Of Nightingales That Weep

Author : Katherine Paterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781424208425
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Nightingales That Weep written by Katherine Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takiko¿s father, a samurai, was killed in battle, she is never to weep but she is miserable at home. Takiko accepts a position in Japanese Court to escape and falls in love with handsome young warrior, Hideo, who turns out to be an enemy spy. She must choose between loyalty to her people and Hideo. Includes black and white illustrations and an author profile.

Author : Katherine Paterson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606040396
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Nightingales That Weep written by Katherine Paterson and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1989-02-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a samurai never weeps, but Takiko, whose warrior father was killed in battle, finds this rule very hard, especially when her mother remarries a strange and ugly country potter. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Paterson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780690004854
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NIGHTINGALES THAT WEEP written by Paterson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1974-01-21 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vain young daughter of a samurai finds her comfortable life ripped apart when opposing warrior clans begin a struggle for imperial control of Japan.

Author : Alice B. McGinty
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404203280
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Katherine Paterson written by Alice B. McGinty and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life and work of the Newbery Award-winning author, including her writing process, inspirations, and a critical discussion of her books.

Author : Martha Westwater
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780888643209
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giant Despair Meets Hopeful written by Martha Westwater and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A burgeoning literature for young-adult readers exists. Yet much of it depicts a despairing, disillusioned world, telling tales of teenagers suffering from family breakdown, violence, peer pressure, sexual abuse, and even suicide. But such bleakness need not translate into depression and fear for vulnerable adolescents. When we look at YA fiction form another perspective, what may emerge is a literature of great power an authenticity. Julia Kristeva argues that so long as human beings have love, we have hope. Taking up this theme, Martha Westwater reads six YA novelists--Aidan Chambers, Robert Cormier, Kevin Major, Jan Mark, Katherine Paterson, and Patricia Wrightson--through Kristevan theory to find a glimmer of hope amidst our cultural crises. A welcome addition to the undeservedly sparse literature on Young Adult fiction."--Publisher's description.

Author : Janice Montgomery
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
ISBN 13 : 9781593630812
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Stories written by Janice Montgomery and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational title for gifted and advanced learners.

Author : Agnes Regan Perkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567507905
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1990-1994 written by Agnes Regan Perkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for librarians, teachers, and researchers, this is the second five-year supplement to the authors' Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984 (Greenwood, 1986). Its 567 entries cover 189 award-winning children's books by 136 authors published from 1990 to 1994. Included are concise critical reviews of novels, biographical profiles of authors, and descriptions of memorable characters. An appendix lists books by the awards they have won, and an extensive index allows complete access to the wealth of material contained within this reference work. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for those works that critics have singled out to receive awards or have placed on citation lists during the five years covered by the volume. The reference also contains biographical entries for leading authors of children's fiction, with entries focusing on how the author's life relates to children's literature and to particular works in this dictionary. The volume provides a list of awards, along with an appendix classifying individual works by the awards they have won. An extensive index provides full access to the wealth of information in this book.

Author : M. Daphne Kutzer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313064229
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults written by M. Daphne Kutzer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-01-09 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multicultural fiction is an essential part of the American literary landscape. This reference helps scholars, teachers, and librarians choose significant texts from both the past and present, and provides guidance in approaching multicultural issues as they are discussed in fiction for young adults. Included are entries for 51 writers, some of whom have nearly been forgotten, others who are just emerging. Each entry provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information, while a general bibliography of works on multicultural literature concludes the book. Authors included range from the nearly forgotten, such as Laura Adams Armer, to the newly discovered, such as Graham Salisbury, winner of the 1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The breadth of authors covered ensures an historical context for the issues raised by multiculturalism, and the sections on the critical reception of each author address such important issues as the authority and authenticity of the writer to comment on a different culture. Contributors are of many different ethnicities and include important scholars of children's literature, lending authenticity and authority to the volume itself.

Author : Sybille Jagusch
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978822634
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japan and American Children's Books written by Sybille Jagusch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations, children’s books provided American readers with their first impressions of Japan. Seemingly authoritative, and full of fascinating details about daily life in a distant land, these publications often presented a mixture of facts, stereotypes, and complete fabrications. This volume takes readers on a journey through nearly 200 years of American children’s books depicting Japanese culture, starting with the illustrated journal of a boy who accompanied Commodore Matthew Perry on his historic voyage in the 1850s. Along the way, it traces the important role that representations of Japan played in the evolution of children’s literature, including the early works of Edward Stratemeyer, who went on to create such iconic characters as Nancy Drew. It also considers how American children’s books about Japan have gradually become more realistic with more Japanese-American authors entering the field, and with texts grappling with such serious subjects as internment camps and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Drawing from the Library of Congress’s massive collection, Sybille A. Jagusch presents long passages from many different types of Japanese-themed children’s books and periodicals—including travelogues, histories, rare picture books, folktale collections, and boys’ adventure stories—to give readers a fascinating look at these striking texts. Published by Rutgers University Press, in association with the Library of Congress.

Author : Lynda G. Adamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307755X
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literature Connections to World History 712 written by Lynda G. Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-06-15 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, these books help you locate resources on world history for students. Each is divided into two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within specific geographic areas and time periods. They are further organized by product type. Both books cover world history from Prehistory and the Ancient World to 54 B.C. to the modern era. Other chapters include Roman Empire to A.D. 476; Europe and the British Isles; Africa and South Africa; Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica; Canada; China; India, Tibet, and Burma; Israel and Arab Countries; Japan; Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand; and South and Central America and the Caribbean. The second section has an annotated bibliography that describes each title and includes publication information and awards. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at l