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Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Thomas Aquinas Maguire is an American writer and illustrator of children's picture books. His first book '' A Growling Place'' was published by ''Simply Read Books'' in August 2007. His second release from Simply Read Books '' Three Little Dreams'' is a collection of three fold-out books, it was released in the summer of 2010. In 2011 Simply Read Books released Maguires' third picture book '' The Wild Swan''. Books '' A Growling Place'', Simply Read books, 2007. A traditional storybook about a girl who rescues a stuffed bear. The book features a simplified chapter system. The table of contents show the color-coded chapter names and the chapter names appear directly in the text of the book as the story is told. '' Three Little Dreams'', Simply Read books, 2010. This is Maguires first attempt to create stories as single long images. This storytelling technique is taken to an extreme in "The Wild Swans". ''Three Little Dreams'' is a box set of three small unfolding books; each book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Growling Place
''A Growling Place'' is a picture book written and illustrated by American children's writer Thomas Aquinas Maguire, published on August 28, 2007, by Simply Read Books in Vancouver, British Columbia. The book follows a young girl named Ari and is told primarily with long horizontal images and few words. Though it is a picture book, ''A Growling Place'' makes use of chapters: each chapter name is a simple concept in the progression of the story and is highlighted in the sentence in which it appears. ''CM Magazine'''s Catherine Howett gave the book a half star out of four possible stars. Howett praised Maguire's illustrations, noting that he "is obviously a gifted artist. The minimal, alliterative storyline is nicely presented with font and colour changes, but it serves primarily as a vehicle for the wonderful dark line drawings that evoke Sendak. These are very active images that advance the narrative in the absence of text." However, Howett questioned the book's target audience, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simply Read Books
Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Awards (incomplete list) Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards: *Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Illustration *Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award *Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society Authors and illustrators (incomplete list) Duncan Weller* Kari-Lynn Winters *Shaun Tan *John Marsden (writer) * Iassen Ghiuselev *Elisa Gutiérrez *Matthew Porter *Sara O'Leary *Julie Morstad *Thomas Aquinas Maguire Thomas Aquinas Maguire is an American writer and illustrator of children's picture books. His first book '' A Growling Place'' was published by '' Simply Read Books'' in August 2007. His second release from Simply Read Books '' Three Little Drea ... *Ryan Heshka *Dan Bar-el *Tamara James *Christine Dencer * Ashley Spires Controversy * Simply Read Books has had complaints of late payments, breaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Little Dreams
''Three Little Dreams'' is a wordless picture book illustrated by Thomas Aquinas Maguire, published on July 25, 2010, by Simply Read Books Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Awards (incomplete list) Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards: *Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Litera ... in Vancouver, British Columbia. Description This is a boxed set of three separate books. The set of three books cover three different characters and their dreams. The dreams are entitled "Of Night and Of Flight", "Of Dragons and Drowse" and "Of Sheep and of Sleep". The books unfold in an accordion style and when completely unfurled present themselves as a single polyptych image. The sequence in the stories is flowing and represents the passage of time and single moments concurrently. The books are cyclical and end where they begin, thus blurring the line between dream and reality. "Of Night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Swan
''The Wild Swan'' is the third album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter, Foy Vance. On this album, Foy Vance channels a wide variety of styles. The song "Upbeat Feelgood" was compared to Van Morrison by the Irish Times. Elton John executive produced the album. Track listing Every track written by Foy Vance, except "Ziggy Looked Me in the Eye" written by Vance and Marc Bolan Personnel Adapted from AllMusic: * Foy Vance – keyboards, guitar, mando-guitar, vocals * Eric Darken – chimes, percussion, vibraphone * Mike Farris – backing vocals * Clare Hadwen – violin * Richard Hadwen – viola * Paul Hamilton – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Leisa Hans – backing vocals * Jim Hoke – piano, saxophone * Alys Jackson – violin * Tim Lauer – accordion, dulcimer, keyboards, harmonium * Kolton Lee – baritone guitar * Colm McClean – guitar, steel guitar, Mandocaster * Conor McCreanor – bass guitar, double bass * Blake Mills – slide guitar * Darragh Murphy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simply Read Books
Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Awards (incomplete list) Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards: *Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Illustration *Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award *Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society Authors and illustrators (incomplete list) Duncan Weller* Kari-Lynn Winters *Shaun Tan *John Marsden (writer) * Iassen Ghiuselev *Elisa Gutiérrez *Matthew Porter *Sara O'Leary *Julie Morstad *Thomas Aquinas Maguire Thomas Aquinas Maguire is an American writer and illustrator of children's picture books. His first book '' A Growling Place'' was published by '' Simply Read Books'' in August 2007. His second release from Simply Read Books '' Three Little Drea ... *Ryan Heshka *Dan Bar-el *Tamara James *Christine Dencer * Ashley Spires Controversy * Simply Read Books has had complaints of late payments, breaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Swans
The Wild Swans (Danish: ''De vilde svaner'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 in Andersen's '' Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet'' (''Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte'') by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been adapted to various media including ballet, television, and film. It is categorized as an Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"). Other type 451 variants include such as ''The Twelve Brothers,'' ''The Six Swans'', ''The Seven Ravens'', ''The Twelve Wild Ducks'' and '' Udea and her Seven Brothers''. Synopsis In a faraway kingdom, there lives a widowed king with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day, he decides to remarry, but marries a wicked queen who is a witch. Out of spite, the queen turns her eleven stepso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", " The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", " The Red Shoes", " The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", " The Little Match Girl", and " Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. Early life Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He had a stepsister named Karen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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American Children's Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
