Résultats pour "William" dans Roman et littérature

Ever wonder what happened to ol' Billy Shakespeare as a child? How did Little William get to be the great writer that we remember him for? This cute little coming of age story charts Willy's life from the age of 5 into his early adulthood. Summary by catrose.

Now as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained, and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster, for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas, and Henry (The Outlaws), and the angelic, lisping, thorn-in-his-side Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary, and radio, immortals. This volume of Just William features the following stories: William Goes To The Pictures, William The Intruder, William Below Stairs, The Fall Of The Idol, The Show, A Question Of Grammar, William Joins The Band Of Hope, The Outlaws, William And White Satin, William’s New Year’s Day, The Best Laid Plans, Jumble.

A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton’s stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn in his side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary and radio immortals.

For some kids, playing their game console was a matter of life and death.... But for 10-year-olds Luke and Conor, it was more important even than that! In fact, the topic of conversation on every boy’s - and even a fair few girls' - lips was the latest shoot-em-up survival game called Hundred-to-One. The prospect of competing in the Hundred-to-One world championship tournament, with untold riches in prize money and international bragging rights, was simply irresistible.

Edgar nominee Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a three-time Newbery Honor winner, and her book The Unseen was named as both a School Library Journal Best Book and Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner. In William S. and the Great Escape, Snyder pens a middle-grade adventure sure to be ranked with her very best.

In the heart of Emberwood lives Beast Drakwyn — a gentle, fluffy creature with a warm, glowing flame in his chest. Every morning, the forest wakes to the light of the Spark… until the day it suddenly disappears. With the forest growing dim and worried, Beast and his friends — Brinrose the emberwinged fairy, Lirien the playful leaftrickster, Thalwyn the wise Spiral Guardian, and Gravemurk the gentle stone giant — set out on their very first adventure.

A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. Collingwood gave up a promising academic career as a young Oxford graduate to become John Ruskin's personal secretary, living at first in his home, Brantwood, at Coniston. In the spirit of self-sufficiency that typified their community, Collingwood first published these pieces in 'Nothing Much', a faimily magazine edited by his young children and circulated to friends by private subscription. - Summary by Phil Benson

DER 13-JÄHRIGE LUKE WILL EINFACH NUR GECHILLTE SOMMERFERIEN VERBRINGEN – DOCH DANN WIRBELT EINE GRUPPE VON KLIMAAKTIVISTEN SEINE NACHBARSCHAFT GRÜNDLICH DURCHEINANDER. Als Lukes große Schwester ins Protestcamp auf die andere Straßenseite zieht, liegen die Nerven der Eltern blank. In Lukes Augen sind die Öko-Rebellen mit ihren Bongo-Trommeln und Tattoos eigentlich ganz okay. Nervig ist nur Sky – die findet Schulpflicht und regelmäßige Mahlzeiten einfach nur toll und beneidet Luke um sein Spießerleben.

Written in 1948 and made into a popular film the same year, Just William's Luck is the only novel Richmal Crompton wrote featuring her famous hero. The action takes place throughout one extraordinary day in William's life. It begins harmlessly enough in the old barn and soon develops into a riotous comedy-thriller as the invincible schoolboy hatches a plot to marry off the elder brothers of The Outlaws.

Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind - a newborn changeling. But when the fateful night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. After laying the changeling in a human infant's crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted from his task. By the time he turns back, the changeling has already perfectly mimicked the human child. Too perfectly: Kull cannot tell them apart. Not knowing which to bring back, he leaves both babies behind.

Before Santa was Santa, he was North, Nicholas St. North - a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and adventure, leading him to the fiercely guarded village of Santoff Claussen, said to be home to the greatest treasure in all the East, and to an even greater wizard, Ombric Shalazar. But when North arrives, legends of riches have given way to terrors of epic proportions! North must decide whether to seek his fortune… or save the village.

Here are 10 hilarious stories from the genius pen of Richmal Crompton, featuring legendary, lateral-thinking schoolboy William Brown.

Fourteen adventures featuring the incorrigible William, read by Martin Jarvis. Martin Jarvis has made the voices of William and his gang of outlaws his own in these marvellous readings. Roar with laughter as the lovable rogue wreaks havoc in this ever-popular series of stories.

Dance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlit door - this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny, bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahame and many others. Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy West bring the lines beautifully to life and make this an ideal introduction to some of the best-loved children's poetry.

When thirteen-year-old John Treverton is drawn into Moonfleet's hidden world of Smugglers, Poachers and a Pirates cursed diamond, his childhood is swept away overnight. Forced to flee across the sea, John embarks on a perilous journey of storms, secrets, and survival—while the love he leaves behind reaches out to him across the sea and through the clouds of war.

Serena Williams is a standout professional tennis player. Learn about her childhood and her rise to becoming a tennis superstar.

Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.

A children's favorite: how a mighty bowman saved his country's freedom by splitting an apple on his brave son's head with his bow and arrow.

Dive into fourteen delightful stories featuring the mischievous eleven-year-old William Brown, a boy who finds himself bewildered by the complexities of the adult world—just as adults are often baffled by him. With its gentle humor and charm, this 1923 classic offers a light-hearted exploration of childhood and the quirks of growing up. Although more popular in the United Kingdom, Williams adventures are sure to resonate with audiences everywhere. (Summary by David Wales)

Join the world’s most audacious and mischief-making eleven-year-old in this delightful collection of fourteen witty short stories from 1924. Get ready for laughter and chaos, expertly narrated by David Wales.