A Child S Adventure

LITTLE MISS GRASSHOPPER is a delightful children's tale by Johanna Spyri, the author of Heidi,. Once again our adventure is set in the Swiss Alps but begins in Dresden where Rita aka Grasshopper lives with her mother, father and Ella, her sister. The family is packing, getting ready to go to a cottage near the Gemmi Pass, not far from Leukerbad in Switzerland. What Adventures await Rita and Ella in the Alps in the vicinity of the Gemmi Pass? Well you’ll have to download this book and find out for yourself! This is a nice bedtime story or excellent for young readers to read for themselves and short enough to be read to younger children. =========== Johanna Spyri (1827 - 1901) was a Swiss author of children's stories, best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. =========== KEYWORDS/TAGS: little miss, grasshopper, Johanna Spyri, Heidi, Swiss Alps, Dresden, Rita, Ella, Gemmi Pass, Leukerbad, Adventures, danger, happy go lucky, bedtime story, ebook, children’s story, Hirzel, new acquaintance, friends, danger, fall, terrible night, next morning, never in his life, splendid, let us go, quickly, martin, bend over, child, prayer, hurt, laid on his hand, broad, strong, rescue, doctor, nurse, run, play, with abandon,

Risk in Children’s Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of children, and with it the assumption that adventure is a timeless and stable constant whose meaning and value is self-evident. A closer enquiry into British and American adventure texts for children over the past 150 years reveals a host of complexities occluded by the term, and the ways in which adults invoke adventure as a means of attempting to get to grips with the nebulous figure of ‘the child’. Writing about adventure also necessitates writing about risk, and this book argues that adults have historically used adventure to conceptualise the relationship between children and risk: the risks children themselves pose to society; the risks that threaten their development; and how they can be trained to manage risk in socially normative and desirable ways. Tracing this tendency back to its development and consolidation in Victorian imperial romance, and forward through various adventure texts and media to the present day, this book probes and investigates the truisms and assumptions that underlie our generalisations about children’s love for adventure, and how they have evolved since the mid-nineteenth century.

RUMPTY-DUDGET lived in a gray tower. His only pleasure was doing mischief. The mischievous dwarf Rumpty-Dudget captures young Prince Henry and Henry's courageous sister, Princess Hilda, and brother, Prince Frank, set out to find and rescue him before Rumpty-Dudget can seize control of the kingdom! They set out from their parent’s palace, which stands on the border of the great forest. On the other side of the forest was Fairy Land. What adventures will the Prince and Princess have as they venture through the Great Forest in search of their brother? Will they find their stolen brother and will they be able to rescue him? Who will they meet? Will the people they meet be good or will they be led astray? Join Princess Hilda and Prince Frank on this most important adventure. 10% of the profit from the sale of this little book will be donated to charities. =============== THE INSPIRATION FOR THE BOOK IN 1877, Julian Hawthorne, son of the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was living in Twickenham, near London. He recounts a tale about the inspiration for Rumpty-Dudget; “My sister Una happened to be describing a queer character she had met that day: she had a gift for making swift and vivid portraits in words. “He was a little Rumpty-Dudget of a man,” she said, concluding her description. She may have meant to say, “Rumpelstiltskin,” the name of a dwarf immortalised in the Grimm fairy-tales, with which we had been familiar in our childhood. But her variation struck me soundly, and I said to myself, I’ll write a story about him!” But, in truth, the story, upon that inspiration, wrote itself. I had a fine time with it, and my own children, to whom it was read in manuscript, heartily approved it. Then Alexander Strahan, the publisher, and the first editor of the famous Contemporary Review, saw it and proclaimed, with many a Scottish burr, that it was “a varra fine piece of worrk, my boy, and does ye credit,” and he carried it off and published it in his new magazine for children. Julian Hawthorne ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Rumpty Dudget, Gray Tower, royal children, princess Hilda, prince frank, prince henry, palace, great forest, fairy land, adventure, seek, search, Princess, two Princes, Tom, Faithful Guardian, Ways of the Wind, Rumpty’s Triumph, Tom’s Plan, Diamond, Water-Drop, Golden Ivy-Seed, ivy seed, Magic Fire, Rescue, Fairy Queen, king, come with me, take hold, behold, cat, two large leaves, leaf stem, mamma, mother,

