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978-1-59474-476-1. OCLC. 664668604. Followed by. Hollow City. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2011 contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs. The story is told through a combination of narrative and a mix of vernacular and found photography from the personal archives of collectors listed by the author.
Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children. In Europe, Gutenberg 's invention of the printing press around 1440 made possible mass production of books, though the first printed books were quite expensive and remained so for a ...
One Crazy Summer. 9780060760885 (trade bdg.) One Crazy Summer is a historical fiction novel by American author Rita Williams-Garcia, published by Amistad in 2010. The novel is about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, three sisters, visiting their mother in Oakland, California, during the summer of 1968. [2]
Age 8, 1904, as she was based on the author herself. She is the most practical and levelheaded one who values her education. Charlotte: The fourth sister with her head in the clouds, age 6, 1906. She is the most imaginative one of the sisters. Gertrude "Gertie": The youngest of the five sisters, age 4, 1908. Gertie looks up to Charlotte.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [ 1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...
Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. [ 1][ 2] The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three ...
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) – Up in the Tree, Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut, Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop's Wunderground Washery. Cécile Aubry (1928–2010) – Belle et Sébastien. Martin Auer (born 1951) – Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy. Steve Augarde (born 1950) – The Various, Celandine.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a series of two children's books, aimed at ages six and up. Both were funded through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, and broke site records for fundraising for literature publication. The books each feature short stories about 100 real women who can be role models to children.