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The children's literature scholar Lijun Bi of Monash University sees a parallel between "The Scarecrow" and Alexander Pushkin's The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (1833); where Pushkin's story sees the sea become increasingly turbulent in response to the fisherman's wishes, "The Scarecrow" depicts the night becoming darker as each new ...
Barbara Euphan Todd (9 January 1890 – 2 February 1976) was an English writer widely remembered for her ten books for children about a scarecrow called Worzel Gummidge. These were adapted for radio and television.
The Scarecrow and his Servant is a 2004 children's novel by Philip Pullman. It tells the story of a scarecrow who comes alive after being struck by lightning and sets out on a quest with Jack, an orphan he hires as his servant. As he goes on his quest he tries to reach Spring Valley to claim it for his own.
Worzel Gummidge is a scarecrow in British children's fiction, who originally appeared in a series of books by the English novelist Barbara Euphan Todd. [1] It was the first story book published by Puffin Books. [2] The books have been adapted for radio and television a number of times.
The Scarecrows is a young-adult novel by Robert Westall, published by Chatto & Windus in 1981. It is a psychological novel with a supernatural twist, featuring a thirteen-year-old boy's reaction to his mother's courtship and remarriage six years after his father's death.
The Spiderman and Doctor Octopus figures were part of the scarecrow festival at Shirland. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Walter Matern and Eduard Amsel are friends. [2] Eduard is half Jewish [3] and at the young age of five is a genius at making scarecrows. [2] The narrator in Book One, the mine owner Brauxel, [3] tells of the friendship of Walter and Eduard when they are children in the Vistula estuary, which is a German-Polish borderland (the interwar Free City of Danzig) peopled by Mennonites, Catholics and ...
Pages in category "2004 children's books" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. ... The Scarecrow and his Servant; Science Verse; Shadowgate ...