![]() ![]() ![]() He started his career in animation, working as an illustrator and designer for feature films at Dreamworks and Laika Studios, and smaller projects like commercials and music videos, with clients including the BBC and U2, before moving his focus to book work. Jon Klassen is a Canadian-born author/illustrator of picture books. You can find her walking on Chicago's Lakefront Trail on cool, crisp fall days. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the proud alumna of Mount Holyoke College, a women's college (yes!) where she majored in History. Chicago's Lifeline Theatre has adapted both One Came Home and The Dirty Cowboy for the stage. Her books have made several "best books of the year" lists. One book was chosen to be a Book Sense Pick, another was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review. Amy Timberlake's work has received a Newbery Honor, an Edgar, a Golden Kite Award, and the China Times Best Book Award. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He is most particularly in you, the dejected and despairing.”Īnother century hence, another prophet of the ages saw, and named, the underlying truth beneath these truths: that if this you, this me, is in fact an ever-changing chance-constellation of cells, ideas, beliefs, impressions, mental states, emotional weather systems, constantly making and remaking itself into what we experience as selfhood, then God is the other name of chance and change, of that flickering constellation. And so am I and so are you,” William Blake said of Jesus in one of his prophetic koan-like pronouncements.Ī century after him, Hermann Hesse leaned on his reverence for nature as he considered the value of hardship, urging the dispirited to listen to our inner voice: “If you are now wondering where to look for consolation, where to seek a new and better God… he does not come to us from books, he lives within us… This God is in you too. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A woman is poisoned in a slow and calculated attack. A child and woman get stabbed in the throat and die with lots of blood. Dead bodies are described - entrails hanging out, decay, body parts missing. Violence remains dark with some moments of gore. As in the last book, One Dark Throne, two teen couples (almost 17 years old) have sex. With the plot centering on 16-year-old triplet queens traditionally destined to murder one another in an attempt to rule, this series is best for high school readers and up. Parents need to know that Two Dark Reigns is the third book in the Three Dark Crowns series by the author of the acclaimed horror novel Anna Dressed in Blood. A man packs a pipe.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Many scenes where teen queens - close to 17 - and those around them drink ale, champagne, and wine, some of it poisoned. ![]() ![]() My favorite parts of this book is the world building. Finding them is a huge challenge that is not without huge, brave, and monstrous obstacles. ![]() Amy is quickly scrambling for a foundation to stand upon, and the rest of the wicked crew/witches is spread wide and thin throughout the bizarre and changed land of Oz. With each rising stake (and shocking revelations, I must add), the author and the story has fully managed to capture my attention. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, it goes spectacularly wrong and hits all of my feelings in the stomach. It follows along Amy Gumm's journey to find the other wicked witches, kill Dorothy's (evil) friends, uncover the mysteries in Oz, meet up with Nox, and finally, defeat Dorothy for once and for all to save Oz for good. YA Fantasy/Retelling with a healthy dose of magic, THE WICKED WILL RISE is a fast-paced, action-filled novel with romance, mystery, and wonder. ![]() And I was happy all the way through the book. I freely acknowledge that time and circumstances didn't allow me to read it as soon as I wanted to, but I was totally happy when I was able to dive into THE WICKED WILL RISE. ![]() As soon as I had the chance to read the next book, I snapped it up. ![]() I enjoyed the previous book, DOROTHY MUST DIE, very much. ![]() ![]() They are very personal poems, made universal by the persistently kind and gentle touch of the poet.īecause this is a collection of poetry, there is no particular plot structure to the work, except that it begins with the poet's newest poems from the year 2000, then swings back to 1988 with selected poems chosen from ensuing years. They allude to persons and places personal to both the poet as well as public. Although they are free verse, they lean heavily on iambic scansion with occasional near-rhymes. ![]() ![]() Her poetry collection, Blessing the Boats: New & Selected Poems 1988-2000 (BOA, 2000), won the National Book Award for Poetry. These poems are gentle, pared-down, and well-crafted. Lucille Clifton (1936 2010) was an award winning poet, fiction writer, and author of children’s books. as well as generous selections from Lucille Cliftons award-winning collections Next: New Poems, Quilting, The Book of Light and The Terrible Stories. In addition, she has had two books of poetry chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has been a famous poet since the late 1980s, having received the Shelley Memorial Prize, the Charity Randall prize, the Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review, and an Emmy Award. ![]() This is a collection of free verse poetry by a black woman poet noted for her spare, powerful imagery. ![]() ![]() ![]() And of course, there’s lots of new machines as the Now in the title promises including a quadcopter drone, smart phone, electric car, and