David Blaize and the Blue Door is set in David's early childhood. It is a fantasy adventure in the style of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, set in a dream landscape permeated with jabberwocky type nonsense. The book is in the same children’s fantasy genre as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”, “Sylvie and Bruno”, Farrow’s “Adventures Wallypugland series” and Heath Robinson’s “Bill the Minder.” The eight chapters in this book are richly illustrated, and the titles of these give clues to the type of adventure David goes on. Some of the illustrations are titled: “The flame-cats and the black man coming down the chimney”, “The game-cupboard comes to life”, “David finds the mint-man in the bank”, “The recovering of Uncle Popacatapetl”, “The telegram rescues Uncle P. From the mint-man”, “Miss Bones sitting on David’s thumb”, “David uses the telephone in the cow porter’s tail” “Noah pursues David”; and many more whacky characters with equally more strange characteristics. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities. ================ TAGS & KEYWORDS: David Blaize, Blue door, dream, dreamscape, dreamland, sword, bumpity, bottom, adventures, aeroplanes, delicious, candidate, extraordinary, beastly, sir sirloin, london, gold, spectacles, butt, duke, cats whiskers, chimney, telegram, airmen, butler, chauffeur, certificate, fireman, shoemaker, golden, porter, rhyme, gentleman, canon, sovereign, rook, ark, elephant, train, birds, bones, popacatapetl, spider, david blaize, giraffe, miss muffet, brigadier general, noah, Flame cats, black man, chimney, Blue Door, games cupboard, Mint man, bank, Uncle, Rhyme family, Miss Bones, cow porter, bald-headed, lark-flight, Field-Marshal, guard of honour, trout, registry office, marriage

Once upon a time there was a peaceful Kingdom which you will hardly find upon the map. In one corner of the Kingdom by the sea was the pretty little Town of Kisington, where a great many strange things had happened in the past. All were documented in the Great Chronicle. On the High Street of Kisington lived a boy named Harold, who was chief of all the boys in town. He could run faster, jump higher, solve a problem more quickly, and throw a ball farther than any other boy of his age. He was tall and straight and broad-shouldered and all the boys liked Harold, especially Richard and Robert, his chums. Harold was the son of a poor widow and Harold’s mother knew it, However, she determined that her son should be a scholar, and she worked early and late to earn the money for his education. One day when Harold was about twelve years old, a terrible thing befell his city. Red Rex, a fierce and powerful King, ruler of the neighboring kingdom, decided to wage war on this peaceful Kingdom and besieged the city. The Great Bell tolled and all the citizens gathered and they decided that Red Rex should hear the Chronicle of Kisington and Harold was chosen to be the one who is send to read the Chronicle to Red Rex. And here begins the adventures of Harold, To find out what happened next, you’ll have to download the book and find out for yourself. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. =============== TAGS: #Ancient, #counterpane, #teddy, #adventure, #goldencatle, #goldensky, #spider, #spinning, #web, #spell, #cast, #Arthur, #Bear, #beautiful, #brave, #Cedric, #Chief, #children, #childrensbooks, #childrensstory, #Claribel, #Countess, #courage, #creature, #Dragon, #enchanted, #enchantment, #fables, #Fairy, #fairytales, #flowers, #folklore, #Gerda, #Gnome, #Gnomes, #gold, #golden, #happy, #Harold, #heart, #hope, #Hushby, #kids, #King, #Kingdom, #Kisington, #laugh, #Legends, #Lion, #Lord, #love, #magic, #magictales, #maid, #Majesty, #Mayor, #mothers, #mothersbelike, #motherstobe, #myths, #Oscar, #peace, #peaceful, #pie, #Princess, #queen, #Rafe, #Red, #Rex, #Richard, #Robert, #Roger, #soldiers, #storyteller, #strange, #tale, #Victor, #wicked, #wish. #tantalising

Five Children and IT is a children’s book, no. 1 of The Psammead cycle, written by Edit Nesbit and published in 1902. It has never been out of print since. The story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children are Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb. One day they are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead – an ancient sand-fairy with ability to grant wishes. The Psammead persuades the children to take one wish each day to be shared among them, with the caveat that the wishes will turn to stone at sunset. This, apparently, used to be the rule in the Stone Age, when all that children wished for was food, the bones of which then became fossils. The children's first wish is to be "as beautiful as the day". The wish ends at sunset and its effects simply vanish, leading the Psammead to observe that some wishes are too fanciful to be changed to stone. As expected, all the wishes go comically wrong. The children wish to be beautiful, but the servants do not recognise them and shut them out of the house. They wish to be rich, then find themselves with a gravel-pit full of gold spade guineas that no shop will accept as they were removed from circulation in 1816, so they can't buy anything. A wish for wings seems to be going well, but at sunset the children find themselves stuck on top of a church bell tower with no way down, getting them into trouble with the gamekeeper who must take them home - and so the wishing and the ensuing adventures continue. The book was made into a film in 2004 featuring Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Bailey. Jessica Claridge, Poppy Rogers and Alec Muggleton, with Kenneth Branagh as Uncle Albert and Tara Fitzgerald as the mother. It has won a number of awards and been nominated for a Bafta. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities. ================= KEYWORDS/TAGS: Five children and It, 5, action, adventure, Beautiful, Golden Guineas, Wanted, Wings, Castle, No Dinner, Siege, Bed, Bigger, Baker's Boy, Grown Up, Scalps, Last Wish, Psammead cycle, Glorious Rush, Round the Garden, Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, little lamb, Door, Hutch, Scream, Baby, acknowledgement, Martha, Empty, Toilet-jug, pour Cold Water, falling Rain, Slow Drops, Anthea's Face. Stagger, Mr. Beale, Snatch, Coin, Pocket, Martha, Policeman, Mr Peasemarsh, Lucky Children, Gravel Pit, Poof, Grab, Double-quick Time, Twinkling Legs, Two Gypsy Women, Sand-fairy, Blow, fly over, Rochester, Farmer, Pockets, Fast Asleep, The Keeper, Deep-Chested, Keyhole, Castle, Black, Stately, Drag, Reluctant, Tear, Splash, Moat-water, Leadhole, Sammyadd, Haystack, Strange Sensation, Pony-carriage, Giant, Pale and Trembling, Time's Up, Case, Garden Spade, Tickling His Nose, Twig, Honeysuckle, Bicycle, Punctured State, Evidence, Struggle, Missionary Box, Poker, Pow-wow, Bright Knives, Brandished, Clasp, Loving Arms, Obedient, Burrow, Disappear, Scratching,

