Books & Authors - December 2006

2006-12-16 05:15:44 · 2 answers · asked by Lee M 1

I'm the book mender at a local library, and a Captain Underpants book came across my bench yesterday. I decided to see what the hype was about and started reading a few pages. I was STUNNED!

I thought people bought books for children to help them learn how to read and spell.... this trash does neither!

Rather than use "their" in a sentence, such as "their powers" the author uses "there". Rather than "able", "abel". When else did a Biblical character make his debut in a secular children's illustrated novel? Tow dramatic errors in four pages of text.

Has the job of editor been eliminated from books for children?
Do authors not care that children learn how to read and write from the trash they spew?
Is there no sense of responsibility when writing for children?

For me, I think this may be the beginning of a crusade for better children's literature. Maybe it's time to start a column critiquing children's books.

It makes sense now why many people have problems spelling.

2006-12-16 05:13:56 · 8 answers · asked by Deirdre H 7

i am writing an essay on the characterization of a character of a novel. the problem is that i don't know what to write! to explain the characterization of a character, am i supposed to compare the character to other characters?? what do teachers ask for when they say to explain the characterization of a certain character??

2006-12-16 04:31:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to list the pros and cons of banning books. In my PERSONAL opinion i can find no pros but i HAVE to have atleast three so if anyone can think of some ideas?!? thankkkyou.

2006-12-16 04:30:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-16 04:28:54 · 18 answers · asked by pwned 1

2006-12-16 04:10:13 · 1 answers · asked by Elizabeth R 1

I want to write a book that takes place in the future. I need some ideas of how it should look. and none of those crap from movies and TV shows. The year will be 2068 and on from there.

2006-12-16 03:46:05 · 9 answers · asked by A nobody 3

well how do i show in my short stories that someone was interrupted when they were speaking by another person or an event and how do you show that a person was trying to change the subject to avoid the one he was in ?what is the correct way to show this please give and example and if you know any great free sites for editing and rules for writing feel free to add them or good and bad examples of showing the ways to write and how not to write and explaining each rule as well as giving what you know?

2006-12-16 03:31:29 · 3 answers · asked by ertw t 2

2006-12-16 02:51:48 · 4 answers · asked by gp2much 2

if any one has sites i can use to look at research around this i'd be really grateful, i've only got 6 articles so far...

cheers!

2006-12-16 02:00:49 · 2 answers · asked by northukstudent 3

can u suggest me some novels of same type which include wars and which consists of a good story like LORD OF THE RINGS

2006-12-16 01:48:56 · 8 answers · asked by srinu710 4

2006-12-16 01:41:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-16 01:13:52 · 16 answers · asked by pramita n 1

tell me what you think!

2006-12-16 01:08:45 · 9 answers · asked by roguelebeaux003 2

I want the NOTES, SUMMARY & CRITICAL APPRECIATIONS of these two poems.
"THE PULLEY" is by George Herbert.
"TO HIS COY MISTRESS" is by Andrew Marvell.

PLEASE suggest me some good websites .PLEASE !!!!
THANX A LOT FOR RESPONDING .

2006-12-16 00:20:58 · 4 answers · asked by ♪♥*B.B.K*♥♪ 7

What is the underlying message of Gogol's "The Nose"? How can someone's nose become so rebellious, cause its owner so much anxiety and anguish and suddenly re-appears after being arrested! Yet the writer simply explains at the end of the tale that "these things do happen"! Is there some profound message I am missing here?

2006-12-16 00:04:32 · 3 answers · asked by ari-pup 7

They don't have to be books that came out this year.

My fave fiction was The Ruins by Scott Smith. A lot of people hated it (check amazon), but I could not put it down. Read it in two days.

Fave non-fiction: The Perfect Thing by Stephen Levy about the iPod. Utterly fascinating. No two copies are alike as, in keeping with the spirit of iPod, the chapters have been shuffled... BUT, they each stand on their own as separate essays.

2006-12-16 00:01:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have an ancient handwritten shri mad Bhagwat puran written in siskrit. which libraries or agencies may intrested to purchase such mahagranth /

2006-12-15 23:51:55 · 5 answers · asked by G Kishor 1

2006-12-15 22:56:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who are you trying to fool?

2006-12-15 22:31:52 · 32 answers · asked by Panama Jack 4

We all marvelled at Freds' exploits and wide ranging knowledge.!
Whatever happened to his much loved garden steam workshop?
Did Bolton council take it over as a living museum, or was it just
left to run to rack and ruin?

2006-12-15 22:23:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 22:15:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 22:15:41 · 9 answers · asked by Khalil T 1

Of course the killer whale escapes and takes charge of a pod of killer whales. In the mean time, an aircraft crash lands on a ice flow in the arctic. The rogue killer whale & survivers of the crash are destined to meet at the end. But until then the book describes, from the rogue killer whale's view, it's exploits. A scuffle with walruses is one example. I read this book in the early 1980's and for the life of me can not remember the author or title. Perhaps someone here can help.

2006-12-15 22:09:12 · 2 answers · asked by melark 5

2006-12-15 22:01:50 · 15 answers · asked by dian_sinta 1

what's your favourite harry potter book & why?

2006-12-15 21:53:09 · 14 answers · asked by HCRSS-G 1

2006-12-15 21:45:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is about a land which was colonised.The original inhabitants are shunned and treated as if they just dont exist. Any of the colonisers who consort with them are also outcast. It has in it a man of power who is making a statue of his friend the Dictator (I think) and he is outcast, I thought it was called city of illusions but have found two books of this name that are not this story. It was a truly great story and I would love to refind it.

2006-12-15 21:25:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 21:14:17 · 8 answers · asked by bianca b. 2

Any word on it .. ?

Thanks!!~

2006-12-15 20:14:21 · 7 answers · asked by Sci-Buff 4