"to believe of what she says, for she is very naughty sometimes..."" Much in the same way, the East Wind symbolizes change in P. L. Travers' ""Mary Poppins"" series (published 1934–1988). Poppins arrives at the Banks' house carried by the East Wind, but warns the children that she will only stay until the wind changes. At the end of the book, the West wind carries her away. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, ""His Last Bow"" (published in 1917 but set in 1914), ends with Holmes' addressing his assistant Doctor Watson on the eve of the First World War: Holmes'"
"his fairy tales. The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him fly with her, taking him on several adventures. Though"
"no opening in the reef. The boat was turned over, but Lekapai made it alive to the shore. He went inland and came at a house where a beautiful girl was standing. She turned out to be the daughter of the wind god, who was sleeping at that momernt. When the god slept it was calm, when he awoke there were storms. The girl told Lekapai to tiptoe to her sleeping father, to take a lock of his hear and to tie it to a big tree, then another lock to another tree, and so on. Next the god was"
"when you were born and whatever the weather is on that day, it belongs to you. So in this case, the boy called for the wind and it came to him drowning all the mean boys but Kiviuq. Kiviuq was a strong boy; he fought and fought against the waves. He did this for many days until he found land. It is believed that he is still out there living, so old that he is hard as stone, but his heart is still beating. If his heart stops beating, they say the world will end. The Kiviok legend is depicted"
"to his friend Piglet who lives in a beech tree. Piglet initially came out to rake leaves but the wind proves too strong for him to handle. Piglet is nearly blown away but Pooh quickly hangs on to him by his scarf, like a kite on a string. As Pooh struggles to keep a hold of the scarf he passes by Kanga and Roo, wishing them both a happy Winds-day; Eeyore, whose stick house Pooh breaks as he passes; and finally Rabbit, who Pooh inadvertently helps harvest the carrots in his vegetable garden as he slides by. The blustery wind"
"wind to windmill manufacturers in the Netherlands, etc. Both as a businessman and as a treasure hunter, Scrooge is noted for his drive to set new goals and face new challenges. As Carl Barks described his character, for Scrooge there is ""always another rainbow"". The phrase later provided the title for one of Barks's better-known paintings depicting Scrooge. Periods of inactivity between adventures and lack of serious challenges tend to be depressing for Scrooge after a while; some stories see these phases take a toll on his health. Scrooge's other motto is ""Work smarter, not harder."" As a businessman, Scrooge"
"King of the Wind King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a film of the same name in 1990. The story starts in Morocco, as the fast of Ramadan is ending. Agba, a mute slave boy, tends to his favorite Arabian mare, who gives birth that night. The colt has a white spot on his hind heel, considered the emblem of swiftness and good luck, but a wheat ear on his chest, symbolizing bad luck. Bad luck comes when the"
"antiquity yet suggest permanence, ""as the greenness of nature is permanent and recurring in the cycle of seasons."" Many of Potter's tales appealed to girls, but ""Mr. Tod"" had a strong following among boys, due perhaps to the lengthy fight at the end of the book accompanied by ""dreadful bad language"". Six-year-old Harold Botcherby wrote to Potter asking if the fight between Tod and Brock was still raging. Potter replied; describing the end of the battle and the injuries to the combatants:I am sorry to tell you they are still quarreling. Mr. Tod has been living in the willow till"
"versions specifically mention Hoori using the tide jewels to control the tides and cause his fisherman brother Hoderi to submit. The other two variations involve controlling winds rather than tides. In the second version (Aston 1896:95–98), the Sea God promises to directly control the sea winds; ""if thy brother cross the sea, I will then assuredly stir up the blasts and billows, and make them overwhelm and vex him."" In the fifth version (Aston 1896:101–105), the water deity tells Hoori that whistling can create winds (cf. tides from Tangaroa's breathing); ""Now that which raises the wind is whistling. If thou"
"I wouldn’t mind reading a hundred times.’ Is the story of Paulo, a shepherd boy who learns to play the flute from listening to the voices of all the creatures around him. When King Ocean hears Paulo challenging him, he summons the boy down to his underwater palace for a musical duel. Beautiful watercolours by Peter Malone and a lyrical text inspired the Sunday Times to name it their Children’s Book of the Week, and call it a ‘masterpiece’. Was published in 1994. This is a collection of new and adapted nursery rhymes, which Poetry for 6 and Under described"
"to emit a powerful song that destroys the Zars and saves Aramanth. The Wind Singer The Wind Singer is a young adult novel written by William Nicholson. It is the first book of the ""Wind On Fire"" Trilogy. It follows the quest of twins Kestrel and Bowman Hath, and their friend Mumpo to restore the ""Voice of the Wind Singer"" to their city and bring happiness to their cruel society. ""The Wind Singer"" won the 2000 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Book Award for ""The Book I Couldn't Put Down"". The book begins in the walled"
"harm him,God Varuna granted a wish for hanuman that water won't harm him,God Vayu granted a wish for hanuman that he will be as fast as wind and the wind won't harm him.Lord Brahma has also granted hanuman a wish that he can move at any place where he cannot be stopped at anywhere,Lord Vishnu also grants hanuman a weapon for Hanuman which is named as ""Gada"".Hence this wishes makes Hanuman a immortal,who has unique powers and strong. In another Hindu version of his childhood legend, which Lutgendorf states is likely older and also found in Jain texts such as"
