"The Twits The Twits is a humorous children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was written in 1979, and first published in 1980. ""The Twits"" was adapted for the stage in November 2007. The idea of ""The Twits"" was triggered by Dahl's desire to ""do something against beards"", because he had an acute hatred of them. The first sentence of the story is, ""What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays!"" A hideous, vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits live together in a brick house without windows (Mr. Twit reasons that this"
"The Woofits The Woofits is a series of children's books written in the 1980s by the British television and radio personality Michael Parkinson, best known for his TV chat shows. The stories featured the Woofits a family of anthropomorphic dog-like creatures who lived in the fictional Yorkshire coal mining village of Grimeworth (based on the real life Cudworth where Parkinson was born and nearby village of Grimethorpe). Most of the inhabitants of Grimeworth were woofits (and had the surname ""Woofit""), although humans also appeared in the stories. The four original books published in 1980 by Collins of London were In"
"in the 1970s. In 1986, MacDonald observed that the Potter books had become a traditional part of childhood in both English-speaking lands and those in which the books had been translated. The Tale of Tom Kitten The Tale of Tom Kitten is a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was released by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1907. The tale is about manners and how children react to them. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat, invites friends for tea. She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost"
"The Tale of Tom Kitten The Tale of Tom Kitten is a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was released by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1907. The tale is about manners and how children react to them. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat, invites friends for tea. She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes while scampering about the garden. Tabitha is ""affronted"". She sends the kittens to bed, and tells her friends the kittens have the measles. Once the tea party is underway"
"stood upon. With so much weight on it from above, the Twits literally get 'the shrinks', as was mentioned earlier in the book. However, this time it's not a trick, it's the real thing. After a week or so, the Twits disappear, and everyone who knew of them shouts ""hooray!"" Meanwhile, The Muggle-wumps and Roly-Poly bird escape to their native African land. Since February 2003, a feature film adaptation of the book has been in development by Vanguard Animation and its founder John H. Williams. As part of multi picture deal with Walt Disney Pictures, Vanguard was set to produce"
"Twitches (novel series) T*Witches is an American children's fantasy novel series by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld published between 2001 and 2004. The cover art and design is by David Loew and Joyce White. The books were published by Scholastic Press, a subsidiary of the Scholastic Corporation, who also published the British Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and the Canadian Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Disney Channel produced two television film adaptations in 2005 and 2007 based on the first book, ""The Power of Two"". The 10-book series focuses on long lost twin"
"narrated by White and is based on his short story of the same name. In the late 1930s, White turned his hand to children's fiction on behalf of a niece, Janice Hart White. His first children's book, ""Stuart Little"", was published in 1945, and ""Charlotte's Web"" appeared in 1952. ""Stuart Little"" initially received a lukewarm welcome from the literary community. However, both books went on to receive high acclaim, and ""Charlotte's Web"" won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association. White received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the U.S. professional children's librarians in 1970. It recognized his ""substantial"
"Michael Witte Michael Witte (born 1944) is an American-born illustrator and cartoonist. Witte has been a regular contributor to ""TIME"", ""Harper’s"", ""Rolling Stone"", ""Fortune"", ""The New York Times"" and ""The Wall Street Journal"". His art has appeared on the covers of ""The New Yorker"", ""Atlantic Monthly"", ""Newsweek"", ""Forbes"" and the ""Princeton Alumni Weekly"" as well as ""The New Yorker Book of"" cartoon series. He wrote and illustrated the best-selling ""Book of Terns"" (1978), ""Claus!"" (1982) and also co-wrote ""Otter Nonsense"" (1994) with best-selling children’s book author Norton Juster. From 1974 to 1976, Witte collaborated with Mets/Phillies pitching great Tug McGraw"
