Tessa Peake-Jones reads Dustbin Baby, a compelling listen for older children about one girl's search for her real family. She even wonders if it might be possible to find her.Perhaps if April can achieve her ambition, she will feel strong enough to shake off the nicknames - and the memories of some awful times in her past - for ever. There have been lots of people she's called Mum, and now she lives with Marion, but April wishes she could remember her birth mother. When she turns 14, April decides that she must find out who she really is - where she came from and, most importantly, who her real mother is. That reminds her of how she started out in life: abandoned in a rubbish bin. Her worst nickname of all, though, is Dustbin Baby. April has lots of nicknames: there's April Showers, because she's always crying, and April Fool, because of when her birthday falls.
0 Comments
OL20021217W Page_number_confidence 97.26 Pages 404 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200825161347 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 458 Scandate 20200822081127 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780552574037 Tts_version 4. Urn:lcp:tinsnail0000mcal_u7d7:epub:d02ac59a-1920-48c7-9e34-2f3ae60f425c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier tinsnail0000mcal_u7d7 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9968p94d Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780552574037Ġ552574031 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA18269 Openlibrary_edition Half-silly, half-serious and full of human interest, The Tin Snail brings 10- to 14-year-olds into endearing and unusual company. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 12:02:12 Associated-names Usher, Sam, illustrator Boxid IA1914813 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. The narrative that emerges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled. The Penguin History of New Zealand tells that story in all its colour and drama. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference to the. This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference to the history of New Zealand. In recent years an autobiographical approach has been popular all over the worlds in graphic novels as well as many other art forms. In many countries graphic novels share some common style or mainstream in which artists aim to place themselves. The image can be used in very different ways, and that is exactly what Finnish artists do. Sometimes the narrative may progress through the force of words alone, sometimes through pictures. Graphic novels are a combination of image and word in which both carry the story. Here is a selection of the Finnish graphic novels published in 2014 Finnish graphic novels are too varied in both graphics and narrative – what unites them is their individuality. It’s impossible to put Finnish graphic novels into one bottle and glue a clear label on to the outside, writes Heikki Jokinen. Joanna was only five years old at the time of her first marriage to Andrew of Hungary, who had a claim to the throne of Naples. Joanna became her grandfather’s heir and was proclaimed Duchess of Calabria in 1333 and Princess of Salerno in 1334. They would be left orphans when Marie died in 1332. The two youngest children would turn out to be the only surviving children. Her mother Marie would give birth to her posthumous sister Maria in May 1329. Her father was the eldest son of King Robert of Naples and Yolanda of Aragon.Ĭharles would die in November 1328, just nine months after Joanna’s birth. I’ve had this book for a while now, and I even own a second book by this author, Four Queens, the Provencal Sister who ruled Europe. This book was originally released in 2010, so I guess I’m a bit late on my review, ha! Although there’s never a bad time to bring to light a Queen! Joanna of Naples was not born to be a Queen, but she turned out to be first of only two surviving children of Charles, Duke of Calabria and Marie of Valois. |