For years, Pee Wee has lived in the shadow of the bigger trees on the Christmas farm. Without enough sunlight to grow tall and strong, he has been forced to watch helplessly as the other bigger and more attractive trees are picked every year, going home with a happy family. Just as Pee Wee is about to give up hope that he will ever get the chance to bring joy to a family during the holiday season, he is finally cut down to be sold! At the Christ ...
This is the first book in a series of children's stories featuring characters located in a harbour setting. The characters are such as tugs, a submarine, barges, police boats, water taxis, sea-planes, trucks, cranes, a cruise liner and a dinner cruise boat.<br><br>Each story in the series (collectively known as 'Harbour Tales') features one or more of the characters as the central element. <br> ...
Zeke is a nine-year-old aspiring writer and an ICAS winner. In a series of short stories, he captures the plight of a naughty monster learning to do the right thing – in a way that only a child can – with side splitting hilarity! <br><br>Sam the Ham always tries his best to be good. He never means to disobey his parents or do things he shouldn't.... But sometimes being good is really hard!<br><br& ...
The Gate of Dreams, illustrated with six colorplates from oil vignettes and lively silhouettes throughout, is reminiscent of classic fairy tale editions. Yet the three stories, which appeal to adults as well as children, are entirely new. The sympathetic characters in "The Woodcarver's Daughter", "Franz the Fool", and "The Girl of the Bells", along with the rural settings of these sto ...
Die Bruder Grimm machten Marchenfiguren wie Frau Holle weltberuhmt. Gewitzheit wird belohnt wie bei «Der Hase und der Igel». Drei Federn schicken drei Konigssohne in verschiedene Himmelsrichtungen, und Die beiden Konigskinder konnen nur auf Umwegen zueinander finden. Hatten Sie doch Die zwolf Bruder gefragt … Neu gelesen von grandiosen Sprechern zeigen sich die Marchen der Bruder Grimm hier von ihrer besten Seite! Enthalt die Marchen: Frau H ...
