Tag: books
Painting Characters EXACTLY As Described in the Book…
Using the actual book descriptions; Jazza paints each character. Compared to some of their movie counterparts...how "on" was he? How "off" were they in the movie compared to the book?
Remaking Monsters EXACTLY As Described In The Books
Popular artist Jazza remakes the monsters exactly as described their books. Some you have imagined in your head while reading and others you may have seen in the movies. How "on" was he?
Letters To A Young Poet In Three Minutes
Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of ten letters written by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Xaver Kappus, a 19-year-old officer cadet at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.
The Snowman (1982)
The Snowman is a children's picture book without words by English author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the U.K., and published by Random House in the U.S. that November.
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
Dinner on Domingos
Sundays become magical Domingos when dinner is at Abuela’s house! But Alexandra feels shy about speaking Spanish to her Ecuadorian grandma. Can she find the courage?
Norway's Oldest Book
The Kvikne Psaltery, held at Nasjonalbiblioteket (Oslo), features Latin contents but a wooden cover scratched on in Old Norse both in the Roman alphabet and in runes. Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people h...
Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message?
In his introduction to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children’s story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is it possible that on...
The Original Wizard of Oz Books Are Shockingly Violent
Everyone remembers 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, starring young Judy Garland; the classic tale that teaches you that there is no place like home, that the greatest weapon is water, and that we all have what we seek within ourselves. The popularity of the movie...
Return to Oz is an Absolute Nightmare
Today we look at the 1985 film Return to Oz to see why it is the most faithful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz universe.
The Where's Waldo Legacy
Where's Wally? is a British series of children's puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things at a...
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist follows a boy, Santiago, as he attempts to learn his personal legend. The book is full of great lesson that transition far beyond the simple story of a boy.
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves + Aladdin kids story cartoon animation
The Princess and the Pea
Think you know the story? This one had several various in several shades of characters.
The Greedy Hunter
An African Folktale in English| Nigerian Folktale What is the price you pay for failing to keep to an agreement?