Star Farm Productions
Star Farm Productions is an American television company that designs, creates, and develops children's entertainment properties in multiple media. Productions Star Farm Productions is a Chicago, IL-based children's entertainment company that focuses on creating intellectual properties across multiple media. Star Farm was co-founded by Trish Lindsay, Rick Carton and Sara Berliner. Star Farm's first property, ''Edgar & Ellen'', is a six-book series launched in September 2003. A second series, "The Nodyssey" launched in 2007. All ''Edgar & Ellen'' books were written by Charles Ogden and illustrated by Rick Carton. The books are published in the US and Canada by Simon & Schuster and are available in 12 languages and 66 countries through 14 publishers. ''Edgar & Ellen'' books Original Series #'' Rare Beasts'' (September 2003) #''Tourist Trap A tourist trap is an establishment (or group of establishments) that has been created or re-purposed with the aim of attracting touri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edgar & Ellen
''Edgar & Ellen'' is a book series and animated television series. Created by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, it is based on twelve-year-old orphaned twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains nine books in addition to some side material. The twins' names are derived from American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. '' Rare Beasts'' is the first book, followed by ''Tourist Trap'', '' Under Town'', '' Pet's Revenge'', ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs'', with a sequel series premiering just a year later, currently consisting of ''Hot Air'', ''Frost Bites'' and ''Split Ends''. The '' Mischief Manual'', a book written in the voice of the twins themselves, hit the shelves in June 2007. A series of animated shorts premiered in 2006 and a weekly TV series premiered October 7, 2007 both on Nicktoons. Edgar and Ellen live in a 13-story mansion on the edge of Nod's Limbs. Ellen is supposedly the older of the twins by two min ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles Ogden (children's Writer)
Charles Ogden is a pen name used by a collection of authors at Star Farm Productions for the ''Edgar & Ellen'' book series for children and young adults. The pen name is credited with ten books, published by both Tricycle Press, and more recently, Simon & Schuster. The illustrator for the series is Rick Carton of Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count .... It is stated that he is an avid camper and fisherman who loves to travel. Apparently, he’s been to both the North and South poles and Poland. Upon contacting the company that drives his books, Star Farm Productions (out of Chicago), say he is currently on Sabbatical in the Amazon with his typewriter and a net (one of his many hobbies includes collecting rare bugs). His book, ''Nod's Limbs'', is the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rick Carton
Rick Carton (born November 6, 1967) is an American artist of the ''Edgar & Ellen'' book series, and co-founder of Star Farm Productions, a children's entertainment company. He lived in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Carton has had a passion for art and drawing since early childhood. His art for ''Edgar & Ellen'' comprises dark sketches with apparent homages to Edgar Allan Poe. He has also provided the basis for all art used in the ''Edgar & Ellen'' cartoon shorts broadcast on NickToons Network Nicktoons (formerly Nicktoons Network) is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Media Networks. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 11, and broadcasts reruns of original animated series from sister network Nickelode .... Bibliography Carton's books include: *''Rare Beasts'' (2003), *''Tourist Trap'' (2004), *''Under Town'' (2004), *''Pet's Revenge'' (2006), References External links ''Edgar and Ellen''Star Farm ProductionsNicktoons American illustrat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of '' New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. 165. . At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled , equivalent to $ today, to start a company that published crossword puzzles. The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rare Beasts (novel)
''Rare Beasts'' is a 2019 British psychological romantic drama film written and directed by Billie Piper in her directorial debut. It stars Piper, Lily James, David Thewlis, Leo Bill, Kerry Fox and Toby Woolf. ''Rare Beasts'' premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 31 August 2019, later receiving a simultaneous release in cinemas and digitally on 21 May 2021 in the UK. Plot An anti rom-com about Mandy, a career-driven nihilistic single mother with a deeply disturbed son, who falls in love with a borderline-incel, patriarchal man with rage issues named Pete. Cast * Billie Piper as Mandy * Leo Bill as Pete * David Thewlis as Vic * Lily James as Cressida * Kerry Fox as Marion * Toby Woolf as Larch * Jonjo O'Neill as Dougie * Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Cathy * Montserrat Lombard as Val * Mariah Gale as Vanessa * Michael Elwyn as Bertie Production In May 2018, it was announced Billie Piper would write, direct, and star in the film. In September 2018, it was announced that princip ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tourist Trap (book)
