SOS Children's Villages

The book A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Bad Beginning is a perfect book for all ages. There are 13 books in the series and each one has something different waiting to happen. In each book something bad happens to the children and then they have to go somewhere else and live with someone else, too. The books are great for all ages, but ages 11-14 would enjoy the book a bit more because it may make more sense to them. Some of the wording they use may also be confusing to kids under the age 11…

these times were difficult for children, I will be explaining how these times affected children in their everyday lives, and through their health. From 467 A.D, to the 15th century the values set in this time period spread throughout the world, and so did the did the distress, put upon children. In order to…

groom at their wedding. This idea of the heroine who needs to be saved gives way to the Savior; the knight in shining armor so to speak. Many of these fairy tales seem to say that woman must and need to be saved by men because they are incapable of doing it themselves. With all of that information in hand, the question must be posed; why are these fairy tales that degrade women so immensely popular among…

For our cultural research project we chose to study the so-called “typical” stereotypes between males and females in young children's books. The books we picked to study were: Franklin’s School Play, Franklin and the Tooth Fairy, Clifford the Firehouse Dog, Arthur Babysits, Arthur’s Family Vacation, Arthur Meets the President, Arthur’s New Puppy, Arthur’s Pet Business, Arthur’s Tooth, Arthur’s Valentine, Arthur Writes a Story, Paul Bunyan, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Story of Johnny…

The case of the Cottingley fairies is a hoax that will ignite your inner child. This is a story that involved two young girls who believed in fairies and even seemed to befriend them and create a fluster of attention. 11-year-old Frances Griffiths and her friend Elsie Wright were considered “artistic” and very “creative”, while these are great traits to have, Elsie’s father Arthur who happened to be an amateur photographer, did not appreciate some of the things that she did. One of those actions…

Establishing an Authentic Aboriginal Voice in Picture books If a strong literature based on Aboriginal forms is to develop, the place for this development is among people least affected by assimilation, and once an upsurge of literature begins it is only a matter of conjecture where it may lead. In fact, future Aborigines may look back on this present settlement literature as having lost simplicity, or a complexity only brought out through a deep reading of the text (Mudrooroo 315).…

moral message, has been targeted specifically at children. Many of the children books acknowledged today as classics can trace their origins to the late 19th and early 20th centuries which become known as the Golden Age of children literature. Children’s literature is intended to inform a child about the world. Children psychologists have spoken of the influence and importance childhood literature has on children. The subconscious mind of the child is impacted by the message behind the story…

I played Ginny and I would be kidnapped by “Bellatrix”. Then I got rescued and we’d start the game over. To me the world 's made up in books were so much more interesting than the real world. They were better, brighter, and full of magic. My love of reading from a young age was the foundation to so many other branches of my personality as well. I read so much that understanding words and writing them was almost like as easy breathing. One of the first people to introduce me to the world of…

He lets us know a key detail to the whole story right of the bat. The captain is thinking to himself when the thought pops up: “All these people had been together for eighteen months or so, and my position was that of the only stranger on board. I mention this because it has some bearing on what is to follow.” (Conrad 5). Captain know that he is the stranger on this ship. He was brought on to be the head of the ship not knowing anything…

In The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti, one main symbol is present throughout the book. This main symbol is the almond tree. The almond tree transitions from different representation as the characters and ideas evolve. A Palestinian family, known as Ichamd and his family, experienced the presence of the tree throughout their hardships. Within the book, the almond tree is a recurring symbol that represents hope, survival, and shelter. Foremost, the almond tree represents itself as hope. During…