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Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers, actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists, illustrators, teachers...
The lessons they recall are inspiring, instructive, and illuminating. And, the books they remember resonate as influential reading choices for families.
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Published to mark the centenary of Roald Dahl's (Welsh) birth, Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected breaks new ground by revealing the place of Wales in the imagination of the writer known as 'the world's number one storyteller'. Exploring the complex conditioning presence of Wales in his life and work, the essays in this collection dramatically defamiliarise Dahl and in the process render him uncanny. Importantly, Dahl is encountered whole – his...
3) The Wishing Tree by William Faulkner (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Wishing Tree with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Wishing Tree by William Faulkner, a fairy tale-like novel for children in which a young girl and her friends follow a strange redhead boy on a quest for a tree that fulfills wishes. They have all sorts of wondrous adventures and learn a valuable life lesson, before the young girl wakes...
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