"The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862–63 as a serial for ""Macmillan's Magazine"", it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's ""The Origin of Species"". The book was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades, but eventually fell out of favour in part due to its prejudices (common at the time) against Irish, Jews, Catholics, Americans, and the poor."
"one of the great-deal seers, and see things more wonderful than the Water Babies where other folks can see nothing."" The book was adapted into an animated film ""The Water Babies"" in 1978 starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins and Billie Whitelaw. Though many of the main elements are there, the movie's storyline differs substantially from the book, with a new sub-plot involving Tom saving the Water-Babies from imprisonment by a kingdom of sharks. It was also adapted into a musical theatre version produced at the Garrick Theatre in London, in 1902. The adaptation was described as a ""fairy play"", by"
"The Waterworks The Waterworks is a novel by American writer E. L. Doctorow, written in 1994. The novel is in the first person, fictionally written by the character McIlvaine some thirty or forty years after the events. The setting of the novel is New York in 1871. Martin Pemberton is a freelance journalist. His father, Augustus Pemberton, is recently deceased. Augustus had disinherited Martin several years earlier after Martin expressed disapproval of the unscrupulous business methods by which Augustus had accumulated a large fortune. After his father's death, Martin sees his father, briefly and accidentally, in a horse-drawn ""omnibus"" belonging"
"The Water Gipsies (novel) The Water Gipsies is a romantic comedy novel by the British writer A. P. Herbert, which was first published in 1930. It portrays the adventures of Jane Bell and her sister Lily, who operate a barge along England's rivers and canals. Jane enjoys several romantic entanglements during the story. The novel is Herbert's best-known work, and reflected his lifelong love of British waterways. He lived in Hammersmith Terrace, and a thinly disguised version of ""The Dove"" pub appears as ""The Pigeons"". In 1932 the novel was made into a film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring"
"""American Notes"". Another possible source is George G. Foster's ""New York by Gas-light and Other Urban Sketches"" (1850). The Waterworks The Waterworks is a novel by American writer E. L. Doctorow, written in 1994. The novel is in the first person, fictionally written by the character McIlvaine some thirty or forty years after the events. The setting of the novel is New York in 1871. Martin Pemberton is a freelance journalist. His father, Augustus Pemberton, is recently deceased. Augustus had disinherited Martin several years earlier after Martin expressed disapproval of the unscrupulous business methods by which Augustus had accumulated a"
"Water Babies (1935 film) Water Babies is a Silly Symphonies cartoon released on May 11, 1935 by United Artists. The cartoon was directed by Wilfred Jackson. It features nude babies playing games in and out of the water. The babies are all completely identical other than the color of their hair. The edited version of the cartoon eliminates some shots that feature nude baby bottoms as a sight gag. This cartoon was followed in 1938 by Merbabies. The cartoon begins with several water lilies opening to reveal water babies sleeping in each one. The babies immediately awaken and leap into"
"Oates was a member of the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1997 to 2016. Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1962 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel ""them"" (1969), two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. Her novels ""Black Water"" (1992), ""What I"
"Betsy Byars Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel ""Summer of the Swans"" won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for ""The Night Swimmers"" (1980) and an Edgar Award for ""Wanted ... Mud Blossom"" (1991). Byars has been called ""one of the ten best writers for children in the world"" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal ""Signal"", and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of"
"(1886) declared of Torquay ""in proportion to its population [it is] the wealthiest town in England"". Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, the MP who reformed the British military after the Crimean War, was a prominent resident of Torquay during his latter years and died in the town on 15 February 1886. In later years Queen Victoria reviewed the entire Royal Navy in the waters of Torbay. During this period, Torquay attracted a number of literary talents whose works reflected their stay in the town, Charles Kingsley, author of ""The Water Babies"" and ""Westward Ho! (novel)"" lived in the Livermead region"
"The Sea Fairies The Sea Fairies is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill, and published in 1911 by the Reilly & Britton Company, the publisher of Baum's series of Oz books. As an underwater fantasy, Baum's ""The Sea Fairies"" can be classed with earlier books with similar themes, like Charles Kingsley's ""The Water-Babies"" (1863), and successors too, like E. Nesbit's ""Wet Magic"" (1913). Baum's novel has no relation to the 1830 poem of the same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In 1905, however, a musical setting of Tennyson's poem for female chorus"
"Richard Adams Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books ""Watership Down"", ""Shardik"" and ""The Plague Dogs"". He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he completed his studies, and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after ""Watership Down"" was published, Adams became a full-time author. Richard Adams was born on 9 May 1920 in Wash Common, near Newbury, Berkshire, England, the son of Lillian Rosa (Button) and Elveyn George Beadon Adams, a doctor. He attended"
