![]() ![]() Most of my initial ideas centered around a narwhal getting lost at sea and separated from its pod. However, my first attempts at writing a story about one of these little narwhals didn’t turn out so great. I started doodling little narwhals even more than monsters, dragons, robots, or my other usual favorite subjects. That such a creature which seems so fantastic actually exists caught my imagination. I must confess before seeing Nicklen’s book I didn’t really know about narwhals. The book has some absolutely stunning photographs of narwhals in it and my mind was o-fish-ally blown. I first got it into my head that I wanted to make a book featuring a narwhal after seeing the book POLAR OBSESSION by Paul Nicklen several years ago. ![]() There have been a number of iterations, but ever since NARWHAL first swam into my brain I knew one book wouldn’t be enough for me. NARWHAL: UNICORN OF THE SEA! started out as a PB, or actually a series of picture books. I’m thrilled you like NARWHAL AND JELLY! Thank you! I asked Ben to share the backstory of his most awesome underwater adventure… One such hilarious take is Ben Clanton’s new _ book series NARWHAL AND JELLY. ![]() ![]() Narwhals are fascinatingly cool, and lucky us, there’s a whole buncha new books that feature these unicorns of the sea. ![]()
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![]() Plus, any fans who had watched Star Wars Rebels already had an idea of what was in store for Rex and Ahsoka in the Star Wars timeline, so it wasn’t the end of their story even if it was the end of The Clone Wars. The finale wasn’t an altogether happy ending, as it took place after Order 66 with Ahsoka on the run and the Empire in control, but it ended on a sense of hope for the future. The deliberate timing of The Clone Wars’ seventh and final season meant that the finale released on Star Wars Day in 2020, but the coincidental timing meant that the final season of Clone Wars was releasing in early months of the COVID pandemic lockdown. ![]() To me and to so many fans, Star Wars means hope, Ahsoka means hope, and leave it to Star Wars: The Clone Wars to provide that hope in the middle of honestly some of the darkest times. Everyone needed some light in the darkness. Everyone needed something to look forward to. At first it was really disappointing, but then I realized the timing was perfect, because this was right in the beginning of COVID, and everyone needed hope. We had planned fan screenings and press events and premieres and none of it got to happen because of COVID. It's funny because we had planned so many things for the final season of Clone Wars. ![]() And it only gets better, honestly, in my mind, the more times I watch it, and the more I get to talk with fans about it and interact about it. I think the Siege of Mandalore – the finale of Clone Wars – is just incredible. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The adventure - and the terror - has only just begun. Then the lightning strikes once more and shatters her world. Read more a novelist, and her happy family life, Laura cannot shake the certainty that powerful and malignant forces are controlling her destiny. ![]() And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up. Throughout her childhood she is plagued by ever more terrifying troubles, and with increasing courage she finds the strength to prevail - even without the intervention of her strange guardian. hardcover, secondhandIn the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. See Also: Lightning (DK) Lightning (DRK) Dean Koontz - Collection: The Voice of the Night & Lightning Dean R. though eight-year-old Laura is saved by a mysterious stranger from the perverted and deadly intentions of a drug-crazed robber. The second time it strikes the terror starts. The first time the lightning strikes Laura Shane is born. The No.1 bestselling classic from Dean Koontz, the master of chilling suspense, that will thrill fans of Stephen King and the Odd Thomas series. Koontz leads the reader along, a step at a time, as Stefan continually appears in Laura’s life. 'Not just a master of our darkest dreams but also a literary juggler' THE TIMES on Dean Koontz. ![]() ![]() Hopper went on to recite the poem for appreciative audiences thousands of times.Īs far as poetry goes, Thayer was a total one-hit wonder. One of those ballads, "Casey at the Bat," became kind of a cultural phenomenon not long after its 1888 publication when an actor/comedian named William DeWolf Hopper (great name) did a dramatic reading of the poem as part of his act. He worked at the San Francisco Examiner and occasionally wrote comic ballads for the paper's Sunday edition. In life, though, Thayer was more of a journalist than a poet. ![]() We're talking about Ernest Thayer's poem, " Casey at the Bat." It's a baseball poem that's full of action and drama, complete with a super-suspenseful surprise ending. This isn't the synopsis for a new season of Friday Night Lights-wrong sport, wrong medium. ![]() A small town stands united behind their local sports team and the team's star player as they try to make a spectacular comeback against seemingly insurmountable odds. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cheryl was drawn to the dress, although she didn’t know why. Amid the junk was a red velvet dress with white lace trim, “fit for a toddler” (321). When Cheryl (Sugar) was eighteen, she and her mother stopped off at a yard sale. ![]() ![]() Here are the five most important lessons to learn from Dear Sugar. It’s no wonder, therefore, that valuable and far-reaching life lessons can be found in her responses. It all matters–every sin, every regret, every affliction…within the chaos of our shame and disappointment and rage there is meaning, and within that meaning is the possibility of rescue” (5-7). ![]() Steve Almond writes, in the introduction to Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, that Cheryl “was announcing the nature of her mission as Sugar. While advice columnists usually stick to the rule of focusing on the letter writer, Cheryl instead