"the first to play the part. When Leonard left, John Ewart ""Jimmy"" made it his for the next 18 years. The part of his friend ""Mouse"" in both incarnations was played by the current female co-presenter. When John Appleton was made Supervisor of Children's Programs and keen to be involved, the part of ""Tabby Cat"" was created for him. The narrator throughout was ""Mac"" (Atholl Fleming). The popularity of the series (which ended when the Children's Hour was cancelled in 1970) led Ruth Park to write her ""Muddle–Headed Wombat"" books. The Muddle-Headed Wombat books follow the Muddle-Headed Wombat and his"
"in 1986. In both versions, all narration and characters were voiced by Myfanwy Talog. An American English dub was also made, with Liza Ross narrating. This version aired in the United States on The Disney Channel as a segment on the program ""Lunch Box"". Wil Cwac Cwac Wil Cwac Cwac is a Welsh-language television cartoon created in 1982, based on a series of children's books written in the early 1930s by Jennie Thomas and J. O. Williams (including the famous Welsh-language book ""Llyfr Mawr y Plant""). Both book and cartoon series take place in rural Wales. The Welsh-language series was"
"writing children's books when he started reading to his own son. His wife Gail illustrated several of his books. His best-known book is ""How to Eat Fried Worms"" (1973), about a boy who accepts a $50 bet that he can eat 15 worms in 15 days. Although it was rejected by 23 publishers before finally coming out in print, the book sold 3 million copies and received the Mark Twain Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Sequoyah Book Award. It was made into an animated TV episode of ""CBS Storybreak"" in 1985 and was filmed as a theatrical"
"including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Fanny Bowditch Dixwell Holmes, Alice James, Charles Franklin Thwing, Horace Howard Furness, and Edward Everett Hale. She also contributed to charitable causes such as the Massachusetts Infant Asylum. Annie Haven Thwing Annie Haven Thwing (July 4, 1851 – June 5, 1940), also known as A.H. Thwing or Anne Haven Thwing, was an American historian and children's author. Her book for children, ""Chicken Little"", with illustrations by Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, appeared in 1899; as the title suggests, the book re-tells the old story of a chicken who believes the sky is falling. As an historian Thwing"
"Catwings Catwings is a series of four American children's picture books written by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by S. D. Schindler, and originally published by Scholastic from 1988 to 1999. It follows the adventures of kittens who were born with wings. ""Catwings"" is also the title of the first book in the series. The series is in print from Scholastic as of August 2015. In Britain the series was published in two omnibus volumes as ""Tales of Catwings"" and ""More Tales of the Catwings"" (Puffin/Penguin, 1999 and 2000). In America the 2003 editions were available in a boxed set"
"two children have caught measles as well (p. 88). The first, bound edition appeared from Brockhampton Press in 1969. The same illustrations were used for a Dutch translation. The second English edition in 1977 came from Hodder in hardback and paperback, and the third was a paperback from the Hamlyn series Beaver Books in 1980, with illustrations by John Spiers. The Snowball (children's novel) The Snowball (first published 1969) is a fantasy novel for children by the English writer Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), who is best known for her Carbonel series. The two main characters are Tom Tickle, aged eight, and"
"rather than in disharmony. Scott suggests Potter’s tale has encouraged many generations of children to ""self-indulgence, disobedience, transgression of social boundaries and ethics, and assertion of their wild, unpredictable nature against the constrictions of civilized living."" Frank Delaney notes ""a self-containment"" in Potter's writing reflective of an uninterested mother and a lonely childhood spent in the company of pets. John Bidwell, curator at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, observed ""...the sardonic humor that makes Beatrix Potter so much fun for kids and grown-ups.” In 1938, shortly after the success of ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", Walt"
"used the patent pending technology that Trivedi has created to publish 5 books before entering 3rd grade. Following is a partial list of books she has published using the technology that Trivedi has invented: Lina Trivedi Lina Trivedi (born June 11, 1973) is an American entrepreneur, author, educator and public servant. Her most noted writing credit was authoring the first 136 poems of Beanie Babies. She was also credited to directing the world's first business to consumer Web site, which she did for Ty Inc., manufacturer of Beanie Babies. In effect, Beanie Babies evolved to become the world's first Internet"