"written by 38 authors. Morpurgo's story was published in the ""Water"" collection. In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Morpurgo, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 300+ works in 1,000+ publications in 25 languages and 55,000+ library holdings. Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, (born Michael Andrew Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ""War Horse"" (1982). His work is noted for its ""magical storytelling"", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for"
"Robin Wasserman Robin Wasserman (born May 31, 1978) is an American young adult novelist. Wasserman grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Harvard University and UCLA. Before she was an author she was an associate editor at a children's book publisher. She is currently living in Brooklyn, New York. The ""Seven Deadly Sins"" series from Simon & Schuster features seven morally bankrupt teenagers in a small California town. Each novel revolves around one of the sins and each character's transgressions specific to that sin. They follow the lives of Harper Grace, Beth Manning, Adam Morgan, Kane Geary, Miranda Stevens,"
"written in Wokingham. Molly was the barmaid daughter of the publican of the old Rose Inn (not on the site of the present one). She was well-known to local Binfield man, Alexander Pope, who, during a storm, found himself stranded at the inn with his friends, Gay, Swift and Arbuthnot. They wrote the ballad extolling her virtues to pass the time. The character of Tom the chimney sweep in Charles Kingsley's classic childhood story ""The Water Babies"" was based on the life and times of a Wokingham boy called James Seaward, who was a boy sweep in Victorian times. In"
"pilots and live on an airstrip in Seneca, South Carolina, the bottom floor of their house being a hangar. Daughters Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers are also children's writers, and the three of them are currently (as of February 2009) working on their fourth book together. Betsy Byars Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel ""Summer of the Swans"" won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for ""The Night Swimmers"" (1980) and an Edgar Award for ""Wanted ... Mud Blossom"" (1991)."
"""At Swim, Two Boys"" alongside books by Dermot Bolger, Eoin Colfer and Nuala O'Faolain. He and Julien Joly are no longer together. Jamie O'Neill Jamie O'Neill (born 1 January 1962 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is an Irish author. His critically acclaimed novel, ""At Swim, Two Boys"" (2001), earned him the highest advance ever paid for an Irish novel and frequent praise as the natural successor to James Joyce, Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett. He is currently living in Gortachalla in County Galway, having previously lived and worked in England for two decades. O'Neill's work follows the imaginative route in Irish"
"Sarah Waters Sarah Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as ""Tipping the Velvet"" and ""Fingersmith"". Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966. She later moved to Middlesbrough when she was eight years old. She grew up in a family that included her father Ron, mother Mary, and a sister. Her mother was a housewife and her father an engineer who worked on oil refineries. She describes her family as ""pretty idyllic, very safe and nurturing"". Her father, ""a"
"By the Waters of Babylon ""By the Waters of Babylon"" is a post-apocalyptic short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét, first published July 31, 1937, in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" as ""The Place of the Gods"". It was republished in 1943 in ""The Pocket Book of Science Fiction"", and was adapted in 1971 into a one-act play by Brainerd Duffield. Set in a future following the destruction of industrial civilization, the story is narrated by a young man who is the son of a priest. The priests of John's people (the hill people) are inquisitive people associated with the"
"the Water Babies, from their nemesis. Featured voices include those of James Mason, Bernard Cribbins and Tommy Pender. The film starts and ends similarly to the book, though in the book Tom actually dies, and is only allowed above the sea on a temporary basis. The movie also adds a whole new subplot, involving a Killer Shark, an Electric Eel and the mythical Kraken, who decides whether or not Tom can return to the surface. There are also several invented characters, whom Tom befriends on his quest: Jock, a Scottish lobster, Terence, an effeminate starstruck seahorse, and Claude, a foppish"
"Jamie O'Neill Jamie O'Neill (born 1 January 1962 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is an Irish author. His critically acclaimed novel, ""At Swim, Two Boys"" (2001), earned him the highest advance ever paid for an Irish novel and frequent praise as the natural successor to James Joyce, Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett. He is currently living in Gortachalla in County Galway, having previously lived and worked in England for two decades. O'Neill's work follows the imaginative route in Irish literature, unlike his realist contemporaries such as Colm Tóibín or John McGahern. Terry Pender commented on ""At Swim, Two Boys"": ""With only"
"Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels ""A Kiss Before Dying"" (1953), ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1967), ""The Stepford Wives"" (1972), and ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1976), as well as the play ""Deathtrap"" (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film. Ira Levin was born on August 27, 1929, in the New York City, New York borough of Manhattan. He grew up in both Manhattan and the Bronx. His father, Charles, was a toy importer. Levin was educated at"
"Water for Elephants Water for Elephants is a historical novel by Sara Gruen, written as part of National Novel Writing Month. The story is told as a series of memories by Jacob Jankowski, a 93-year-old man who lives in a nursing home. Jacob is told what to eat and what to do. As the memories begin, Jacob is a 23-year-old Polish American preparing for his final exams as a Cornell University veterinary student when he receives the devastating news that his parents died in a car accident. Jacob's father was a veterinarian and Jacob had planned to join his practice."
