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Karolina Olsson (29 October 1861 – 5 April 1950), also known as "Soverskan på Oknö" ("The Sleeper of Oknö"), was a Swedish woman who purportedly remained in hibernation between 1876 and 1908 (32 years). [1] This is believed to be the longest time that anyone has lived in this manner who then awoke without any residual symptoms. [2] [3]
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A reviewer for the magazine Wybrzeże in 1989 (writing under the pseudonym kod) described the book as an ideal read for children aged five and older. [2] He commended it for avoiding "stilted didacticism", noting the well-developed characters, charming world, and interesting plot, which he compared to an action movie.
Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.
The gift of a great story starts here, with titles including picture books and YA. Reese Witherspoon and Trevor Noah are here, but so are some non-celeb authors. 18 books to give toddlers, young ...
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years." [1]
The book, illustrated by Katherine Milhous, was called by Saturday Review, "a treasure to possess and to keep." [12] Two years later Along Janet's Road, also illustrated by Milhous, continued the story. Dalgliesh's next major book was The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. She said this simple picture book was based on an old Pennsylvania tall tale. [13]
Usborne Young Reading is a series of books from Usborne Publishing forming part of the Usborne Reading Programme. They are a collection of stories aimed at readers 5 years and above, covering Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 of the English National Curriculum. Series 1 is for beginner readers with simple sentence structure, whilst Series 3 is for ...