![]() ![]() Wherever the young man chanced to be, the sound of childish laughter followed him and to understand this better you must know that children were much neglected in those days and received little attention from their parents, so that it became to them a marvel that so goodly a man as Claus devoted his time to making them happy. So the children romped and played games with Claus, and the boys rode upon his shoulders, and the girls nestled in his strong arms, and the babies clung fondly to his knees. The youngsters soon came to know his merry, laughing face and the kind glance of his bright eyes and the parents, while they regarded the young man with some scorn for loving children more than their elders, were content that the girls and boys had found a playfellow who seemed willing to amuse them. ![]() These stood singly or in groups of dwellings called villages, and in nearly all the houses, whether big or little, Claus found children. He walked through the Valley to the plain beyond, and crossed the plain in many directions to reach the abodes of men. So he began at once to make acquaintance with mankind. He knew his plan was approved by the immortals, else they would not have favored him so greatly. Truly our Claus had wisdom, for his good fortune but strengthened his resolve to befriend the little ones of his own race. ![]() Previous Chapter Next Chapter MANHOOD - 2 - How Claus Made the First Toy ![]()
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![]() ![]() Īward-winning Filipino comic book and soon to be Netflix anime series! When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don't you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly- lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. Trese Vol 1 "Murder on Balete Drive" features all new. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese. ![]() ![]() Award-winning Filipino comic book and soon to be Netflix anime series! When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don't you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly- lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Come on, you two, let's take him back to his shed. It will take me half an hour to hose him off." Look at Grandpa Cletus! He's been eating dog brains again, and now he's drunk. "How many times do I have to say it: don't touch the ward stones. His eyes got big, amber irises flaring yellow, and he hid his fists behind his back. Red welts marked the skin between Jack's knuckles. A jagged scratch decorated Georgie's neck, and brown pine straw stuck out of his blond hair. Both were filthy with reddish mud, sap, and the other unidentifiable substances an eight-and a ten-year-old could find in the Wood. The two boys slipped from behind the huge oak spreading its branches over the yard. ![]() Rose rested the butt of her crossbow on her hip. ![]() The bolt bit between the eyes, and Grandpa toppled onto his back like a log. "Rosie! This is your last chance to give me a dollar!" He hissed at her, swaying unsteadily on his feet. I want a pint." His voice slipped into a whine. He towered in the yard, a huge, shaggy bear of a man, deranged eyes opened wide, tangled beard caked with blood and quivering grayish shreds. "Why me?" Rose wiped the dish-soap suds from her hands with a kitchen towel, swiped the crossbow from the hook, and stomped onto the porch. "ROSIE!" Grandpa's bellow shook the foundation of the house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Something terribly out of the ordinary has happened, and the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.Ī gripping and provocative tale of arson, murder, and family intrigue, No Way Out is everything you’d expect from one of Britain’s queens of crime, Cara Hunter. ![]() ![]() Who would have torched a seemingly happy family’s home on Christmas?Īs DI Fawley and his team of detectives sift through the evidence, old tensions and new problems in the family are slowly revealed. Then new evidence comes to light and confirms the team’s worst suspicions. Why were the children left in the house alone? Why is neither parent answering their phone? Were they kidnapped? Murdered? From the start, DI Fawley-still reeling from his own personal tragedy-knows that this house fire is the scene of a crime, not an accident. Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player. The mystery deepens when it becomes clear that the parents are nowhere to be found. When an Oxford student accuses one of the universitys professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawleys team think theyve heard it all before. It's Christmas in Oxford, and firefighters have pulled two children from the smoking ruin of their home. It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Adam Fawley has ever worked. DI Adam Fawley returns in the continuation of one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series as a ghastly house fire on Christmas Day launches an investigation that shocks a community. ![]() ![]() ![]() That's why he made a smiling snowman first. He first thought of going to the older kids to play with the snowball. He happily goes out to play in the snow and have fun. Peter wakes up one day and finds the whole city covered in snow. The adventures of Peter a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. The Snowy Day (Peter, #1), Ezra Jack Keats It's as unique and special as a snowflake.". According to Horn Book magazine, The Snowy Day was "the very first full-color picture book to feature a small black hero"-yet another reason to add this classic to your shelves. "The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as a trailblazer. ![]() ![]() "Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow."- Publisher's Weekly ![]() "Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the wonder and beauty a snowy day can bring to a small child."- Barnes & Noble The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. ![]() ![]() One of the collections is the first you're shown on Amazon. ![]() (There are also minor, cutesy, gifty-looking volumes of letters, often with some poems thrown in for good measure but never mind those for now.) There is no complete collection currently in print, which throws me into a blind rage every time I think about it so let's just move on quickly, shall we – but there are two major editions of selected letters. ![]() If you want to buy a collection of Emily Dickinson's letters, you have two choices. Most important, unlike previous editors who altered line breaks to fit their sense of what is poetry or prose, Hart and Smith offer faithful reproductions of the letters' genre-defying form as the words unravel spectacularly down the original page." Renee Tursi, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Gone is Emily as lonely spinster here is Dickinson in her own words, passionate and fully alive. For the millions of readers who love Emily Dickinson's poetry, Open Me Carefully brings new light to the meaning of the poet's life and work. ![]() ![]() Open Me Carefully invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and misinterpretation. Emily Dickinson's uncensored and breathtaking letters, poems, and letter-poems to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinsonįor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence with her childhood friend, neighbor, and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. ![]() ![]() ![]() The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. ![]() ![]() Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship-like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor-April and her friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green-cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow-spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. ![]() ![]() ![]() Get ready to laugh along in this fun children's monster book as a brave young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that's been so scary night after night! But what if our monster isn't scary at all? Maybe our hero is about to make a friend of the strangest sort. ![]() ![]() ![]() AE Illustrator Andy Elkerton Andy Elkerton is a children’s book illustrator based in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Catch series and The Holiday Heroes Save Christmas. A USA Today Bestseller! From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new monster story and picture book for kids! Adam Wallace Adam Wallace is a children’s writer and cartoonist living in Australia. Read reviews of all the How to Catch books and how to read How to Catch in order. ![]() ![]() To stay on and help the vines recover, she’ll have to hide her true identity, along with her plans for revenge against whoever stole seven winters of her life. ![]() ![]() But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn’t endorse the locals’ belief in witches. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. ![]() ![]() For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. “Cleverly crafted… The Vine Witch is a grown-up fairy tale with a twisty-turn-y story line of magic, love, and betrayal that holds your attention…Pure escapism.” - Forbes A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy set in turn-of-the-century France. A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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