![]() ![]() Some story lines strain credibility (coincidences and melodramatic cliffhangers abound) or are questionable (the prurient element involved with Varinka’s protector/abuser falls flat). ![]() Interweaving three story lines (Varinka ends up working for the Streshnayva household) where all three are emotionally and physically put to the test, the author depicts Eliza’s upper-class life in America and how, despite personal loss, she throws herself into helping Russian emigres Sofya’s tragic circumstances when a rowdy, dangerous mob takes over the family’s country home and Varinka’s struggles as a peasant girl at the mercy of a man who is both abusive and protective toward her. The author follows the trajectory of their lives from 1914 through WWI and then the Russian Revolution and its aftermath with page-tuning brio. ![]() Just as the author focused on three strong women surviving a war in her previous novel, she does the same here: in addition to Eliza, there is her aristocrat friend Sofya Streshnayva (cousin to the tsar) and a Russian peasant girl, Varinka. Here the story focuses on her mother, Eliza, who set an example for her daughter by being a champion for Russian nobility brutalized during WWI. ![]() How Caroline Ferriday, the real-life character featured in Kelly’s Lilac Girls, was inspired to become an advocate for Polish refugees who survived WWII comes to light in this lively, well-researched prequel in which she appears as a child. ![]()
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![]() ![]() How might you use the book in your classroom? You could use this book when connecting text and illustrations. Would you recommend the book to others and why? Yes. What will you carry with you from the reading experience? Fun and informational ![]() Where was your transaction with the text the most powerful? The whole book did a fantastic job connecting text and illustrations. ![]() My students loved this part-most of them had no clue. Where were you most drawn into the story? I loved how they showed how luggage is loaded on the plane. What resonated with you? They use real life terms but give great detail in the pictures to help with understanding the text. The pictures are great and give a great visual to what is mentioned in the text. This book does a great job informing students what takes place at an airport, everyone involved to make a flight successful and what all is on the plane (how they load luggage, etc) My students love this book. What did you think of the book? We actually used this book in my classroom for an Illustrations unit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a storm rages and Willow’s emotions bubble to the surface, they suddenly take on a physical form, putting both girls in danger… and forcing Willow to confront her inner feelings once and for all. But the journey is long, and Pilu isn’t sure she’s ready to return home yet-which infuriates Willow, who’s determined to make up for her own mistakes by getting Pilu back safely. Willow offers to help Pilu, and the two quickly become friends. There, she meets Pilu, a lost tree spirit who can’t find her way back home-which turns out to be the magnolia grove Willow’s mom used to take her to. ![]() When her emotions get the better of her one day, she decides to run away into the woods. They’re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. Nguyen, to its catalog of amazing books for middle readers! On April 17th, readers will find themselves immersed in Nguyen’s world of watercolor delight, in a heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home. Media Release - Oni Press is proud to welcome Pilu of the Woods, from debut author and illustrator Mai K. Nguyen is debuting PILU OF THE WOODS via Oni Press on April 17th. ![]() ![]() Rabies is a terrible virus, causing immense suffering before it kills. "So we realized that it would be fun for us to work on a book together about it." ![]() "I started to think about all the cultural resonances of that and even just of the word 'rabid,' " Wasik says. Murphy's stories about rabies intrigued her husband. ![]() "So I've been bringing home stories about rabies from my education and from my reading for a long long time." "Veterinarians spend a lot of time thinking about rabies, even though in this country, we hardly ever see it," Murphy tells NPR's Robert Siegel. Wasik is a journalist his wife is a veterinarian, so the rabies virus seems like a natural topic for conversation. For example, the disease that the husband and wife team of Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy have written about in their new book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus. It describes an infection that is transmitted between species. ![]() Here's your vocabulary word for the week: zoonosis. