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If I Ran the Zoo is often credited [6] [7] with the first printed modern English appearance of the word "nerd", although the word is not used in its modern context.It is simply the name of an otherwise un-characterized imaginary creature, appearing in the sentence "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo/And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo,/A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a ...
British weird fiction author China Miéville credits Borges for inspiring The Tain, his 2002 fantasy novella, which features "imagos" that resemble the Fauna of Mirrors entry in The Book of Imaginary Beings. The title of Caspar Henderson's 2012 book The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is a reference to Borges's book. [12]
The book is about an enchanted board game that incorporates wild animals and other jungle elements as the game is played in real life. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name and spawned a franchise that includes three sequels and an animated series. A sequel to the book, entitled Zathura, was released in 2002.
Eileen Alice Soper (26 March 1905 – 18 March 1990) was an English etcher and illustrator of children's and wildlife books. She produced a series of etchings, mainly of children playing, and illustrated books for other writers, notably for Enid Blyton and Elizabeth Gould. She also wrote and illustrated her own children's book.
On the heels of the far-more-successful "M3GAN," Blumhouse's new PG-13 horror movie, slackened by overexplaining, lacks the shivery fun of better evil-toy films.
Arthur Read, the titular character of books and the animation show, Arthur. Cerebus the Aardvark, the titular comic book character. Otis the Aardvark, a former puppet presenter on CBBC. Elmo Aardvark, an anthropomorphic aardvark of the same name.
The Imaginary is a 2014 British children's novel written by A. F. Harrold and illustrated by Emily Gravett. It is about a small girl, Amanda, and her imaginary friend, Rudger. An anime film adaptation by Studio Ponoc has been announced. Initially set for a Q3 2022 release, [1] [2] it was later delayed to 15 December 2023 due to production ...
The book is about twelve forest creatures whose mates disappear after being crystallized by a dark dust that falls every evening. The forest creatures combine forces with Zac (the handsome woodcarver), Ana (his beautiful half-elf, half-human wife), and their timid, chubby, winged "doth" Pook (inspired by the author's dog Misty) [3] to save the creatures and restore the dying forest.