A tourist trap is an establishment made for attracting tourists. Tourist trap may also refer to: Film * ''Tourist Trap'' (film), a 1979 horror film directed by David Schmoeller * ''Tourist Trap'', a 1998 comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including '' Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; ''Catch-22'' (1970), f ... Literature * ''Tourist Trap'', a 1986 novel by Julie Smith Television Episodes * "Tourist Trap", ''Ben 10'' season 1, episode 6 (2006) * "Tourist Trap", ''Crocadoo'' series 1, episode 12 (1996) * "Tourist Trap", ''Forensic Files'' season 8, episode 6 (2003) * "Tourist Trap", ''Godzilla: The Series'' season 2, episode 19 (2001) * "Tourist Trap", ''Major Crimes'' season 5, episode 6 (2016) * "Tourist Trap", ''Point of Entry'' season 3, episode 7 (2013) * "Tourist Trap", '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Under Town
''Edgar & Ellen'' is a book series and animated television series. Created by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, it is based on twelve-year-old orphaned twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains nine books in addition to some side material. The twins' names are derived from American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. '' Rare Beasts'' is the first book, followed by ''Tourist Trap'', '' Under Town'', '' Pet's Revenge'', ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs'', with a sequel series premiering just a year later, currently consisting of ''Hot Air'', ''Frost Bites'' and ''Split Ends''. The ''Mischief Manual'', a book written in the voice of the twins themselves, hit the shelves in June 2007. A series of animated shorts premiered in 2006 and a weekly TV series premiered October 7, 2007 both on Nicktoons. Edgar and Ellen live in a 13-story mansion on the edge of Nod's Limbs. Ellen is supposedly the older of the twins by two minu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nod's Limbs (book)
''Edgar & Ellen'' is a book series and animated television series. Created by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, it is based on twelve-year-old orphaned twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains nine books in addition to some side material. The twins' names are derived from American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. '' Rare Beasts'' is the first book, followed by ''Tourist Trap'', '' Under Town'', '' Pet's Revenge'', ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs'', with a sequel series premiering just a year later, currently consisting of ''Hot Air'', ''Frost Bites'' and ''Split Ends''. The '' Mischief Manual'', a book written in the voice of the twins themselves, hit the shelves in June 2007. A series of animated shorts premiered in 2006 and a weekly TV series premiered October 7, 2007 both on Nicktoons. Edgar and Ellen live in a 13-story mansion on the edge of Nod's Limbs. Ellen is supposedly the older of the twins by two min ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frost Bites
Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) to ice (a solid) as the water vapor reaches the freezing point. In temperate climates, it most commonly appears on surfaces near the ground as fragile white crystals; in cold climates, it occurs in a greater variety of forms. The propagation of crystal formation occurs by the process of nucleation. The ice crystals of frost form as the result of fractal process development. The depth of frost crystals varies depending on the amount of time they have been accumulating, and the concentration of the water vapor (humidity). Frost crystals may be invisible (black), clear (translucent), or white; if a mass of frost crystals scatters light in all directions, the coating of frost appears white. Types of frost include crystalline frost (hoar frost ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mischief Manual
Mischief or malicious mischief is the name for a criminal offenses that is defined differently in different legal jurisdictions. While the wrongful acts will often involve what is popularly described as vandalism, there can be a legal differentiation between vandalism and mischief. The etymology of the word comes from Old French ''meschief'', which means "misfortune", from ''meschever'', "to end badly". Scotland Malicious mischief is an offence against the common law of Scotland. It does not require actual damage to property for the offence to be committed; financial damage consequential to the act is sufficient, unlike vandalism which requires actual damage to property to form the offence, the latter being defined by section 52 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995. United States In United States criminal law, mischief is an offense against property that typically involves the intentional or reckless infliction of property damage, defacement, alteration, or d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Graphic Novelty
Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics. Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, mathematical graphs, line graphs, charts, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images. Graphics often combine text, illustration, and color. Graphic design may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of typography alone, as in a brochure, flyer, poster, web site, or book without any other element. The objective can be clarity or effective communication, association with other cultural elements, or merely the creation of a distinctive style. Graphics can be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |