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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, The Garden of the Gods. My Family and Other Animals (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
The Family Book. The Family Book is a 2003 children's picture book written and illustrated by Todd Parr that details the daily lives of all kinds of families. [ 1] Each unique family structure is depicted with vivid illustrations that complement the book’s themes of family diversity and inclusivity. [ 2] The book has been adopted in various ...
Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) [ 1] is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, [ 2] Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial ...
As I Lay Dying. As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic [ 1] novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The title is derived from William Marris 's 1925 translation of Homer 's Odyssey, [ 5] referring to the similar themes of both works.
Lolita. Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He describes his obsession with a 12-year-old "nymphet", Dolores Haze, whom he ...
Hollis Woods - Young foster girl.. The Regans - Old man, Izzy, and Steven. They want Hollis to be a part of her family even though she pushes them away. Josie - An elderly retired art teacher who adores Hollis, but is forgetful, so Hollis is afraid that the agency will find out and make her go to a different foster home, so she takes her to the Reagans summer cabin/house.
Matilda. (novel) Matilda is a 1988 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was published by Jonathan Cape. The story features Matilda Wormwood, a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull .
Nope. But the series, directed by Per Hanefjord and written by Anna Platt and Hans Jörnlind, is based on Edvardsson’s novel. The author previously told Celadon Books that A Nearly Normal Family ...