Series of children's books

two animated series The Off-Beats for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City. Codename: Kids Next Door was another show where Willems served as head writer at Cartoon Network, it was during this time that Willems began writing and illustrating books for children (Willems, Mo. FAQ). “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” was Willems debut book. It became a New York Times Bestseller and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 2004 the Carnegie Medal for animated versions of books and the…

have to have all-white furniture. Simply put, minimalism is having enough. “Enough” will look different for everyone based on lifestyle: for example, a sous chef’s “enough” in the kitchen will be greater than a bachelor who regularly dines out. The book showed me that excess is a burden and it taught me to value space. Space is opportunity: If you want to start a project but must first clear the space, you’re less likely to start the project than if the space was already clear. Thanks to The Joy…

was the writer, director, and producer of plays and some movies. Angelou was known best because of her autobiographies. She wrote about her life experiences as a child and early adulthood. Angelou became a well-known poet and writer after her first series of autobiographies on…

Power, and we muggles would be little more than subservient house elves to our magical overlords. Hermione Granger, for anyone who’s been living on Mars for the past two decades, is one of the three central characters in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books. If you haven’t read them/seen the movies and plan to, stop reading now and instead check out this compilation of really cute baby sloth pictures instead. Background Hermione was only eleven years old when an owl arrived at her postbox bearing…

Walmart, I was able to find a few of the items I needed, but I did have to think outside the box and use my own interpretation for some items. The items that I was able to find were: a book and a toy for an Asian-American little girl, silk stockings, and bandages. The book I found was based on a popular Japanese children’s TV show, Yo-kai Watch. I was aslo able to find a large amount of Asian-American baby dolls that a six year old, Asian-American, could play with, but not nearly as many as…

writing in secret each night, and self-published two novels. Virginia is most known for the Dollanganger series that includes Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, and Seeds of Yesterday. She passed away from breast cancer…

Lyman Frank Baum wrote a novel in 1900 wanting to pleasure and entertain children; a modernize fairy tale. Little did he know his book would become a huge success becoming one of the first colored films. The book he wrote was called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a series later to follow. Frank Baum grew up being home schooled for his schooling. When he was twelve years old he was enrolled into a strict military school. He later learned he had a dislike for harshness and the military, due to…

young people are trying to adapt to the world around them while struggling to fit in. Young adult literature often helps students to understand and cope with social issues, pressures, and other problems relevant to their age group. Additionally, these books create an “escape” from reality for the reader. Integrating young adult literature into classrooms provides students with literature that they can easily relate to, increases the chance that students will read the material and participate in…

Since the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was published in 1997, J.K. Rowling’s ‘Potterheads’ have done close-readings of the series. From determining detailed Hogwarts house characteristics to theories claiming Ron Weasley is actually Headmaster Dumbledore, the Potter fans have generated seemingly endless ideas and continue to find hidden meanings and symbols in the books. One particular trend in the series is the copious amount of biblical parallels. This is not…

into film was recognized; film adaptations are now a norm in today's cinema. As claimed by Academy Award Nominee Frederic Raphael, “...they (film-makers) would sooner buy the rights of an expensive book than develop an original subject”. Some modern examples include The Hobbit and the Harry Potter Series. (67) Rationale Even with its long history, film adaptations are suggested to be, as Meeusen (2015) puts it, ‘acting as poor substitutes that…