The Magical Land of Noom is a Book of Wonder and enchantment. When Johnny and Janey build their Flying Machine out of some old boards and wooden spools, the last thing they expect is for it to actually take off! But that's just what happens, and before they know it, they're soaring high above the clouds on their way to the Magical Land of Noom. So, join us on a high-flying adventure with Johnny and Janey as they travel from their own backyard to the mysterious enchanted kingdom they discover on the other side of the moon. Did you know the far side of the moon is filled with such wonders as mushrooms that taste of ginger cake and flowing springs of lemonade, Noom seems like a paradise to the children. But the lemonade springs belong to the wicked magician Old jingles, who has kidnapped the beautiful Princess of Nite. They set out to rescue the princess and return her to her throne. On the way Johnny and Janey are aided by the many friends they find in Noom, including the kind and gentle Soft-Voiced Cow, the spirited Fun Boys, and the exuberant Mr. Tiptoe and his miraculous umbrella. But can this intrepid band defeat the wily Old Jingles and all his tricks? You’ll have to download this book to find out if they did succeed in the quest; and if they did, would they make back home as their flying boat has been destroyed?!?!?!? ============ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Author Johnny Gruelle (December 24, 1880 – January 9, 1938) also introduced the world to Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, everyone's favorite rag dolls -- is the creator of this stirring, heartwarming tale. Filled with gentle wisdom and delightful whimsy, it is a wonderful introduction to the boundless imagination and loving spirit of Johnny Gruelle. Gruelle was an American artist, political cartoonist, children's book and comics author, illustrator, and storyteller. He is best known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls and as the author/illustrator of dozens of books. He also created the Beloved Belindy doll. Gruelle also contributed cartoons and illustrations to at least ten newspapers, four major new syndicates, and more than a dozen national magazines. He was the son of Hoosier Group painter Richard Gruelle. ============ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Magical Land of Noom, magic, Johnny Gruelle, Johnny, Janey, Flying Machine, flying boat, wooden spools, clouds, enchanted kingdom, high flying, adventure, mysterious land, far side of the moon, discover, magic mushrooms, ginger cake, springs of lemonade, paradise, wicked magician, Old Jingles, beautiful, princess Nite, rescue, quest, friends, journey, soft-voiced, magical cow, fun boys, spirited, exuberant, Mr. Tiptoe, miraculous, umbrella, intrepid band, Fly Away, the Strange Man, Gran’ma and Gran’pa, Children, children’s book, children’s story, folklore, fairy tale, fantasy tale, fantasy adventure, Magic Boxing Gloves, Wolves, Rubber River, Beautiful Girl, Strange Story, Little Old Lady, Magic Whistle, Witch, Dancing Master, Grow, Tall, Strange Adventures, Tiptoe Brothers, Raft Slide, Nose Tweak, Go Home,

This is a quintessential children’s make-up-adventure story and is delightful in its telling. The 28 color images are exquisitely crafted and reflect and add to the essence of the story. Our story is set in the San Francisco area during the Gold Rush era of the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. The Queen of the Pirate Isle is about an imaginative young girl named Polly, who, with her cousin Hickory, a small Chinese boy named Wan Lee, and a neighbour named Patsey, who, after a game of pirates in the house, decide to “run away” to become real pirates. On their way they pass through the mining area where they slip and fall down a steep mud-slide. Polly’s doll’s removable hair got caught on something and ripped off during the fall and is now bald. They end up falling asleep in a nearby mine and are awoken and brought home by the miners, who have dressed up as pirates as a thank-you to Polly and the children as the mine in which they fell asleep led the miners to a new seam of gold.