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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]
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]
Pulp magazines were associated with bathroom reading, which the film Pulp Fiction references in repeated scenes of John Travolta's character Vincent Vega reading the pulpy spy novel Modesty Blaise while sat on a toilet. [6] Bathroom reading also refers to a genre of books containing humor and trivia, such as the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader ...
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, or, Lost in the backwoods. Published by Cupples & Leon, New York. The Ruth Fielding books were an early Stratemeyer Syndicate series, published between 1913 and 1934 under the pseudonym Alice B. Emerson. Ruth Fielding begins the series as an orphan who comes to live with her miserly uncle and, in later titles, goes ...
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.
The story was the inspiration for an instrumental song of the same name by guitarist Jim Matheos on his first solo album, First Impressions. The story inspired the song "Silent Snow" by musician Scott Appel on his album Nine of Swords. The story inspired the song "KEROSENE" by musician OF SAINT.
"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 ...
The book consists of four parts: Part I is a how-to guide that also includes chapters on current medical research [2] on infant potty training, historical writings, environmental considerations, and diapers. Part II gives detailed testimonials by experienced parents in the United States. Part III consists of testimonials from 13 other countries.