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Ta-Na-E-Ka is a short story, first published in a 1972 Scholastic Voices textbook and commonly used in the United States elementary education.Ta-Na-E-Ka describes a fictional ritual underta ken by two children of the Kaw people, ten-year-old Mary and her ten-year-old cousin, Roger.
Every Living Thing is a collection of twelve short stories for children by Cynthia Rylant, published by Bradbury Press in 1985 with decorations by S. D. Schindler. [1] The stories all feature redemptive relationships between humans and other animals, most often showing how a stray animal comes into the life of a person just when it is most needed.
Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. [1] Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". [2] Themes are often distinguished from premises.
She tells the stories with clarity and gusto.... giving the flavour of each play by the skillful use of short quotations" [3] Erica Hateley described Nesbit's style as follows: "she often retains scraps of the Shakespearean language, but glosses a meaning (or even an interpretation) for it, and quickly summarises entire scenes in brief paragraphs".
A pupil is in trouble for dyeing his hair white, so he has to explain to the principal, who wears a pink bow tie, that it's not his fault, and it's because of the Age Rager, a machine that can make you any age you want.
This story has appeared in many American and British school textbooks. It is an archetypal tale of rural ways clashing with urban lifestyles. The story is about a boy named T.J. from Marion County, Alabama who moves to a city in the North. He organizes an effort by a gang of kids to grow a garden at the gang’s hideout, on top of a factory ...
More Bones: Scary Stories From Around The World is a book of children's short stories from around the world. The stories were selected and retold by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz, with illustrations by E.M. Gist. It has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews. [1]