"Twig (novel) Twig is a children's fantasy novel written and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. It was originally published by Macmillan in 1942. The book was reissued in a 60th Anniversary Edition by Purple House Press in 2002. The novel features Twig, an imaginative little city girl who turns a tomato can into a house for fairies. A little elf comes along to live in the house and, at Twig's request, turns her fairy-sized, though he cannot manage wings. A friendly sparrow fetches the Queen of the fairies to help. The ""New York Times"" praised the book by saying, ""Miss"
"by artist Peter Newell. Although better known for his children's books and illustrations for Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll, he published two books of invertible illustrations, in which the picture turns into a different image entirely when turned upside down. The last page in his book ""Topsys & Turvys"" contains the phrase THE END, which, when inverted, reads PUZZLE. In ""Topsys & Turvys Number 2"" (1902), Newell ended with a variation on the ambigram in which THE END changes into PUZZLE 2. The Verbeek strip ""The UpsideDowns of old man Muffaroo and little lady Lovekins"" used ambigrams in 3 consecutive"
"Wil Cwac Cwac Wil Cwac Cwac is a Welsh-language television cartoon created in 1982, based on a series of children's books written in the early 1930s by Jennie Thomas and J. O. Williams (including the famous Welsh-language book ""Llyfr Mawr y Plant""). Both book and cartoon series take place in rural Wales. The Welsh-language series was produced by Siriol Animation for S4C. An English-language version of the show (called Will Quack Quack) was produced for the wider English-speaking market. The first 20 episodes were dubbed in British English and aired on Children's ITV in 1984, with the remaining 10 following"
"Peter Newell Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children's books. A native of McDonough County, Illinois, Newell built a reputation in the 1880s and 1890s for his humorous drawings and poems, which appeared in ""Harper's Weekly"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""Scribner's Magazine"", ""The Saturday Evening Post"", ""Judge"", and other publications. He later wrote and illustrated several popular children's books, such as ""Topsys and Turvys"" (1893), a collection of poems and images which could be viewed upside-down or right-side-up; ""The Hole Book"""
"The Twinkle Tales The Twinkle Tales is a 1905 series by L. Frank Baum, published under the pen name Laura Bancroft. The six stories were issued in separate booklets by Baum's publisher Reilly & Britton, with illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. In 1911, the six eight-chapter stories were collected as Twinkle and Chubbins; Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland — which is a misnomer, since Chubbins appears in only two stories and few are set in ""Nature-Fairyland"". The book was followed by ""Policeman Bluejay"", which was retitled ""Babes in Birdland"" for its second edition. Baum later wanted these Bancroft stories published"
"Harper's, advising that the book not be published. Malcolm Cowley, who reviewed the book for ""The New York Times"", wrote, ""Mr. White has a tendency to write amusing scenes instead of telling a story. To say that ""Stuart Little"" is one of the best children's books published this year is very modest praise for a writer of his talent."" The book has become a children's classic, and is widely read by children and used by teachers. White received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970 for ""Stuart Little"" and ""Charlotte's Web"". Actress Julie Harris narrated an unabridged adaptation on LP"
"Toddler"", and ""Pirate Boy"". John Graham Wallace John Graham Wallace (born 23 August 1966) is an English author and illustrator of children's picture books. Wallace was born in Felixstowe and grew up in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. He attended De Aston School and went on to study Theology at Cambridge University. He worked on the Kingston, Jamaica ""Daily Gleaner"" as a cartoonist. He has illustrated and written many children's books, many of which have been translated. His book ""The Twins"" was made into a television series on CITV in 2000. His work includes ""Mr. Bumble"", ""The Jungle Kids"", ""Wonders of America"","
"The Children's Story ""The Children's Story"" is a 4,300-word novelette by James Clavell. It first appeared in ""Reader's Digest"" (June 1964 issue) and was printed in book form in 1981. It was adapted by Clavell himself into a thirty minute short film for television which aired on Mobil Showcase. The story takes place in an unnamed school classroom in the United States, in the aftermath of a war between the US and an unnamed country. It is implied that America has been defeated and occupied. The story opens with the previous teacher leaving the classroom, having been removed from her"
