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Anything that children read is under the term of Children Literature, whether fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama used by young people (Nodelman, 2008:9). Therefore, an author of a great literary work is presented an award which is structured with one organization as the presenter and another financial sponsor organization. I tended in this essay to discuss the importance of the awards to children literature. Criteria judges and procedures associated with winning the prize, is taken in…

least are shown in the lightest terms of BDSM. “50 Shades of Grey” was one of the few movies that showed a BDSM sexual relationship in the last few decades and one of the pioneering books to feature BDSM and make it to the bestsellers list in a bookstore. The media around both the movies and books are limited in explaining the subject of BDSM and even then there was still little detail centered around the subject matter. This shows that one way the inner circle of the sex hierarchy is enforced…

What is your favorite childhood story that you read or that was read to you as a child? Discuss and explain in detail why that story is your favorite. As a young child I did not have a natural love for reading. To me, reading was more like work. When I started fifth grade I was placed into Mrs. Measel 's class, and I was not happy about this. All of my friends were placed into the other fifth grade class, so I felt very alone. Mrs. Measel always bragged about how much she loved to read,…

where other companies did the same “foul play” with advertisements and mentioned how often companies do not make a big deal about it. Seaver delivered sardonic tone by establishing that, “ Accordingly, we have instructed all our salesman to notify bookstores that whenever a customer comes in and asks for a copy of Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher they should request the sales personnel to make sure that what the customer wants is a book, rather than a Coke” (Seaver 6-10). Seaver’s letter was…

Coca-Cola having been an iconic, refreshing brand for more than a century, must have been accustomed to copyright infringement. In 1970, the Coca-Cola brand was faced with the theft of their slogan, “It’s the real thing” by the publishing company, Grove Press for their advertisement of the Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher. The executive of the soda company, Ira Herbert, wrote a formal letter requesting for the Grove’s discontinue of their slogan as it threatened the brand’s originality. Richard…

Does the sight of a bookstore make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end? Do words leap off the page as you read a particularly good book? Do you long to put pen to page or, as is the tendency these days, fingers to keyboard, ready to create your very own world? Have you ever, in utter secrecy, given in to the controversial temptation of book-sniffing? Don't worry my friend, you are not alone. And chances are you're already a writer and you just haven't realised it yet. And, of course,…

Eureka! Do you remember that pleasant feeling when a brilliant idea flashed into your head? Over 2000 years ago in ancient Greece, a physicist Archimedes was trying to solve a problem of physics. One day, while taking a bath, he suddenly got an inspiration, and discovered a breakthrough principle. He got so excited about this discovery that he leapt out the bathtub, ran through the streets without his clothes, and cried out, "Eureka!”: in English, “I’ve found it!”, the word to express our…

Helper remained ambivalent about it. Not knowing till later that his wife would soon bring 3 slave servants into their home. Helper loved to read books. That was his favorite thing to do. After reading the self-published book, The Impending Crisis, a bookstore clerk from Salisbury, North Carolina, Helper published an out breaking…

Animal Farm. Tuck Everlasting. What are these names? Well I’ll tell you. Animal Farm and Tuck Everlasting are two amazing books written by George Orwell* and Natalie Babbitt*. Animal Farm is based on the issues/problems caused by the Russian Revolution; and Tuck Everlasting is mostly about how immortality isn’t always that great. Another common theme for Tuck Everlasting is love is forever. Animal Farm in a brief summary is a story in which animals take over a farm because they are mistreated by…

Following the attacks that occurred on 9/11, the United States government established the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was put into place to ensure the safety of the citizens of the United States by enhancing the security of the country. The act revised the nation’s surveillance laws, expanding the government’s authority to look into the records of citizens. This law also reduced the judicial oversight, public accountability and the ability to challenge government searches in court. These…