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Storybook
Storybook most often refers to children's literature. Storybook may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Disney's Animated Storybook'', a 1995 series of point-and-click interactive storybooks * ''Interactive storybook'', a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements * '' Shirley Temple's Storybook'', a U.S. TV series * ''The Jesus Storybook Bible'', a children's Bible written by Sally Lloyd-Jones * ''The Little Endless Storybook'', a picture book by Jill Thompson Music Groups and labels * Story Books, an English band Albums and EPs * ''Storybook'' (Kasey Chambers album), 2011 * ''Storybook'' (Peter Jöback album), 2004 * '' A Coloring Storybook and Long-Playing Record'', an EP by American band Cinematic Sunrise * ''The Adult Storybook'', a 2009 album by New Tokyo Terror * ''The Supersonic Storybook'', a 1991 album by American band Urge Overkill Songs * "Storybook", a song in '' The Scarlet Pimpernel'' Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, that have only been identified as children's literature in the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Children's literature has been shaped by religious sources, like Puritan traditions, or by more philosophical and scientif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook International
''Storybook International'' (also known as ''Stories and Fables'') is a British children's television series, produced for ITV by Harlech Productions, a part of HTV and written by Barry Levinson and Virginia Boston. The weekly, half-hour show was a collection of folk tales and fairy stories from all over the world, based on an anthology of stories for children published by Gollancz in 1981, edited by Veronica Kruger. Filmed in such locales as Russia, Ireland and Scandinavia, the series' live-action playlets were based on stories which originated in England, Czechoslovakia, France, Romania, Turkey, Wales, Israel, Norway, China, Africa, India and elsewhere. A few of the stories were campfire legends derived from the Native Americans of New England and the Maori of New Zealand. Broadcasting First broadcast in 1981, it consisted of 65 episodes, aired as three seasons. Although its distribution was originally confined to Britain and Europe, Storybook International enjoyed exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Dads
Storybook Dads is a non-profit charity in the UK founded by Sharon Berry and first launched in HM Prison Dartmoor in 2003. The charity enables serving prisoners and detainees to record bed time stories which can then be sent home to their children, and aims to maintain connections between serving prisoners and their families. In women's institutions the project operates under the name Storybook Mums. By 2019 the scheme was in place in about 100 British prisons, including women's prisons and has been adopted by members of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy on active service abroad. The charity's headquarters is in HMP Channings Wood in Devon, and has inspired similar programmes in other countries, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and New Zealand. History Berry began the project in 2002 while she was working at BBC Radio Devon and was visiting HMP Channings Wood to help set up a radio station within the prison with the prison's writer-in-re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clockwork Storybook
Clockwork Storybook (CWSB) was a writer's collective and independent book publisher based in Austin, Texas. It specialized in the fantasy, horror and adventure genres. History Clockwork Storybook was formed in the late 1990s by fellow Austin-based writers Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Lilah Sturges, and Bill Willingham, beginning as a writing group which met weekly to critique its members' short stories and novels. Soon thereafter, the four began producing monthly content for an online shared world anthology of urban fantasy, revolving around the fictitious city of San Cibola, California, where magical inhabitants co-existed with normal citizens, at www.ClockworkStorybook.com. The website is no longer there, and is only partially accessible through thInternet Archive Project although content from it surfaces occasionally on the respective authors' website Each issue featured a short story by each of the four founders, plus "an occasional story by guest authors invited to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Storybook
The African Storybook (ASb) is a multilingual literacy initiative that works with educators and children to publish openly licensed picture storybooks for early reading in the languages of Africa. An initiative oSaide the ASb has an interactive website that enables users to read, create, download, translate, and adapt storybooks.Welch, Tessa, Tembe, Juliet, Wepukhulu, Dorcas, Baker, Judith, and Norton, B.The African Storybook Project: An interim report". In: H. McIlwraith (Ed.), The Cape Town Language and Development Conference: Looking beyond 2015. British Council, 2014, pp. 92–95. The initiative addresses the dire shortage of children's storybooks in African languages, crucial for children's literacy development. As of March 2023, the website had 3 800 original titles, 7 266 translations and 236 languages represented. Background According to the UNESCO's 2013/2014 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, 30 million children in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school and ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Gardens
Springbank Park is a 140-hectare (300 acre) park located along a stretch of the Thames River in London, Ontario, Canada. The largest park in London, it contains of trails and is home to Storybook Gardens, a family attraction open year-round. History Springbank Park was originally developed around the site of a waterworks facility in the late 19th century. Alderman James Egan suggested the nearby Hungerford Hill, now commonly known as "Reservoir Hill". In the years following the creation of the waterworks the city began to purchase more land in the surrounding area and the spot became a resort serviced by steamboat to and from London via the Thames River. During the year 1896 the London Street Railway constructed and began service of a streetcar system to take people to and from Springbank Park in record amounts. In the years to follow the additions to the park would include tennis and bowling lawns, zoo, campground, amusement park and a dance hall all before 1925. As tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Land Canal Boats
Storybook Land Canal Boats is an attraction located at the Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris) theme parks. Passengers embark on a leisurely paced outdoor boat ride through a winding canal featuring settings from Disney animated films recreated in miniature. The Disneyland version was one of the original attractions when the park opened on July 17, 1955, although the miniature buildings and landscaping were not added until the following year. The version in Disneyland Paris is named ''Le Pays des Contes de Fées'' (meaning "The Land of Fairy Tales" in French) and opened in the spring of 1994. History The ride's concept dates back to Walt Disney's plans for a "magical little park" across the street from his Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. This modestly scaled, never-built amusement park was to include a gravity flow canal boat ride among its attractions. When plans for the much grander Disneyland were being made, there was to be a "Lilliputianland", inspired b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Land
Storybook Land is a family amusement park located in Egg Harbor Township, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Opened in 1955 by John and Esther Fricano, Storybook Land is located on U.S. Route 322 (Black Horse Pike), about west of exit 37 on the Garden State Parkway. The park is themed after many storybook characters such as Mother Goose, the Three Little Pigs, and many more. Some of its attractions are the J&J Railroad Train (which loops around most of the park), the Happy Dragon, Whirly-Bug and the Ferris wheel. It has many of the standard amusement park rides such as Bubbles the Coaster, a junior sized roller coaster, and the Turtle Twirl, a Tilt-A-Whirl. Storybook Land also has a Santa Claus house where Santa and Mrs. Claus will pose with the children during the Christmas season. Visiting the park Storybook Land has several counter-service restaurants and a large, covered picnic area for bringing a meal from home. During the months of April and May, the park is heavily visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Glen
The Den and the Glen (formerly known as Storybook Glen) is a children's park in Maryculter, Scotland, opened in 1984, near the city of Aberdeen. It is best known for its deformed and off-looking models of various fairytale characters, as well as some more modern characters such as The Simpsons,Teletubbies'','' Shrek, Fireman Sam, Wallace and Gromit, Thomas the Tank Engine and Postman Pat. The most well known statue is of Barney The Dinosaur, which became an internet meme through an image with the caption "cha cha real smooth". It has been rated a 4-star visitor attraction by the Scottish Tourist Board VisitScotland, formerly the Scottish Tourist Board, is a national tourism organisation for Scotland. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, and other p .... References External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindbad's Storybook Voyage
Sindbad's Storybook Voyage is a boat voyage dark ride at Tokyo DisneySea, inspired by the story of Sindbad the Sailor. The attraction features the song "''Compass of Your Heart''" composed by Alan Menken and sung by Kenji Sakamoto. Originally titled Sindbad's Seven Voyages, the earliest version of the attraction had a darker tone and no song. The attraction was subsequently restyled, and the current version opened in 2007. History The Dark ride originally opened alongside Tokyo Disneysea as an opening day attraction on September 4, 2001. Unfortunately, its scary theme made the attraction unpopular with guests, especially as it was said to even terrify younger children in its early years. Because of its scary, dark tone, the attraction was retooled with a lighter mood with the addition of an animal sidekick and a song written by Alan Menken (who also wrote songs for such films as '' The Little Mermaid'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', and ''Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storybook Weaver
''Storybook Weaver'' is a 1994 educational game released on floppy disk for the Apple Macintosh, aimed at children aged 6–12. An updated version, Storybook Weaver Deluxe, was released for Windows and Mac computers and featured much more content than the original. Both versions were released by MECC. The Deluxe version was made available for both home and school environments. A Teacher Resource CD for the software included lesson plans and user guides. Gameplay Storybook Weaver Storybook Weaver is a program that is intended to enable and motivate children to easily create their own stories on a computer. The most noticeable feature of the game is the sizable space allowed for illustrations on each page of a story. The game offered hundreds of backgrounds, objects and characters that could be selected from easy-to-use categories and placed anywhere on the page through a simple click-and-drag process. Backgrounds in the original featured mostly natural, outdoor locations, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storybook Series With Hayley Mills
''The Storybook Series with Hayley Mills'' (also known as ''Grimm's Fairy Tales and Storybook Series'') is a 1986 American animated television/video series hosted by Hayley Mills, who would introduce stories that were both contemporary and classic. This series featured the voice talents of the Mickey Rooney, Georgia Engel, Louis Nye, Michael York, Arte Johnson, James Earl Jones, Ruth Buzzi, John Carradine, Hans Conried, Tammy Grimes, June Foray and Lucille Bliss. The complete series was released on DVD through Mill Creek Entertainment on January 17, 2017. Episodes # ''Hug Me'' / ''Silver Pony'' / ''Creole'' # ''Hardlucky'' / ''The Furious Flycycle'' # ''Someone New'' / ''Ghost in the Shed'' / '' The Reluctant Dragon'' # '' The Practical Princess'' / ''Beauty and the Beast'' # ''The Fisherman and His Wife'' / ''Tom Thumb'' # '' Seven with One Blow'' / '' The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver'' # '' Three Golden Hairs'' / '' Hans in Luck'' # ''I'm Not Oscar's Friend Anymore'' / ''Myra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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