characters and characteristics in literature

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characters and characteristics in literature

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.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

2000
The adventures of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a group composed of characters taken from late 19th Century literature, as they defend Britain against various villains. Includes the text story "Allan and the Sundered Veil" by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill.

Creating characters

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

Shakespeare

the invention of the human
1998
Explains how William Shakespeare created human nature and characters and includes analyses of the character development in each of Shakespeare's plays.

Claire and the unicorn happy ever after

2006
One night, Claire and her toy unicorn, Capricorn, journey to a magical land filled with characters from fairy tales to find out what makes someone live "happy ever after.".

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.

Each peach pear plum

1986
Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy, " with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.

In control, Ms. Wiz?

2009
The magical Ms. Wiz saves the library from being closed by bringing to life characters from such books as "Peter Rabbit" and "Frankenstein.".

Website of the warped wizard

2001
Jess and her friend Matthew find themselves drawn into a computer game in which they must defeat an evil wizard in order to save a friendly centaur, an elf, as well as King Arthur and some of his companions.

Red green blue

a first book of colors
2010
Characters from nursery rhymes populate a tale that highlights the colorful aspects of the familiar poems, with a key to the nursery rhymes referenced in the story.

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