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Stephen Toussaint (born 22 March 1965) is a British actor and writer. He first gained prominence through his role in the ITV crime drama The Knock (1994–2000). Currently, he plays Lord Corlys Velaryon in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon .
While he mostly focused on poetry for adults, Hughes wrote a book of poems called The Dream Keeper specifically for children. [1] Geisel at work on a drawing of the Grinch for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957. Children's poetry in the mid-20th century was dominated by Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Doctor Seuss. Dr.
Agatha Christie, A Christmas Tragedy; Fyodor Dostoevsky, "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree" (Mal'chik u Khrista na yolke) (from A Writer's Diary) Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" Nikolai Gogol, "Christmas Eve" (from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) [1]
On December 26, 1875, Fyodor Dostoevsky and his daughter Aimée attended a children's ball and a Christmas tree held at the St. Petersburg Artists' Club. On December 27, Dostoevsky and Anatoly Koni arrived at the Colony for Juvenile Delinquents on the Okhta (outskirts of St. Petersburg at that time) headed by the famous teacher and writer Pavel Rovinsky.
The song is now performed by choirs around the world, especially during the Christmas season as a Christmas carol. [5] Another motivation of the song may have been to Christianize old English winter season songs used in wassailing the apple orchards — pouring out libations or engaging in similar ceremonies to seek fertility of the trees. [6]
Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. [7] Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are " Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " and " The Duel " (which is perhaps better ...
Coelho's debut YA verse novel, The Girl Who Became a Tree was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and received a Special Mention for the 2021 Bologna Ragazzi Poetry Award. Coelho is a children's author and poet who is committed to making the reading and writing of poetry accessible to all.
The Questioning Tiger (1964), poems; Selected Poems (Allison & Busby, 1967) The Cold Flame (1967), children's novel based on a Grimm fairy tale; Understanding Poetry (1967) The Christmas Book, with Raymond Briggs (1968) Sayings of Dr. Johnson (John Baker, 1968) Commitment to Poetry (1969) Inside Poetry, with Martin Seymour-Smith (1970) Maildun ...