5/24/2023 0 Comments Trickster by Matt DembickiAfter, I plan to start working on a new project, which will hopefully tie in history, religion, and the supernatural. Told in the words of Native American storytellers from many nations, these tales use the trickster to teach moral lessons and explain such natural events as how the rabbit got its puffy tail, why the buzzard has no. MD: I’ll be working on a horror story for Plastic Farm, the long-running twisted title by local creator Rafer Roberts. Vigorously rendered in striking graphic format, this robust anthology of 21 Native American folktales features a bevy of wily rascals in a veritable smorgasbord of trickster tales. WCP: What would you like to do or work on in the future? Counter Culture Festival, and now we’re planning to launch a free comics newspaper called Magic Bullet. We’ve done several anthologies, taken field trips to places like the Frank Frazetta Museum and Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, created and hosted the annual D.C. Conspiracy, a local comics creators’ collaborative. I’m also quite proud of the work of the D.C. cartoonists (I edited the project and drew one of the stories), and Xoc, which is my minicomic about a great white shark’s journey across the Pacific Ocean. MD: I’m most proud of my two current projects- Trickster: Native American Tales, which is a comics anthology of Native American trickster stories that includes a number of D.C.
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Dance upon the air seriesBut there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him, for she must continue to guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café-and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent”-presents the first novel in her Three Sisters Island trilogy.When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband-and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago.…But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Lunch walks among usImmediate effect, and the kids seem to like her now. Based on her conclusions, Franny creates a potion to transforms herself into a nice-looking girl, modifies her head-biting doll into a glittery beauty and gets a squashy white bread sandwich for lunch, just like all the other kids. New teacher likes her and gives her a good advice: think of making friends as an experiment!Įxcited about the experiment, Franny makes her observations of the other kids (dolls they play with, lunch they eat, etc.) and analyses the data collected. Makes Franny sad, as she really wants them to be her friends. Schools, her new classmates are afraid of her weird style and behavior. In addition, she has a giant tarantula, a snake, a flying piranha and several bats as her pets. Her room is filled with steaming test tubes, strange bubbling beakers and a bunch of crackling electrical gizmos that Franny had made by herself. It also raises such important topics for kids as being yourself and accepting other people’s differences.įranny is an original main character, who loves the gooey part of science and all things that are dark, and creepy, and spooky. Stein, Mad Scientist” chapter book series by Jim Benton, it manages to combine a really quirky main character and the scientific method. I didn’t expect “ Lunch Walks Among Us” to be such a fun story! Being the first book in the “Franny K. A straightforward, relatable narrative mixes facts about wolves’ habits with sensory explorations of nature (flowers nod, hunger awakens, scents reveal), and Armiño’s realistic art illustrates key moments throughout. Eager to flee the enemy, Swift begins an arduous solo journey, renaming himself “Wander.” Along the way, he encounters such threats as a human with a “lightning stick,” a busy highway, a cougar, and a forest fire, all the while yearning for the companionship of another wolf. When a rival wolf pack attacks, many of Swift’s clan, including his father, are killed and their territory usurped. As a pup, quick learner Swift was taught that there are perils in the world (“you are tender and tasty, my wolfling”), but he doesn’t encounter danger firsthand until he and his siblings are old enough to learn how to hunt. Parry ( The Turn of the Tide) offers a wolf’s-eye view of the Pacific Northwest’s forests, mountains, and prairies in this harrowing survival tale based on the story of OR-7, a wolf electronically tracked by scientists. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Life of pi by yann martelHaving visited the country many times, the writer said he hasn't seen such diversity as India anywhere else. The 55-year-old author's love for India is not new, and he described it as a "thought provoking" and "philosophically engaging" country. It makes you suspend your disbelief, a religion makes you suspend your disbelief. That said, Martel noted that ultimately it was his quest to understand the "mechanism of religious faith" that made him write the book. He added that "India nourished him" at a time when he was "drying up". The novella he mentioned is ‘Max and Cats’ by Brazilian writer Moacyr Sclair. and 'Life of Pi' came to me all in one moment basically," he said. “And I am on the top of this rock when a rock came together, it made me remember a novella I had completely forgotten about and its premise of the shipwreck and I thought I could do something here. saying to myself 'I am in my 30s, I have written two books that had gone nowhere, I am screwed'.” "I was on this rock at a hill station near Mumbai looking at life. Speaking at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival, the Man Booker prize-winning author called India as the "major influence" for ‘Life of Pi’, and shared the story of how the basic idea of the book dawned upon him when he was standing on a rock at a hill station near Mumbai. After having written two books "without reaching anywhere", famed author Yann Martel was distraught for the lack of a new idea, and then ‘Life of Pi’ came to him "all in one moment" of clarity. