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For Kids of All Ages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 291

For Kids of All Ages

In For Kids of All Ages,members of the National Society of Film Critics celebrate the wonder of childhood in cinema. In this volume, original essays commissioned especially for this collection stand alongside classic reviews from prominent film critics like Jay Carr and Roger Ebert. Each of the ten sections in this collection takes on a particular aspect of children’s cinema, from animated features to adaptations of beloved novels. The films discussed here range from the early 1890s to the present. The contributors draw on personal connections that make their insights more trenchant and compelling. The essays and reviews in For Kids of All Ages are not just a list of recommendations—thou...

Brothers at War
  • Language: en

Brothers at War

Rob and Jamie, brothers who are opposites and who are both involved in a Civil War reenactment, find themselves transported back in time to the actual Antietam campaign in 1862.

Appalachian Children's Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 357

Appalachian Children's Literature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-04-13
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  • Publisher: McFarland

This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.

Nowhere to Turn
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 163

Nowhere to Turn

The Northern viewpoint of the Civil War is shown along with the horrors of battle and the politics of slavery in the fourth book in the Young Heroes of History series set amidst the chaos surrounding the Battle of Antietam.

Critical Approaches to Food in Children’s Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 291

Critical Approaches to Food in Children’s Literature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-03-20
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book is the first scholarly volume to connect children's literature to the burgeoning discipline of food studies. Spanning genres and regions, the essays utilize a variety of approaches, including archival research, cultural studies, formalism, gender studies, post-colonialism, post-structuralism, race studies, structuralism, and theology.

Writers' Handbook 2014
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1511

Writers' Handbook 2014

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-08-16
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  • Publisher: JP&A Dyson

This indispensable guide for writers provides details of hundreds of literary agents, book publishers, and magazines; including contact details, types of material accepted, and how to approach them. Subject indexes for each area provide easy access to the markets you need, with specific lists for everything from romance publishers, to poetry magazines, to literary agents interested in thrillers. It also provides unparalleled access to international markets. The internet has made the publishing industry more global than ever, with markets increasingly accepting submissions by email (some no longer accept postal submissions at all). Other directories have failed to respond to this, continuing ...

2007 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

2007 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market

Complete guide to contact names, payment terms and submission information.

Guide to Collective Biographies for Children and Young Adults
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 460

Guide to Collective Biographies for Children and Young Adults

Help middle and high school students find the books they need for school reports quickly and easily. The author has indexed the lives and accomplishments of more than 5,700 notable men and women from ancient through modern times in this tool that will aid librarians, media specialists, and teachers with a student's search to find biographies written especially for their age group.

Jewish Sci-fi Stories for Kids
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 196

Jewish Sci-fi Stories for Kids

Here are science fiction stories that bend and twist the limits of imagination. Best of all they have a yiddishe taam, a taste of the Jewish supernatural.

Gettysburg!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 146

Gettysburg!

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-12-23
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  • Publisher: Savas Beatie

Gettysburg! Fast Facts for Kids and Families is a fresh and captivating look at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Our youthful guides, Liam and Jaden, lead us through the human side of the conflict—the eccentric, the unlikely, and the lovable. Witty commentary that is also sympathetic and reverent tells us that we are truly there. Single-page introductions to each day of the battle, action-packed paintings by Dale Gallon, and never-before-seen photographic images provide an uncommon appeal to all ages and interests!