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Author: Danyan Chen Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders ISBN: 9781602202023 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 143
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Chen Miaomiao, a Shanghai teenager girl, is dumfounded when one night she finds out that her loving mother is not a human, but a "blue people" who hails from another world. Adding insult to injury, the girl suddenly faces breakup of her family as her father begins to press for a divorce with her mother. With help from her best friend, a girl of a single parent, Chen tries all means to save the family from disintegration. However, despite the girl's desperate endeavour and her mother's reluctance to part with the human world, time comes when the mother has to go back to her home world, leaving behind a memory of a childhood with a fairy mother for the young heroine.
Author: Danyan Chen Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders ISBN: 9781602202023 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 143
Book Description
Chen Miaomiao, a Shanghai teenager girl, is dumfounded when one night she finds out that her loving mother is not a human, but a "blue people" who hails from another world. Adding insult to injury, the girl suddenly faces breakup of her family as her father begins to press for a divorce with her mother. With help from her best friend, a girl of a single parent, Chen tries all means to save the family from disintegration. However, despite the girl's desperate endeavour and her mother's reluctance to part with the human world, time comes when the mother has to go back to her home world, leaving behind a memory of a childhood with a fairy mother for the young heroine.
Author: Kate Bernheimer Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101464380 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 499
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The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. Neil Gaiman, “Orange” Aimee Bender, “The Color Master” Joyce Carol Oates, “Blue-bearded Lover” Michael Cunningham, “The Wild Swans” These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales—the ultimate literary costume party. Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” and “The Little Match Girl” to Charles Perrault’s “Bluebeard” and “Cinderella” to the Brothers Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” and “Rumpelstiltskin” to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.
Author: Sophie Kinsella Publisher: Delacorte Press ISBN: 1524769908 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 91
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Fans of Sophie Kinsella's sparkling humor will love her first ever illustrated series for young readers about the charming adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo! Ella Brook can't wait to grow up, because one day she will become a fairy and have her own sparkly wings and a teacher on Fairy Tube, just like her mom! Until then, Ella has to learn by watching her mom in action. But sometimes spells go wrong, and Ella's mom can never seem to remember the right magic codes on her Computawand. A lot of the time, it's up to Ella to come to the rescue. Does she have what it takes to be a fairy one day? Or will there be more glitches than glitter?
Author: Marni Prince Publisher: Jason Prince ISBN: 1481041967 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 16
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This is no Cinderella story - finally there's a fairytale where the stepmother is the hero!My Fairy Stepmother turns the Cinderella myth on it's head, with a caring stepmother who helps her stepdaughter find courage she never knew she had. Amelia's stepmother Maribel has a special secret. When Amelia has trouble sleeping, will her stepmother's secret be able to help? Children of blended families will be drawn in by the colorful hand-crafted illustrations, and the tale of magic and empowerment that follows. They'll identify with Amelia's character as she travels between two households, and faces challenges that only stepchildren face. And parents will love the positive portrayal of a stepmother who helps her stepdaughter with these challenges.
Author: Aubrey Mace Publisher: Bonneville ISBN: 9781599552170 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Descended from fairies? at first, it sounds unbelievable to 9-year-old Kaitlin, but according to her grandmother Viola, it s true. Soon, Viola begins telling Kaitlin stories of her family s fairy past, and in spite of Kaitlin s initial reluctance to visit her grandmother, she finds herself being drawn into the stories. But as Kaitlin learns more about her family, Kaitlin s mother becomes increasingly concerned about Viola s mental health. Good thing Kaitlin knows better! She believes her fairy grandmother isn t crazy, and that her stories of elegant castles, evil counts, and exciting escapades are all true! from the author of Spare Change, this enchanting tale will delight children, teens, and parents alike. Read My Fairy Grandmother and learn for yourself how a good story can bring a whole family together.
Author: Kimberlee Roth Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458747468 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 358
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Those raised by a BPD parent endured a volatile and painful childhood. This book offers readers step-by-step guidance to understanding and overcoming the lasting effects of being raised by a person with this disorder. Readers discover coping strategies for dealing with low self-esteem, lack of trust, guilt, and hypersensitivity.
Author: Margo Lanagan Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0375891498 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place, protected from the violence that once harmed their mother. But the real world cannot be denied forever—magicked men and wild bears break down the borders of Liga’s refuge. Now, having known Heaven, how will these three women survive in a world where beauty and brutality lie side by side?
Author: Sibylle Birkhäuser-Oeri Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 184
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A practical illustation of how the mother complex funcations in the world as well as in the deeper regions of the psyche. The focus here is on positive and negative aspects of the maternal image in well-known fairy tales, including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel.
Author: Tony Ross Publisher: Random House ISBN: 144818830X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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All day there had been disasters - the water pot went all over the latest painting; the Little Princess fell off the seesaw and banged her knee; and worst of all, there was a monster under the bed that night. The castle had been ringing with the constant shout of 'I Want My Mum!'. And Mum always knew exactly the right thing to sort out the problem. But the next day, the incorrigible Little Princess is taken to play with the Little Duchess - and will she miss her mum? Not if she's having a lot of fun! But as for the poor Queen, she does miss her little girl! This title will be perfect for Mother's Day.
Author: Danyan Chen
Author: Danyan Chen
Author: Kate Bernheimer
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Author: Marni Prince
Author: Aubrey Mace
Author: Kimberlee Roth
Author: Remy Charlip
Author: Margo Lanagan
Author: Sibylle Birkhäuser-Oeri
Author: Tony Ross