"mother of Mountain Beaver woman survived the starvation, but retreated to the mountain. Mountain Beaver Woman's son, the child Storm Wind, also survived. The people of the North Wind warned Storm Wind to stay away from the mountain, trying to keep from him the knowledge of what had happened to his people, but eventually he defied them and found his grandmother living in misery. He heard her story and helped her out of her misery; she, in return, aided him with a flood that shattered the weir and turned it to stone. Storm Wind and his grandmother defeated North Wind,"
"paced back and forth and said, ""What are the two beautiful things that I see, and how shall I kill them?"" The twins shouted back, ""What beautiful Big Thing is walking about? And how shall we kill it?"" , the Wind came to them and whispered in their ear that since Big Giant was their elder he should be given right of first strike, as they were destroying the child of the Sun. Then suddenly , the Wind, called ""Akóóh! Beware! Jump!"" and suddenly the twins found themselves standing on the end of a rainbow, just as , the Big"
"with switches of mountain mahogany. As they approached home, Talking God and Water Sprinkler ran past them and won the race. ""We will return in four days to race again,"" they said, and departed. In the evening, the boys were sore and tired. , the Wind came to them and said, ""Practice each day and grow stronger."" In four days, Talking God and Water Sprinkler returned, and the four raced again around the mountain. It was a faster pace, but just as before, Talking God and Water Sprinkler ran just behind the twins and whipped them with switches. Again the"
"forbidden many-coloured clothing and standing at the foot of the wind singer to preach to the people. Throughout the second and third books, her powers of prophecy grow as her strength wanes. She eventually leads the Manth people to their promised land, but dies just before she herself reaches it. Mumpo Inch: A dribbling and foul-smelling boy who is at the bottom of Kestrel's class. It is implied that he suffers from some form of learning disability. As the books progress, however, he matures and becomes surprisingly endearing. At the end of The Wind Singer Mumpo finds out that his"
"to the West Wind. The West Wind does the same, bringing her to the South Wind; the South Wind does the same, bringing her to the North Wind. The North Wind reports that he once blew an aspen leaf there, and was exhausted after, but he will take her if she really wants to go. The youngest daughter does wish to go, and so he takes her there. The next morning, the youngest daughter takes out the golden apple. The troll princess who was to marry the prince sees it and wants to buy it. The girl agrees, if she"
"also be a sign of approaching rough weather, and some have been described as monstrous in size, up to . Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"" was published in 1837. The story was adapted into a Disney film with a bowdlerized plot. In the original version, The Little Mermaid is the youngest daughter of a sea king who lives at the bottom of the sea. To pursue a prince with whom she has fallen in love, the mermaid gets a sea witch to give her legs and agrees to give up her tongue in return. Though she is"
"and the two leave to explore the Clear Land. At the end of the story, Nan announces that she is going to return to her home in the mountains. The children are sad, but Nan explains to them that if she doesn't go home, they can't possibly come to visit her. As Nan leaves, Kay and Gentian's father returns. The Wind Boy The Wind Boy is a children's fantasy novel by Ethel Cook Eliot. It was originally published in September 1923 by Doubleday, Page & Company, with illustrations by Winifred Bromhall. It went out of print and was reissued in"
"These were followed by ""Dream Days"" in 1898, which contains ""The Reluctant Dragon"". There is a ten-year gap between Grahame's penultimate book and the publication of his triumph, ""The Wind in the Willows"". During this decade, Grahame became a father. The wayward, headstrong nature he saw in his little son Alastair he transformed into the swaggering Mr. Toad, one of its four principal characters. The character in the book known as Ratty was inspired by his good friend, and writer, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Grahame mentions this in a signed copy he gave to Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy Felicia. Despite its success,"
"his way to Christopher Robin by riding on one of his floating honey pots, which he names ""The Floating Bear"", then having the inspiration of using Christopher Robin's umbrella to carry them both to Piglet's house. The story begins when Winnie the Pooh is on his way to his thoughtful spot. Today is a very windy day. But as Pooh sits thinking, Gopher pops out of the ground and advises Pooh to leave the spot because of it being ""Winds-day"". Pooh having misunderstood his warning goes across the Hundred Acre Wood to wish everyone a happy Winds-day. Pooh first goes"
"boy refuses, saying he won't leave until he learns how to sail above the waves. The kind fisherman gives the boy a special set of sails for the ""Zephyr"" and spends all day trying to teach him, but the boy cannot get the hang of it. The fisherman gives up and takes the boy back to his house where his wife has their dinner waiting. Once the fisherman and his wife are asleep, the boy sneaks back out to the ""Zephyr"" to try again. This time he is successful and slowly the sound of the water gurgling against the hull"