full-body scanner. Whereas the original did use color when necessary (explaining light waves or offset printing), the newer addition adds extra hues to the many earth-toned illustrations. ![]() What’s new in the 2016 edition? More color, for one thing. End matter includes a glossary and index, which will make the book useful for both browsers and researchers. The text is simple but elegant light on technical terms but muscular and easy to follow. Macaulay’s detailed pen-and-ink diagrams, accented with watercolor, are endlessly fascinating and relentlessly diagramed for clarity. Then our guides move on to harnessing the elements, working with waves, electricity and automation, and the digital domain. ![]() Once again, we’re ushered through our chronological journey by a squadron of engaging wooly mammoths, who start with demonstrating the mechanics of movement (inclined planes, levers, wheels, gears, pulleys, screws, and springs). What did you like about the book? First published in 1988, this 2016 compendium sticks to the original book’s design and tone, but incorporates new information. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a definite 10," commented School Library Journal in a starred review. "A wonderful read-aloud for storytimes or one-on-one sharing. Small readers and listeners will empathize with the little duck's plight-and will rejoice at the heartwarming surprise ending. Each creature the ducks meet is seen in its own habitat and behaves in a true-to-life manner, offering a very simple first view of biology and geography. But as the sun sets, the 10th little rubber duck is left all alone, bobbing helplessly on the big wide sea.įollowing the little ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, young explorers can see for themselves the meanings of directional words and learn simple math concepts, such as counting and the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers. ![]() One drifts west, where a friendly dolphin jumps over it. "Ducks overboard!" shouts the captain, as a giant wave washes a box of 10 little rubber ducks off his cargo ship and into the sea. In Eric Carle’s poignant and funny story, illustrated with strikingly designed collages, readers are taken on an exciting voyage of discovery. This classic picture book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug stars 10 little rubber ducks and their globe-trotting adventures. ![]() ![]() Nina was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. What the FBI tells Morgan is beyond chilling. ![]() “Luke” is actually a cold-hearted con artist named Gavin who targets a particular type of woman, steals her assets and identity, and then commits his ultimate goal: murder. Soon, a horrific truth emerges: It was Morgan who let the monster in. The back door glass is broken, cash and jewelry are missing, her car is gone, and Nina lies dead on the floor. ![]() But after she and Nina host their first dinner party–attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who’d been chatting her up at the bar–her carefully built world is shattered. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan’s job as a bartender. ![]() The Sunday Times bestselling author’s terrifying new thriller about one man’s ice-cold malice, and one woman’s quest to reclaim her life.įormer Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighbourhood near Baltimore. ![]() ![]() The personal unconscious contains temporality forgotten information and well as repressed memories. ![]() The first layer called the personal unconscious is essentially the same as Freud’s version of the unconscious. ![]() However, he proposed that the unconscious consists of two layers. Like Freud, Jung (1921, 1933) emphasized the importance of the unconscious in relation to personality. The ego is largely responsible for feelings of identity and continuity. The three main ones were the ego, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious.Īccording to Jung, the ego represents the conscious mind as it comprises the thoughts, memories, and emotions a person is aware of. Like Freud (and Erikson) Jung regarded the psyche as made up of a number of separate but interacting systems. It was also an individual’s motivational source for seeking pleasure and reducing conflict Theory of the Unconscious He believed the libido was not just sexual energy, but instead generalized psychic energy.įor Jung, the purpose of psychic energy was to motivate the individual in a number of important ways, including spiritually, intellectually, and creatively. ![]() Jung (1948) disagreed with Freud regarding the role of sexuality. ![]() ![]() ![]() (We hear her perspective through diary entries, oddly presented with back-and-forth dialogue, like no journal I have ever seen.) Theo embarks on desperate investigations into Alicia’s life, insisting on meetings with her jealous gallerist Jean-Felix, her spurned brother-in-law Max and her semi-estranged, debt-riddled cousin Paul. Theo, who spent two decades in therapy exploring trauma induced by a cruel father, is hopelessly compelled toward Alicia, who suffered a similar upbringing and is desperate to make her start talking about her crime. After the murder, she stops speaking entirely and is placed in the Grove, a secure psychiatric unit where Theo applies for a job six years later - expressly to meet, and treat, the still-silent Alicia. London-based psychotherapist Theo Farber becomes obsessed with Alicia Berenson, a rising-star painter who’s convicted of murdering her fashion-photographer husband Gabriel. ![]() Here’s a recap, for those who have read the novel in full - and for anyone else who is a glutton for spoilers. ![]() |