"Twistaplot Twistaplot is a series of children's gamebooks, that were published by Scholastic from 1982 to 1985. Books #1, #4, #9 and #14 were written by R.L. Stine, who would go on to write the ""Fear Street"" series, and the ""Goosebumps"" series, which in turn, spawned the gamebook spin-off series, ""Give Yourself Goosebumps"". The remaining books were written by various authors including Louise Munro Foley. They were Scholastic's response to the ""Choose Your Own Adventure"" series. After the success of the ""Goosebumps"" series, the books which were written by R. L. Stine were reissued with new covers in 1994 and"
"The Pinballs The Pinballs is a 1976 young adult novel by American author Betsy Byars. The story is about three foster children, Carlie, Harvey and Thomas J., who have been taken in by the Masons, a couple who have cared for many other foster children in the past and also have some personal problems. Carlie compares the children to pinballs, controlled by external forces and at the mercy of fate. It won the 1977 Josette Frank Award, the 1980 William Allen White Children's Book Award, and the 1980 California Young Reader Medal. In 1977, the book was made into an"
"kites. The books in the series are: Beaver Towers Beaver Towers is a children's fantasy novel by British author Nigel Hinton which was first published in 1980. It was his first novel written for children and is the first installment in the Beaver Towers series. It follows the story of Philip, a schoolboy dragged off by his kite to an island ruled by intelligent talking animals under threat from a wicked witch and her servants. The author wanted to write a story sending a young boy to an island with the kind of dangers, magic and excitement not expected to"
"E. B. White Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer and a world federalist. For more than fifty years, he was a contributor to ""The New Yorker"" magazine. He was also a co-author of the English language style guide ""The Elements of Style"", which is commonly known as ""Strunk & White"". In addition, he wrote books for children, including ""Stuart Little"" (c. 1945), ""Charlotte's Web"" (c. 1952), and ""The Trumpet of the Swan"" (c. 1970). In a 2012 survey of ""School Library Journal"" readers, ""Charlotte's Web"" was voted the top children's novel. White"
"Thumb is voiced by Rik Mayall. It first aired on the BBC on June 29, 1994. The Tale Of Two Bad Mice The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904. Potter took inspiration for the tale from two mice caught in a cage-trap in her cousin's home and a doll's house being constructed by her editor and publisher Norman Warne as a Christmas gift for his niece Winifred. While the tale was being developed, Potter and Warne fell in love and became"
"of the countries into whose languages Potter's books have been translated"". The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1905. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog washerwoman who lives in a tiny cottage in the fells of the Lake District. A child named Lucie happens upon the cottage and stays for tea. The two deliver freshly laundered clothing to the animals and birds in the neighbourhood. Potter thought the book would be best enjoyed by girls, and, like most"
"can bring to a young mind."" After a friend introduced him to a literary agent, his first book ""Where's Spot?"" was published in 1980 by Frederick Warne & Co and quickly became popular. He then produced a series of similar books and expanded the range of characters. His books are estimated to have sold more than 60 million copies. The stories were translated into 60 languages, and led to a series of animated stories for television as well as merchandise. Eric Hill Eric Gordon Hill (7 September 1927 – 6 June 2014) was an English author and illustrator of children's"
"narrated by Bernard Cribbins were in regular broadcast rotation across the UK. Tufty Fluffytail, a childlike red squirrel character, was created in 1953 by Elsie Mills to introduce clear and simple safety messages to children. The success of the character led to the creation in 1961 of the Tufty Club for children under five years of age. Under its auspices more than 30,000 Tufty books about road safety were issued to parents. At its peak there were nearly 25,000 branches of the Tufty Club throughout the UK, and by the early 1970s an estimated two million children were members. The"
"is usually seen hanging with The Littles. In emergencies when Tom and Lucy must contact Henry, they tie messages on Slick's back and send them to him. Slick wears roller skates to move more quickly but often comically slips and slides around. Glory becomes Tom's friend in ""The Littles and their Amazing new Friend"" after she saves Tom and Uncle nick from a haystack fire. The Littles The Littles is a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson, the first of which was published in 1967. Sixteen years later, Peterson's books were adapted into ""The Littles"", an animated"