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Revised editions of three classic Priddy board books, with the addition of a new title to the series, Colours. Each book is packed with hundreds of stimulating photographs of objects, animals, people and more to capture children's attention. Simple text labels, questions and activities encourage children to interact further with the book pages. Perfect developmental tools for language skills, building vocabulary and increasing children's knowledge of the world around them.
Retired since 1998, Little (French, Trinity College Dublin) continues his steady output of books by picking through a minefield of prejudice, myth, and stereotypes in French writing primarily from France and her former colonies in Africa and the West Indies. Beginning two and half centuries ago with the first French novel to sport a black hero, he explores representations of intimate relationships between characters Europeans labeled as black men and white women. Distributed by David Brown Book Co. c. Book News Inc.
While rejecting a conception of literature as moral philosophy, or a device for imparting particular morals to the reader through exemplary characters and plots, Maryse Conde has displayed throughout her writing career a strong valorization of literature as ethical critique. This study examines her singular approach to literary commitment as a critical reworking of aesthetic models and modes of interpretation. Focusing on four dominant problematics in Conde's work'history and globalization in La Belle Creole and Moi, Tituba sorciere...noire de Salem, intertextuality and reception in La migration des c'urs and Celanire cou-coupe, trauma and subjectivity in En attendant le bonheur and Desirada...
-Ideal for all preschool children. -Basic concepts of numbers and counting introduced with fun activities to reinforce learning. -Illustrated with beautiful color photographs.
This work is a sedulous enquiry into the intertextual practice of Maryse Condé in Moi, Tituba, sorcière... noire de Salem (1986), Traversée de la mangrove (1989) and La Migration des coeurs (1995), the texts of her oeuvre in which the practice is the most elaborate and discursively significant. Arguing that no satisfactory reading of these novels is possible without due intertextual reference and interpretation, the author analyses salient intertexts which flesh out and, in the case of Traversée de la mangrove, shed considerable new light on meaning and authorial discourse. Whether it be in respect of canonical (William Faulkner, Emily Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne), postcolonial (Aimé C...
Little Miss Tiny is so small, no one knows she even exists. Not to worry, Mr. Strong is on the case!
Join Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Giggles, Little Miss Trouble and Little Miss Helpful in these six pocket-sized board books. The Little Miss Pocket Library is perfect for young children to enjoy on the move. Featuring six durable board books in a smart slipcase, each containing colourful images of everyone's favourite Little Miss characters.
Reproduction of the original: The House on the Moor by Mrs. Oliphant
This charming collection celebrates the enduring popularity of the MR. MEN and LITTLE MISS by bringing together 20 classic stories for you to enjoy.