The Marzipan Pig

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681370034
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marzipan Pig written by Russell Hoban and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who but Russell Hoban could weave a tale of life’s pleasures and pain around a candy pig? And who but Quentin Blake could make the most poignant of stories so lighthearted and delightful? In this episodic picture book by an inimitable author-illustrator duo, a fantastic chain of events is triggered by the unacknowledged fall of a marzipan pig behind the sofa. We meet in quick succession a heartsick mouse, a lonely grandfather clock, an owl in love with a taxi meter, a worker bee, a fading hibiscus flower, a mouse who greets the dawn dancing, and finally a boy who guesses at the true relations between things. Appealing to the unsentimental yet sensitive nature of children, The Marzipan Pig is exquisitely attuned to the bittersweet wonder of life and to the sentience of all beings.

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406373325
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marzipan Pig written by Russell Hoban and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is," said the marzipan pig, "such sweetness in me!" From the inimitable team of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, the pair behind Captain Najork and The Twenty Elephant Restaurant, comes an enchanting story of a little pig made of marzipan. Fallen behind the sofa, nobody hears the lost marzipan pig's cries for help. And, after many months, a mouse discovers him and eats him up, having never known such sweetness. But a longing to be loved passes from the marzipan pig to the mouse ... and so begins a curious chain of events featuring a dancing owl, a glowing taxi meter, a buzzing bee and a pinky-orange hibiscus flower - all triggered by the little lost marzipan pig. Each encounter more wonderful and more romantic than the last, just how far will the marzipan's sweetness travel?

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567923223
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen written by Russell Hoban and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom likes fooling around and is rather good at it, much to the annoyance of his Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong. So one day this fearsome lady decides to teach Tom a lesson and summons Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen to play womble, muck and sneedball. Can it possibly end well for all concerned?

Author : Lou Seibert Pappas
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811836432
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Candy Book written by Lou Seibert Pappas and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confection perfection is easy to achieve with the step-by-step help of dessert expert Pappas. Decked with winsome photography and more than 40 recipes, "The Christmas Candy Book" is the stuff holiday dreams are made of. Photos.

Author : Vanessa Berry
Publisher : Giramondo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925818802
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentle and Fierce written by Vanessa Berry and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New collection of essays on the relationships between humans and animals, by Vanessa Berry, author of Mirror Sydney, and the memoir of adolescence Ninety9. Gentle and Fierce focuses on the world of animals, and the way their presence has shaped the author’s attitudes and her sense of self. Having spent her life in city environments, Vanessa Berry’s experiences with animals have largely been through encounters with urban creatures, representations of animals in art and the media, and as decorative ornaments or kitsch. The essays suggest that these mediated encounters, rather than being mundane or removed from nature, provide meaningful connections with the animal world, at a time in which it is threatened by climate change and environmental destruction. The subjects of Berry’s singular bestiary include butterflies, a glass fish, a stuffed Kodiak bear, the rabbits on a Japanese island, the sinking horse from The NeverEnding Story, snails and flies, a porcelain otter, Lassie, dream spiders and cats, and wallabies on the Isle of Man. Berry responds to each with the attentiveness and empathy that is the hallmark of her writing. The essays are accompanied by illustrations that testify to her background as an artist and zine maker. 'Sydney writer and artist Vanessa Berry recalls the cinematic moment that imprinted itself on the collective memory of her generation in Gentle and Fierce, a meditative book of essays — also illustrated by Berry — that explores the many ways animals have shaped the author’s identity and the course of her life...Gentle and Fierce is an unusual and empathetic book that should appeal to fans of personal essayists such as Fiona Wright and Jessica Friedmann.' — Carody Culver, Books+Publishing

Author : Edward Lear
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1553378288
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Owl and the Pussycat written by Edward Lear and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Lear's beloved poem has charmed readers since it was first published in 1871. 4+ yrs.

Author : Cornelia Funke
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054541511X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Santa Fell to Earth written by Cornelia Funke and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crash-landing puts Christmas in peril in this quirky, funny, and heartwarming holiday classic from the New York Times–bestselling author of Inkheart. Scared by a storm, Twinklestar, the least reliable reindeer, bolts—causing Santa and his sleigh to crash-land. And though Santa has dropped into a friendly neighborhood, he’s not safe: Jeremiah Goblynch, the ruthless new leader of the Council of Yuleland, is determined to put an end to children’s wishes and turn the holiday season into his own personal moneymaking scheme. As the last REAL St. Nick around, only Santa stands between Goblynch and his grinchlike plan. With the help and hope of kids Charlotte and Ben, Santa must face Goblynch and his Nutcracker goons to save Christmas! “Wonderfully imaginative details, adventure, danger, and a brave young Santa who fights to preserve all that is magical and special about Christmas make this a perfect read over a mug of hot chocolate on a cold winter’s night.” —School Library Journal “The humor, plus some unusual character types, sets this apart from the general run of holiday tales.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832240
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riddley Walker written by Russell Hoban and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312369132
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bloom! written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fickle little pig realizes that love is more about what’s on the inside than the outside in this winsome debut.

Author : Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0307885682
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martha Stewart's Cupcakes written by Martha Stewart Living Magazine and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect cupcake for every occasion. Swirled and sprinkled, dipped and glazed, or otherwise fancifully decorated, cupcakes are the treats that make everyone smile. They are the star attraction for special days, such as birthdays, showers, and holidays, as well as perfect everyday goodies. In Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes, the editors of Martha Stewart Living share 175 ideas for simple to spectacular creations–with cakes, frostings, fillings, toppings, and embellishments that can be mixed and matched to produce just the right cupcake for any occasion. Alongside traditional favorites like yellow buttermilk cupcakes swirled with fluffy vanilla frosting and devil’s food cupcakes crowned with rich, dark chocolate buttercream, there are also sweet surprises such as peanut butter and jelly cupcakes, dainty delights like tiny almond-cherry tea cakes, and festive showstoppers topped with marizpan ladybugs or candy clowns. The book features cupcakes for everyone, every season, and every event: Celebrations (monogram heart cupcakes perfect for an elegant wedding); Birthdays (starfish-on-the-beach cupcakes sure to be a hit at children’s parties); Holidays (gumdrop candy ghouls and goblins ideal for Halloween revelers); and Any Day (red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for a picnic, or caramel-filled mini chocolate cakes for grown-up gatherings). In singular Martha Stewart style, the pages are both stunning in design–with a photograph of each finished treat–and brimming with helpful how-to information, from step-by-step photographs for decorating techniques to ideas for packaging and presenting your cupcakes. Whether for any day or special days, the treats in Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes will delight one and all.