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Diana vreeland memoirShowing leadership, vision, and timeless wit, this book celebrates her visionary words that not only transformed the world of fashion, but also gave us sage advice to live by. She looked at life as a romantic and lived through dreams and imagination. This evocative collection celebrates the prescience, wit, and enduring relevance of a fashion legend.ĭiana Vreeland's insightful edicts and evocative aphorisms remain her strongest legacy. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Ganesh by Robert L. BrownGanesha is also invoked as a patron of letters and learning during writing sessions. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. He is widely revered, more specifically, as the remover of obstacles and thought to bring good luck the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. Īlthough Ganesha has many attributes, he is readily identified by his elephant head. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists and includes Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, China, and Japan and in countries with large ethnic Hindus populations including United States, Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations. Ganesha ( Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect. #13 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ( 65 million copies sold) #12 – Think and Grow Rich ( 70 million copies sold) #11 – The Da Vinci Code ( 80 million copies sold) #10 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ( 85 million copies sold) #9 – She: A History of Adventure ( 100 million copies sold) #8 – The Hobbit ( 100 million copies sold) #7 – The Dream of the Red Chamber ( 100 million copies sold) #6 – And Then There Were None ( 100 million copies sold) #5 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ( 107 million copies sold) #4 – The Little Prince ( 142 million copies sold) #3 – The Lord of the Rings ( 150 million copies sold) #2 – A Tale of Two Cities ( 200 million copies sold) #1 – Don Quixote ( 500 million copies sold) 2 For these reasons, major religious and political texts are not listed here, but we can all agree that they are among the top selling books of all-time. Additionally, these books have often been printed by a wide range of publishers over centuries, many of them unreported. However, sales numbers for these books are nearly impossible to track because many are given away by churches or governments. Best-selling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings.Īlso, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as The Bible, Quran, and Quotations from Chairman Mao are believed to have more than a billion copies each in existence. This page includes a list of the 25 best-selling books of all-time as well as the 25 best-selling book series of all-time. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Adam silvera history is allThis has been a roller coaster ride for me. If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life. He’s losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he’s been keeping are tearing him apart. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin’s downward spiral continues. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But now, the future he’s been imagining for himself has gone far off course. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult There's lots of talk of how they were orphaned and a view of a London slum with despair and death all around. Riley and Native American Chevie (hooray for girls in sci-fi!) face nonstop danger, including kidnapping, fighting for their lives in an arena, poisoning, and more. His assistant, 14-year-old Riley, is the reluctant one. The villain isn't the reluctant assassin - he's very willing to kill and does it often, both for hire and for himself, with some gory detail. The publishers recommend this exhilarating time travel read for ages 12 and up, but it seems a better fit for teens who've already digested many high-action, high-violence PG-13 movies. Parents need to know that The Reluctant Assassin is the start of a series from the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, so many kids will want to read it. Slum residents roll up wallpaper to smoke the glue that's attached.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Mentions of Chevie's dad drinking to excess and Garrick's father going to the slum to drink himself to death. Victorian teen boys drink at breakfast (Chevie doesn't approve). |