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Books : Children's Books : Authors & Illustrators, A-Z : ( K ) : King, Thomas
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Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Virginia Woolf called him “the greatest tragic writer among English novelists,” but Thomas Hardy was so distressed by the shocked outrage that greeted Jude the Obscure in 1895 that he decided to quit writing novels. For in telling the story of Jude Fawley, whose many attempts to rise above his class are crushed by society or the forces of nature, Hardy had attacked Victorian society’s most cherished institutions—marriage, social class, religion, and higher education.
A poor villager, Jude Fawley longs to study at the elite University of Christminster, but his ambitions are thwarted by class prejudice—and an earthy country girl who tricks him into marriage by pretending to be pregnant. Entrapped in a loveless marriage, he becomes a stonemason and falls in love with his cousin—the intellectual, free-spirited Sue Bridehead, who is also unhappy in marriage. Sue leaves her husband to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of society’s disapproval begin to take their toll on the couple, forcing them into a shattering downward spiral that ends in one of the most shocking scenes in all of literature.
A stunning masterpiece, Jude the Obscure is Hardy’s bleakest and most personal novel.
Amy M. King is an Assistant Professor of Literature at the California Institute of Technology, and the author of Bloom: The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. She is also the author of articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature and culture, and has taught widely in the English novel at Haverford College and Caltech. King received her doctorate in 1998 from Harvard University in English and American Literature and Language.
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A trickster named Coyote rules her world, until a funny-looking stranger named Columbus changes her plans. Unimpressed by the wealth of moose, turtles, and beavers in Coyote’s land, he’d rather figure out how to hunt human beings to sell back in Spain. Thomas King uses a bag of literary tricks to shatter the stereotypes surrounding Columbus’s voyages. In doing so, he invites children to laugh with him at the crazy antics of Coyote, who unwittingly allows Columbus to engineer the downfall of his human friends. William Kent Monkman's vibrant illustrations perfectly complement this amusing story with a message.
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An old woman and her animals gather every night to serenade the moon. Coyote wants to join them, but his voice is so bad that the others are sure he’ll scare the moon away. Offended, Coyote wonders, “Who needs the moon, anyway?” Moon is listening, and she knows just the solution for a cheeky Coyote. Unfortunately, Coyote’s friends must pay the price, too!
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Syndi and Mrs. Teller just love the old dollhouse they found at a yard sale, but Marshall and Simon aren't impressed. Still, when they see an interesting doll in a shop window, they make it a present for Syndi. But when Syndi puts the doll into the house, weirdness ensues. And when Marshall sneaks into a real-life house that looks like the dollhouse, he realizes that he's shrinking. What's the connection between all this and the peculiar new girl in school who looks just like Syndi's doll? Marshall has to find out quick, or else move into a dollhouse himself! .
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They say a black cat is bad luck. They say you shouldn't go for a swim right after eating. But who are the "they" that made up all these rules? Marshall and Simon meet a lost old woman who needs their help: it's time for the annual Gathering of They, when They decide on all their sayings for the year. But somebody doesn't want They to meet. If the boys can't unravel this mystery and bring They together, nobody will know what They say about anything.
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It sees, like an average little town at first. But things are really, REALLY weird in Eerie, Indiana.SWITCHING CHANNELS
A kid wakes up in Eerie one day and finds a shrunken head in his sweater. This big multicolored toad jumps out of the fridge. And at the breakfast table, the kid's Loopy Letters cereal spells out a warning. Just a normal morning in the universe's strangest town, right? Except for one thing: this kid's name is Mitchell. His next-door neighbor is Stanley. And their dull, drab town is boring. But later on, when they check out a powerful satellite dish in the Cable Stop store, the TV screen fills with static and shows the faces of two other kids. Kids who say they're "Marshall and Simon" and they're from Eerie, Indians--in another dimension. And the weirdness from their world is starting to spill out into Mitchell and Stanley's! With 2,000 channels, could one of the, be connecting the two Eeries? And is so, just how weird are things about to get?
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You'd think all the weirdness would give Eerie a rest at least once a year: maybe on Halloween? But no. Mitchell's dad is planning a special Halloween show on radio station WERD--a spooky story about invaders from Mars. Then Mitchell and Stanley find some cool stuff to wear at the local costume shop, and offer to help the owner organize a Halloween parade in return. Little do they know that they're about to get caught up in the weirdest adventure of all. Because some of the people in Eerie aren't really people--and Dad's Holloween radio show might just turn out to be true!
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Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, illustrates the most fundamental prayer in the Christian religion.
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It is clear that violence by youth is not to be found only on city streets, in city schools and among city youth but anywhere and everywhere wrathful, disenfranchised young people reside. In this volume, the editors share their insights on the latest research for how families can promote optimal development in children from birth to age six, so they can grow into healthy, happy and competent young adults.
Topics include social-emotional learning; neighborhood and community influences; the role of teachers and other caregivers; and more. The volume includes the actual Bingham Childhood Prosocial Curriculum, so that it can be implemented at any center.
A Blueprint for the Promotion of Pro-Social Behavior in Early Childhood will be a helpful resource for clinical child psychologists, school psychologists, early childhood educators, as well as for upper-level students of these areas.
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Coyote’s mighty pleased with his soft, brown suit — until Raven slyly hints it’s not the finest in the forest. Now, Coyote is obsessed: Bear’s suit is much more impressive. Porcupine — sporty! Raccoon is chic, while Skunk’s suit is perfectly elegant. Perhaps he could just borrow the suits? The missing suits send the forest into an uproar. How can naughty Coyote make amends?
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Thomas King was a social worker in Vermont for two decades, beginning in 1979 and ending in 1999. Mr.King was awarded for his casework by the Governor of Vermont and received other awards for his work with children and families. He worked in five districts and was a supervisor, child protective worker, juvenile worker, resourse coordinator and investigator. He graduated from Adelphi University with a major in psychology and intered the USAF where he was gestalt therapist.
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