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Thomas Day (aka Thomas Daye III; 22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist.He was well known for the book The History of Sandford and Merton (1783–1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals, for his writings against slavery, for campaigning both for and against American independence, and for his project applying his educational ideals to young ...
Title page from the second edition of Sandford and Merton. The History of Sandford and Merton (1783–89) was a best-selling children's book written by Thomas Day.He began it as a contribution to Richard Lovell and Honora Sneyd Edgeworth's Harry and Lucy, a collection of short stories for children that Maria Edgeworth continued some years after her stepmother died.
The meter may have been derived from Thomas Moore's style based on Irish folk song. His poem "I saw from the beach" has four quatrains similar in structure to Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day. [14] "Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day" was first published in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, May 1846.
George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.His travel books, such as Old Calabria (1915), were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.
Aileen Lucia Fisher (September 9, 1906 – December 2, 2002) was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible-themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals. Her poems have been anthologized many times and are frequently ...
Walter the Farting Dog is the title character of a series of five children's books written by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, and illustrated by Audrey Colman. The first book was published in 2001. By 2011, the first book had reported sales of more than 1.4 million hardcover copies, and the series had grown to five titles.
Flora's Very Windy Day is a children's picture book by Jeanne Birdsall. [1] It is illustrated by Matt Phelan. [2] Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, the two main characters in the book are Flora and her little brother Crispin, both of whom are blown away by the wind.
The novel was awarded the Costa Book Award 2016. [5] The judges of the prize called it “A miracle of a book – both epic and intimate – that manages to create spaces for love and safety in the noise and chaos of history.” [6] It won the 2017 Walter Scott Prize, [7] and was selected by Time magazine as one of its top ten novels of 2017. [8]