteen floors to reclaim their planet. Without warning, in an instant, every man-made structure collapses, and the planet is seized by the interstellar Syndicate to be mined of all valuable resources. Reward: You've received a Bronze Pet Box! ![]() ![]() You have entered the World Dungeon accompanied by a cat. Congratulations! You've earned your first achievement: Crazy Cat Lady. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments The Strain by Guillermo del Toro![]() ![]() ![]() Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), the head of the. Also featuring profiles of the show’s central characters and interviews with the cast members who play them, includingĬorey Stoll, David Bradley, and Richard Sammel, The Art of The Strain is packed with bloodcurdling images and razor-sharp revelations that will thrill fans everywhere. Based on del Toros 2009 novel trilogy, The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Packed with a wide range of stunning visuals, including concept art, candid on-set photos, and illuminating VFX breakdowns, the book showcases the wonderfully macabre vision that drives The Strain and explores the genesis of fan favorites like The Master, the Sun Hunters, bloodworms, strigoi stingers, and other eerily unforgettable elements of the show. From the challenge of adapting the original novels to the work that went into designing a uniquely terrifying vampire race, The Art of The Strain gives in-depth insight into all aspects of the production. Covering both seasons one and two, The Art of The Strain features exclusive interviews with del Toro, co-creator Chuck Hogan, showrunner Carlton Cuse, and a wealth of behind-the-scenes talent, who reveal the full story of the creation of the show. ![]() Discover the secrets of FX’s hit TV show The Strain in this deluxe book, which delves into the twisted imagination of creator and producer Guillermo del Toro to deliver a jaw-dropping insider’s look at the scariest show on television. Del Toro and Hogans horror thriller trilogy got off to a rousing start with 2009s The Strain, but this final volume continues the decline already evident. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments The Black Circle by Patrick Carman![]() ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
6/25/2023 0 Comments Brother book david chariandy![]() ![]() I hope your Cough is much mended since I saw you last, if so likewise hope you have given over the thoughts of leaving Virginia.Īs there is not an absolute occasion of my coming down, hope you’l get the Deeds acknowledged without Me 1 my Horse is in very poor order to undertake such a journey, and is in no likelihood of mending for want of Corn sufficient to support him tho’ if there be any certainty in the Assembly’s not rising untill the latter end of May, will if I can be down by that As my Mothers term of Years is out at that Place at Bridge Creek, she designs to Settle a Quarter on that Peice at Deep Run, but seems backward of doing it untill the Right is made good, for fear of accidents. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hands-On Funįirst, we found a world clock that showed us what time it was in other places. This started a discussion for us about how people would have known what time it was before there were clocks like we have today. (Sad though that there’s no Canadian location – boo! □ )Īt the back of the book is a section all about the history of timekeeping and the origins of the creation of our timezones. I like how they touched different countries and continents along the way – everything from Dubai to San Francisco, Ayers Rock to Baghdad, Tokyo to Mexico City. Inside the back cover of the book is a lift out map of the world, that shows the journey from Senegal all the way east, touching in each time zone along the way. My boys liked finding where the character mentioned for that page was. The pictures were fun to look at – each page showcasing what was going on at the time for that zone. They were amazed that it was a completely different time as we moved around the world and then came all the way full circle back to where the book started. ![]() Summary: Readers head eastward from the Greenwich Meridian, from day to night, with each page portraying one of (the original) twenty-four time zones. ![]() Title: At the Same Moment, Around the World ![]() |