characters in literature

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characters in literature

Dear Peter Rabbit

1997
Presents letters between such fairy tale characters as Goldilocks, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and the Three Pigs.

I hate to read!

2004
As a third-grader who hates to read unwillingly looks at a book, the characters come alive and interest him so much that he really begins to care about them, and begins turning the pages...

The top secret files of Mother Goose!

2004
When "Mother" Goose tracks down the thief who stole the queen's tarts, she runs into several nursery rhyme characters.

If the shoe fits

Cinderella
1998
Cinderella's son worries that his mean cousins will beat him in the King's Race, so the fairy godmother who helped his mother reappears with some assistance for him.

Capt. Hook

the adventures of a notorious youth
2005
Describes the youthful adventures of J. M. Barrie's classic character, Captain Hook, from his days at Eton to his voyages on the high sea.

The madman's daughter

2013
Dr. Moreau's daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle.

The strange case of Doctor Jekyll and Mademoiselle Odile

2012
In this prequel to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" set in 1870s Paris during the Prussian siege, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl whose knowledge of witchcraft includes transformation spells meets a young medical doctor from London.

Another Pan

2010
While attending an elite prep school where their father is a professor, Wendy and John Darling discover a book which opens the door to other worlds, to Egyptian myths long thought impossible, and to the home of an age-old darkness.

Creating characters

a writer's reference to the personality traits that bring fictional people to life
1998

Mr. Wolf's pancakes

2001
Mr. Wolf asks some of his neighbors to help him make pancakes, and even though they all rudely refuse, when the pancakes are done they expect to share the feast.

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