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Rabid Subtitle A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus Author Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel’s main action opens with Daphne Bridgerton, a young woman and one of eight children from a prominent London family. Simon, proud and self-reliant, decides to reject all his father stands for. The Duke rejects Simon and attempts to deny him education and resources. ![]() The duke’s obsession with family legacy and his high expectations results in tragedy for his son, Simon, who stutters. The Ninth Duke of Hastings celebrates the birth of a son after years of infertility despite his wife dying in childbirth. The prologue introduces the Basset family, who hold the title to Great Britain’s dukedom of Hastings. Quinn’s characters use both “stutter” and the British English term “stammer” in analytical sections and paraphrases, this guide uses the term “speech disability.” A note on disability and language: though stuttering is no longer the preferred medical term for what is now called Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder, the term is still in popular use. Content warnings for this text include childhood trauma, ableist language, and issues of sexual consent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although Gradgrind finds a better future for her by marrying her to Bounderby, the old factory tycoon, he still feels that facts have proved useful. Therefore, Toma becomes a self-centered pleasure seeker, while Louisa becomes a confusing girl, who does not know herself fully. Gradgrind brings up his children with facts and beyond creativity. ![]() To show himself more generous and charitable, he also takes the responsibility of raising, Sissy Jupe, a girl whose father disappeared after having to work for some time in Circus. To spread his ideas, he opens a new school where he hires teachers for this purpose. Wherever he goes, he propagates his rationalism of facts through his philosophy of eliminating imagination and fancy ideas. He currently resides in Coketown, a fictional city in England, with his children Tom and Louisa. Thomas Gradgrind, the supporter of the philosophy of facts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Petra heard her mother say, “How could a thing like this happen? I mean, whose fault is this?” In Petra’s kitchen, her mom was making cheese sandwiches and talking to her dad. Calder caught the words “tragic” and “shocking.” In the Pillay household, Calder’s parents were pouring juice, pulling out cold cereal boxes, and talking. Both reached their kitchens at the same moment. Petra was looking under the living room sofa for the hairbrush. Get pulled into the excitement of Chasing Vermeer withĪt 7:30 on the morning of November 5, Calder was hunting for his sneakers. Of a priceless piece of art and their very safety depend ![]() Now the duo must rely on each other and trust in themselves, the future ![]() Into a mystery so tangled, it’s stumped the art world for centuries. Seemingly unconnectedĮvents weave together and catapult 12-year-old friends Petra and Calder Mysterious letters carry a warning a young girl stumbles onto an oldīook a young boy finds messages in 12 puzzle pieces. ![]() ![]() ![]() Conference on "Prayer and Performance as Acts of Belief and Symbolic Communication in the Late Medieval and Renaissance Period". "Johann Gerhard, George Herbert, and the Shimmering Chaos in Early Modern Prayer". "The Poetry of Wallace Stevens and the Purposes of Ardor". Conference on Structures in The Temple/the Structure of The Temple. "The Stone and the Guest" George Herbert and the Turn Toward Modernism". Conference on "Vocation in Undergraduate Education: Enriching the Theological Exploration of Vocation". "The Evolution of the First-Year Experience Course: Understanding One's Vocation". "You Taught the Book of Life My Name: Johann Gerhard, George Herbert and the Inscription of Holy Baptism". ![]() ![]() "Johann Gerhard and George Herbert: The 'Veiled' Lutheran and the Irenic Writer". Review of Poetry and Parental Bereavement in Early Modern Lutheran Germany, by Anna Linton. " Scintilla: The Journal of the Vaughan Association. "Early Modern Biblical Commentary and the Iconic Roles of Priest and Poet. "The Poetry of Wallace Stevens and the Purpose of Ardor. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also discusses the private enterprisers who helped service the overland travel-including Mormon ferry operations. Significant chapters deal with interaction between emigrants and Indians and interaction between wagon trains. ![]() He looks at the climates of public opinion that developed regarding overlanding, first for the 1840–48 period and then for the 1849–60 era. Unruh deals with the overlanding experience thematically but in semichronological order. The new “unabridged” paperback version restores those rich and voluminous endnotes. Because of popular demand, a paperback edition was produced in 1982, which, unfortunately, excluded Unruh’s endnotes. Reviewers termed it “majesterial,” “rich in anecdote,” “sparklingly written,” “best book yet written on the overland journey,” and “a milestone in western historical scholarship.” Unruh died at age thirty-nine, three years before the book was published. Dunning Prize from the American Historical Association and the Billington Book Award from the Organization of American Historians. It won seven awards, including the John H. The Plains Across became an instant standard work in western-trail literature after it first appeared in 1979. ![]() |