"and his sinister allies at any cost. A little known sequel to ""The Giant Under The Snow"" called Ride The Wind was published in 1989 by Bodley Head Children's Books. The golden treasure Jonk and Bill discovered in the first book is under threat again and it is the Leather Men who are after it. Jonk and Bill ride the wind once more to where the Warlord waits. The book was dedicated to Margaret Clark. Due to the book's popularity, Orion Children's Books decided to republish ""The Giant Under The Snow"" in April 2006. The revised edition had a new"
"Birds"": A boy tells his father that the moon has told him how one day when his father offers him water to wash his hands, he will ""shrink back and refuse to be served."" The boy's parents, alarmed at this, enclose him in a box which they abandon in the sea, but the box is retrieved by a fisherman and delivered to a king who adopts the boy. Eventually the boy in the course of his travels comes to an inn managed by his father and unwittingly fulfills the prophecy. The Language of the Birds The Language of the Birds"
"The Wind Boy The Wind Boy is a children's fantasy novel by Ethel Cook Eliot. It was originally published in September 1923 by Doubleday, Page & Company, with illustrations by Winifred Bromhall. It went out of print and was reissued in 1945 and 1996. It has been recommended for children aged 9–10. ""The Wind Boy"" features Kay and Gentian, a boy and girl who are foreign children and outcasts in their village. They live with their mother and wait for their father to come to them from their home country. At the beginning of the book, a mysterious girl named"
"fantasy. This is a fable -- a fairy tale of medieval days and doings, of the white deer who became a Princess and was courted by three sons of King Clode -- and who, to determine the winner of her hand, sent each on a perilous labor. And it is Jorn, the youngest, and the one who loved her truly, who succeeds.” The book starts out with the description of the enchanted forest, which was supposed to sit between Moonstone Mines and Centaurs Mountain (Thurber, 3). The enchanted forest also had “a distant bell that causes boys to run and"
"recurring characters in stories for children throughout the modern era. Lewis Carroll's ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" (1865) contains the poem ""How Doth the Little Crocodile"", a parody of a moralising poem by Isaac Watts, """". In J. M. Barrie's novel ""Peter and Wendy"" (1911), the character Captain Hook has lost his arm to the crocodile. Hook fears the crocodile, but is warned of its approach by the ticking of a clock which it has swallowed. In Rudyard Kipling's ""Just So Stories"" (1902), the Elephant's Child acquires his trunk by having his (short) nose pulled very hard by the Crocodile ""on"
"he never attempted a sequel. The book is still widely enjoyed by adults and children today, also in films, while Toad remains one of the most celebrated and beloved characters. In 1929, A. A. Milne wrote the play ""Toad of Toad Hall"", which is based on part of ""The Wind in the Willows. The Wind in the Willows"" won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. In the 1990s, William Horwood produced with a series of sequels. Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer, most famous for ""The Wind in"
"around him, the Once-ler at last realizes out loud what the Lorax meant: ""Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."" He then gives the boy the last Truffula seed and urges him to grow a forest from it, saying that, if the trees can be protected from logging, then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named ""The Lorax"" one of its ""Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children"". In 2012 it was ranked number 33 among the"
"entitled """". Here Flagg is depicted as the Covenant Man: central villain of the book's story within a story, ""The Wind Through the Keyhole"", a legend from Mid-World set years before the series' beginning. He is the Barony's ""tax collector"" from Gilead, attempting to collect taxes from residents of the small town of Tree. The Covenant Man sends the story's protagonist, a young boy named Tim, on a perilous quest through the Endless Forest to save his mother; unbeknownst to Tim, the Covenant Man is supplying him with false prophecies and misinformation as part of a cruel practical joke. However,"
"The Wind on the Moon The Wind on the Moon: A story for children is a fantasy novel by Eric Linklater, published by Macmillan in 1944 with illustrations by Nicholas Bentley. The American division Macmillan US published an edition in the same year. Opening in the fictitious village of Midmeddlecum, evidently in contemporary rural England, it features two girls whose father is absent during a war. They pursue magical, bizarre, or dangerous experiences. A ""wind on the moon"" is said to be the cause, ""making them behave badly for a year"". Linklater won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library"
"of the wind god Aeolus to retrieve the ""bad winds"" Odysseus had accidentally released. When Bob was 14, a cyclone descended on his home town of Windy Gap and killed his parents, but Bob himself was lifted into the sky and brought back to earth unharmed. He wasn't unchanged, however; he now had the power to harness the wind and generate and control whirlwinds, and he had super-strength. Donning a costume and calling himself The Twister, he used his new abilities to combat evil. He also armed himself with a ""Cyclone Gun,"" which shot powerful blasts of air. At some"
"one of his fellow soldiers remarked, ""Rain, always rain. Why can't we have something different for a change?"" The book was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 1950. The book opens with an explanation of how people in the Kingdom of Didd still talk about ""The year the King got angry with the sky,"" and how Bartholomew Cubbins, King Derwin's page boy, saved the kingdom. Throughout the year, Bartholomew sees the king getting angry at rain in spring, sun in summer, fog in autumn, and snow in winter because he wants something new to come down from the sky. The"