How To Read Literature Like A Professor : For Kids

What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface -- a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character -- and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you. In this pr…

Little Lord Fauntleroy

from the back cover: Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some s…

A Little Princess

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pamp…

Little Lord Fauntleroy

One very special boy weaves some magic in Frances Hodgson Burnett's sentimental favorite. When young Cedric Errol learns that he is actually a British lord and heir to an estate, his life is transformed. He leaves Boston for Dorincourt Castle to live with his uncle, the Earl--a tyrant who's loathed by one and all. Will Cedric succeed in melting his cold, cruel uncle's heart?

Tess of the d'Ubervilles

from the back cover: A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stai…

Far from the Madding Crowd

from the back cover: Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of …

Little Lord Fauntleroy

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9780141330143

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229p; bw; pbk

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823 BUR L

The Three Strangers and other stories

from the back cover: On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night . . . In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us …

The Withered Arm

from the back cover: A woman and a man . . . words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her . . . It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time - today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of…

The Gen Z effect : the 6 forces shaping the future of business

Introduction : the Gen Z effect -- Meet Gen Z -- Breaking generations : from pyramids to skyscrapers -- Hyperconnecting : from me to we -- Slingshotting : leaping into the future -- Shifting from affluence to influence -- Adopting the world as my classroom -- Lifehacking : a playbook for Gen Z -- Conclusion : welcome to Gen Z.