The March Hare & Other Stories
Title | The March Hare & Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Pádraic Breathnach |
Publisher | Clo Iar-Chonnacht |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Ireland |
ISBN | 9781874700036 |
Padraic Breathanch is representative of a generation of writers in Irish bridging two worlds. He is glorious and unmatched in his depiction of decay, the decay of social, cultural and moral fabrics, of landscape and of mind gone to seed.
Mad Hatters and March Hares
Title | Mad Hatters and March Hares PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Datlow |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2017-12-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0765391066 |
"A Tom Doherty Associates book"--Title page.
Alice in Wonderland
Title | Alice in Wonderland PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis Carroll |
Publisher | Seven Books |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2024-09-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 3988655856 |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book.It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. It is credited as helping end an era of didacticism in children's literature, inaugurating an era in which writing for children aimed to "delight or entertain". The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. The titular character Alice shares her name with Alice Liddell, a girl Carroll knewscholars disagree about the extent to which the character was based upon her.
The Big Book Adventure
Title | The Big Book Adventure PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Ford |
Publisher | Silver Dolphin Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-09-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781684123780 |
Journey back through childhood classics like Peter Pan, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and more in this adorable picture book about the joys of reading! 2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – Silver Winner (Children’s Picture Book 0-3 years) Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner - 2018 GOLD Winner in Picture Books, Early Reader There is nothing like a book to take you to places you’ve never been. Best friends Foxy and Piggy can’t wait to tell each other about all of their adventures in reading! Flying over Neverland, swimming with a mermaid, joining in a mad tea party, soaring on a magic carpet—old classics come to life in the eyes of two little readers who can’t believe what they’ve seen. Journey back to old favorites and experience the magic all over again in this adorable picture book about the joys of reading!
The Looking Glass Wars
Title | The Looking Glass Wars PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Beddor |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2007-08-21 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9780142409411 |
The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.
The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare
Title | The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare PDF eBook |
Author | Kristyn Crow |
Publisher | Albert Whitman & Company |
Pages | 35 |
Release | 2011-03-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0807593176 |
Deep inside the city was a hip and happy hare. He was zipping, sometimes lippy, takin' taxis everywhere. Way out in the country was a tortoise calm and cool. He was quite the mellow fellow chillin' out beside the pool. Kids will love to move and groove with this dynamic duo as they hop and pop towards the finish line in this hip-hopping retelling of the classic tale.
The Yellow Buttefly & Other Stories
Title | The Yellow Buttefly & Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Ashley Capes |
Publisher | Close-Up Books |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2017-12-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0987623214 |
Leap into worlds like and unlike our own: a creepy restaurant stalks its customers, steampunk slaves find a new home in the Australian desert, storybook characters come alive to make deals with the Roman God of Sleep and in the future, a synthetic society suffers dark consequences of endless augmentation... all these stories and more lurk within. A collection of short fiction featuring steampunk, cyberpunk, fantasy and even a little horror!