[PDF] Mrs Discombobulous eBook

Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : J.M. Dent & Sons
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Aggressiveness
ISBN : 9780460057967

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Everyone knew Mrs. Discombobulous was a nagging shrew but she herself didn't find out until she fell into her washing machine and the company of some gloomy gypsies.

Author : Deborah Shepard
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1775580865

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Spanning the impressive careers of five notable New Zealand women, this uncommon examination portrays the lives of Merimeri Penfold, Margaret Mahy, Anne Salmond, Gaylene Preston, and Jacqueline Fahey. Having each carved out their own distinguished reputations as artists, writers, teachers, filmmakers, and thinkers, this investigation demonstrates how each of them has balanced a professional life with a personal one. In five in-depth interviews, this record explores their families, education, the impact intimate relationships have on their creativity, and how each juggles life's demands. Reflecting on immense changes in society throughout their lifetimes, this biographical account illustrates the second half of the 20th century, capturing how it directly affected the women's professional and personal lives. Touching on major events and challenges, this study also depicts the Land March in 1975, the rise of feminism, and the genesis of Indigenous rights movements. With five stunning new photographic portraits by renowned photographer Marti Friedlander, this is a striking example of how those who grappled with sexism, glass ceilings, and domestic expectation still found the balance to lead fruitful public lives in the arts and academia.

Author : Sam Barry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 2010-04-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1440507104

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From the foreword by Maya Angelou: "[T]he joy they promise in their prose makes me glad that I and other writers have been willing to make good writing our aim, and even great writing our dream." "How do I get my book published?" Good question. Lucky for you, publishing insiders Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark have laid out the blueprint for what you want - your book. From transforming an idea into a manuscript to finding an agent to working with an editor to marketing your book, BookPage's Author Enablers are here to assist you every step of the way. And they've brought some backup with original insight from literary superstars like Stephen King, Amy Tan, Rita Mae Brown, and more. It's everything you would ever want - and need - to know about the industry from the inside out.

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 1997-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 031307819X

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The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.

Author : Betty Gilderdale
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1742539033

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Throughout her childhood she was making up stories. Before she could write she drew them. By the time she was seven she knew she wanted to write books. Margaret Mahy was a wizard of words and a spinner of magical stories. She was New Zealand's best known author for children, wrote more than 200 books and often appeared in a purple wig or a penguin suit while she delighted audiences with vivacious readings of her stories. But who was Margaret Mahy? What was she like as a child? How did she become a writer? Where did her weird and wonderful ideas come from? Turn these pages and step into a world of the magical Margaret Mahy.

Author : Dorothy Butler
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1742288731

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Dorothy Butler (OBE) is recognised internationally as an authority on children's books and reading. She has won many major awards for her work in England, Japan, the United States and New Zealand and was declared a Distinguished Alumna of Auckland University. As well as her academic achievements, Dorothy has been a successful teacher, an innovative bookseller and the author of many much-loved children's books, all the while raising eight lively children with her husband Roy. Now in her eighties, she lives in the heritage home in Karekare that her family lovingly restored. In All This and a Bookshop Too, Dorothy shares the story of her adult life. Picking up from the first volume of her autobiography, There Was a Time, Dorothy writes eloquently of her many consuming interests, her notable friendships and her family. This is both an affecting account of private triumphs and tragedies, and a salute to the golden age of children's book publishing in New Zealand.

Author : Stella Lees
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810820067

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Centers on the particular contribution minority groups make to children's literature.

Author : Bertha E. Mahony Miller
Publisher :
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Children's literature
ISBN :

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Vol. 2 includes extra number, "Experimental schools in England," Jan. 1926.