"was founded as a Church of England school, and now welcomes pupils of all faiths and of none. The school was founded in 1884 by Rose Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley, author of ""The Water Babies"". It moved to its present site in 1922. The Kingsley School The Kingsley School is situated in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, just to the north of the town centre. Kingsley is an independent girls' day school taking girls from 3 to 18; the co-educational Preparatory School also takes boys up to the age of 11. The senior school occupies an adapted and extended Victorian"
"The Face of the Waters The Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991. ""The Face of the Waters"" takes place deep in the future, on a penal colony, inhabited by convicts and their progeny. The planet is ""Hydros"", an ocean planet whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands. After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden on all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the semi-mythical island of the Face of the"
"The Water of the Wondrous Isles The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first writer of modern fantasy to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus a precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first printed in 1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design. For the wider reading public, a hardcover trade edition was published later that year by Longmans, Green and Co. The novel was republished by Ballantine Books as the thirty-eighth"
"The Bushbabies The Bushbabies is a children's novel by Canadian author William Stevenson published in 1965. The book was inspired by Stevenson's own life in Kenya, where his daughter Jackie, to whom the book is dedicated, kept a bushbaby named Kamau as a pet. The fictional aspects of the novel involve Jacqueline ""Jackie"" Rhodes and her father's African servant Tembo escaping across the wilderness from a pack of man-hunters who have been led to believe that Tembo has kidnapped Jackie. The book features illustrations by Victor Ambrus. The novel has had two major adaptations, a theatrical motion picture from MGM"
"Flour Babies Flour Babies is a day school novel for young adults, written by Anne Fine and published by Hamilton 1992. It features a group ""science experiment"" in a classroom full of poor students (underachievers). ""When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ""babies"" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father."" Fine won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She is one of seven writers"
"book that has no literary pretensions but which remains readable when more serious productions have perished."" It is also discussed by Orwell in his 1946 essay ""Riding Down from Bangor"". ""Helen's Babies"" was adapted into a film of the same name in 1924, directed by William A. Seiter. Helen's Babies (novel) Helen's Babies is a humorous novel by American journalist and author John Habberton, first published in 1876. The book's full title is: Helen's Babies: With Some Account of Their Ways Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, and Repulsive, Also, a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their"
"grandchildren. Ira Levin died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, on November 12, 2007. Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels ""A Kiss Before Dying"" (1953), ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1967), ""The Stepford Wives"" (1972), and ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1976), as well as the play ""Deathtrap"" (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film. Ira Levin was born on August 27, 1929, in the New York City, New York borough of Manhattan. He grew up"
"Lori Baker Lori Baker (born 1962) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has earned degrees from Wheaton College, Brown University and Boston College. Her books include: ""The Glass Ocean"" (Penguin Press, 2013; Virago, 2013); ""Crash & Tell: Stories"" (LSU Press, 2011); ""Crazy Water: Six Fictions"" (NYU Press, 1996); and ""Scraps"" (paradigm press, 1995). ""Crazy Water"" received the Mamdouha S. Bobst Prize for Emerging Fiction. Critical responses to Baker's work have been generous. Man Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville wrote, """"The Glass Ocean"" is that rarest of things, a historical novel, or at least a novel set in"
"The Tidewater Tales The Tidewater Tales is a 1987 novel by the American writer John Barth. Its narrative is told from the shared perspectives of Peter Sagamore and Katherine Sherritt Sagamore, a well-coupled couple in their 8 and a half month of pregnancy in the summer of 1980. Peter Sagamore is a gifted author, whose gifts, we learn early on, have been dwindling in recent years due to a malignant relationship with ""the demon Less is More"". His fiction has fizzled from sprawling works to solitary words on a page, and his career has followed suit. His wife, Katherine, herself"
"Deborah Levy Deborah Levy FRSL (born 1959) is a British playwright, novelist, and poet. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company and she is the author of novels including ""Beautiful Mutants"", ""Swallowing Geography"", ""Billy and Girl"", and the Booker-shortlisted ""Swimming Home"". Levy was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her father was a member of the African National Congress and an academic and historian. The family emigrated to Wembley Park, in 1968. Her parents divorced in 1974. Levy trained at Dartington College of Arts, leaving in 1981 to write a number of plays, including ""Pax"", ""Heresies"" for the"
"of a son to a Chinese foreign worker mother and a soccer fan father. The book won the Geffen Award for best original book in 2010. Avni's fourth book. A fictional premise where the ""Uganda Scheme"" was carried out and the state of Israel was established in East Africa. Won the Geffen Award for best original book in the science fiction and fantasy category in 2012. Avni's fifth book. The novel takes place on an especially rainy winter when a mythological creature emerges from the Yarkon River. In 2010, Avni translated Charles Kingsley's book, ""The Water Babies"". In 2013, his"