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The Brave Little Toaster is a 1980 novella by American writer Thomas M. Disch intended for children or, as put by the author, a "bedtime story for small appliances". The story centers on a group of five household appliances—a tensor lamp stand, an electric blanket, an AM radio alarm clock, a vacuum cleaner and a toaster—on their quest to find their original owner referred to as the Master.
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a 1994 book written by American writer James Finn Garner, in which Garner satirizes the trend toward political correctness and censorship of children's literature, with an emphasis on humour and parody. [1]
The term "bedtime story" was coined by Louise Chandler Moulton in her 1873 book, Bed-time Stories.The "ritual of an adult reading out loud to a child at bedtime formed mainly in the second half of the nineteenth century and achieved prominence in the early twentieth century in tandem with the rising belief that soothing rituals were necessary for children at the end of the day.
Just So Stories First edition Author Rudyard Kipling Illustrator Rudyard Kipling Language English Genre Children's book Publisher Macmillan Publication date 1902 Publication place United Kingdom Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known ...
It is the third and best-known of three books featuring the Makepeace sisters, Charlotte and Emma, [1] sometimes known as the Aviary Hall books. [2] The story follows a girl starting at boarding school who finds one morning she has traveled mysteriously back more than 40 years and is known as Clare. Charlotte and Clare change places each night ...
Care Bears: Book of Favorite Bedtime Stories: Various: February 1984: Tom Cooke: 0-910313-20-2: The Baby Hugs Bear and Baby Tugs Bear Alphabet Book: Phyllis Fair Cowell: October 1984: Tom Cooke: 0-910313-72-5: The Baby Hugs Bear and Baby Tugs Bear Counting Book: Dorothy F. Haas: October 1984: Tom Cooke: 0-910313-71-7: The Baby Hugs Bear and ...
The book series inspired a similar book series aimed at a male audience: Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks, and Illustrated by Quinton Winter. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Ben Brooks and Quinton Winter also collaborated on a book aimed at a gender-neutral demographic, containing a mix of male and female role models, Stories for Kids Who ...
Just William is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations.