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For the 1902 Broadway production Baum inserted explicit references to prominent political characters such as President Theodore Roosevelt. Biographers report that Baum had been a political activist in the 1890s with a special interest in the money question of gold and silver ( bimetallism), and the illustrator William Wallace Denslow was a full-time editorial cartoonist for a major daily newspaper. The political interpretations focus on the first three, and emphasize the close relationship between the visual images and the story line to the political interests of the day. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900, the Broadway play of 1902, the Hollywood film of 1939, and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political, economic, and social events of America in the 1890s. Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Rogers in 1906 sees the political uses of Oz: he depicts William Randolph Hearst as Scarecrow stuck in his own Ooze in Harper's Weekly The characters were painted on large, two-dimensional portrait cards. For example, Mister M has a munching mouth, Mister N has a noisy nose and Mister T has tall teeth. They embodied the basic rules of phonics into stories about this clan of make-believe pictograms called the Letter People.Įach letter of the alphabet had a distinct characteristic to help children learn not only the letter but the sound the letter represents in the written word. Weimann collaborated with an early childhood coordinator, Rita Friedman, to create an educational program that revolved around 26 anthropomorphic characters, each representing a letter of the alphabet, to teach beginning readers how to "decode" or "sound out" the consonants and vowels that form words. She had struggled daily to draw the attention of her 24 students (who were typical first-graders, eager and rambunctious) in a distraction-fond hallway classroom at the overcrowded school. In 1964, first-grade teacher Reiss-Weimann formed the original idea for the Letter People. Card used in a public school classroom from the Alpha One Pre-Reading Kit that shows the 1968 version of Mister T from The Letter PeopleĮlayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman created the concept of Letter People as teachers in Nanuet, New York. Jane Velez-Mitchell is the founder and editor of, a digital news network focusing on animal rights and the vegan/compassionate lifestyle. 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Join Mamta Jain Valderrama, healthcare strategist turned social justice author and speaker, the Senior Vice President of Operations Mercy For Animals', the best-selling author of A Girl In Traffick, who is raising a plant-based child, as she shares her journey. Marisa is so credible, particularly because there is enough truth in what she says to leave the reader completely floundered as to what to think! Elizabeth Day shows skill and mastery of the form and uses foreshadowing to incredible effect. Jake's parents become increasingly involved in the story as secrets and deceptions lead to a make or break scenario for Jake, Marisa and Kate.Īs the reader progresses through the novel, they realise the power an unreliable narrator has over them. A crisis point is reached, but this isn't the end of the thriller. It becomes clear that things no longer add up. The reader is then presented the same events again from a different viewpoint, that of Kate. We are introduced to all the main characters, including the manipulative mother-in-law figure. the first half of Magpie pretty much sets the scene. The tension begins to become palpable.Īnd on it goes. She resents Kate's presence and thinks that Jake spends far too much time cosied up to Kate instead of her. Following the entrance of film publicist, Kate, into the equation, things start to unravel for Marisa. We learn of the early relationship between Marisa and Jake and their need to take in a lodger to increase their income. We see her being shown round the house they will go on to live in, despite the omen of a single magpie swooping into the living room, as the estate agent shows her round. Elizabeth Day's Magpie begins with Marisa, the narrator for much of the story, explaining her relationship with Jake and their desire to begin a family. Later in that year, author Adams enrolled himself at the Worcester College in Oxford, where he learned modern history. Then, he joined the Bradfield College and studied there until 1938. Adams studied at the Horris Hill School between the years 19. His parents were Lilian Rosa and Evelyn Beadon Adams, who used to work as a doctor. Author Adams was born as Richard George Adams on in Wash Common, Newbury, Berkshire, England. At that time, he had already been published and attained worldwide success. Then, it was in the year 1974 that author Adams attained the status of a full time author. Adams had an interest in writing for a long time, but didn’t attempt to create his own work. Following his service in the army, he went on to complete his higher studies and got employed in the Civil Service of England. Prior to the beginning of his writing career, author Adams completed his graduation in modern history and then served for a short duration in the British Army during the Second World War. Other than these two successful series, he had also written a few standalone books in his career. He was particularly famous for writing the Watership Down and the Beklan Empire novel series. Richard Adams was a noteworthy English author, who was popular for writing science fiction, fantasy, and literature & fiction books. Jillian is an introvert, intelligent and independent, who is pursuing a law degree. Jillian Stone is the central character, a twenty-something clairvoyant who is nicknamed Red. The earliest series is a duology, Seeing Red, initially published in 2013. Sidney Halston has penned several series, including duologies and a sextet. She was moved by the way the characters in the video kissed and held each other’s hands. Halston’s earliest romantic suspense book, Kiss Marry Kill, was inspired by a sexy YouTube video that she chanced upon via Facebook. Halston, who is susceptible to panic attacks, created a character called Catherine in the 2016 book, Pull Me Close, based on her anxiety disorder. 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Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Ward’s ferociously inventive series continues as the most fearsome member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood discovers just how tempting the night can be…Ī former blood slave, Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. MediaType eBook shortDescription #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 3 images |