wrote from the perspective of “a real human being laying herself bare, fearlessly, that we might come to understand the nature of our own predicaments” ( Tiny Beautiful Things 5). The Dear Sugar advice column didn’t begin with Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild and Brave Enough, but it did get passed onto her from its previous writer, Steve Almond. ![]() ![]() ![]() Zev and Jonah know they're destined for each other, but they must overcome traditions ingrained over generations and long-buried secrets to fulfill their destiny. When unexplained ailments begin to plague Jonah, he needs to save his own life and sanity in order to have a future with Zev. ![]() Maintaining a relationship with the man he has loved since childhood isn't easy for Jonah Marvel, but he won't let distance or Zev's odd family get in their way. Yet, everything inside Zev tells him Jonah is his true mate. A male shifter has to mate with a female shifter to keep his humanity, so shifters can't be gay. Regarded as the strongest wolf shifter in generations, Alpha Zev Hassick is surprised and confused by his attraction to his best friend. ![]() A powerful Alpha wolf shifter and a strong-willed human overcome traditions ingrained over generations and uncover long-buried secrets to fulfill their destiny as true mates. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Having an interest in photography, Greg decides to claim the camera for himself. READ MORE: Rise of the Guardians – Throwback 10Īvoiding Spidey, the four of them find a secret out-cove in one of the walls that hides a weird looking camera. Breaking their way inside, the kids fail to find a ghost (something of a surprise for a book in this series), and instead discover an odd homeless man called Spidey. Greg, Shari, Doug, and Michael are trying to find something to keep them entertained in their small town, and the four of them decide to explore the mysterious Coffman House, an old, dilapidated building that local legend claims to be haunted. Speaking of weird, Say Cheese and Die is wonderfully Stineish in its weirdness, and follows a group of four friends who end up getting involved in a frightening situation. ![]() But originally it was the fourth, so we’re doing it fourth. Some of you may be a little surprised to have seen this book appear here, as here in the UK Say Cheese and Die was the second book in the series released by Scholastic. It’s time to talk about Goosebumpsyet again, as we’ve reached the anniversary of yet another of R.L.Stine’s classic children’s horror books. ![]() ![]() ![]() A poetic interpretation like no other, Widow Basquiat is an expression of the unrelenting power of addiction, obsession and love. In emotionally resonant prose, award-winning author Jennifer Clement tells the story of the passion that swept Suzanne and Jean-Michel into a short-lived, unforgettable affair. ![]() Thus began a tumultuous and passionate relationship that deeply influenced one of the most exceptional artists of our time. During the years before his death at the age of 27, he shared his life with his lover and muse, Suzanne Mallouk.Ī runaway from an unhappy home in Canada, Suzanne first met Jean-Michel in a bar on the Lower East Side in 1980. It was where Jean-Michel Basquiat became an avant-garde street artist and painter, swiftly achieving worldwide fame. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant art of the 20th century. New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together ![]() ![]() Vocals - Chris Goodness (Christine Gibson) Vocals - Alice Bag (Alice Armendaries) / Dinah Cancer (Mary Simms) Vocals/Guitar - Susanna Hoffs, Guitar - Vicki Petersonīass - Annette Zilinskas, Drums - Debbi Peterson Vocals - Alice Bag (Alice Armendaries), Bass - Patricia Bag (Patricia Morrison) Vocals/Guitar - Kat Bjelland, Bass - Michelle Leon, Drums - Lori Barbero Vocals/Guitar - Renee Chetsky, Guitar - Xenia Splawinski, Bass - Cynthia Ross Vocals/Guitar/Drums - Cindy Wilson, Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Keyboards - Kate Pierson Vocals - Taana Gardner, Guitar - Pat Place ![]() Vocals/Guitar - Lesley Wood, Bass - Jane Munroe Vocals - Rosalia Munhoz, Bass - Sandra Coutinho, Guitar - Ana Maria Machado, Drums - Lou Vocals - Kimberly Davis, Bass - Lori Montana Synthesizers/Electronic Bassoon/Backup Vocal - Kia Portafekas Vocals/Rhythm Box/Synthesizers - Elany Portafekas Vocals/Violin - Naomi Ruth Eisenberg, Drums - Linda Crowds ![]() Vocals - Cordula, Guitar - Menusch, Bass - Kiki, Drums - Petra Guitar/Trumpet/Vocals/Drums - Ruth Novaczek, Drums/Percussion - Sandra Brown, Bass/Vocals/Percussion - Babs Millington, Percussion/Vocals - Penny Baker, Bass/Vocals - Jackie Freeman Vocals/Guitar - Tracy Thomas, Bass/Vocals - Leslie Mah Vocals - Marion Deussing, Petra "Miko" Mikolajczak ![]() ![]() ![]() Elizabeth is the undisputed star of the group. ![]() Suffice it to say, though, that murders and investigations and what have you wouldn’t be unfamiliar work for her.”įold in humor, pathos, the reality of aging, family relationships, and the eternal need for love and acceptance, it’s no wonder readers can’t get enough. (He has a West Ham team tattoo on his neck.) Ibrahim Arif is a mostly retired psychiatrist, thoughtful and deliberate and, if he does say so himself, a “handsome” man.Īs for Elizabeth Best, as Joyce (whose diary entries form some chapters) said in the first book, “I’m not supposed to say what Elizabeth used to do for a living, even though she does go on about it herself at times. Ron Ritchie had a long and public career as a trade union leader now his main passion is football. Joyce Meadowcroft is a retired nurse who lives with Alan, an “indeterminate terrier” she got from a rescue group. ![]() Those lively characters, all Coopers Chase residents, are the key to the series’ success. They live in an upscale retiree village in the bucolic English countryside (money does grease the wheels of aging). ![]() The four retirees who comprise the Thursday Murder Club are wily, thoughtful of each other, and run rings around non-retirees. ![]() |