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Treasures of the Snow is a children's story book by Patricia St. John. [2] Originally published by CSSM in 1950, it has been reprinted over a dozen times by various publishers, including braille versions published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1959 [3] and by the Queensland Braille Writing Association in 1996. [4]
The Magician Trilogy is a series of three children's fantasy novels by the British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Methuen 1986 to 1989.It is sometimes called the Snow Spider trilogy or series after the first book [1] [2] and The Snow Spider Trilogy is the title of its omnibus editions (1991 and later). [3]
Snow Treasure is a children's novel by Marie McSwigan. Set in Nazi-occupied Norway during World War II, it recounts the story of several Norwegian children who use sleds to smuggle their country's gold bullion past German guards to a waiting ship, the Cleng Peerson. [1] [2] [3] Published in 1942, it has been in print ever since. [4]
The Snow Child is the debut novel by Eowyn Ivey. It was first published on February 1, 2012 , by Little, Brown and Company . [ 1 ] The novel was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction [ 2 ] and was generally well received by critics.
Toilet humour is commonly an interest of toddlers and young children, for whom cultural taboos related to acknowledgement of waste excretion still have a degree of novelty. The humour comes from the rejection of such taboos, and is a part of modern culture.
"Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit" is a short story by Sylvia Plath, written in 1955. It deals with children's fantasies (about Superman) and with how children can put blame on others for their material losses (a ruined snowsuit) and easily fall into collective blaming. When you are accused of something, in reality Superman is never ...
Collected Stories for Children is a collection of 17 fantasy stories or original fairy tales by Walter de la Mare, first published by Faber in 1947 with illustrations by Irene Hawkins. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] De la Mare won the annual Carnegie Medal recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [ 4 ]
Jenny Nimmo (born 15 January 1944) [1] [3] is a British author of children's books, including fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books.Born in England, she has lived mostly in Wales for 40 years.