the most distinguished American picture book for children by the American Library Association. The 1986 recipient was The Polar Express‚ written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg‚ published in 1985. “In a true picture storybook‚ the pictures and the text work go hand-in-hand: we can’t have one without the other” (Russell‚ 103). Through his illustrations in The Polar Express‚ Van Allsburg demonstrated conventions of picture art‚ design and meaning‚ and artistic media style. Convention of Picture
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Carlos Contreras US Government‚ Period 6 Right To Bear Arms Bang‚ bang bang! I heard gun shots. It came from the house across the street. Apparently someone broke into the house and the robber had a gun and was ready to fire‚ but because of gun rights my neighbor had a gun also and he was able to protect his family and himself. "Imagined what would of happened if we didn’t have that right and I didn’t have a gun?" he told me. I told him that that was true. Gun rights are a good
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William Trevor The Teddy-Bears’ Picnic 6 4 y SIMPLY don’t believe it"‚ Edwin said. J_ "Grown-up people?" "Well‚ grown-up now‚ darling. We weren’t always grown up." "But teddy-bears‚ Deborah?" "I’m sure I’ve told you dozens of times before." Edwin shook his head‚ frowning and staring at his wife. They’d been married six months: he was twenty-nine‚ swiftly making his way in a stockbroker’s office‚ Deborah was twenty-six and intended to continue being Mr Harridance’s secretary until a family began
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The Right to Bear Arms The second amendment clearly states “a well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed.” It definitely says that it is the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ therefore doesn’t that make it an individual right. After all would people not feel safer if they are able to carry a handgun on them for self-defense? Just try and picture somebody walking down the sidewalk and
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Discuss visual and sound elements in “The Clan of the Cave Bear This movie from 1986 is based in the book with the same name. The story is about a Cro-Magnon girl who loose her mom and tribe and she met some Neanderthal clan who adopt her. It seems to be like an unprepared or a low cost movie. The story sound interesting but while you are watching it you think that is a kind of joke. Neanderthals were prehistoric people but the actors of this movie look like you and me playing to be prehistoric
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The Polar Express was written by Chris Van Allsburg. It won the Caldecott Award in 1986. The book is considered under the fantasy genre. Through the imagination and belief of a child one could think of it as realism. It could also be a myth. A boy’s wild adventure on a mystical train in the middle of the night is‚ to ones that believe‚ completely realistic but to the ones that has lost their virtue it is impossible and a fantasy. The genre is considered a fantasy while at the North Pole but moves
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Endangered Bears throughout the World Bears are big mammals that belong to carnivorous family. They have a hairy body‚ a short tail and small round ears. They learn with their heels and their sole to walk as human beings‚ but they have four fingers instead of five. Bears are very much endangered. The endangered species of bears are: polar‚ giant panda‚ brown‚ grizzly‚ Koloa‚ black American‚ black Asiatic‚ and Malay. The panda bear is a probably the most famous endangered animal‚ only existing
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When I awoke again‚ I found the tiniest stuffed bear cradled in my arms‚ then fell asleep still hugging the bear. Dr.Garnets was the first person I saw when I woke up. He revealed to me that I had no stuffed bear and that I did not even have a son to hold close. “Hello Mrs. Kellogg‚ I am Dr.Garnets.” The man in front of me said with a blank face “Hello‚” I mumbled “Where is the bear that I had?” surprised to see it out of my grasp. “You had no bear when we found you Mrs. Kellogg” “Then
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“Touching Spirit Bear” Essay In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” there are a many themes one of the most evident ones is what goes around come around .Cole Matthews is banished to a remote Alaskan island as punishment for beating his classmate Peter Driscal almost bad enough to kill him. Being banished on the island is a old native tradition of the Tlingit peoples to help turn around troubled youth. During Coles first stay on the island he is mauled by a pure white bear about a day after he has
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Build-A-Bear Workshop Build-A-Bear Workshop Trying to make people smile is part of the credo at Build-A-Bear Workshop. The company was founded in 1997 by Maxine Clark who is the Chairman and Chief Executive. Maxine started Build-A-Bear Workshop or BBW‚ after working in corporate America for 20 years for the retailing industry. She wanted to create a retail environment that inspired the imagination‚ creativity‚ and memories for children and families. Flash forward to 2012 and BBW has become
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