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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and " The Remarkable Rocket ." In 2003, the second through fourth stories were adapted by Lupus ...
His loving sympathy for children, and his earnest desire to write only what was wholesome and good for them, shine through all his literary work for the young. His "Läsning för barn" (Reading for children) in several volumes, contains stories, true and imaginative, poems, songs, hymns, and many charming plays for children to act.
Publication date. September 23, 1950. External audio. "Sci-Fi Radio Drama" (performance of The Veldt), Distillations Podcast, Science History Institute. " The Veldt " is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. Originally appearing as " The World the Children Made " in the September 23, 1950, issue of The Saturday Evening ...
Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit". [2]
Frog and Toad is a series of easy-reader children's books, written and illustrated by American author Arnold Lobel.. Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the exploits of an anthropomorphic frog and toad, named Frog and Toad.
S. Silver Hoof. Sinyushka's Well. Smoke in the Forest. Somebody Else's Prince. The Son of Sobek. The Staff of Serapis. The Stone Flower. Struwwelpeter.
The story has elicited various interpretations and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. Illustration in "The Story of the Three Bears" second edition, 1839, published by W. N. Wright of 60 Pall Mall, London
Synopsis. The story is set in rural Alabama, where Miss Lily Jane Bobbit, a precocious 10-year-old girl, moves to town with her mother. The young girl is pretty and attracts the positive attention of the town boys, and the negative attentions of the town girls. The narrator's younger cousin Billy-Bob and his best friend Preacher fight for Miss ...