[PDF] The Emperors Nightingale And Other Feathery Tales eBook

Author : Jane Ray
Publisher : Story Collector
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781914912115

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With this extraordinary collection of stories--each featuring a bird as a central character--Jane Ray has crafted a special gift for children who love to read and be read to. Ray, an internationally renowned picture-book artist, retells and stunningly illustrates a rich variety of tales from around the world. Some, like Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince," are beloved; others, like the charming African myth "Mulungu Paints the Birds," will become new favorites. The writers include the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Edward Lear. Jane's writing style simply glides along, revealing tales of wonder, magic, and mystery.

Author : Edited
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : 9788173014864

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CLASSIC TALES

Author : Sigrid Nunez
Publisher : Picador
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429944943

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From Sigrid Nunez, the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, comes A Feather on the Breath of God: a mesmerizing story about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between language and love A young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, she escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning, homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet--these are the elements that shape the young woman's imagination and her sexuality.

Author : Eduard José
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780895654847

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The Emporer's Nightengale is a reinforced, library bound book in The Child's World series Classic Tales.

Author : Jane Ray
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,81 MB
Release : 2015
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 9781910126387

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Retellings of eleven tales about real and mythical animals gathered from various storytelling traditions around the globe.

Author : Lian Hearn
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 15,82 MB
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780733635229

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Across the Nightingale Floor is Book 1 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. More than four million copies have been sold in over 36 countries.'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman' Independent On Sunday (UK) In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama - and to an impossible longing for a girl who can never be his. His journey is one of revenge and treachery, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love. 'masterful storytelling ... a fantastic read' The Age Coming soon - the spellbinding new TALE OF SHIKANOKO, set 300 years before Otori: THE EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS (Books 1 & 2 in THE TALE OF SHIKANOKO) and THE LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (Books 3 & 4).PRAISE FOR THE TALES OF THE OTORI 'An engrossing fantasy saga of literary quality.' The Age'Lian Hearn's marvellous storytelling talent ... makes reading these books a moment of pure bliss.' Le Monde'an enthralling and original work of fantasy' The Times