George Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”A farm is taken over by its overwork…… 26. Petersburg by Andrei Bely Set in Saint ...
—Booklist 224 pages • 6" x 9" Ages 10–14 • Full-Color HC: 978-0-545-31479-4 • $24.99 PB: 978-0-545-31480-0 • $12.99 When a family gets shipwrecked on an island with weird, otherworldly plants and animals, they must find a way off the island while they dodge its...
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She has a rare medical condition, mirror-touch synesthesia, which causes her to feel physical sensations that other humans — and in her case, also animals — are feeling. In addition to facing the opposition of local people who are afraid the wolves will kill their livestock, she and even...
In Brown’s novel, Roz the robot becomes shipwrecked on a deserted island and must build relationships with the animals there and adapt to the new environment. Students can learn more about robot interactions in the real world by reading articles on topics like: The different types of robots ...
Bryony is a talented taxidermist, but after some accidental boasting and slight exaggeration from her dad, she is challenged with bringing the king’s dead animals back to life. The combination of sharp rhymes and charming illustrations makes for a great first verse novel. ...
that I won’t eat any of the top 10 smartest animals Granted, most of these are fairly easy to avoid, but giving up octopus and to a much greater extent, pork, has been a sacrifice. As noted above, I love meat and pork is very, very tasty. Despite my loveof meat, however,...
and graphic artist. His masterpiece,Maus, was first published in 1980. It tells the story of the experience of Jews in the Holocaust through the fictionalized biography of his father, but with the people represented by anthropomorphic animals. It was the first ever graphic novel to winner the...
How are CDR [Hutu party] animals doing? (Ibid.: 72. Brackets added). 6 The Parti Libéral was amongst the opposition parties that emerged in the early 1990s. 36 memory traps 2 This opening shows that the two journalists knew the status of each other: obviously no one tolerated the ...
teacher to talk about symbolism, personification, imagery. The themes of freedom and alienation are big in this book. Also the anthropomorphism of the animals is particularly interesting. Because it deals with concepts of right and wrong and the consequences of war, rich discussion and debate ...