what does Balzac and the little chinese seamstress reveal about the nature and purpose of China's Cultural Revoultion and the suffring it caused? In what ways does the novel offer a more intimate...
Primary school, early eighties. I remember an eerie series of illustrated childrens books. The main character would stay up late and watch for mysterious figures from his window. I vaguely remember...
*********SPOILER ALERT*********** hi i was a bit confused about the ending of the series. how exactly are beatrice, kit snicket, lemony snicket, and the baudelaires connected? and what was the...
When I was in elementary school, I used to check out this book. It was my favoite book, but I forgot the name. It was yellow, I think. Had around 99 pages. Each page contained a picture with one...
Where does the phrase 'March winds on flowers drift' come from. It sounds like it might be from a poem, but I have tried googling and cannot find anything. Thank you.
I know it's only just come out but has any one had a chance to read it. I have Max Brooks's first Book the Survival Guide for a Zombie outbreak which I thought was satirical and well set out and then...
I read the book about 5 years ago, its about a boy and he goes to a boarding school and there is another boy there who is like a bully, or his enemy? anyway, he watches him sneak off all the time into...
Need title of childrens picture book. Story was about animals that dressed in disguise to look like children in order to attend a party or a parade. I read this short picture book to my children in...
I'm writing an essay on the concept of childhood and I want to include a reference to the Dickens (?) book where the schoolteacher talks about children being empty vessles (or similar) - can anybody...